The morning times., 1896-09-30
BODY OF HNTz MG0VERED
Found Under the Wreckage of
the Georgetown Building.
CORONER WILL INVESTIGATE
Unfortunate Man Was Found with
His Arms Shielding His Face-w as
Struck Down as He Fled Toward
the NJ Street Entrance-Arrange-
ments for the Funeral.

The Inangied remains Of Frederick Lent:
| We're discovered III the ruins of No. 310S
street northwest ut 8 o'clock yesterday ant
i'"t"e 50 The inor=.,c OF tGc sc, cnth precinct
police station in the ambulance.
| For thirteen hours gangs of fireInen and
| iaborers had been struggling with the mas!
| OF tangled debris, working all through the
| night hours by the dim light OF lanterns helt
on the brink OF the mass. Gradually per
sistent effort reduced the great quantity o
| material
As the mass was removed to the stree
| from the interior 1t rose in a bank ten feet
high. surrounding the entire scene of tn,
accident. an ndescribable tangle OF brick
mortar, flooring and tons of tin and iron
which had formed the stock, that had
crowded the old building from cellar t.
roof.
The work of exploration was reduced to
perfect system. when in charge of the build
ing inspector the toppl:ng walls of the ad
1oining building were securely braced and
the work of the men in the ruins below
could be continued with safety
Gradually the mass was cleaned away
until the entire first-fioor on which Lentz
va, believed to have been p. .nioned by the
falling building, was reached. Just little
west of the center of the building where the
break had occurred in the flooring nile of
debris remained. 1t was certain that if the
man was in the building at all, the explora-
ton OF this small place must bring his re-
mains to light.
HIS FOOT DISCLOSED.
Suddenly laborer named Gurton dug
his shovel into this heap, and in lifting it
brought to view the toes OF LentZ's right
foot.
Here he is" cried Gurton, and the
laborers, relieved of the intense excite
mcnt of the last half hours work, Justify
took up the cry of Here he is"
Carefully the mass Of brick, mortar and
scaDtling was removed from the BODY
which lay at full length upon u Ted Of
debris.
The face Of the man was up, his arms
doubled oves his head as If an effort had
been made to protect himself.
The body was terribly manSled. The left
SIDE OF lhe head was fractured by a falling
beam, and ali indentation two inches wide
and half an inch deep showed the blow
which had felled LentZ to the floor. On
the right or under side as he fell Of the
mans face two deep gashcs were found.
enc Just under the cheekhone and one be-
hind the ear. The hair and nIustache Were
badly singed by flames and the skin OF
the face showed signs of blistering, though
the matted covering of blood and plaster
concealed very nearly the entire surface of
the body.
The chest ofthc dead man was reduced to
pulp His hands and arms were badly
burned and the fingers of both hands broken
and mashed. A rarter had fallen across
the-right upper arm and wrist and m ashcd
the bones.
According to the statements OF Mr.. Oliver
the fated man was left standing at his desk
in the rear OF the store, and was last seen
at that spot The fact that when taken
from the ruins the body was fifteen feet
nearer the NJ street entra nee, would Seem
to indicate that he had some intimation OF
the impending disaster and was overtaken
by the wreck ofthe upper stories when en-
gagged in n desperate struggle Tor safety.
The arms, too. Were found shielding the
face, and the horror Of the fatal cccur-
renee is intensified by these evidences
of moments of supreme agony before DEATH
put an end 10 the sufferngs of Frederick
Leutz
HOW LENTZ DIED.
Whether the blow which fractured his skull
came before or after lie was PROSTATE in
thcwrcck is n cue stioD W hich cannot well be
determined, but no timter was taken from
Immediately over him sufficiently large
enough to have wrought such injury. DR..
Shekel, who examined the remains at the
mOrguc, pronounced such blow certain 10
cause instantaneous death.
Despite the steady dowDpour of rain,
hundreds of curious men and women lined
the sidewalks in the vicinity from daybreak
until the recovery of the body. Many with
out umbrellas Were drencEed 10 the skin,
but the dreadful fascination of the busy
scene across the street held them rivetted
to the spot.
Wien finally the remains were found
an effort was made to keep the matter
quiet. and to prevent a rush to the spot,
but the evident excitement among those
near at hand, was a clue not to be mis-
taken. In moment two hundred eager
and curious men were surging over the
great mass OF reckage which hid the
interior of the building from the street.
The qualification of their curiosity was
short lived, for hardly two minutes elapsed
from the time the shoe Of the dead man
was seen until he was carried by the
laborers into the adjoining structure on
the west, formerly occupied by the Kauf-
man family. The crowd thronged the door
of the tottering structure. and as the
news spread like wildfire hundreds were
added every minute, until the street for
half square on either side was densely
thronged.
THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The patrol wagon responded promptly
with Policemen Sc yniour and Cow in charge
The body meantime had been wrapped from
view in bagging aud on the stretcher brought
by the wagon, was driven rapidly to the
morgue.
THE DEAD MANS FAMILY.
As soon as the remains were discovered
he news was taken to the bereaved house
held by Mr.. Charles Villett, a Eeighbor and
lifelong friend of the dead M an, who lives
at No. 1 O4O jefferson avenue northwest.
Mrs. Lentz received the sad confirmation
of the fears which have Frustrated her for
the greater part of two days in a hcroically
composed manner.
Her first intention was to go at once to
he morguc. bu1 the iolIy oI this course
was pointed out to her by friends. and Mrs
LeDtZ placed the disposal of the body in the
hands of Mr.. Sillett, who engaged the
services of Undertaken George W. Wise,
1900 NJ street northwest, to prepare the
body for burial. The funeral services will
be conducted by Rev. c. Alvin Smith, pas
tor of Peck Memorial Chapel, on Thursday
afternoon
Coroner Hammet was promptly notified
by the police authorities of the recovery of
the body.