The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-05

| Lookup. This place was full OF mud
kneeders, and it was impossible to
lock them in there. box car
was then visited, and while the officer
were wrangling with the railroad officials
as to the advisability of placing the crooks
inside, Dick rode up. He imperiously de-
manded the cause of the trouble
WANTED To SHOOT THEM.
IL was explained to him. "Stand the
fellows therem shouted Dick, refining up his
| horse. His features stiffenod into an ex-
preston of determination and rage,
and he whipped out revolver,
leveled it at the quaking wretches
and muttered: "I'n stop their thiev-
ing" For Gods sake, don't" cried
Detective McTighe, and he implorin gly
threw up both arms with tragic gesture.
Don't do that, for heavens SAKE remem-
ber we're officers of the law" After
some minutes parleying Dick was
called off and better counsel prevailed. No
Accommodations could be found for the
Kansas City gentry, aud they were given
hye minutes 20 leave town on backward
trip to Sang Hallow. They left with white
faces and trembling limbs at an estimated
rate Of fifteen miles per hour.
NO LACK OF PICTURES.
There will be no lack Of pictures Of the
Johnstown flood horror.
mandery Knights of Pythias, held here this
afternoon, E. q. Grouse, secretary, was ap-
pointed to receive funds. All knights of
Pythias funds will therefore please be sent
to Mr.. Grouse at Johnstown. Six impro-
vised morgues are in Johustcwn, and in
these bodies are held until decomposition
renders it unsafe to keep them longer
These temporary places for the dead are in
churches and schoolhouses, the largest one
being the Fourth ward school house. where
planks have been laid over the tops Of
desks and ON them remains are placed.
LOST MONEY AND RELATIVES.
A frequent visitor at the horrible place is
David John Lewis. All over Johnstown he
| rides powerful gray horse, and to
each one he meets whom he knows he
exclaims: "Yave you seen my sistersp
| Hardly waiting for reply he gallops away,
either to seek ingress into morgue or to
ride along the river banks. One week ago
Lewis was worth $50 900, his all being in-
vested in a large commission business
To-day he owns the horse he rides, the
clothes on his back, and that is all. In the
fierce wave were eburled all of
his dear relatives-three sons and
his sisters Anna, Louise and Maggie
| The latter was married and her little boy
and babe were also drowned They were
all dearly loved by the merchant, who,
is now conspicuous figure in the ruined
| city.
Today handsome coffin was found half
burned in charred wreckago. Inside was
found the body of a man, shrouded for
burial, but SO scorched about the head and
face so as to be unrecognizable The sup
| position is that the house in which the dead
man had lain had been crushed, and the
| debris partially consumed by the fire.
| I X al ola fba tctS
being the only Now Yorker in Johnstown
who escaped the flood, or the honor Of hav-
| ing rescued, or assisted to rescue, sixty
persons His base of operations
was the Merchants hotel, and his
plan was to lift persons
| from the windows of houses swimming by.
Among those he saved was Rev. Phillips,
who as he glided by was trying to hold his
wife and two children above the water by
means of table on which he had placed
them and raised the load to his head. The
house swung against the hotel and stayed
just long enough for the rescue to be COM
plete.
KLEIN WORKING HARD.
Supt. Klein has been working hard to al
leviate the suffering of the victims He
criticizes the city council of Johnstown for
not taking steps to prevent vandalism,
which, he says, is going on night and day.
day in the act of robbing corpses. They
pretended to be at work searching the debris
but the man was seen TO hand gold watch
to the woman. Both were arrested
The woman's pockets were found TO be
filed with watches and iewelry
There were several rings that were bloody.
Fingers bad been cut off the dead for gold.
AS to the failure Of the Johnstown council
to afford police protection there are many
awta cir ar
the eouncimen are believed TO have lost
their lives in the flood and there Is scarcely
one of the living who has not met
with some terrible loss. The sad
fate of the family of Chief OF Police Harris
is known, all having perished in the dis
aster.
The fourteenth regiment is on the ground
tonight, and there is a semblance Of mill
tary rule In Conemaugh valley.
soULLEss THIEVES.
Although close watch has been kept on
bodies after they have been unearthed,
thieves occasionally get in an opportunity
TO steal from the dead. Five Italians were
caught this afternoon while in the
act Of exhuming body at the
cemetery. Fortunately for them there
were few people around, or they
would undoubtedly have been strung
up. As it was, they were taken in charge
Dy nle OF solulefs and locked IN q box car.
Tomorrow morning they will be taken to
Greensburg, where they win be tried.
Petty thieving is constantly going on, but
by tomorrow thorough military patrol
will prevent it in great measure.
ADJT GEN. HASTINGS REPORT.
Adjt. Gen. Hastings at midnight wired
Gov. Beaver his report OF the day. II is a
most encouraging one, and shows that the
terror-stricken city Is recovering from the
blow struck her. The report is as follows:
"Ihe Fourteenth regiment arrived here to-
day, 400 strong. The burgess of Johnstown
and the sheriff of Cambria county
finally requested troops this morning.
There has been no violence or
disorder. Several thieves have been ar
rested. About 1,500 laborers are at work
and squads are coming in from all sides.
The present force will probably be doubled
tomorrow. There is plenty of food and
clothing. Tue survivors are regaining their
health. Chairman Moxham Of the citizens
committee, became exhausted to-day
and was retired, and James
Scoll Of Pittsburg elected in his
place. The organization 10 now perfect
1t will take weeks to complete the work
Kind farmers lent their assistance and dug
trenches and graves for the victims Of the
great food. Single interments are rare.
Usually the coffins were placed in long rows
in trenches prepared for the purposeg This
is temporary arrangement, and as soon as
the bodies are claimed they will be given
II surviving relatives or friends