The evening world., 1894-01-02
DID The BLOW KILL?
August Kempfus Died Shortly
After Jimmie Struck Him.
His Companions Carried Him Home
on Their Shoulders.
They Had Been Making New Years
Calls Together.

august N'iilplbs, dbtu tiBhtetU staL0s
dead at his home, "a East One Hun
and Fourteenth street, and the DO
lice are looking for Curt Jimmie, ac-
cused of killing him
The two young men. with ten others,
started out yesterday to make New
Years calls. They began early and
kept It up until late. Their names were
all printed on one large card.
Shortly after midnight they called at o
house on One Hundred and First street
near Second avenue. After lea wing tho
house they stood talking on the side.
walk. when Jimmie drew a bottle from
his pocket and struck Kempfas on the
head.
Some of the others interferred. and the
matter was allowed to pass. There was
a Handwriting, and the crowd separated.
Kempfus. together with Jimmie. j.. q.
Ward. aged eighteen. of 24O East One
Hundred and Seventh street; Henry
Hughes, aged twenty. OF 1868 Third ave-
nue., Charles Moore, aged nineteen, of
22S East One Hundred and Seventh
street; E. S%chruder, aged nineteen. OF
Woodside, l.. l.. and Arthur Jachner.
aged eighteen. of 169 East One Hundred
and Twelfth street, went into a saloon.
Kenpfus called for whiskey and short
ly drinking 1t became unconscious. His
friends carried him to the sidewalk and
al officer sent In a call for an ambus
lance. After a delay of forty-hve min
utes an ambulance from the Harlem
Hospital came.
Ambulance Surgeon Osborn examined
the man and diagnosed the case as one
Of "acute acholismo." He stated that
the man was not injured and told hia
friends to a X him home. They did So
and Kempfus died there at 4 o'clock
without regaining consciousness.
Kempfus's friends hold that they wers
compelled to carry the unconscious man
on their shoulders the entire distance
from One Hundred and first street. near
Second avenue, to "a East One Hundred
and Fourteenth street. They sent for
DR.. T. C. Lewinsky, of 1858 Madison
avenue, who worked on the case until
the young mans death.
The police of the East One Hundred
and Fourth station state that a reports
was made to them by Ambulance Sur
geon Osborn, who had claimed to have
restored the injured man to conscious
ness and taken him home. On learning
Of KempfuS's death detectives were put
on the case and began looking for Tim
ME. He is eighteen years old and re-
sides at Bedford Park.
Kempfas lived with his widowed
mother, who occupies the upper part of
a four-story fiat building. An Evening
World reporter called there this morn
Ing. The members OF the family were
peculiarly %reticent, as the police had
warned them not to talk of the case.
Arthur Jaehner stated that when the
ambulance surgeon examined Kempfus
he said the man was all right. and that
he was more drunk than injured. Kemp
fus was then unconscious.
He is siply drunk, M Jaehmey said
the surgeon stated, and will sleep It
or. Take him home" With this he
climbed to his seat and the ambulance-
driver whipped up his horses and drove
off.
Ambulance Surgeon Osborn when seen
at Harlem Hospital could scarcely re-
member the case at first. He had re-
gardeI 1t as one of such a trivial charac-
ter that he had not even entered 1t In
the book kept for such cases.
The man was suffering from acuto
alcoholism" he sad. Il could find moth.
ing else the matter with him."
He professed much surprise when in-
formed that the man was dead. He de-
MED having made any report of the case
to the police. The hospital was some
what crowded or he would have taken
him there. lie did not regard It a
unusual to leave the injured man as he
did.
DIR. I.ewinsky stated that he had been
called in shortly after the injured man
reached his home, which was probably
two hours after the injury was received.
He found that the derby hat Kemppes
wore had been cut, clean through by the
force of the blow, but there was scarcely
an abrasion OF the skin.
He thought death was the result OF an
Internal hemOrrhage, caused by the dow,
and that II kempfus had had proper
medical assistance his life might have
been saved.
DIR. Warren, of Lexington avenue, near
one Hundred and Fourteenth street.
was also called, but declined to frat
ernize with him. He claims that DIR.
Warren watched him binding the dying
man and then asked for his fees and
iii / had had proper assistance 1t is
possible that with a surgical operation
the mans life might have been saved
he concluded,
Kempfus was a painter in the employ
of his brother, Oscar kempfus.. or west
one Hundred and Twenty-tfth street:
lie was a German. and has been In this
country two years.
Arthur Jaehner is a brothsr-in-law to
Oscar kempfus. He does not speak
english, but stated through an inter
prefer, thai there may have bsen 4 iuss
inside the house which led TO the blow
being struck, but he was not aware OF
IL. He said he saw Jimmie take the bot
tie from his pocket and strike the blow.
Jimmie had known the kempfus poys
but a short time.
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