The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-11

70 gain n moments rest by leaning upon
their shovels. gazing in open-eyed wonder
ment at the hilarious men and women tnat
stood looking down upon them
During the afternoon no additional bod
les were found in the ruins nor was any
thing of value which might lead to the
Identification of anyone turned up by the
workmen. Every inch OF the ruins was
searched and every particle of debris
turned over. IL was said by the contractor
that no further discoveries need be ex-
pected, ana that there were no more bod
les in the ruins. At o'clock the force Of
workmen WAS laid off and the search
was discontinued. The workmen will
start Tomorrow 10 clear away the pile
of debris in the streets. This will occupy
several days. 1t was expected that when
the Railways of that part OF the hotel left
standing were reached. that many bodies
would be found, but although thorough
search made not one was discovered. IL
was said that those persons. II any Others.
who perished in the fire were burned TO
ashes and not trace was left OF them.
The supposition is that there were others
who were burned who will never be known
about.
Seventeen persons. eleven women and
six men, is the sum total of the dead. OF
these seven have been positively iden tificd
anu two others partly 90. Ii Is ex.
pected that the identity of these
two persons will be known by tomorrow.
In any event the manager Of the morgue
has been notified by the Commissioners OF
Charities and Corrections to hurry all the
of missing persons reported themselves as
safe to-day and others are likely TO do
30 tomorrow, but q goodly portion, 1t Is
thought, will forever remain missing"
of callers throughout the day. Inquiries
for missing persons were numerous, but no
further complete identlfications were made
Of the bodies shown to callers.
Ayoung woman. who refused TO give her
name entered the Tbirtieth- station
tonight, and asked the sergeant at the desk
10 permit her to see the casket said
to contain Mrs. Vannorden's 5000 worth Of
diamonds When told that they had been
identified. and that they had been turned
the missing woman. she said that the only
things Mrs. Vannorden had in the
hotel, at the time of the fire. were few
small trinkets. She was followed to No.
207 West One-hundred- and-eeyenth street
The only information received there OF the
mysteriOus woman was that she was q
friend of Mrs. Vannorden.
MIR. Mears. the proprietor OF the hotel. Is
positive that body No. IL is that of Mrs.
Van Orden, as 1t was found Immediately
under the room which shc occupied. The
body Is in an unrecognizable state. and
Mrs. Van Orden's husband. who has been
hanging aronnd the ruins since the fire. is
not sure whether she was stopping at the
uOtei Or uOt Win IegaTu 10 Tue INSURANCE
on the hotel property. Mr.. Mears stated
that he carried the same amount of insur-
ance which he had on it ten years ago, and
had not increased it since.
Building Inspector Seton this afternoon
confessed that he had perjured himself
and made false reports in regard to the fire
escapes upon the hotel. Over q year ago
the OWNERS of the building were ordered to
put fire escapes on tho Slxth-avenue side of
their building. and Seton reported that the
order had been 0beyed. 1t now transpires
that his report was false. and that the fire
escapes were never put in place. Seton has
been dismissed and his case placed In the
hands of the district attorney.
dispatch from Toronto, Ont, says:
Mrs. Cohen. who perished In the Hotel
Royal fire. was the wife of j. Cohen. q
snoe-dealer here. Two years go she eloped
with Louis Levi. of London, Ont, another
victim of the fire. For some time they
lived abroad, but returned here and re.
Gently moved to New York where they
met their doom together in the fatal hotel
fire. Levi was known here as a gambler
and faklr. Last summer be played the
races at New York and Gloucester, return
ing to his paramour here every Saturday
evening.