The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-13
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4 4 HORRIBLE i SPECTACLE. .
Tho Head OF Corpse Torn From tho
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n LOUISVILLE, Jan. u. The body o
: Charles Childs was removed from III.
! fatal caisson Yesterday afternoon, but il
taking 1t from the trap the head Of the
unfortunate man was jerked Off the, life
less form and rolled away several feet
into the sand. Twas found yesterday
that in the exit from the chamber the
bodies OF Monroe Bowling and Charles
Childs were locked In the 4 tran, trap,
They were back to back, but 90 firmly
held that no amount Of pulling could
separate them. Their limbs were bent
under and seemed to be! buried In the
sand. They had evidently been squeezed
into the hole while trying to escape and
by some smishap! caught until the trap
closed, and the water drowned them, ,tl
* All kinds Of schemes were proposed
10 get the bodies out OF the tran, but the
only feasible plan was To place a rome
under the arms Of one OF the men and
then apply derrick force. This was
finally determined on this morning. and
preparations were made to carry It ont,
"A good strong half.inch ! rope ! was sc.
cured and tied under Childs' armpets.
The derrick was then started, but In
some way the rope slipped from It's place
while the machinery was going at full
force, and catching around tie dead
mans neck 1t the nextinstant pulled the
head completely FROM the body. ,3,9.l55,f 50
Y A HORRIBLE SIGHT. II 8
AS might be supposed, the sight was a
horrible one, and the rough; strong men
who stood around were compelled to
turn their heads away and leave The
spot. The rope was again fastened
around the headless trunk, and this
time the body. was easily drawn through
the opening.
Ss Superintendent Murphy then turned
his attention 10 the. body of Monroe
Bowling, and, fastening the same rope
under one Of the arms aud tho neck OF
the corpse, pulled it out OF the hole,
The face presented ghastly appearance.
and gave evidence OF the horrible struy.
gle these two men must have had In try.
ing 10 save their lives. b Bowling's eyes
shot nearly out OF their sockets, and
dreadful look OF fear was still depicted
on his face. His neck and cheeks were
badly lacerated, and his clothes nearly
torn of. AS the body dangled in the air
the stoutest men around were overcome
with the horror Of the scene. Y The
bodies OF the two men were turned over
to the undertaken aud got ready for
burial. n 5si it,5 S a5{fliIl
AFTER the bodies had been removed
superintendent Murphy, with several OF
his &men, descended through the /; air
shalt into the first chamber OF the cais.
son. 2J He had great trouble in working
the trap and found that no other bodies
were in position to beimmediately taken
out. he said: "The trap is only eigh-
teen inches square. BY the fickering
of.a candle light l saw some way into
the caisson. and discovered the unfortu.
nate men about ten feet from the trap.
All OF those visible were colored. 81
suppose the white men will be found
further back. l saw a number of hands
stuck up and the eight or nine bodies in
sight were huddled together in nearly
an indistinguishable mass. Every one
had probably recognized instantly the
danger and had made a mad rush for the
little hole or trap, the only, mode Of es-
cape. They had evidently knocked each
other down in the death scramble and
then the water, did the rest. If we have
no setback, hope to get the poor fel-
lows out before tomorrow morning. Il Il
is a tedious job and s has To be gone
through carefully. rs
AN uNrRELINa CROWD. s ~
"A tremendous crowd has been near
and around tho fatal spot since daybreak.
The report that the bodies would be
likely rescued served to draw the curious
and the morbid 10 the place, where they
fingered until nichtfall. While this sad
and awful scene was going on another OF
an entirely different character was being
enacted several hundred yards from it,
At Pier No. Q, next to the fatal No. 7, a
gang Of twenty workmen was busily at
work in the caisson twenty-five OF thirty
feet under the water. All Of the men
were = swearing, II singing, joking and
laughing as iflnothing unusual had oc.
Cured, and entirely oblivious to the fact
that twelve OF their late comrades Law
drowned within stones throw OF them.
sa Late last night six bodies in all had
been taken from the caisson. p They are
Morris, Bowling, Sopcr,, Smith, Ash and
Frank Alahar.s s2s& Tue first : five were
colored mon and all from Henderson,
KY. Mahar's was the last body brought
out. He is alwhite5 man, and is from
New Jersey. The bodies seem 1 to I be
packed in a mass ut the bottom NJ the