The sun., 1894-05-06

an unknovn man in the place Of the real
| Scseph hauer a.. -
to GO entirely ~ a description of the clothing.
| From the very necessity % the case that hap
pens most frequently where body has been
| lie cited ne an example case where a man
| was identified hy shoestrinR. On Nov. "a .
heen in the water for nearly year. and the
head was missing, A woman. accom- panied Nv
| MorGue and nsked TO see the body. she wasn't
sure about 4 Until che came 70 tho shoes
| Thomas McMabon. her husband. She remem-
bered having given him that particular kind Of
The positive Identification involved a 10 natter
OF some insurance money. and the Coroner
was requested to hold an inquest. At the lat.
the knot in the shoe string On the day Won on
which her faiger had left home she had tlei
his shoes for him. and she could recognize the
that the body was that OF Thomas Mcmahon.
OF Identification. Several years ago two boys
lhrothersl disappeared. Some weeks later two
bodies we're found in the river The boys had
been about the same size, and the mother said
che couldn't tell which was which. Then she
remembered that beio-e leaving home one OF
Jenkins performed an autopsy at the Moraue.
and ip the stomach Of one Of the bodies was
WAY the IN mother was able to perfect her lden-
Another instance was the. celebrated Bolte
man named lTnRer who after re owing the
he head and clothing put the body IN trunk and
was identified by the peculiar position Of one
Of bis fingers: some years before the tendon
was identified by. certain figured handker-
On the day Of the Hotel Royal iire a number,ot
unrecognized bodies were taken to the
NSfsH' OTs was on' Sfs Of in the hong
manner: 1t seens that the man had been in
the naS Of Tsn one leg held n
been abed when the hotel caught fire and had
been smo othered in his sleen When his body
u was identified by the eramped position OF
the leg. Another case is that Of q woman who
culiar shade and OF uncommon length,
There is an instance n N Thers Ss ne eody f 9t "a
by . satchel key The body was identified as
made the identlfcaticn had a duplicate hey.
There is also case where man was identi-
ned by means OF glass eve. and another
which the owner had carried while alive. was
the means by which the recognition was made.
OF the unidentiGed bodies compared with the
number received at the Morgue.
went to the Pottsrs Field 3y46 were claimed
ceived as unknown. OF which 80 have never
coStIons isn the s0 1nioftSassss % had dozen or
more friends or or relatives, who were Ts looking
pePcentaSs s OF unidentffed is really large. Wv
We receive about ten men to eUery one HIs
latter has been found. especially II she is
of crsnks and mono aniscs to the Morgue.
These persons are mainly women. most OF
II the unfortunate woman has committed
suicide or met with violent death the rush 10
AL the % ter tine two wba GAYS
suicide on the Third avenue elevated road lay
in the Mosgue We counted over fifty women
You would he Interested he went on. TO
watch the different people who come here: A
and he .sS1sht i i might s1, Is his ia,heT; When
he. It's you, sin't 1t This is about the last
place thS.Sht you'd turn AZ ,ns rns
HH saiIsd then he WI Whispersd @ HO woulGnt wond.ri Il
Of tss seS Ths,S
day" The door opened few inches and an
"It is" said the Captain: what can do for
The door opened little wider and the re-
porter saw plainly dressed little woman. who
appear cd to be badly frightened.
her hand erchief nervously around her finger.
II hardly think he's here" said tho Captain.
sncouraginGly this Is the description OF the
man we have" He took up the Morgus
book and ran over the latest entry. The wo-
man's face frightened. That isn't he" she
said. only thought"
address I'll let you know II anything hap
pens" broke in the Captain. On your way
out you might inquire at the hospital"
Then when the woman had gone: She
wasn't half as bad as most OF them. They usu-
ally insist upon looking at the body"