The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-31
uD NOT FIND THE BODY
It Had Been, Probably, Burned
to Ashes.
A PIECE OF CHARREO SOCK
Its Texture Could Be Plainly Seen
Ciineing to the Shoe-Sheehan Has
Not Been Found-He Per-
ished in the Fire.

The workmen engaged in clearing
away the ruins OF the Hale house in the
search for the bodies of the fire victims
failed yesterday to find the rest of the
body, a portion of which was discovered
by Street Commissioner Brannigan on
a load of debris just after the men quit
work night before last. This was
doubtless due to the fact that the body
was completely incinerated. as was
shown by the portion of il found by
Captain Branniean. The fragment Of
a miners shoe and the human flesh il
contained had TO be handled very care
fully to prevent IL from falling to
pieces The foot was 50 completely Gre
mated that the bones when touched
crumbled into powder. and but for the
shoe, which was firm. the burned flesh
and bone would have fallen into dust.
This fact and the careless manner in
which the debris is haniled by the
workmen undoubtedly accounts for the
failure 10 find the rest of the body, and
II Is not at all improbable IL had been
carried away in the same load with the
foot and perhaps before. The workmen
us very little care in handling the de-
bris. but shovel il into the wagons as
they would dirt. without looking to see
what Is on their shovels. With a body
burned to ashes il ouf be no difficult
matter therefore for the rest of the hu-
man remains to have been hauled away
UnnOticed.
Captain Brannican. who made the
find. stated last evening that there was
no doubt in his mind that Il was a por-
ton of IN remains. Il examined
the shoe and its contents very careful
ly." said he. land l am satisfied we
oun a portion OF a human body. There
DTnrn tho hnnna In nlnnA nAl .hA hlA-l
~crystalized and red as IL is when flesh is
burned TO the crisp. ] thought they
would find the rest of the body vester-
day, for l hardly thought every vestige
of IL would have crumbled away to
dust. but l am not surprised since /
have to-day examined the place il was
taken from Everything that was not
metal or of masonry is simply ashes.
and the body. in its cremated condi-
ton. was undoubtedly powdered up by
the tools of the workmen.'
Captain Brannigan's remarks were
called forth by the efforts of certain
publications which failed TO get the inn
portant news of the find. and persons
interested in having no bodies found. IL
possible, to prove that II was not "A
part of human remains. Blu the foot
and shoe show for themselves. There
Is the regulation miners shoe. with
clasp fastener and the unmlstakable
evidences OF burned flesh and bone
within it. And another thing which
escaped the attention OF Captain Bran
nigan Is the fact that a fragment OF
the sock worn by the unfortunate still
clings to the portion Of the shoe which
encased the ankle. The sock was the
usual coarse cotton variety worn by
miners when at work. and though
charred like the rest. still shows the tex
lures.
NAshta. mos A,a.aAl - III.
whereabouts of Sheehan. who was ex-
clusively reported by the Standard yes
terday morning as being among the
missing. Reports were circulated dur
ing the day that he had been seen alive
since the fire. but when run down they
proved to be untrue. 1t was stated that
Proprietor Haggerty did no believe
Sheehan was lost. but he informed a
Standard reporter he had heard moth
ing from the missing man and had no
reason TO believe he was alive. IL was
stated that his trouble with his wife
furnished a reason for his disappear
ance. as she intended instituting divorce
proceedings. but inquiry of Francis
Brooks. Mrs. S~heehan's attorney, de-
veloped that Sheehan had made over
the home at 421 East Mercury to Mrs.
Sheehan some time ago and since then
the divorce proceedings had been
nropped. IL is a sad sight TO see Shee-
hans 1~4-year-old boy sitting daily at
the scene of the ruins. from the time
the men begin work in the morning I'M
I'll they quit at night. waiting for a
body TO be uncovered, in the hope that
If IL is hat of his father. there will be
some means of Identification. for the
whole family Is convinced that Sheehan
persisted In the fire.
The owners of the property yesterday
the force at work on the ruins
~ men and 10 teams and the work
1oopp0gressing rapidly on the west side
n Al the rear. The most important
nnd' OF the day was $50 in gold. which
fished out OF the ashes by one of the
engaged in the work at the rear
The coins were not badly defaced,
woul b. expected. There were also
found nine watches. all of them ruined.
q numbe of razor blades. a quantity OF
silver spoons a double barreled shot
gun belonging TO Dan Hayes. five pis-
tolls and any quantity of trinket that
are now Of no alu Everything is
turned over TO Mr.. Haggerty and sent
- his Office in East Quartz street. where
The miners can recover IL they IA
|Gentify their property.
The diamond ring found the day be-
he belonged to Joseph p. Cannon and
. restored to him yesterday, together
. gold watch chain and locket
In the debris and identified as his.
system In ~scrapbeoks.