The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-06-15

The fact that the bodies of the two
missing miners have been recovered is a
great relief to the public at large as we'll
as to the relatives of the deceased and the
operators of the mine, yet the after
clapse may be such that some people
may yet wish that the remains had re-
mained entombed. AS in many other
cases money is the root of the evil. 1t
will be remembered that at the time tn e
men were entombed it was reported that
Sober Pranzey, one of the victims, was
reported as having 5000 on his persod.
The victims brother was so much
worked up over the matter that had not
the officials interfered the man would
have rushed into the deadly gasses to
make a search for the wealth When the
bodies were recovered they were in such a
state of putretCatiOn that most of the
miners were unable to 90 within a hun
dred feet of them. The men who had
sufficient stamina to take them out
quickly rolled the bodies in canvas and
gave no thought to search for money
and as they were carried out the bodies
were sent to Undertaken John Roberts, of
town.
Mr.. Roberts said last night that the
bodies were the worst he had handled for
many a day. When he pulled off the
boots parts of the flesh adhered to the
leather and il was concluded to allow the
clothing to remain and wrap the whole
in sheet This course was adopted and
the bodies were placed in caskets
At about five O'Clock last evening
Pranzey's brother called at the under
taking establishment and insisted that a
search be made for the money. Notwith-
standing the decomposed state of the
bodies the man identified one of them as
that of his brother. Undertaken Roberts
then acceded to the request and COM
menced search for the money. He did
not dare remove the clothing, but cut all
the pockets with sharp knife and after
turning them inside out convinced the
brother that there was no money on the
remains. The man then became much
excited and stated that he knew his
brother had saved a considerable sum and
would resort to legal process to solve the
mystery surrounding its disappearance.
He said that immediately after his brother
was reported missing he called at the
boarding house and asked to be allowed
TO search the brothers. trunk, but the
boarding mistress refused to allow him
to even enter the bedroom. Since that
time the trunk has been searched, but no
money has been found. The man inti-
mated that he would cause an arrest.
A Girardville physician called at the
undertaking establishment last evening
and made an examination of the bodies in
behalf of Deputy Coroner DonOghue He
said he was satisfied that neither of the
men lived two hours after the fire started.
One of the men was over six feet high
and weighed over two hundred pounds.
The other was about five feet eight inches
and weighed about one hundred and fifty
pounds
Health Officer Miles called upon the
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the remains should be kept sealed and
the caskets should not he opened again.
The instructions were obeyed.
The funerals took place at o'clock this
morning from the undertaking establish
ment and the remains were inferred in
the Polish cemetery
A reporter visited Lost Creek last night
and learned that Col. d. p. Brown, the
superintendent for the Lehigh Valley
Coal Company, was suffering from the
reaction following the anxiety attending
the search for the bodies. Workmen who
were at the mine when the bodies were
| recovered say the superintendent was
very much affected when the miners told
| him the search was at an end. When he
learned of the traces left to show the
methods to which the men had resorted
to save their lives the superintendent al.
most broke down.
The recovery of the bodies is very graft,
| flying to the public as well as to the
| relatives and the officials of the company
because it effectually disposes of the
suspicion of foul play. 1t has been an
| open secret that the mine operators sus-
pected that they were victims of con.
spiracy. They got this idea because thrt e
mine fires followed each other in rapid
| succession. When the fire in the Colorado
mine started and the two men reported
missing there were several who limited
that the men had made their escape and
that events would probably show that the
fire was part of a plan to cripple the
mine. Even as late as a week ago a
prominent mine official stated that 'it
the bodies are there they will soon be
recovered" showing that there was a
doubt as to whether they were in the
mine. The recovery of the bodies vindi.
Gates the victims.
Deputy Coroner Donoghue will hold an
inquest on the cases at Girardyille to-
night and attempt to ascertain as near as
possible as to what caused the fire,
Excellent bill of fare always in readi.
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