The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-21

skirt is of a black serge. black cloth
button on the dress Is u. marked made by
of the skirt was cent. The button was
made in this city. 1t is common cloth but
ready-made clothing. This fact and the fact
that the kid gloves are Of a poor quality
lead TO the belief that the woman was not
a guest, but enploye of the hotel.
From time 10 time to-day articles of more
or less value were found AMI turned over
TO the police. They included jewelry,
letters. keys, photographs. fed all opera
glasses. silverware and toilet articles. a
necklace was found on the Forty-second-
street side. near where the baths were. 1t
was set with diamonds and opals ard es-
timated TO be worth about $1,000. Accord
ing TO the lists of missing property rre-
pared by the police il belonged 10 Mrs.
James r. Stokes. who is missing. One %
Thomas +. Ochiltrees trunks was found
the contents quite uninjured.
A great deal of work was done on the
Fifth-avenue side of the heap The office
safe was dug out there; Ii was uncovered
and left under guard of the police. 1t was
observation. The clerk of the hotel said
that this was a small safe which contained
he thought had gone through to the SUBJ
basement, and would not be found for some
time The big safe contains list of the
Several of the persons hitherto reported
as missing were found TO be safe to-day.
The present list of missing numbers forty
four. This however, takes into account lit
few of the two hundred servants of the
house.
Although at night the ruins are perfectly
lit by electric and oil lamps, the men work
under disadvantage as compared with the
day men and proceed more slowly. AT mid
night the contractors thought that many
bodies would be come upon by Tomorrow,
by which time a sufficient space will nave
been cleared away 20 allow d larger number
of men to work 10 advantage
The four injured who are az Bellevue Hos
pital were reported this morning to be inn
proving. They are: Miss Alice w. Price,
thirty-SeVen. Macon. Ga, sprained back.
fractured ankle; Mrs. G. Simmons, fifty-two,
Frederick. Md, burns and shock; Kate
Roach, domestic. burns and broken leg: Mel
lie Thomas. thirty-SeVen, assistant house.
keeper, shock and burns.
All the injured at the New York Hospital
are reported improving They are: William
hands; Ellen Curran, twenty-seven domes-
tic, burns of arms and legs: Mrs. g. II. Cal
houn. Atlanta, Ga. shock Mrs. Calhoun is
expected TO leave the hospital soon.
pitaI are reported to be recovering. They
are Helen Brewer resident of the hotel.
fractured leg and burns; Katherine Bailey,
of Chicago, burns; Miss Louise Waldo, a
resident of the hotel, burns.
Mrs. G. NJ. Sorrel, who was rescued from
the burning hotel and taken 10 the home of
DR.. Murphy in West F'orty-seventh street,
is fast recovering from her injuries. General
SorreI. her husband came up from Savan-
nah, Ca, to-day.
Captain McCluskey of the detective bu-
reau. said to-day: Il do not believe that
thieves started the fire at the Windsor Hotel
ated but L do not believe that IL was of
incendiary origin. The mere fact that
thieves take advantage of every opportunity
at a fire probably induced this idea but /
think the theory that the fire was set by
thieves for the purpose of plumber is alb
surd.