Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-07-27

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| The drpof Gr Aiss, uBkpowm dead,
ard The dead HOUSE which stretches
out qastlsA fIsk Al u test. sArs plces
l<sp1uluf2i1g auaIa 6isA11ic nj lnttist Of
horrors that the Stoutest heart can
| not inspect theih without s:ekening.
Y. psnt1 b ~ FL whssE \ sessrs isI'n
natural causes. when fts victim has
been arrived and II afterward
shrouded and properly prepared for
burial i 1 But when ~ = esased BY
vIOlence, or the person Is stricken
suddenly by the FcIr destroyer, ss y
Dss:sfss e, !. = \ ~ IT
Is no pesscefulness. no serenity; but
4aissloratiP ja~tead Of paIior, and
I co tot ION - lind and feature. The
fmdfgde n b room with a marble
floor, part OF which is divided by q
class casing. In this Enclosure are
marble slabs, on which bodies are
placed to await recognition. They
lie with heads raised on pillows, and
are eoveked . the shoulders With
saAler blxak ets. = Bodies ~ be kept
1.-TWO Emopths inl cold ueatbcr. but
only forty eight hours At tfiis season.
| They are .-left In Tho morgue until
decomposition begins, when they arr
buried in 2. trench ON Harris Island.
Their photographs are retained, and
II recognized after burial, their bod
les are takch up and delivered 70
sshoso desiFssgz thehssae The ~ltnc Of
corpses In the morgue plainly beto-
kens the yiolance Of their death.
Eyes are staring open, jaws arb
fallen, necks are twisted, and tssri
BILE ayi1ances a eOntottisn are Ski-
bic. The greatsst nuustnr a corIses
broae kl1o the &nSorguSs ass oftlSose
"found drowned" Some of these
have lain In the water for weeks,
when their skin Is blackened, their
heads are bloated anslfheir eyeleils
md Psgteh eaten O6s Yet IN this
stats even, they Vie afecognized BY
those who, love. The shape and fill
ing OF teeth often, indicates bodies
when there is nothing beside nat,i-
raj about them. No day passes but
perpns sppiHssthe tsorgue jor lost
friends, aud recognize in these
ghastly, grinning corpses the one for
whom they gre searching. Dstect
ives, Who aselon thdalcft fot Ahe 70.
ward offered FOR some one missing,
glance sthreugh4 tho morgue each
morning, with photograph In hand,
to- ASCERTAIN II tho prize h there.
After an secident the morgue isbe-
sisged by those waiting Vi ses the
dead brought n. 10 find outff some
missing friend 10 among the killed.
The agony Of suspense d well illus.
trated by visitors at the morgue,
Women 60 there regularly, fearing
to find stretched on the slabs a hus-
band OF lover ,tiIssing Day AFTER
day they come, getting paier and
weaker with dreadful suspense, TO
look through the glass upon the hor-
rors there cxhibfted.
The preparAtionsof the dead before
being placed laa tbs imorgue takes
place in the dead.house, where an
inquest Is held, clothes are removed,
q coarse shroud is placed on the
corpxs, and 10 1is photographed.
Through the day and late into the
evening bodies are brought 70 the
dead house fr0sR City h0spitsIs and
hpm hanss whervs thsrs ~ rot
money VITA which to bury them.
This house Is long shed with stone
floor, about the walls Of which hang
the garments taken from corpses I'm.
known. These clothes hang one
year, when, II unclaimed, they are
disposed OF. In simmer time, when
hundrsfiss Of yictims sDf snpstspke
daily are brought 70 the dead-house,
the, place ! II crowded with corpscs,
and the odor OF death Is observable
iof some distance In The vicinity.
Mr.. White, the keeper, and the Corr
oner are then busy In this awful
place; but the former has become
cAllous In years OF attendance upon
the morgue, handling corpses and
holding them In position TO be
photographed. Every morning NJ
eight o'clock IN artist, WITH caIneras
comes to the inside court Of. the
|,ie&ishosse winse hodte3 "a be
ID ths bno4 ~ AasS iaid
against a wall, with a white sheet
covering sail hut the HEAD Stark
and stiff, they stand without diflicul-
ty. ennptiyGw en- hdent l,as cut
them In two; In such case two OF
three attendants keep them steady
for this purpose. The picture gal.
lery Of the morgue ID directly oppol
site the glass-snclosedi room. Few
would care TO hahold the iikenesses
there exhibited, AZ each face Il
stamped by agony or brutal EXPRESS
Ion, The face Of the man "shot,'
"butchercd with o kDife,n or who
died In "delirinm trefnens, Il there.
The back OF each card describes the
CORPSE and where ifo6nd. Sensitive
womsn look eagerly through This
gallery. and nearly faInting, discover
the countcnance for which they long
| liaS0 soArcbed. Mr.. u1tte ssixtes
distressing and affecting scenes that
have occurred In this room. Again.
there are those who find reiatlo ns
here pictured wisogo away satisfied !,
feeling that they are better dead and
buried -even In pauper's grave.
The, dissectJ ag roam sdiniss the
dead -h1use. Here pdst ns0rfem OK
aminations take place Of many who
die In Bellevue Hospital, and Of
those who are taken on suddenly
and tho cause n unknown. GOOD
l sni,ipx.tst ara here dfsat.ctS,l treatment