Daily globe., 1882-09-27
IN A PICKLE.
The Body of WelI-tO-Do Cincinnatian N
Found in a Barrel of Brine in the Ohio
Medical COIlege-A Revolving Spectacle.

Found in Barrel of Brine in the Ohio
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 26.-Yesterday occurred The
last and the saddest chapter in the case of Mich
olas Montag, his body being found by his young
son in a barrel of brine at the Ohio Medical col
lege, on Sixth street and subsequently, given a
decent burial. The details of Montag's death in
the workhouse and disposal of the remains with
out the knowledge of his family have been pub
lished The deceased's family traced the body
to the college, but could not get it. The widow
with her sons Charles, aged twenty, John, aged
| twenty-five, and Henry, aged eighteen, and a
friend, Miss Kate Pautins, of Cumminsville
called yesterday morning upon the city under
takers who told them that the college
folks would readily turn over MIR. Mon
tags remains if they were in the institution
Accordingly about 10 o'clock the sorrowing
party were conducted to the college by Mr.
Habig. Here they were again told that if the
| body was there they could have it. The sons
were conducted to an upper story, and one of
the doctors picked out Charlie to go into the
dead room for the purpose of identifying his
| father. The other boys remained outside with
a couple of young doctors, and Charles, being
ushered into the room, the key in the door was
| turned. In the room, said young Charles, were
| number of barrels, each containing body in
brine. The first barrel examined contained the
| body of young lady; the sec ond that of a man;
the third man, and the fourth his father.
Only the top of his fathers head stuck out
above the brine, but Charles thought he recog-
nized him by the hair. He remembered that his
father had small tumor on the lower part of
the back of his head and rolling up his sleeves
and putting his hands into the barrel, he felt
| the spot, and was then positive. He asked the
doctor to lift up the face, which was done.
Then he satisfied beyond all doubt that he
had found his father. Then came the operation
| of taking the remains from the barrel. Charles
| was asked to assist the physicians, and he took
| off his coat and went to work. First they
placed board across couple of chairs
alongside of the barrel, then each
took hold of one arm, but were
unable to get the burden any further than the
| waist the barrel was narrow at the top
Finally towel was placed under the kneesand by
great effort the two succeeded in pulling the
body out, and in doing SO young Montag, in
catching hold of the lower part of one of the
legs, tore off portion of the skin. One would
hardly imagine that son could calmly go
through with all this, but as Charles, with tears
| in his eyes and trembling with emotion, said to
the reporter who listened while he related his
experience: II wanted to get father out of that
awful place soon as l could. I was afraid
mother could not stand it to see the body and
the condition it was in.'' The body being laid
on the board, dripping with the picking prepa-
ton, the doctor wiped off the face with a
sponge. A cut in the throat where the preserv-
ing preparation had been injected into the body
was observed A sheet was thrown over the re-
mains of Nicholas Montag, and they were re-
moved TO another room where the wife, sons
and friends viewed them. The scene at this
juncture can better be imagined than described
The widow was almost overcome, while the
sons wept bitterly. The family departed, and
at one O'Clock undertaken Habig's wagon drove
up to the college, secured the remains and con-
veyed them to Habig's establishment, where
made to look well possible, dressed in a
neat shroud and placed in a coffin.
The funeral took place at the deceased's home,
number sixty lone Bridge street. and as soon as
the body arrived the house was sur
rounded by large crowd of people attracted
out of mere curiosity.
CAIRO, Sept. ga grand reception
was held at the palace to-day by the khe-
dive. Nearly one thousand representatives
of different villages we're present. The
khedive refused to receive many implicat-
ed pashas and beys who came to profess
loyalty, and warned the ulemas and other
high parsonages they would be severely
punished if they relapsed into disloyalty.
The principal British officers with their
staffs were present. General Wolseley,
however, was indisposed and unable to at
tend. The ceremony of presentation to
the general of a decoration by the khe
dive did not take place.