New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-09

THREE or rHF TWELVE BODIES IDENTIFIED
STREAMS OF ANXIOUS INQUIRIES.

STREAMS OF ANXIOUS INoT1RERS
\ large number Of people VISITED The MorSnc We top
dav many undoubtedly drawn tIi-ro bv mortl
curiosity but al asserting that thov had come ;ry
10 identify some one OF the bodc- lost relative
or friend. Nearly all who seemed 10 tab"
pleasure in looking the lodic,, most Of which
are chalrcd lcycnd recognition. only one Of the
bod s that have been taken 10 h" Morguc-tmt Of
Henry j. Levy Of No. $40 West Foriy--ccond 81 a
salesman for strauss q Freeman. of no 7o1 Broadway,
has be taken away. Two Of the other bodies have
been identified will probably he removed today.
None Of the other four bodies which were brought to tn
dead house sunday ha, yet been Identified pO,tv Is
The frs; corpse identified Yesterday wa, TIE man
In box No. :. The body was clad Ia -
nightShrt. pair Of trousers and waist
coat The latter contained SI2 - The corp.c was
much charred and the face barely rec 1gnizabe.
The llar and mouotaclc We're dark. on pocket Of
the trorser, was: a. ~ Town end. No. ~ church.
ST. New Haven. Conn., The The IN,
ON his key ring aud in a Russia leather memorandum
book.
r. f. Baldwin. Of No. 30 o;even-st.. New Haven.
positively Identifies the body that Of Mr. townsend
BY the upper part OF the head and face. In tic after
noon townsend friends who called recognized hi
watch charms, and clothing, bat doubi;u about
the face. Nj. Baldwin Immediately went TO Coroner
MESSENGER for II permit 10 remove The body t. New
Haven Tor burial there. II. j. Hubbard Of 40 -
Times Bulldiug, also identified \. 4. Townsend. They
we're both members of the Rog Sherman Lodge, No
80, X. Of p. Mr. Hubbard Identified the head.
The next Identification was not until 30 p. m.
No. 8 then found 10 b. the body Of Miss Mary
Hegcy the houselscepcr Of the Hotel Royal. About
3 O'Clock in the afternoon Miss Bridget Beselcy, Of
No. 200 East Forty third-si, the sister If tie hoaee
keeper the MCrgue. accompanied by her
couen, Miss Mary Tucker and Miss Mary Mccarthy.
As Miss Begley entering the dead room show
signs Of becoming hyseIica, her companions did nos
allow her 10 Ioo, at the bodi,s. Tho other two
examined all the bodies Of women that had
been brought in and shook hr heads until they
to box No. 8. In the plain board coffin lay tn
charred body Of n woman, the face almost unrccog
nizable. The upper teeth were false aud The body
clad only in knit undersIirt and white muslin
nightdr The women said they thought they could
recognize the features. but could not De sure. The
housekeepcr had had a new set Of false teeth made
a short time before by Dr.. Edward Pagan. the dentist
Of 10 3G2 Sixth-ave.
The three women went away and returned with The
dentist al 80 p. III. The plate taken from tho
dead woman's mouth ard the dentist examined II care
fully lie at last found his private mark, and said
- Tint Is the plate The news taken to the
moaning sister Of The dead housekcepcr sitting in tho
Office and afCer makng arrangements with tie officers
to have the body moved, tho sad little party went
away.
The first body 10 arrive at the MOrgue yesterday
morning was the woman in box No 6. she was ap-
parenty about thirty years old. Her height is four
feet and eleven inches. The feet are small. The
body which naked. burned beyond recognition.
1t probably weighs about 125 pounds. All the hair
burned off, and some of the lower teeth gone
The upper teeth are false. y gold band ring, which
was floral design. the finger Of the left hand.
The box was carried In and placed by the side Of the
empty box No. g. which had contained Levy's body.
The body OF Townsend was brought in next, snd
made the seventh In the horrible row.
Box No. was the third to arrive. IL contained
the body OLA badly burned that the was
difficult to distinguish. The woman apparently
about twenty years old Her height was four feet
eleven inches and her weight probably 100 pounds
The body bad two full sets Of natural teeth. Several Of