Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
HE FELL FOUR STORIES.

The Lifelcss Body of Frederick Sims Printer, Found Yesterday Msrn ing Beneath His Window-In Thf, Country Hardly Year-His Friend, All in England.
 It was an appalling sight which greeted
 August Sutter, who keeps g saloon and
 lives at 51 Court street, when he came out
 of his house yesterday morning about 6
 o'clock. In the narrow alley way between
 his house and the Hotel Boyton, formerly
 the Yale, he saw the ifeless remains of a
 man lying stretched out close to the wall
 of the hotel building. The mans head
 was lying in pool of blood. MT. Sutter immediately notified the proprietor of the hotel and the two repaired to the scene, and soon were joined by Officers J. L. Moore and Watrous. The dead man proved to be Frederick Sims, who came to the Boyton House to board the 18th of May. His death resulted from falling out of the window of his room, No. S8, which is four stories up and about 60 feet from the ground. The man came home the night before little before 12 o'clock, apparently as we'll as ever. He has not been addicted to the use of houor more than in very moderate way, and among the effects he left was a soda water bottle filled with some sort of a spirituous liquor. Saturday evening he was down at Joe Lilly's saloon, though they say there he drank a little and was perfectly sober when he left. about 10:30 o'clock. It is thought he fell from the window shortly after reaching his room. Hic onaf hnnrr had o,,l his hat on another. His shoes were taken off and he lay down on the bed for a time. There were some suggestions made that the act was committed with suicidal in tent, but there is nothing to indicate this conclusively The proprietor's theory is that Sims was taken ill and went to the window to vomit and thereby lost his bal ance and fell. The window sill is quite low, and just beneath is steam radiator. The fact that the body was found lying so close to the building is accounted for by the presence of this heater. It is supposed his foot caught in some way, letting his head hang downward for moment before taking the final fall to death.
 The body lay there just as it fell long before daylight had appeared until dis covered. The man without doubt died all most instantly.
 Medical Examiner White was summoned and made his examination. He found that all the ribs and collar bone on the right side were broken, the ribs being shattered into little pieces. The force of the blow was so severe that it fractured the ribs on the left side, though not so badly. The arms and legs were not broken, nor was there any apparent fracture of the skull. The neck was broken, however, also the blood vessel at the base of the brain, which caused the blood to flow in torrents from either ear.
 The body was taken to Lewis & May cocks. Sims was an Englishman, about forty-fve years of age, and has been in this country about one year. He came to this city from New York about the 18th of May and has been employed as printer at Price, Lee & Co.'S. He was member of union No. of New Y York, and when he came to this city joined the New New Haven Typographical union No. AT. Secretary Frank B. Prindle of the union called last night at Lewis & May cocks and said special meeting would be called this evening of the printers and that undoubtedly the union would see to his burial, though he had not been mem Der six months.
 All that is known of Sims relatives is the fact that he has wife and daughter living somewhere in London, and sister, Mrs. E. Whitcomb, who lives at Sellwood Place, Anslow Gardens, South Kensing ton. London. A letter from her, dated April 9, was found among his effects. He leaves few effects that are of any value. His money consisted of about SS.40.
 He is spoken we'll of by the few with whom he has been associated. He was al ways of quiet disposition and made no enemies. He was not known to ever be- come intoxicated or Respondent. He had an extremely good voice for singing and oftentimes took part.
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