The evening world., 1892-02-12
IN poTTER's FIELD
The Hotel Royals Unknown Dead
Buried There To-Day.
Five Coffins in the Cortege that
Moved from the Morgue.
Supt. Brady Makes Report Hold
ing Inspector Kecly Dlamc,ess.

Five OF the unidentified bodies OF victims OF
the Hotel ,Royal horror were this morning
removed from the Morguc to Potters Field
on Wards Island, where they were inferred.
There were but few people present at the
time, aud there were no nOurners, as the cor
tegc moved solemnly on.
The sixth and only other unidentified body
remaining at the Morguc is that or the man
in colin No. 3. This corpse Is in such good
state .! preservation and 50 liable to iuentiii-
cation that 1t VIII be kept FOR another day or
two.
The body is that OF the man who Jumped
from an upper window OF the hotel and was
Among the bodies which were sent TO
Iotter's Field ior burial was that Of
the the NY,dn;Hno, wEmSn In c9n No. H. which
quacious Mrs kcegan had identified as
Mrs. Van Norden. Mr.. Van Nordcn did not
call at the Morgue to-day, and sun stoutly
to ashes In the names,
The crisp OF bone and flesh which had
lain ial IN Goilin ;omm No. , 10 at the morgue
tihcation was last night recognized as
being the body OF Robert }. \. ". burgess, II
florist, OF No $50 seventh avenue, Brooklyn.
lishment, and on the night preceding the
floral .. em6lems G1ns,,, to mak, up and de-
worked on the emblcms until mid
night bet before they were Finished, and
30 that he could deliver them at 3 o'clock,
the time required, on sunday morning.
The Identification was made by the father
general contour OF the body, but plln-
shirt which was found upon 1t, and When
matched exactly the underwear which Bur-
CESS had been In the habit OF wearing.
An undertaken called at the MCrgue early
this morning and arranged to take the body
OF Burgess to Brooklyn this afternoon.
Up T. noon to-day Coroner shea had not ar
rived Mt his Office. and the date for holding OF
the inquest over the bodies is still uhdc-
termipei
the disastrous Hotel Royal fire. so
far as appearances IN tho ncighbor-
and days OF horror and of anguish.
AT daybreak this morning Contractor CALI
many horses ana wagons and carts at
work removing the debris from the
streets, and iu forty-eighl hours, 1t is eN-
pected, the last vestigo OF tine wreckage Will
have been removed.
The building Department has decided that
the north and west walls OF the fortleth
down two stories from the roof.
The blGckened north wall on the Sixth ave
nuo side has been declared unsafe. and this
District-Att orney Niccll and the officials OF
his otCe are still In Il state of indecision us TO
what can Ie done In the way OF instltuting
Buildlnes seaton. The law relating to cases
or the Siud Is now being looked into.
section IL or the Penal Code provides that
any person In the employ OF the public and
failing to perform the duties required by the
position. 10 guilty or msdemeanor
Scaton escapes this provision OF the law be-
cause IN December, 1859, he was transferred
n hay turta-
dictipn over the Hotel Royal. Up to the time
or his transfer. In 1889, he was liable at any
this time the statute Of Limitations saves him.
The Only way in Which Seaton can be
legally preceded against IS by the produc-
ton nI proof that the death OF ono or more
persons IL ii" tire was directly due to his
neglect, IN which case he can be indicted for
munSiauEh,cr In the second degree. Whether
this proof can be obtained remains to te seen.
The evidence TO be adduced at the Coroncr's
1nqui 81 may throw seine light on his respUn-
sbility.
At The Cor0rcr's Office this morning n note
was receive d from Mrs. Lanton, oi Dorchester,
Mass, stating that her son, NJ. L. Lantun, 8
feet 4 Inches III h-i%ht ana weighing l"5
pounds, is MisSing irnm hcmc, She states
Hotel Royal HE, and she fears that he may
have teen guest there. The description
does not cOrrcs,'ond lin that OF auy or the
bodies l0unI III the ruiGs.
SuyeIinIenien. OF Bu,.diGgo Brady submit
ted his report on The tire 10 the Board OF Fire
Commissioners his afternoon. There is l,tt!e
that l. new contained IN Il, save that he en-
culpatcS INSPECTOR keely, who Is at present
In charge OF tAe district III which the TIRE Oc-
cured.
AS to Inspector Scatou, he says that Seaton
sWCrt tu the truth OI his report unit ii con-
frOnted with evidence OF Its Ialsity, when he
broke down and confessed.
! he report gees on to state that stunt.
Brady questioned Inspector kccly, who told
him there were no fret scapcs on the sixth
aveuGe side OF the hotel when ho (Keely) In
spectcd II on March s last.
Bui ding Inspector krcly, who had con-
firmed Inspector Seaton's false report as to
IRE cscaits On the Hotel Roy al, was to-day
suspended by the Fhc Commissioners, pend
Ing an tuycsti CATION.