Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17

and at o'clock was forwarded to
Doylestown, the home of her parents.
The bodies were laid out on the marble
slabs, all being neatly dressed with I'M
derclothing and embalmed by Foley &
Dullea, who have been employed by the
board of supervisors to care for the
dead. The floor of the morgue presents
a sickening sight, covered with masses
of clothed blood and hair and remnants
of the clothing of the poor victims. A
German woman, almost Frustrated with
grief and despair, accompanied by her
daughter, came to the mOrgue this
morning looking for the body of her
daughter, Anna Bergman, who was en-
ployed at the Newhall washing paint
work. Looking at the bodies, the old
woman wrung her hands IN anguish, ex-
claiming: Mine God, mine God, it is
NIGHT, it is NIGHT. Mine poor girl, she is
not here" The sister imme-
diately recognized Otilie Waltersdorf
as roommate Of the missing
girl. The family live just outside of the
city on the Washington road. The poor
girl had been employed at the hotel
about two years. A widow lady, living
on East Water Street, between Martin
and Johnson Streets, vainly sought for
the body of her daughter, Martha Sless-
ner, aged Is years, who had been en-
ployed for about year in the Newhall
House kitchen. It was pitiful to wit
ness the mothers grief at the failure to
obtain the slightest clue to her girls
whereabouts. The daughter was the
only support of her widowed mother and
the only relative she possessed. A Mr..
Daley from Waukesha searched the
morgue for the body of an old lady
named Ann Casey, aged SO years, who is
among the missing, Mr.. Daley's daugh-
ter, Mary, was employed at the Newhall,
but returned to her home about month
ago on account of illness. Miss Casey,
who resided with Mr.. Daley's family,
took the girls place at the hotel, pend
ing the latter's recovery, and is num-
bered among the dead and missing.
.. THE FATE OF MISS CHELLIs.
Miss Libbie Chellis, whose terrible
death was mentioned in last evenings
WISCONSIN, formerly resided at Racine,
where her father aud brother still
lives; two sisters also living at Escan-
aba. Miss Chellis had for the past eight
years been at the head of the dress and
cloak-making department of L. A. Chap
man & Co. s establishment. She was
considered to be the finest fashionable
dressmaker in the northwest, and was
held in the highest esteem by her
employer and the patrons of the estab-
lishment. Miss Chellis was almost
idolized by the girls of her department,
who, since her sad fate became known,
are nearly frantic with grief; work in
the department has been completely
suspended since the fire, and will pro b.
ably not be resumed for day or two.
| 1t was reported this morning that a
young girl had occupied the room with
Miss Chellis on henight of the fire, but
the rumOr could not be traced to re-
liable source. It is stated however by
| clerks at T. A. Chapman's that one Of
the girls employed i'll the making
department spent the night with
| sister, a domestic, and is among the
missing. This refers probably to Rosa
Burns, reported missing yesterday.
The girls in Miss Chellis' depart
ment, to show III a measure their love
for her, on Christmas, in Miss Chellis
absence, gathered at her room at the
Newhall House and spread her bed with
elegant and costly lace coverlids and
pillow-shams, as a holiday gift. The
| father of the unfortunate woman arrived
IN the city this morning. Miss Chellis
was in her 42d year. Her remains have
not been recovered.
A PROMINENT MAN AMONG THE MISSING.
Judge George Reed, formerly of Man
itowoc, who is among the missing, was
a native of Middleton, Middlesex Coun
ty, Mass, where he was born Novem-
Der 10, 1903, being in his seventy-ffth
year. He attended the academy at Cas-
tleton, VT, from 1926 to 1880; entered
college at Middlebury, VT, in 1880;
studied law at Castleton from 1881 to
1884; was by profession a lawyer. He
came to Wisconsin in 1885, and first set
! tied in Milwaukee. He was member