New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-24
WOMEN AT THE MORG CE.
A MORBID CURIOSITY TO SEE CoRPsEs.

| LEAF OUT OF EPER WHITES EXPERIENCES.
The Morgue to many ppoDlc is "a place of at
traction Why TINS Is so Is mol To understand. Pine
collins. d'mp wals dead bodies Ia every sags OF decay
shronis bloody marble slabs. st-uch tlat
get show OF grief by
reudS and relatives letSsnt things
INSPIRE cheerful thoughts. tut still visitors every
day who attracted solely ny curiosity.
II would alt here all day" said Keeper White
be carefully elevated his rheumatic lsg upon a cush
Toned chair the MorgIe oircs. yol make up
your mind thai human nature Is queer thing nGeei
VINO would Imagine that a could desire to
go through THIS placet Vet th.r. Is day passes
without lumber Of women coming u s,e the
sgbts they tnqusitive than mon
The visitors generally wedrsssed peol and FROM
their talk should Judge tina many Of them from The
country. Frequently they coDs under Iaso pretonoes.
they dstscteI easily IN they put on a
face and that they have lost sumo relative
friend and want TO through ths MOrsuo tn for
tue missing one When asked the name OF the missing
person they usually taken unawares and
some familiar name. usually Smith 0 JoDcs and
sheepish No notice Is taken OF thnir embarrassment
the looked Tor, and OF course not found
rhon bundle or pictures Is handel tor ms pee
The faces are all OF the de al The nIsslng 10
not among them and uoting rem Ins but to
at the unknown bodies haul. They AJAX II they
o. where the bodies kept Permission is
usually aud QUE of The clerks shows them around
Why visitors practise dece atoD don't understand.
Aus one n IespectaOle visit the Morgus. they
eau get any comfort out or It am satisfied
maD Will 90 through tue M)rgue generally In one
quart or the take d lie Will give
"A glauce hoso thoe. re- general questions a.
" long bodies Kept, what OF tuem
l. not Identified. aud VIII hurry away Is women
usually waut " know everything fw0 wolI-dressci
acre To-Day wuo are u air san po OF tnon
ali rhcy looElus Tor Iissinx uo1d wDo Only
lived IN thsIr tmasIUatlOn. wsut ths inds WITH
tue When tue ,lOOr OF Z ie doai house opeurd,
tue women lrerel rhero 0D slide pile OF
collins nearly higu tns roof aud the other
row -. collins wAlon thoro about tbir,y bodies
one tue womea shudiereh md hell Uacs tue sick
AZ smell pOuro out; Dat tho otDrF one wDO uad
suappisn Uack took by the and roiIoweI
close behind The bla, eyed woman did the tax
lug and kepi buy answering Iues Thought
OF womb settle rlissI
the Ind 81 a Dux containing toe TO mdD who had
uurrlne sight being greatly swollen and decop os-d
and navi'g facr that uUt human. rno tlIniu
look aud wanted tO run out OF tue place.
blark eyes took ~ evrrytuins and asked
enough questions about tue body 10 nil book II nad
Seen So inclined would taken loog AT every
body lu the place.. Dat had more Iity The TIM Il
uan whose face ghastly gale than did her com
lot u clothes wn1ch had Ooun TAKEN tr IN tho d,.d
bodies had 10 ne Inspected turned psrasul
aud lad TO expaID what wa, doue with them aud how
they used means OF Identification long .fler
bodies they taken from Ia I'oter's Field
tDatter OF fact" SAID Keeper White IA cunuln,lou
They make dcuoIst alton aud fuss bat the e1eot
sO0u passes Away and as they 60 out they chat and
augh freely AS II tuey had not passed thIo ugh any
lnpleaaant experience