The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-17
FROM THE FOURTH STORY
ADOLF SCHLEICHER KILLED IN THE
FITZGERALD BUILDING.
Lost His Balance While Sitting ON a
RaiIin g-PrOmfnent in Bus
mess Circles.

Adolf Schleicher fell from the fourth floor
through the open court of the Fitzgerald
building at $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
and died at o'clock without having re-
gained consciousness. He had gone to the
building from his store, on North Meridian
street, to look at some work his men were
doing. On the fourth floor of the building
he met Hervey d. Worries, who has a bust
ness college on the fifth floor. Mr.. Schleicher
laid his overcoat across the rail of the bal
cony and sat on it, locking his feet in the
ironwork supporting the rail. He asked Mr..
Worries for several names which he wished
to use and wrote the names in memoran-
dunn book. When the two men finished their
conversation Mr.. Worries turned away. Mr..
Schleicher disengaged his feet from the
ironwork, his overcoat slipped on the rail,
he lost his balance and toppled over back
wards. Mr.. Worries heard cry and turned
around just in time to see Mr.. Schleichers
upheld hands disappear. The young man at
the cigar stand on the first floor also heard
the cry. He loked up and saw Mr.. Schleich-
er falling and saw him strike the tiled floor.
He struck on his feet. The cries Of horror
following the affair brought crowd of peo-
pie out of the offices. George W. Powell,
who had known Mr. Schleicher twenty
years, was one of the first to reach his side.
AS he did so Mr.. Schleicher rose a little
way from the floor and fell back.
Mr.. Schleicher's son Adolf and DR.. G. w.
Combs were called. The injured man was
carried into one of the offices and laid on
a couch. DR.. Combs said the injuries were
fatal. Mrs. Schleicher arrived in a short
time. J. Burgess Brown, the father of Mrs.
Schleicher, was also present. He was in
office on the second floor Of the building
when his son-in-law fell AS he left the
and circles of people around the well rails
on the floors above, all looking at the pros"
trate form on the ground floor AS he left
the building he met Mr.. Schleicher's son
hurrying in He knew by the express
sion on the young mans face that he was
connected with some distressing occurrence
and he turned back. The body of Mr..
Schleicher was taken to the family home,
No 1914 North Delaware street. The time
but it will probably be Sunday afternoon.
Miss Gertrude Schleicher, the eighteen
yeaT-old daughter of Mr. Schleicher is i'll
with scarlet fever. The other children are
Adolf, twenty-one years; Benjamin, fourteen
years Old and Frederick, three years old.
Mr.. Schleicher was born at Stuttgart,
Germany, forty-fiVe years ago. Until he
was eighteen years old he was employed
as clerk in a banking house. Then, by ar
rangement with his cousin Albert Gall, Of
this city, he came here and engaged as
bookkeeper in Mr.. Calls store. Twelve
years ago the firm of Eastman Schleicher
q Lee, dealers in carpets, wallpaper and
the like, was formed and continued in bus
mess eight years Then fire swept the COM
pany's building and destroyed everything.
1t was heavy loss Mr.. Schleicher returned
to Mr. Calls employ and was with him
several months. He then joined with
Herman f. Martens and they stocked a
store on North Meridian street. Several
fires occurred in the store. Last December
Mr.. Schleicher bought Mr.. Martens's inter-
est in the business. He had been married to
Burgess Brown, in 1876, and she survives
him. kilograms were sent last night to Mr..
Schleichers two sisters, one of whom lives
mother lives with the sister in Milwaukee.
Dr. Combs said last night that both Mr..
Schleichers thighs were broken and the in
ternal injuries were extensive. The direct
causes of death were a conclusion Of the
brain and hemorrhage into the lungs.