Young Man Was Killed

Christian Hoerz, a book binder, and son of Mrs. Christian Hoerz, 543 Seventh st., was accidentally killed Sunday evening by falllng down the cellar steps of Nic Schneider's saloon. The distance was about ten feet and he struck upon the hard cement floor in such a way that his neck was broken and his skull fractured. He lived but 20 minutes after the accident although medical attendance was immediately summoned.

Mr. Behmekler, the proprietor of the place, and who lives above the saloon, tells the following version of the sad accident: "I had a party of friends invited by myself and wife for an evening dinner. There came a rap at my kitchen door and I went down to see who it was. Mr. Hoerz stood there and said: 'Nic, I am sick and must get to a closet. Let me in.' 'He was very pale and I let him in. He went through the hallway toward the closet, but opened the wrong door and fell down the stairs."

The deceased was a very industrious young man.