Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-22
r. d. BEDC.

q. ID. BEDU.
Was an employee of the Diamond mill at the
time of the explosion; John Boyer and David
John Boyer was killed. and his remains have
been identified; he was the only man in the
mill at the time of the explosion, am quite
positive; do net know of any positive knowl-
edge of the deaths in other mills; saw the re-
mains of Boyer and knew that Mr.. Hewes
identified the same by a piece of checkered
shirt; all others working in the mill have been
accounted for.
being called testified a. follows:
Cant say that was intimately acquainted
with any of those killed but my own boy: his
| remains l have not seen; have not seen him
since he left home; his name was Jacob v
Rhodes; gentleman states that he was seen
at the foot of the hills that is the
only evidence have of his
approaching the ruins; he said he was
going to the fire; could not say which mill he
persisted in; only know from circumstantial
evidence that he was killed in the ruins some
| where; in which part l cannot say.
PETER LUND
stated that he had worked in the Humboldt
mill; at the time of the explosion myself and
Peter Heberg were the only men engaged in the
mill; l went out after pail of water and left
him in the mill since then have not seen him and
think that he persisted from the fact that some
| bones have been found where he must have
been; do not know any other persons who vera
killed in the explosion.
| c. W. JONES
stated that he was connected with the Wash
burn "A' mill; usually fifteen persons are en-
ployed in the mill, but think only twelve
were in the mill at the time of the explosion;
| their names were e. II. Grundman William
Leslie, August Schmidt, Ole shei, Patrick Judd,
| Walter Savage, Charles Henning, Fred Merrill.
| Clark WILDER, Henry Hice, Charles Kimball.
--- Burbank; there thirteen
names, but Grundman was of the day fierce;
Mr.. Seamore, of the night force, was absent
and have seen him since; do not know of any
Others that were killed in the other mills; have
| identified the remain. of Grundman, Leslie,
Judd, Shei and Smith; am not certain of any
more; think all persisted in the explosion; three
| of those killed were found in the canal Judd
| Shei and Smith were those found in the canal :;
there were eight or nine of the remains found !;
| two of them had only the trunks left. the legs
| and arms being burned off; some of the others
were only very small, the remains being car
ried away in elevator cups; in one instance all
| that was left was carried away on piece of pa
per; those found in the canal were only slightly
burned and were easily identified.
THOMAS NORMAN
stated that he there the morning after the
| fire and been there ever since; have helped take
out all that have been recovered; think that
nine of the bodies have been recovered; of
| these only nine that would be recognized as
| bodies were taken out; some portions of re-
| mains have been removed; do
not know Iof any of the
men having anything in their
hands; saw judd, shee and Smith when they
| were taken out of the canal; found the sleeve
buttons that we're supposed to have been worn
by Merrill. Have been interested in the fire
because my son-in-law, Walter Savage. per-
| ished at that time Found lantern, oil can,
and small funnel in the canal in washing out
the rubbish. Saw the man taken out near the
| railroad track, but did not know who
it was; Patrick Judd first
taken out, then Shei and then Schmidt; saw q
portion Of a foot taken out that was supposed
to be that of Merrill; this morning linen coat
and brush were found in the canal.
The coroner stated that he had received the
name of John Vanstrum, and had heard that
he had been killed. No one could throw any
light upon the subject, however.
John E. Rossineus, it was stated, perished in
the Zenith mill.
Mr.. Jones being called upon stated that Cy-
rus Ewing was also among the killed; did not
think of it before. That makes fourteen il,
the big mill; and he modified his testimony &C
cordingly. ,.
Footing up the number there were eighteen
killed,
The coroner and jury came to the conclusion at
this point that all necessary evidence was in and
the Jury withdrew for consultation, at a quarter
before 8 o'clock. At ten minutes past they
returned, and stated that they had concluded tc
djourn until this evening, at o'clock, when
the verdict will be rendered.