The evening world., 1894-01-02
DID The BLOW KILL?'
August Klempfuss Died Shortly
After Timmie Struck Him.
His Companions Carried Him Home
on Their Shoulders.
A Harlem Hospital Ambulance Sur
geon Accused of Neglect.

August Klemfuss. aged eighteen years.
lies dead at his late home, "a East one |
Hundred and Fourteenth street. and the
police are looking for Curt Timmie. ac-
cused of killing him.
rhe two young men, with ten others, |
started out yesterday to make New
Years calls. They began early and
kept 1t up until late. Their names were
all printed on one large card.
Shortly after midnight they called at
house on one Hundred and First street
near Second avenue. After leaving the
house they stood talking on the side
walk, when Jimmie drew a bottle from
his pocket and struck Klemfuss on the
head.
Some OF the others interfered. and the
matter was allowed to pass. There was
a handshaking, and the crowd separated.
Klemfuss. together with Timmie. j. G.
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. Schruder, aged nineteen. of
Woodside, l.. l.. and Arthur Jaehner.
aged eighteen, Of 1863 East One Hundred
and Twelfth street, went into a saloon.
Klemfuss called for whiskey and short
ly after drinking 1t became unconscious
His friends carried him to the sidewalk
and an officer sent in call for an ambu-
lance. After delay of forty-five min
utes an ambulance from the Harlem
Hospital came.
Ambulance Surgeon Osborn examined
the man and diagnosed the case as one
of acute alcoholism" He stated that
the man was not injured and told his
friends to take him home. They did so,
and Klemfuss died there at o'clock
without regaining consciousness
Klemfuss's friends hold that they were
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 report
was made to them by Ambulance Sur
geon Osborn, who alleged he had
restored the injured man to conscious
ness and taken him home. On learning
|
on the case and began looking for Tim
mie. He is eighteen years old and re-
sides at Bedford Park
Klemfuss lived with his widowed
mother. who occupies the upper part of
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
nod hap m tall of 10
Arthur Jaehner stated that when the
ambulance surgeon examined Klemfuss
he said the man was all right, and that
he was more drunk than injured. KLEIN
fuss was then unconscious.
"He Is simply drunk" Jaehner said
the surgeon stated, land will sleep 1t
, of. 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-
! garded it as one of such trivial charac-
e ter that he had not even entered 1t In
the book kept for such cases.
The man vas suffering from acute
alcoholism" he sad. II could find moth
ing else tle matter Win
o He professed much surprise when in
5 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 He did not regard 1t as
unusual to leave the injured man as he
did.
Dr. Iewinsky stated that he had been
called in shortly after the injured man
q reached his home. which was probably
u two hours after the injury was received
e He found that the derby hat klemtus'
O wore had been cut clean through by the
. force of the blow, but there was scarcel!
i an abrasion of the skin.
He thought death was the result OF ar
2 internal hemorrhage, caused ny the plow
and that IL Klemfuss had had proper
S medical assistance his life might have
e DR. Warren, of Lexington avenue, nea
one Hundred and Fonrteendh nciiead stree, fra
y ternize with him. lie claims that Dr
i. Warren watched him bending oye IN
!, ding man and then asked for his fee
= III / had had proper assistance it 4
- possibie that with a surgical operation
! the mans life might have been saved,
~ he concluded.
= Of his brother, Oscar Klemfuss, OF Wes
I one Hundred and Twenty-hfth street
is He was n German. and has been In thi
''ae Arthur Jaehner is brother-in-law I
'g oscar Klemfuss. He does not spea
70 English. but stated through an inter
ID prefer that there may have been M tns
~ being struck, but he was not aware q
% IL. lie said he saw Tlmmie take the bot
in tie from his pocket and strike the bloW
," Timmie had known the klemfuss boy