The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-04
IT WAS NOT anna harris
Youag Girl kilIed ut the, Steel Works
Crossing Not Identified.
WAS EMPLOYED in SILK MILL
After Her Dav's Work Wes Done She Was
Rum Down by q Delaware& 1 Hud-
son. Passenger Train
aud Killed.

killed shortly after 8 o'clock last even
ing by Delaware and Hudson train
near the Steel Mill station. The young
lady was an employe of the Sauquoit
silk factory. The all over" whistle
had blown and the bevy of factory
girls were focking from the different
mills. At that moment the Delaware
and Hudson passenger train due in this
city at sos which passes close to the
factory rushed up the track and the by
ISLANDERS saw the form of young girl
being hurled from the front of the en-
gine and into the ditch on the side Of
the track The train stopped when
three OF it's four cars had passed the
place where the silk worker lay. Sew
eral who had seen the accident ran to
the girls side. She was alive. but un-
conscious. deep cash at the back Of
the head was the only evidence of in
jury: but the skull was crushed and In
few moments the last sign of life had
departed.
The body was carried into the Steel
Works station. from whence word was
sent to the Lackawanna hospital for
an ambulance and to Coroner Long
street. The latter arrived in q short
time and viewed the remains. Without
holding an inquest he sent for Under
taker VIII Price. of the West Side.
Several Of the factory girls said the
body was that Of Anna Harris, IL
year-old girl, who was employed at the
Sauquoit Silk mill and whose home was
on the West Side.
SUPPOSED PARENTS NOTIFIED.
The hospital ambulance arrived but
returned to the central city and shortly
after $50 o'clock Undertaken Prices
conveyance took the body to the under
taking establishment on South Main
avenue. Word was sent to Mr.. and
Mrs. David Harris, of Fellows patch
on the West mountain, to the effect that
their daughter, Anna, had been killed
by a passenger train. Before the par
ents arrived several relatives of Anna
Harris looked upon the remains and
identified them as those of the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. David Harris. Fellow
workers at the factory also stated that
it was Anna Harris body. The father
came and he also was positive that 1t
was his daughter who lay there dead.
Then the mother arrived; she looked
at the face:
'This is not Anna" she said between
sobs. The friends present tried to con-
vince her of her mistake. She refused
to believe that the dead body was that
of her daughter. Little attention was
paid to her statement, the friends
thinking that grief had turned the
mothers mind. But she persisted.
This is not my daughter" she said
again and again as she pointed to the
body. Finally her husband resolved
to satisfy himself that this was really
his daughter. He also was now begin
ming to doubt. 1t seems that Anna
Harris with her sister, Lizzie, have not
been living at home since they began
work at the silk factory. One of the
members of the Harris household is
suffering from typhoid fever and 1t was
found necessary, in order that the girls
might work, to domicile them with a
relative, David Jones. Of Lafayette
street where they have been living
for two weeks. For this reason the
friends of Mrs. Harris thought she was
mistaken. She had said that her daugh-
ter wore different clothing than those
on the dead girl.
FATHER FOUND HIS DAUGHTER.
The persistent friends asked them
selves how Mrs. Harris knew what her
daughter had worn yesterday she hav
ing not been home for two weeks. But
this is not her face" said the mother.
''True," thought the friends. the face
Is changed; but the force of the inflicted
wound explains that" At last the
father went to the house where his
daughters were staying and to his JOY
full surprise he found both Anna and
Lizzie alive and well. Who is the dead
girl? was the question everyone be-
gan to ask. Nobody knew: nobody had
doubted that she was Anna Harris.
The coroner believed 1t, the fellow fac
tory girls had said SO, and now came
the contrary news.
Her clothing was searched, but the
only clue to her identity was an empty
bottle which had formerly contained a
fluid and which was found in her skirt
pocket with the cork loosened. The in
scription on the bottle read: Tooth
ache drops; Il. l.. Terppe. apothecary,
$40 Cedar avenue. Scranton, Pa"
This seems to indicate that the dead
girls home Is on the South Side. She
is pretty has dark brown hair and blue
eyes and has u light healthful COM
plexion. Her dress is Of dark blue and
the waist is wooden and red in color
She also wore dark. heavy cloak with
large sleeves. In the pocket with the
bottle We're found u small spool of
thread. a little mirror u handkerchief,
and a bunch of black silk.
A fine, white colOred "clOud," was
wrapped about her neck. Her shoes
are heavy and strongly made. She Is
about five feet tall and is slightly built
IN form.
Up to midnight the remains We're un-
identified at Prices undertaking es-
Establishment. Coroner Longstreet will
hold an inquest at the arbitration room
at 8 o'clock tonight. The crew of the
passenger train and those who saw the
accident will be present to give testi-
mOny The police of the West Side,
South Side and central city had been
unable to discover any information
that would tend to unravel the mystery.
MR.. PENNlNGTON'S RECITAL.