Evening journal., 1897-10-26

pared 70 take the eight dead Mongoli-
ans to New York for burial. They
we're acting for the Chong Wah Kung
saw. Chinese benevolent society,
which had planned TO have the eight
victims Of the disaster buried In the
-elestials' plot in Evergreens cemetery
tomorrow.
The undertakers here brought with
hem eight collins This caused ques-
lion between the Cinnamon and the un-
1ertakers Of Cold Spring. The New
yorkers got the necessary burial per-
nits from the coroner, and in the even
ng the Cold Spring undertakers took
the bodies to the railroad station to
turn them over to the friends OF the
Cinnamon from New York city. The
local undertakers had already placed
.he bodies In collins, and the other un-
iertakers refused to take the bodies
lnless they were taken out Of the Cold
Spring collins and placed in the collins
which they had brought with them.
No agreement of this kind could be
made. so the undertakers took the
bodies back to their respective morgues.
George C. Green OF Buffalo, general
.cunsel Of the Lake Shore railroad, arr
lived at Cold Spring and Identified his
nephew Edwin A. Green Of Chicago.
He said that the young man, who was
p years Of age. had called on him In
Buffalo a few days ago being on his
way to New York. The body was last
night shipped to Binghamton. where
Edwin's mother lives, and where he Will
Dc buried One of the two women was
Identified as Mrs. Mary Llndsman Of
Utica. n. Y. She was identified by her
husband Robert Lindsman. a tailor
who said that his wife left home on
Saturday night to go to Croton on a
Jisit to her mother. Mrs. Lindsman was
a years old and was good looking wo-
man. Her husband was very much af-
sacted when he sew his wife's dead
body
William S. Becker of Newark, N. Y.
was Identified by his brother Nicholas
Of Auburn. The brother stated that the
,amily name was Standardization, but
.hey had changed it TO Becker. He was
IS years of age and leaves wife and
.wo children.
on the body of the italian, Taguna,
$40 in money was found strapped
around his left leg just above the an
kle.
Archie Boyd. an actor, who was re-
i
per man four hours after the accident
occurred cn train that passed this
point.
A diver named I. j. Merritt made a
search for the bodies of the engineer
and frcrian and Superintendent Van
Etten's clerk Mr. Mckay. Before the
diver entered the water he was APP
preached by F. Tompkins an engineer
on the New York Central and a broth
Pr of TC npkins, the fireman who is dead
AT the bottom of the river. Tompkins
asked him to do everything possible &c
secure the bodies and he was Joined In
the request by Frank Foyle, a brother
OF the dead engineer. The diver prom
lsed to make a vigorous search for the
bodies and was gone for 25 minutes
When he came up. he declared that Il
was his belief that the bodies were som'
distance away from the wrecked en-
gine.
A revolving feature - day while
the search for the dead was in progress
was the presence OF sandwich and no
frankfurter venders. who went through
the crowd Offering their wares for sal
in shrill tones. The camera lovers wer
on the spot. and anything just out o
the ordinary was mark for a sna
shot The. spectators were finally re
warded for their vigil by seeing tn
derrick hoist the last two sleeping cars
the Hermes and the Niobe, out Of th
water and place them on a transport
The cars were towed down the river AM
set on fire, as were also the othe
coaches.
The two divers were also the object
OF much attention. and the crow
watched their every movement wit
open mouthed wonderment. The reli
seeker was particularly active. Any
thing and everything pertaining 70 tn
| wreck was a treasure of great value
Pieces of wood from the cars pillows
glass, doorknobs and the like wer
eagerly seized and carried away.