Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-18
DIED IN THE STREETS.
A Mother and Two Small Children WATT
ing for . Father Who Never Game.

N nhOthef anu I"O SHAhk W %
ing for . Father Who Never Game.
The following incident is the saddest
that has come to the notice of the REPUB-
Lie for many day, and is from the Colum-
bus Journal of this morning:
"A comely-appearing little woman, with
q babe a few months old and child
aboun 8 years of age, sat In the Union
depot waiting-rOOm yesterday afternoon
and attracted some attention by the anx-
ious expression Of her face as she walked
up and down the room and out toward the
street, and then returned to look after her
little ones. As the hours wore on she noti-
fed the officials that she was troubled as to
her husbands whereabouts. She stated
that her husbands name was Jacob Krous,
and that herself and two children con-
stituted the family. They had arrived Is
Columbus direct from Switzerland In
the morning, and had emigrsted to this
city, as they had relatives or friends here.
On arriving the husband left the family in
the depot until he could look up his friends,
and that was the last seen Of him. Officer
Clifford and one Of the city patrolmen tried
to assure the woman that the city was not
very large, and that her fears that her hus-
pduu wSS iOoL WCiC hot "Ch 6AouhuCos
She said that he was not q drinking man,
and she knew some harm had come to him,
though the officers believed that he had
been unsccessful in finding his friends and
did not wish to return until he had sue
ceeded.
The poor woman had not cent nor any
thing to eat, and the depot people gave her
a good meal at midnight. Her anxiety was
very distressing, and yet her hunger was
such that she ate heartily, and the children
were also taken care of. When the reporter
left the depot the lonesome wife and mother
was trying to get some sleep, though this
seemed impossible In her agitated frame OF
mind.
In the meantime a sudden death was re-
ported TO the coroner, the person being
identified from papers on his person as
Jacob Kraus, stranger. OF course this
led to further details and 1t was learned
that the deceased man was from Switzer-
land and was undoubtedly the husband of
the anxious wife At the depot.
The circumstances of his death were Pc
culiarly sad and are as follows:
Little perhaps did the anxious wife
dream of the sad fate which had in the
meantime overtaken her husband. About
O-OO III tuC 0tCuIhk ohAohtOAs "eAhhAe .
along the Groveport pike, near Schiller
street, fell suddenly to the ground. A
butcher named George Pfeifer saw the man
fall, and ran Immediately to his aid. The
stranger was bleeding profusely at the
mouth, and evidently suffering from q
hemorrhage. The poor man was beyond
human assistance, however, and in five
minutes he gasped feebly and drew his last
ty,,p Ia fafu M l.
fed. he had $751; is in money on his per-
son and baggage check. He had been
fine looking man, about thirty years OF age.
Investigation showed that the deceased
had been at q grocery on Fulton street q
short time before his death. He entered
the store and looked about, giving the clerk
to understand that he wanted something.
He attempted to talk. but could not be
understood and finally sat down on chair.
His condition attracted attention, and q
boy was sent out to find an officer and have
him placed under proper care. In the
meantime the stranger left the place and
was seen walking along the street few
minutes before his death.
Kraus must have wandered aimlessly
about the city, being unable to understand
or follow directions that he may have re-
celyed concerning the lOcatlOn Oi MS Ieih-
tives. The hemorrhage was supposed to
be the result of consumption. No evidences
of violence were found on his body, and his
death is believed to have been the result OF
natural causes. 1t is evident that when
Kraus left his wife at the depot it was to
look for his relatives, and these he expected
to find in the neighborhood of where he
died.
Officer Clifford was notified Of the death
OF Kraus, and the afflicted wife was asked
if her husband was sufferer from hemof-
rhages. She replied that he was, but she
did not know how dangerous they were. 1t
was not deemed best to inform her Of her
husbands fate at once, and she was taken
to hotel to rest for the night 1t is one
of the saddest cases chronicled for some
time In the Columbus press"