The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-18
AMOEG TIE DEAD.
scenes "a ths Few York Morgus-Hunt-
Ing for ntAslnR Frisnass

scenes "a ths Hsw York Morgus-HuHt-
iSN for Missing Frisnass
The New York Morgue Nas GRO Rdej yesterday
with men, woneA, and children Many woald
gaze ior hours, as II only to crafty morplo
curiosity, Mr.. O'Brlen, OF the Dea thouse, says
that be has slept bat little during tne ~. pa,.
week, for, Lieht and day, the place mas s pses
besleged with those aux Gus to ger pouieo
aom tied or removed. The rush mas oeeu 20
great that even the Warden was torceo w ieaN0
the / oeprtai, and help the Morgue a''euuSuts'
The bodtes, while living on the slabs, are ire
9uen ly d1enched with carooiic sc,u, anu u
constant spray ui Croton water Is kept running
upon their breasts. The scene AZ ne Deal aa
est sad. Men with large braVny Mm4
came aud went With coffns and dead bo1les
In q court between the Dead-house aud tue
sued red cottius were piled up ike cord wool.
Here were htt,e coffns Tor children; in Ia cor.
ner was blue coffin, while in the shed aud
Dead-hous", square boxes, cracked cJthus, ana
stretch,rs acre lying IN all positions, Every
two or three ninu es some one wanted to see
the Keeper who lad cbarRe OF the dead
Among OTHERS was q spare woman aoo lt 80
years OF age. She WAS IN search of her nus
baud. MIR. O'Brlen after listening to her de-
senp,ion, went TO coffin an wrenched off the
lid. Who ever saw SUCH sighH Toe stencil
was suBo ;attug. What the night before WAS a
human being vas now bloated mass OF corrnp'
tioD. "Oh, my God!" exclaimed the woman,
''my husband; On my =" AT this junctlre
apother woman inquired for her son. She
could OF hDd his BODY iu the Morgue-was he
dead or III lut sDltdII An dtteuuhuI sWDio
he knew nothing AbouC the living, he could not
keep track OF the dead. go through the
WaTus," tald he, land may be you can 1nd hln.'
More people came; some wept, Others wore.
The woman nrst spoken OF wruug her nands
and paced up aud down the court In DESPAIR.
At lat she went up to the coffin, and in plea l.
ing voice she ssid;-
'HeaVeIs above me, what shall coz God OF
mercy, | wait hlm buried in Calvary" (she WAS
q Catnoic, and could not bear the thought oi
having her husband buried in uuconsecrated
2Iouldl. What IS gong 10 become OF me?
Last night, poor John, poor John, you was at
work: why did YOU due before you bid me good
bye? My husband, since last night here you
ale. NJ, God, to think you have come to this. y
Here she took hold OF the green and putrld
hand of her husband shook II, ana broke into a
new paroxysm OF grief
ON SAID she, ''you used to be called the
handsonest man in New YORK. All how-oh
eppak TO ne only one word, John, one word
MY darlIng, my darling john
The attendants OF the dead house handled the
BODIES with a5 h5le unroncern as they would
30 many beeVes. Yesterday morning the cotins
were led up in tie court ten feet hieh. A
moon they Wcrc sent ou 10 Wards Island fol
inteIment. In the dead house shed were a nun
Der ot bodies 20 lar decomposed that tn; mag
gOts fairly consumed them. They resemblaC
heaps of moving flax-eed more than human
boIies. Soue OF the dead were packed in lce ?
but tor the most part they were lad out /.
rough w"oden coffins. IL was a strange SIGH
from the threshold of the Dead house. On one
side, death and Pu'retac1on; on the other
beautiful groun0s and waving Inns.
In the hospital are number Of patients
suffering from sun-stl oke, and of the 95 caso
received since III" l4th OF Juiy, ONLY n'ne have
be lost. Mr. Brennan, the Warden, Is thr
presiding genius, and he is n great iavorlte witt
the patients because he is so fnpny. one thinG
is CERTAIN. he is obi q ug 10 VISITORS The hosplta
is well ventilated, and everything is 'as neat a.
a pIn.n The Warden saws that the p lncipG
reason they are so successful wrh their patient
is because they pay great attention to cleanues
and Ventilation. Much has been said touching
the cause of sun, troke. Every yOodY Oas
be he last TO die. Cabbage leaves are in grea
demand since the beatel term commenced
Those who have no cab 0age leaves for heir hat
will 6nd much bpuPdt rom using wet paper
It's generally acknowledge that when spirtr
ous liquors are used in large quaint ties SUI
stroko is ore frequent. Wnen he yellow feve
prevails, almost the first victims are the dlss
pated.