The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-15
CUMMIN HAS COME TO LIFE.
THE PRIMER VAS NOT KILLED IN THE
PARK PLACE DISASTER.
nis wife hnd Received $40 from the
tnion and Lump sum from the RELIEF
Fand-Yrsterdny He Teicgrn phed from

Aspp WIG Unu hcceNveV WlNV '~e
Union md n Lump sum from the Relief
Fand-Yrsterdny He TeicHrnphed from
Haiifax for Hts Travelling Gard.
Sherman Cummin. a proof reader on tho
Mail and Express. had not been at homo for a
week before tho disaster In Park place He
occasionally got on sprees and remained
away from homo several days at a
time, and his friends did not think
OF connectirg his absence with the falling OF the
building until four days after tho crash. Then
some one told his wife that ho had been seen
in Petersen's restaurant on the fatal Saturday.
it was the Wednesday following that she re-
ported him missing.
Cummin lived ut 1877 Tenth street. BROOKLYN.
with his wife and young daughter. He was
prominent in tho politics OF Typographical
Union No. G. having figured lat:erly as one OF
the anti.administ ration leaders.
lie was ono OF tho four delegates to the In
ternational Union Convention in 1886.
When 1t was reported that he had boon
lost In the crash. several printers Joined
his wife In haunting the ruins. and
the Morguo In search OF the body. Among
these Gro Theodore {. Wildman. also . proof
reader In tho Mail and Express ONCE. James
NJ. Duncan OF the Herald composing room. and
tho missing mans brother. William. II com.
position OF the Mail and Express.
On the Thursday after the disaster Mrs
Cummin saw q body in the Morgue which .he
concluded must be her husbands. 1t was In
a box marked o 35. The head was missing.
ored ns to be beyond recognition.
But the body was we'll built and one leg was
shorter than the other. Mr.. Cummin had a
short leg. These were the grounds OF hrs.
Culnmins Identification. William Cummin.
Mr. N'lman. and Mr.. Duncan also agreed
with her.
10 make more sure. however. Mr.. Wildman
went 10 the Mor.uo tho next day and took
away II par. OF the clothing with the idea o.
cleaning 1t anil seeing IT, 1t CORE snonded with
Moreu. Keensr White tod him iha. he must
take l. he body away next morning before 10
HSlo,;k or it would be buried with the uniasn-
INA cleaning Of ths cloth rr0 S h nSthinx:
Moreusa' T% Ss Tsrs too Ia" Iss.: Ths nsia.n;i:
Cemetery. and the body they sought was
the reoGs IN charge refused to di'n''r the
thorities Tor II permit for removal. They sent
heE TO- TO- Long On, Island SLAP CITY. She applied tnere
ThsS shs Ssnt 10 tho sem.ery; BY. wren :, 4 the
bSa xS on f.
which marked the box had been lost
nh: refused
cl9ded 70 lot the matter res! until cold weathsr
Meontms TynSgr fa Union No. saa
William, Ferguson, the Secretary, paid The
unndertaker SO Tor bis fruitless services a..
w HnS sas sS h the the
succeeded II getting, tho tcdy. Mr.. Wildman
collected s64 I, ON the employees IN the Man
her.
1t was rspored among the printers last
Mayors Relief Fund had paid her 500. This
ana sGpsMs.f 81 tb.%
Yesterday afternoon Nj. wildmap received
cal 1i Cnion No. e." 1t read: '''~ "'''
send travelling card ] s s ssp 5, = .s
sH.RMlN Cuxa,S.
wildman hunted up Duncan and showed
They took the telegram to the Western Union
s apa o te Thsy aseS i. and
came to the conclusion that there was only
one exp! anation.
made two or three days Of It. They concluded
from home \ week sfo:e the discster aud
aoGfra :, %na
rived in Halifax two or three days ago.
lie wRs probably without money whom he got
there. and wanted to get Job In a. printing
office 20 enable him to earn enough to get
home But It would not bs easy to got a job in
u union town without his card.
Wildman ana Duncan went 10 500 Mrs. Cum
min and got the card. She told them she
would return the money the union had given
her.
They also saw q member Of the Mayors Re-
would probably be satisfied II Mrs. Cummin
returned what she had not already spent OF
the money She got from this source.
The money was a free Gift to her. however.
So there is an additional body in EverGreens