The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-06
UOROyERs NOT SOLEMN a.Ea.


CORONERS NOT SOLEMN AsEa.
| Phases OF I,fs Which Ov.rco Any Out-
| ward show or sympathy In Their once.
| Occasional visitors to tho Coroners' once
| have been heard to express surprise that IL 10
| not a gruesome and solemn place. The Coroners
nre more likely to DO Iocular thnn solemn. and
| their conduct docs not always seom sednte.
| young woman from another city, who Inc
| cluded tho Coroners' Once In her list OF the
sights Of Now York. said to her guide:
why. don't 500 anything terrible. Those
Coronors and doctors over there seem to DO
having jolly time. judging from their lau gh-
ter, and your handsome chief clerk doesn't look
as though he dwclt among ghosts
The fact Is that. while many sad aud unfor-
tunate cases como to tho attention OF the
Coroners and their subordinates. there are
also SO many exhibitions of selnshncss. indit.
ference, and oven cruelty on tho part Of those
to whom sympathy might SOON 70 be due that
it seems very natural that after little expo.
ricnre with the sombre side OF life Coroners
and clerks become calloused. and look upon
their duties with Indifference to the sad per-
sonnl features involved. THOR work Is often
complicated by tho uuarrols among the rela-
| tives of persons whose death has brought
them into tho category OF 'Coroners' cases"
Mysterious whispers, and even open accuse.
office by relati yes who nro convinced that the
dead were first unduly influenced In making
their Wills and afterwnrd murdered
NS ons ss s s e
their notes through tho sudden death OF
e9 T IN he sssG h The
sity:. ThS physician had not treated him for
subject 70 that in adIit!on to hts. es6.s
Tss not s dEShn;tsly f known the Ply:
'on and was Satisfied ens Death Was que
to natural causes. He did not perform, On an-
sRS ssSa ne Fs se ate fsse lie
%aneed ns
| formed. Tho Coroner considered tho caso dis
posed Of; and it was so entered in tho ree"r"".
,A,week later the Coroner was seated at kIs
s nay when sasa to see h
itor before. but no moro. The man introduced
himself as one OF the sons.in.law OF the dead
Yrs, to hsxe been n, most i siIssssd BY ~
grief at tho mere suggestion Of using knife.
horror stricken. that he was satisfied that his
| another son -in-law discussing the affair with
said hnthe was pelied to inform the ccro.
b SSsefEs had 5 Tss ssf
had been found in the room occupied by the
Ss9sssa asT:d T1 %s.Sep te ssn had
r sss,s
was Influenced only BY desire for justice and
ioryenGe2nee upon the murdsres 9s his 4. father
made. He also said he ,had, prepared letter
ATTENTION tItt to he coroners Conduct Il the
sd "ts hs Into s @.s
ia sSs n :ssPss Letter :s
and t%hSd dsk and
relatives. and found. as he had suspected. that
as m Fl. 81 his hsa ssR Sses
MS vile had been cut Of with mere pittanee:
daughter: Neyertheless the autopsy was made,
e eau ess was aso proved 1S Beyond doubt
Such exhibitions Of malice and spite are not
The sG snorant espssaPy those q ioreSn brsh
Among the very Ignorant the moro 1aet that
s fssa Is Sp
OF undue Influence and murder. Indeed. 1t 10
cs Il ts see an saf
SS s ;ni ssh fse
the inheritance There have even. been %.
nsse nSn uadeT oa the
the psrjursd testimony Of bis relatives s,,r,. ;.
dsn ksna q, bssv US5fHsa
place disaster; among the t most t, persistent
SsdS 81 S' rStSr Va SssS sH "a s lon
ssns S Ne0 h as male
@ Mt a:Dn5s ssi biz $sa
e%s' ssfH r .Hsnss ts h%
The sab;eauspt idsntihs9tions we're aIs9 4 81
through excessive ariot On that account he
at ed o1sa with ae him eH sR
On tic lnst day some body snsgestsd that ne
hunting 50 Professionally for the body Of his
brother lIe was watched closely that day.
aS SHra nH was bropsh, in,S tho Iofsqs
tn" snTh"r Was on hHod the no 6oGy
ema hi sf}'AS: rhat tsG S,t KS Be
~ What IS the matter with your demapJed
your brother insured p
You bet he was" said tho man. There's
n thousand dollars on his life. and I'll got 1t II
l cnn find tho body"
He Was excluded from the Moteue. Such
scenos as these make the Coroners and other
officials. whose business II ia to inquire into
cases OF sudden death. eeem nsympathetlc.
FLOODS OF RAIN IN THE DEsERTA
While the Wheat Fields Suner from Drouth
the sand Plains Arc Submerged.