The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-26
Not an 1nritins Prosnect.

Not an Inviting Prospect.
The coroner Of Chicago is looking for
/ ward to a very busy season next year. Nc
Hale is his name, and from the way be talks
one would suppose that he expects that the
fees Of his office during .the next twelve
mohths win make him rich. In an inter
view published in the Chicago Nelgs Rec
ord, be says: II have made up my mind
that separate arrangements will have TO be
made for deaths occurring at the grounds or
in transit to and from the grounds. Il will
be necessary, in the first place. TO have in
quests held as soon as possible after the
deaths. This will grow out of the fact that
many Of the persons killed will be visitors IN
! Chicago. Ii will not be right to detain the
body IN the city, and along with It tbs
friends, for several days in order to hold the
inquest. And, again. IL will be useless
| annoyance and expense to have the bodies Of
unknown persons taken TO the morgue or
other place for Identification when ths'whole
trend Of travel will be in another direction.
Ia addition TO this many of the persons who
will witness accidents resulting in deaths
will not be citizens Of Chicago. A man will.
perhaps, be run over by locomotive. Tie
people who will see it will probably he from
various parts Of the country. They would
have no objection to testifying if they could
do so without Inconvenience, but they
would not want to take any chance Of being
detained In Chicago"
Chicago is to be congratulated on having
such thorough-going. practical coroner.
He does not need to be told that he must De
prepared for an extraordinary demand upon
his Office. He assumes that the demand will
be fully as great as he can meet even with
a greatly increased force at his command.
He seems to think that people will be drop
ping dead in the fair grounds at all hours Of
the day, and that they will be shutting of
their mortal coils while going to and coming
from the fair. In fact. be feels certain that
his services will be needed with great fire.
quency in the city itself. He says: "Of
course our force will have tobe greatly in
creased. Besides those accidgnts which will
arise from the crush at jackson park, the
ordinary classes of violent deaths will be
increased In number. More trains will be
run on all the railroads, the cars will be
more crowded, the street car lines will have
mora passengers, the elevators will be
jammed, the crowded condition of the city
will increase the deaths from sunstroke If
hot weather is experienced"
He declares there will be a necessity for
"a regular coroner's Office at thu fair
grounds, aud as he has q regular Office in
the city it Is probable that he will have
to have several additional deputies
he evidently thinks that hundreds Of peo-
YNlo will 10 ha%
dreds will be killed accidentally by getting
under the wheels of railroad cars or street
cars, and that still other hundreds will be
victims of murderers and thieves or lose
their lives in quar-els. II he presents the
outlook correctly he ought to have half
dozen offices and half hundred deputies.
The fair managers ought to announce that
visitors to Chicago during the fair
should be careful to write their
names and addresses on cards and
carry the cards in their pocket books, so
that if they should fall into the hands of tho
coroner that official would know where to
ship their remains.
The coroner, OF course, doesn't want to
be understood as saying that Chicago water,
or Chicago climate. or Chicago filth will kill
anybody. He simply wants the country to
know that he is ready for business, and that
visitors, If they die while at the fair, or in
Chicago. will be sent home for burial Just
as expeditiously as circumstances will per-
NIT. Coroner McHale Is business man
through and through, and knowing that
fact people will 60 to the fair confident that
il they should get tired of life, or meet
with fatal accident while there, they will
not be neglected. TIE announcement by the
coroner Of his preparations for an extensive
business, and of his ability TO meet any
emergency, will be a source of comfort
pr obably to many who propose visiting tho
fair.