The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-26
A ROW ON the STREET!
One Man Falls q Victim I!
Death Of Henry Friebe1e this morn
ing, frcm Injuries Received
Last Night,

On Sunday night shortly before IL
o'clock. Deputy Marshal German received
Information that row was taking place on
the corner of Sixteenth Street aud Second
Avenue. He proceed thither accompanied
by Officers B,llman, Hull, bunker
and Metsch and found man ly-
ing senseless and bleeding on the
sidewalk at the southeast corner OF Har-
per's Theatre; and over him was standing
another man Both were taken to the
Armory and Dr. Craig was called to attend
the wounded man, whose name is Henry
Friebele, carriage painter employed at
Webber's, Davenport. The other mans
name was William Sturgeon also car
riage painter. From information received
Deputy Marshal German at later hour
arrested Jacob Schwartz in the barn of
Mr.. p l. Mitchell, by whom be is employed
and took him to A rmory Sill later proceed
ing to the Rock Island House, and acting on
information the Deputy Marshal found
Israel Huntley. secreted in the baggage
room, whom he arrested and took to the
County jail. Huntley in employed by
Mr.. Isaac Negus as coachman and stable
man. DR.. Craig found the young man
Friebcle, in a comatose condition, but that
he had been drinking was evident. He
had received a blow on the left eye which
bad discolored that portion OF the face and
swelled it to considerable extent; what
looked like cut appeared on the eye lid.
Ii is supposed there are other injuries but
they were not apparent. All was done
that was deemed advisable. but the wound
ed man remained in an Unconscious state.
He is the sou of Carl Friebele. tailor who
works at O'Connor's on Second Avenue
and lives On Fourth Avenue between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth street. The
son Henry is 81 years OF age. single,
and resided with his parents. This morn
ing bis father was anxious aud hearing of
the fracas last night, went to the Armory
where he found his son in the state already
described. The father Immediately sent
for DR.. q. 6. French who was promptly
on hand and did what he could under the
circumstances, but no symptoms OF return
ing consciousness was manifested, though
the indications of liquor at this time could
not be detected. Though all was done
that could be done, the unfortunate young
man never rallied, but ceased to breathe,
at 1880 o'clock this forenoon.
The prisoners Sturgeon and Schwartz,
were Immediately removed to the county
Jail, after the death of Friebele, under
escort of Deputy Sheriff Ankrum, Deputy
Marshal German and Officer McCabe,
The grief of the mother of the deceased
was heart rendIng to witness as she sat in
the marshals' office at the Armory. attended
by her married daughter and some other
friends The father sat by the dead body
of his son. and walled most piteously.
stroking his dead boys face and calling
him by name.
The Coroner was INN diately notified
and preparations made for holding an
inquest. A post norton examination on
the body will in all probability be held
during the afternoon
There are about dozen different rumors
on the streets as to'the particulars of the
fatal occurrence. and the usual amount of
discrepancy and vagueness attaches. as is
usual in such cases. The most prevalent
version is that the deceased and Sturgeon,
who is also a painter, were in Davenport
most of the day and had been drinking,
afterwards came over here and met the
other two men. and "a quarrel and fight
was the ultimate result, There are several
persons who claim to have seen some
of the men leaving the spot
where the deceased lay, and it is
said that the cut about three quarters of
an inch long, over the lett eye, might have
been caused blythe sharp corner Of stone
on the building (which he might have
struck as he fell. This however is con-
lecture, and details will be brought out at
the inquest.
AN INQUEST
under Coroner Morrisand a jury composed
of E, G. Chopper foreman, III. B. Hull
George NJ. Lukens. W. l.. Sweeney. G
W. Henry, and Joseph Rosepfeld was
begun at $50 o'clock this afternoon, and
the examination of the witnesses was being
proceeded with as we went to press, but no
points Chad been elicited of any material
Importance.
A POSTMORTEM
examination was also being conducted
under Drs. Craig, Carter. Eyster, Barth,
French and Bernhardi. At the time we
write, this examination was not concluded
bat so far as it had proceeded there was
sufficient evidence to show that death had
resulted from the injuries received on the
brain The skuiI Was fractured from the