Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-28
THE path VICTIMS.

Tim Body Driven on Shore at Mi(Le3'S Sta
rf0s. Fully identified as that of George
Burr, the st. Louis Bank Teller--1he Re-
mains IN the Hands Of the Coroner--A
Talk scith Chas. Wise--A Peril0us ascent
from, st. Charles, Mo.
Miller's Station, Ind, Special, Oct, ISL
The mystery of the missing ''Pathfnders' is
a mystery no longer. Stern, unyielding nature
has called upon the sea to give up its dead, and
there is no longer the shadow of doubt as to
the fate of the two unfortunate aeronauts
mounting the air from St. Louis in high spirits
few weeks ago; and the names of Wise and
Burr can be added to those of Donaldson and
Grimwood. The particulars Of the finding of
proof positive are as follows:
On Friday several men were traversing the
shore of Lake Michigan alorg from this point,
and when about three miles away discovered a
human body about four rods out in the water,
tossing upon the crested waves. The lake was
running high and in short time the remains
were washed ashore. The bloated and decom-
posed mass was not recognizable, but the find.
ers were not ignorant of the widespread inter
est and search for
THE LOST BALLOON,
and at once decided the corpse was one of the
party connected with it. The mans apparel
pants, silk.mixed British hose, and n1erino I'M
dershirt and drawers.
The socks and sleeve. buttons were marked
"B," and collar button was marked "a. b.
in monogram. From this all were convinced
that the remains of George Burr had at last
been found.
The fostering body was taken back a shor,
way and covered with boards to protect it from,
the sun and the myriads of flies that buzzed
n A1a1o hnppt Tho staro ,:oIr
ly grew sickening, but the clothing was care
fully examined, with result of finding 800 in
paper money. bunch of office keys, four.
bladed knife, various pieces of foreign money,
and a copy of the St. Louis Globe-D Democrat
Thomas Bowers took charge of matters, and
the coroner of Lake came up this aftern. 'on.
Telegraphic communications with St. Louis
had been opened at once, and from the person
al effects parties there had
FULLY IDENTIFIED
the body as that of the late teller of the st.
the place where the body lies is very rough,
and considering the lateness of the hour when
the coroner got thr, ugh looking over the
ground and conversing with persons in any way
conversant with any facts, it was not thought
best to do anything other than remove the re-
mains to the town of Lake, which is a few
miles from here, on the Fort Wayne road. fo1
an inquest on Monday. w. E. Burr, of St.
Louis, brother of the dead man, was notified
by telegraph of the action of the coroner, and
will be made acquainted with the result of the
inquest. Word was received from him that a
man was on the way to attend the removal OF
the corpse from Lake to St. Louis, and would
arrive early in the morning.
INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES Z. WISE.
ISt. Louis Special.
The Times correspondent had an interview
tonight with M. Charles E. Wise, son of Prof.
John Wise, lost with the Pathfinder. He has
always maintained that the voyagers would
turn up all right. Mr. Wise finds it difficult to
understand why his father kept the balloon
going when he and Burr came in sight IF Lake
Michigan. They must have seen the lake at
least thirty miles before they reached it. he
southern shore of Lake Michigan that night
He knew as we'll as any man living that the
balloon would not keep up long enough to pass
oVel the lake, and that it would be almost certain
death to both for the balloon to descend into
the lake. Then why didn't they descend be-
fore reaching the lake? The question can not
be answered satisfactorily to Charles Wise.
No matter how high in the air the balloon was,
even how dark it might have been that night
the water in the lake should have been seen
some time before the balloon reached the lake
time enough for the aeronauts to desceEd.
Young Burr might have been DESTROYS of
continuing the journey over the lake.
being willing to run the greatest
risks in order tn make sensational trip of it,
but Prof. Wise himself would most certain
~ never listen to any proposition of that
kind. With the quantity of gas the balloon had
when leaving Lindell park and tho amount of
ballast taken it could hardly keep more than
six hours, and the six hours were up when the
balloon reached Lake Michigan. Prof. Wise
Z Ill
sail over the lake ? He (Charles Wise) knew
we'll enough that his father would nut have
undertaken such thing. Before making the
the professor had told MIR. Downey
that he could not go very far with the balloon,
and in tended to descend at the first good place
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