The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
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Lucas nou,raK safe - Save neer Prsneunoea
Dead Preu,aturely.

sHAMoKIN, Pa, Jan. s.-on Wednesday after
noon last an leo box containing the sup
posed remains Of Lucas Homiak arrived at Ex-
celsior on n READING Railroad train from Ash
land. Mrs. Homiak accompanied the box. on
Tuesday afternoon tho man had been injured
at Excelsior minc and on the same evening no
was sent to the Miners Hospital. III follow
ing morning his condition was SO serious that II
was decided not TO attempt tho amputation OF
an arm and q leg. Mrs. Homiak, who arrived at
tho hospital at about IL o'clock, was told that
her husband could not live long. She saw him
and he conversed nationally. When his wife
was led away his parting words were directions
as to tho disposition Of money he had saved.
An hour later he was reported dead to Mrs.
Homiak. who waited at the station to take the
body home.
After the box had been carried from the Ex-
colsior station into the Homiak house q crowd
Of friends collected. The lid Of the box was
lifted, and, according to the sworn testimony
Of Postmaster John Glowa before Justice Rear.
ney last evening, tho toes Of. tho uninjured
foot Of Homiak moved.
The body, according to the affidavit, was
warm. Some Of the ice had melted. Glowa
placed his hands on Homiak's breast and felt
him breathe. Glowa then placed the palm Of
his right hand over Homiak's mouth and felt
1t moisten.
''He Is alivei" cried the startled Postmaster.
The words caused a big stir, and some Of the
inmates left the ROOM, while others pressed Tor.
ward to- the box and were, sure that Glowa
and Daniel Fodorchak felt his breast and sworo
to Justice Kcarney that Homiak was alive.
While the excitement was Mt its helghs
Glowa again looked at Homiak and announced
that the injured miner no longer breathed; he
was dead. An undertaken prepared the BODY
for burial, and yesterday morning It was
DR.. Biddle OF the Miners Hospital issued q
statement to-day as follows: ~
"Homiak came to the hospital with his left
foot.and right arm crushed and head laceratcd.
He was suffering much from shock and no OPP
GRAFTON, was performed. 'Ho was even suherihg
so much that he was not washed all oyer the
body. His pulse was not below 14O. The resi-.
dent physician stayed up with him until 1890
in the evening, thinking possibly thathc would
e eSsD w, sSinsienafls y TO %ss sd Wato Of f% aI nishs By By
trained nurses. The next morning the nurses
were:changed.
II saw tho man at 10 o'clock in,the morning,
time tho resident physician looked after him.
shortly after this his wife came, and when she
go, because her husband would be dead within
an hour. This was between IL and, 1880
o'clock. A short time after IL o'clock he was
ing that he was breathing only about twice a
minute and that he was pulseless at the time.
A few minutes after that another resident ply.
dead. He gave the orderly directions to leave
the remains as they were for about 10 minutes,
watching them carefully meanwhile, then to
1.-TWO experienced orderlies did this work,
which consumed about 90 minutes. and both OF
them say the man was dead. The trained nurse
the body, and 1t was taken to the dead house.
The dead house was not warm, and the body was
placed in an ice box shortly after 2 o'clock. On
Wednesday afternoon the remains. were shipped
to Excelsior"