The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-24
A KISS, A THUNDERBOLT.
Lightning Kills "A Man in His sweet
hearts Arms.
From Lac NeW York Sun.

from the New OFk sun.
Upper New York generally gets a share
Of the weather whenever a tornado starts
from Jersey up to the Hudson valley, and
it got a-plenty yesterday with a securing
wind, violent lightning, and sheets of
rain. One freak Of the lightning was to
strike a pair of newly TecOnciled lovers
as they were kissing each other in an
orchard in Tibbetts Brook lane, Kings
bridge The man was instantly killed and
The man was Charles Fennelly. a big,
Swapping fellow OF 50. lie met Louisa
Costello about eighteen months ago, and
they Immediately fell in love with each
other. LOUISA, who is tine-looking girl
of p. worked in the owl cigar factory,
in East Twenty-siNth street, and all her
friends ngratulated her when she an
nounced her engagement 10 remedy, Ior
he was sober and Industrious, and ne had
a good job in the street cleaning depart
ment.
Soon, however, the lovers quarrelled
over trivial matter, and a GOODNESS
sprang up between them. Neither could
give any particular reason for the dis
way, and as time went by they drifted
apart, until finally, in less than month
after their engagement was proclaimed,
they ceased to speak TO each other. They
were reconciled, but their Joy was short
lived.
and Fennelly attended mass in the same
church yesterday morning, and through
common friends they met again. Their
affection for each other had not dimin-
ished, and in short time they made up
the quarrel and determined to celebrate
the event with an outing. AT II o. CLOCK
in the morning they went to Van Cortlandt
park, and, after spending several hours
there, they wandered over to Dash's or
chard in Tibbett's Brook lane, near Van
Courtlandt avenue. They sat down under
a cherry tree, and, having a great deal
to say to each other neither noticed
the flight of time nor the dark bank OF
clouds which had gathered in the west
| IL W a
of distant thunder, and when few drops
of rain fell the lovers started up and
walked out of the orchard, intending 70
go home. Louisa took on her hat ana
Fennelly threw his coat over her head.
When they reached the road the rain be-
gan to fall heavily, and the lovers, think
ing that the storm would soon blow over,
determined to return to the shelter OF
the cherry tree,
Fennelly helped the girl to the top OF
the old stone wall that surrounds the
orchard, and, jumping over, he held out
his arms for her. With a frightened
| laugh Louisa jumped, and Fennelly caught
was a binding flash of lightning, and
| both fell to the ground. The bolt struck
Fennelly on the left shoulder, tearing the
sleeve of his shirt into ribbons and kill
| ing him instantly, after which 1t glanced
! off and struck the girl on the right shout
| der. The sleeve of her light shirt waist
| was burned through, and lightning left
| it's impress in the form OF huge black
I mark upon her skin.
/
| abated, Policeman Wolfe, who lives in the
| neighborhood, crossed Tibbitts Brook on
| his way toward the road. AS he drew near
| the stone wall he heard moaning cry for
| help. When he ran to the spot he found
| the lovers lying on their backs side by side.
| The girl was conscious, but before she
| could tell him what had happened she re-
| lapsed into inconsistencies. Vote hur-
ried to his house, and, hitching up his
! horse to light buggy, he drove back to
| the unconscious lovers. He lifted the life
| less body of Fennelly into the bottom of
! the wagon, and, taking the girl in his arms
| he drove to the Kingsbridge station, a
| An ambulance came from the Fordham
i hospital, and when Ambulance Surgeon
/ Reilly had revived the girl he found that
| her left side from the shoulder down was
| paralyZed. Her back was also covered with
| cuts and bruises, which she received when
! she fell upon the sharp stones at the base
| of the wall.
! She was taken to the hospital, and until
| 1880 o'clock last night she was not aware
| of the fate of her lover. When they told
| her that he was dead she mOaned and sob
4 bed as though her heart would break, and
no one was able to comfort her. The girl
| viii recover, but ii is not certain that she
/ Will ever regain the use of her right arm
/ and leg.
! When Fennelly's body was stripped at
/ the station livid mark in the shape of
the letter 81 was found upon the right
/ side of his breast. The formation of the
/ letter, which was three inches long and
| half an inch across, was almost perfect.
! width, and the mark stood out in bold re-
lief from his white skin as though it had
/ been branded there with a red hot iron.
| The dead man lived at Go Wooster street,
/ and he was the only support of his aged
mother Louisa lives with her parents at
| 3l2 East Twentieth street.
-Watts--I wonder if the water is fit to
| drink YETI
| Potts--Guess it is. An eel came through
| our hydrant this morning, and it seemed
| to be in good health-Indianapolis Jour
| nal.
Wheeler-Whats Bloomer stopped for?
! Sprocket-rO get his second mind.
| why, he's pumping up his tire"
| Yes; that's what / meant. He pumped
| them up before we started, you know
| Yonkers Statesman.
-"There!' Kissed the Jealous Moor:
| now DO you feel nowr' Down in the
mouth" gasped the irrepressiblc BESIDE