Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-28
FOUND DEAD.
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SUue ttmO duriug last night Michael
uroii lied suddenly ut his homo at Rock
land aud Low stroots, THIS morning
whom his wife arose at o'clock she found
him lying dead on tho bricks in tho yard
of thoir house.
Coroner ShinUr WAS Motif vi aud ho ON.
pannclcd jury To- hold the in
quest. They proceeded to tho house aud
examined several witnesses. Mis- Gron
testified that her husband left home
at o'clock last evening to work at swecp.
ing Enst King street, between Duke street
and Centre square. She did not sre him
again until this morning. Emma McGaw,
next door ncighbor of the Grof's, tosti
fled that between = and O'Clock this
morning four mon brought GrOii homo
and laid him ia the yard. They aud wit
ness mother cndoavorcd to awaken Mrs.
uroh, but worc unable 80 do 80 they then
went away leaving GrOn lio. Witness did
not know whether GroH was dead then or
| not
Deceased was about % years Of age.
lo was OF muscular build aud seemed
the picture OF health. For years no was
an inmate OF the almshouso aud was some.
NlAJ NtbhhllHhtus WO NbafS ago no
| married his present wife. For some time
past he was employed by VIM Waltz as a
street sweeper on the Belgian block square
Of East King street, whore he WAS seen at
work by number of pooplo up to II
O'Clock last night.
Officer Stcinwandel testified that when
he waS at tho station house between 1 and
~ o'clock Officer Gensemor and Wnower
came there aud SEATED that they had
found Groh lying in tho gutter on East
KING street. One broom was on the
Belgian blocks aud the other on the pave
mcnt. He was still alive, aud two men
who camo along, said they would take him
home. Several other witucsa testified
that Gron was nos in the habit of drinking
any KIND Of liquors
DIR. Compton madO an examination of
the dead body aud found no marks Of
violence upon the deceased, There was a
small cut on the upper lip from which the
blood had been running. The dOutor
thought that the Indications were those Of
, apoplexy. At 10 o'clock the jury adjourned
until | o'clock this Afternoon in order to
hear the officers who found GroG and the
men who took him home.
The Adjourned Inquest.
At | o'clock the corOner's Jury again
met at the court house. Tho coroner ro
who had taken Gruf home. Officer
WinOwer was out Of town, aud Officer
! Gensemer was called aud examined. He
testified that shortly before l2 o'clock last
night no and Winower were walking along
1 East King street. Near Astrich Bros
}, store they saw GTOn walk over aud lean
against box ; they went 10 the station
house aud upon returning to East King
J. street, found two brooms lying in the
Il street one had tho haudle broken from u
u Grulf was not about nor did they SEQ hin
afterwards : they saw no men take hin
> home. aud Officer Steinwandcl must havI
u heard some other officer make that state
ment witness knew GrOif for years ; b,
was not a drinking man, but was suhjcc
10 heart disease.
AdJourned second Time
The jury thought that search should b,
,r made tor the men who took Croft home
IN as nothing could loo learned OF his where
/ abOuts between l2 and , 2U'cluok. The
, therefore concluded to adjourn again untl
r O'Clock tomorrow.
,r II seems strange if Gruff vas taken bonn
~ by four men, that none Of them could II
found 10 day, when the news of his deatt
eI was spread over town. II ho was aiv
20 when taken home il may be that the met
.o believed him 10 be intoxicated. The col
, oner will look for the mon before to MOI
row 8 meeting Of the jury.
40 Husband and Wifo Doad.
st John Heinrich aud his wife Anuie NJ
es an aged couple who resided at M. G2
IN High street died within twenty four hour
rs of each other. Mr Heinrich was in his 81,
by year. and he died of pneumonia on Wed
~ nesday. His wife, who was II years c
a age, was suffering from Inflammation ,
ld the bowels aud died yesterday. Tia
IS deceased were natives OF Germany, bI
lived in this city for years They were We
eo known and highly respected in the city, al
lg leave a family OF grown children.