Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-30
ANOTHER ONE CALLED
Injuries Result Fatally to Chris.
tian j. w. Schrei.
ner.
ACCIDENT CAUSES TWO DEATHS.

Vol Known Bull ling Contractor Passes
Alvey SATURDAY Night 1t 9:A0 - His
succsssf,l Career In Book Lland -
Fansral s.ryioe FIR William II. WI
Its.
Christian J. W. Schreiner passed
away at his home on F,urth avenue
at $40 Saturday night. He was the
second to give up his life as a result
OF Fridav's accident at the Peter
Fries building. MIR. Shreiner's de-
mice was not unexpected but faint
hope Was enc ,uraged by his proba ole
escape from in ernal bodily injuries.
He suffered q severe concusslon Of
the brain. and the prospect Of his
recovery from this shock Was prom
Using. At II a m. Saturday he dis
played evidence of a return to con-
seriousness. and shortly afterwaed re-
cogDiz-d his wife and brother-in-law,
Capt. Frank Eckard. But he imme-
diately relupsed into q comstose con-
dition. He began o sink at 8 O'Clock
Drs. G G. Craig. j. P. Comegys, 4
NJ. Sals, and w. II. Ludewig at.
tended him, and the applica.
ton Of oxygen was determined. But
this only succeeded in prolonging
life q few hours. At 9 O'Clock the
sy mptoDs OF internal injuries oevel-
opec 10 the form Of a hemorrhage o,
the luugs. MIR. SchreiDer lived bu,
40 minutes thereafter.
The death Of MIR. Schreiner re.
moves from the community one ofits
most valuable and il fluenti.l men
He was native of Eside H ,lstein
Germany. and was 4s years, 8 month.
aud 10 days Of age Coming to Rock
Island SO ears ago a poor boy, he
learned the carpenter trade, at whict
he worked for Fred Koch. In
1872 he began to do contract
work himself. His business in
creased rapidly, until at the time o.
mis- death ne was aseed among
the ci,y's wealthiest men. As d
contractor he was widely known, hi.
honest business methods having VOL
him an enviabie standing. He wa
president and treasurer Of the Variet,
Wood works. He WAS upr ght, en-
terpIisipg and always ready to d,
his hare toward assisting any mer'
torious movement. Politically b,
was u republican. and two years ag'
he was elected an alderman from III,
Second ward. He deciiqed renomi
nation this spr,Dg-
| Mr.. SchreiL er Is survived by hi
wife aud two children. Harry, age,
10, and Grace. IS. He was married
in 1874 to Julia Eaton. He Ills,
leaves two sisters. Mrs. Angus
B aver and Mrs. Frederick Mehr
both Of Davenport. He was q mem
Der of the Rock Island Turner soci
ety, Germanis lodge No. 6. A. U U
w., Home Tribune No. l. order o.
Fraternal Tribunes, Fort Armstrong
Garrison, Knights of the Globe, ant
Rock Island Court Of Honor.
The funeral will be held at
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from tn.
residence and will be under the aus
pices OF the knights of the Globe
Work on the Peter Fries buildin,
will not be seriously interrupted b!
the catastrophe. dePIorable n, it Wac
Mrs Schr.in.r's W ,rk Was about fin
ished. it being in the nature of ,
general supervision, the details hav
ing been let out to sub ontractor-
Operations will be resumed Wednes
day. Mr.. Schreiner's death was tn.
first to occur in the order Of Frater
nal Tfibunes since its organization
| Toe In quest
The following verdict was re-
turned this morning by the j.ry
which inquired into the death Of Mr.
Schreiner: I'VE the undersigned
Jurors sworn to inquire Of the dealt
Of Christian j. w. Schreiaer. ON oatI
do find that he came to his death OF
the 2sth day Of August. 1897, from
Injuries received from fall with /,
-caffold from the third floor of /.
building in the city Of Rock Island,
county and state Aforesaid. whic,
said building was bang erected To-
Peter Fries By said deceased as con
tractor. We also find that said &C
cident was due to the faulty con
sfruction of said scafold, aud tha
said scaffold was constructed by on,
William Willis, assisted by on,
Frank Erickson, which said accident
occurred on Aug. ~, 1894" Th,
coroner'sjury was composed OF w
II. Cline, foreman; E,mor,
h. Stafford. NJ. H. Sexton. S X
Wright, E. ID W. Holmes aud Will
liam Dupavin. Those testifyipg wer,
W. S Flack, ID w. Hathaway, d.
G. G Craig. Dr.. J. z. Comegys
Peter Fries. M. Pennington. Fran,
Erickson, Louis sampson, Leonard
NJ. Drack and j. 5. Darrah. In,
accident was described and the ph,.
sicisns told of MIR. Schreiner's iniur
les. stating that his death wa,
caused from injuries to his head and
lungs. Mr.. Drack, who is the So
pervisiug architect, said he "shoulc
Judge from the contract tina. Will.
& Flack were responsible for theil
on n scaffoldipg. and that Mr.. Schrei
ner was not responsible in anv wa,
for the insufiiciency o! the .csffold.'
Funersl Of william II. Willis.
The funeral of William H Willie