The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Old WidOwer, Alone, Injured and
Destitute.
Pitiable Condition of L. III. Kiss
niger, 715 w. Morse.
FELL, SLEEP WALKING
Face Badly Cut and Body Sc
verely Bruised.
Aged Man Has Little to Be
Thankful For.
FELL, SLEEP WALKING

Destitute, alone and in need of a
doctors care - and on Thanksgiving
days L. H. Kissinger. widower, aged
81, in a small house at IT'S West Morse
street His face is cut and his body
bruised. Pains from wrenches and
sprained, if not broken bones, wrack
his frame. This condition is due to a
fall from the upstairs of an unfinished
building on the De Witt FreIr place.
near silver Lake, Friday night. The
fall made the old man UNCONSCIOUS
When he came to he was nearly frozen
to DEATH He returned to his bed in
the loft When morning came ne no
titled the Freirs that he was unaoIe
to work and then made his way to the
depc,t at Silver Lake. The morning
train brought him to his home. Here
neighbOrs learned of the circumstances
byt not until Wednesday afternoon,
when the Kings. the humane officers
were notified, was the matter gener-
ally known. The Kings told Dr. c. NJ.
F4ensley. county physician about the
AFFAIR. but not until this morning did
the doctor have time to see the OLD
man.
rifiahle Clotted blood from cuts
around the eyes, clothed blood on one
ear, which was split nearly IN Two
cuts on the back of the neck, race
drawn with pain at times put from
the set lips no complaint
TRYING to cheer him was W. H. Sho-
walter a kindly appearing man, VINO
has been renting the house to klsslh-
ger for "a a month, but has sold the
property to Frank Stenger, possession
to be given the first of the year
xissinger admitted a visitor TINS
morning. He and the old man were
eating q breakfast. The room was
fairly tidy, but bare of comforts-a
small rug, no carpets on the noor-
o014cb and a table. mat
was about all. al,
ssI9ow are you feeling this mornings"
asked the visitor of Mr.. Kissinger:
mot SO well,'' was the reply. Tnen
through him and his landlord WAS the
tenants story told
Kissinger's wife and two children
died several years ago, leaving nun
without any relations except two protn-
ers in California. He has been work
ing at odd jobs-wI1en able-l1vlng from
hand to mouth. Friday he started to
shuck corn for the Friers- AT mght ne
was given a bed in the upper room OF
an unfinished house. 1t seems that ne
was restless in the night ard walked IN
his sleep. He stumbled through the OPP
e. q Of the floor, and fell TO the HooI
of the room below. The next thlng ne
knew he was lying there nearly frozen
end scarcely able to move After a lit
tie time as full consciousness Slowly
came he painfully climbed up the lao-
der to his couch. Early in the morning
he told the farm people that he had
been be hurt and would not be able to
work that day. 1t seems that the
Friers did not realize the extent 0I
the mans hurts, and he slowly made
his way alone to the Silver Lake depot
in the cold of the morning. Then he
took the first train home.
This is a chance for Topeka people
- make some one thankful.
Mr.. Showalter says he did not know
his tenant was in trouble until he hap
pened to look him up late last night,
wounded in a fight, but later told the
details of the accident. His story to
the landlord is the same he told to
5leighbors. AS far as known Kissinger
has no resources except odd jobs.