The sun., 1891-07-10
MILES OF SEWER EXPLORED.
RATS SPLASH THE SEARCHERS FOR
THE SUPPOSED SUICIDE
Perhaps HIS Corpse IL stuck In the Mud
where CailnhRn's Was Found-Thnt
Dimcult HIT WIN BE Explored To-day.

Perhaps HIS Corpse IL stuck In the Mud
Where CaiinhRn's Was Found-Thnt
bimcuit Bit WIN BE Explored To-day.
The body OF tho man who is supposed TO
have committed suicide by dropping into tho
sewer manhole near Third avenue AMI Twen-
ty-sixth street in the rclting rain storm OF
Wednesday night was not recovered ycster-
day, although six men searched the sewers
from morning until night. Fireman ronrl
found n black derby hat under The mnnholo
on Wednesday night. Yesterday the searchers
found pair OF shoes about ten feet east OF
where the hat had lain. The string OF the
shoe which fits the left foot had been broken.
Tho shoes nre com mpnratively new. Sewer ex.
perts say they hadn't been there long.
The man did not dive down lhe mnnholc. Ho
went down feet first. Mra. kearns, the princi-
pal witness. said yesterday:
The man came frotA the side door OF
sweeney's saloon and walked rapidly to tho
manholc. lie stopped and lifted the heavy
Iron cover. Then he lowered himself quickly
foot first. supporting himself with his
hands until only the upper part OF his
body was above ground. Here 1 CO. lie
hole. as did others who witnessed It.. Wecould
ne,,}, hemr the water splashing down, there. and
could see the man moving about"
e. %nnns 81 %Orss W%m nna
foreman Patrick lehey's gang Of sewer eN-
Thomas Tho, Dolly were lowered with ropes. ;rhe
men wore rubber boots which reached their
Each man carried n lighted taIiow candle in
one hand: and q wooden stick about two feet
long long IL the other. The mo,nent their eet
scurrying down In the sewer. 1t was the
sewer rats scampering. away, They ran he-
saueaking and sp!ashine what little water was
flowing sluRgishly over the sewers muddy
It was decided 10 search first from the man.
hole east 10 Second avenue. and the manholes
opeiing ON Tw.nty-siXth street were uncov-
sewer connects With both she fhird asenus SlHss
sewer and the Second avenue sewer. There Is
summit midway on Twenty;-sIxth street be-
tween these two avenues, and part OF the SOW
age hows one way and part the other. Where
the M man jumped the sewage empt es into the
Lohey and Dooiey worked their way rapidly
nnG dnTG0ugn % the Iwenty sixth leet sewer TO Sec.
br serss @ See9nf aenuH to Tyent
avenue A; The tide was high. and the river
water had backed into the sewer as far Us Ave-
any further Tie men ca came .'t up f here sU,nd AND
then then, wen. TO Twenty.siHth street md
n different, direction. It was vas thought that
the man might have ciawled along the sewer
the AMI turned up one Of the
down to Its mouth: So X elm ordered his men
70 pore eysy foot OF the system mpeai-
:, At Twenty-sIxth street and Second avenue
the sewer searcbers went down again. This
til time 70 they walked up the second avenue sewer
as lar as Twenty-seventh street. crossed 10
Third avenue. ana tramped through mud, wa
ser ssws and IL sewer rats down the Thjr avenue
renched the main sewer for hat section of the
city. Th 8 is the sewer that the lucklel- Calls-
if INT" nhs sc The
ses2 hs and %P # "T wes !eie
before try Ing to do anything more. e''A
.,an ne sn.sre system excsrt he short stretch
The River had Doe" se"ebed Vea%e Every ono 40
ST. stuck In the mud Be ween these two points as
The Tventy.thifd street sewer drains lnrge
area: ca "a and 1.-THE the sewer examine all agree that
"Wednesday night As soon as tie unSnown
reached Iwenty.third street. they think he
{Sund TO his object
ried the body on down toward the river.
In the afternoon Foreman Tom Little and
ratrcE ana 1anS wilnm fHns1stSa Sah9
Sody The L wnS sa
sminsrs, Chief Engineer Horace Looms SAYS
work at Avenue 4. where the others ieft off, T.
i, The short "trip from here to the river was
he abr most tSsi I" search Hnttsry and
hole. which IL several hundre feet from the
mouth OF the sewer. and then they we forced
70 come up on account OF the high water. The
wind was blowing right acr oss the river which
1eld ,i the water water in the sewer back. The mud at
also. The men waited until 6 o'clock and
made another attempt but 1t was unsuccess-
ul TEen an effort was made to get n boat
nlo the sewer from the river. hut this was
allure, too. At 80 final attempt was made
he sewer. They got into mud and water up
% their faces. almost at the first step. and
we're forced to abandon the work for the night.
Another attempt will be made at 9 o'clock /,
his morning whom the water is low again. 1t |
3 thought that the mans body may he found |
lan's wns. IL IL isn't found there then 1t has |
lrtfted out Into the river. At Sweeney's they |
ay that they don't know who the man was.