New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-22
,uREE MORE BODIES FOUND.
49,, Br-RNEp AND MUT1LATED Beg oNp
RECOGNITION.

WORK OF THE LABoRERs AT THE
u-,,o TT rs SAID, GET THEIR
places THRoUGH Po11T-
,CA1, INFLUENCE.
-,.~sa more bodies were 'aKen iI'i" '"e "'
-. windsor Hotel yesterday making
o. =, eve that have been so far recovered
" a,s,overies Of yesterday were as ghas'y
-" ose ~ the previous day. There was niue
n,ence 70 human form IN the thIee cH@iieu
tangled trunks that now lie IN 'ie Morsue'
1Haob case identification is pracucally lnpos-
N two instances fragments nave oeeh
~ .oeatber 10 constitute body, pu' whether
pu' .os % octusllv belong to it or TO some
- victim is a mere hazard The nrst ="
O'he' ,1,.s gravsorne discoveries was made he
80, 6avrght In the early hours OF the MORN
io'e vas unearthed on the Forty sixth St
"e =, the hotel. near the women's entrance
siu' ,ho nrevious day the workmen were IN
~ .,ss 10 discard their digging implements
s"'' ~ further mutilataion. With their
~ ,hev disinterred the body. which. when
H'' ,- oDrosed. presented as horrible a sight
Cd
IL remembered. Near by, however. were
w. .ha head and parts Of the severed limbs
- aascrption given TO the body after II had
-, examined az the Morgue, where Il was at
,,oe conveyed. was as follows
y, ais that OF a female about sixty years
pOc s,r,aU stature. arms and limbs MISSING an
eU.. 6rrre6 of. second lower back tootn. rsh'
hs sn sied with gold. back tooth. lower left sac.
sod filed ,Airo back tooln ieLt Ell, slGe. "a I'm
80 Of black SIX dress, Win black ne@oe9 LII 1b
mngs Toe harder. parts Of linen; white shirt waist,
WIZ rte5 81 apparently the size; band Of silk dress
nla MAJ marked "Dou ..... 2 kue 90 '.... al
stamped in gold on the belt
r,a res, Of the lettering on the band, evidently
,.UOs.,ne the name of Partisan firm, was
100 away. Only very small pieces OF the
.,o,s,ng described had escaped the flames.
NOT MISS HOFFD1AN's BODY.
ro- some time yesterday it was thought that
re body was that Of Miss Dora HOFFMAN,
y, Baltimore sixty-two years old. who had oc-
.,,,,sd Room No. 545 on The fifth floor Of the
ho,el When news of the FIRE reached Baltl-
more and her relatives there realized the PROB
ability Of her being among the lost. they IN
s,-ucted a detective agency in this city TO eX-
anime closely al bodies recovered from the
rpns with q view of possibly Identifying MISS
poTuan's For the purpose Of aiding recoghl-
ton they forwarded to the agency chart OF the
,eA,h showing the filings which had been made
bv p dentist IN Chicago a year ago. The repre-
sentative Of the detective agency, man named
Miller after inspecting the head at the Morgue
save II as his opinion that the remains were IN
6oubtedly those Of Miss Hoffman. Later in the
dav however. r C Hoffman, brother OF Miss
uoHroan made a closer examination. and at the
East Fifty flrst-st. police station, where ne
called in the afternoon he Informed the report
srs that ne was confident the body was
not his sisters Miss Hoffman's teeth. he said
were NOT so complete and regular as those in
The lower Jaw Of the decapitated head.
This body was partially identified last night
hy three Of the hotel employees az that Of Mrs
n Auze. Of this city, who occupied Room NO
5ng and had lived at the hotel for fifteen years
One NJ these men was Thomas Clifton. the por-
,sr 10 the hotel who saved the valuable paint
ings belonging to H. W. Pope. After examining
,ba Clothes he said he had no doubt that they
belonged TO Mrs. Auze. James Trainor' a
waiter and William Curran. parlor-man, were
positive that the clothing was the same as thai
worn BY Mrs Auze. TrainOr. who always waited
on M-v. Auze said he identified her also by her
teeth and prominent jaw bone They left the
No~e-le 20 look for Mrs. Auze's nieces. who, they
say. I've somewhere IN this city.
Parts Of what appeared 10 he another body
were found at 1915 a. m. on the Fifth-ave-
side close 70 the main entrance. They con-
sisted ~ portions ~ a partly burned trunk ana
numerous scattered bones. One Of these was
thigh bone. from which the flesh had been com
petey burned. Whether all the fragments be-
long 70 the one body Is mainly matter Of con-
lecture They We're gathered together and
placed In one Of the collins which are Kept
stacked in readiness outside the tool shed and
taken IN the Morgue. There they were officially
described as:
Poav No 4 fragments OF flesh and bone; part Of
vomaI's silk unoerwaist' par %! o con-
sso,, -be remains apparently showing that the
woman had been lying down; theh Dohe anu
pieces Of fibre chamois
The fifth body to be recovered was found az
the southwest corner Of the site near where
the cafe was II was unrecognizabe' all that
was lest being a badly charred trunk. with the
firearms missing. the legs extending only 10
ne knees. and with the upper part Of the head
entirely cut away No remnants Of clothing
were found on the body. which. from the con
feuration ~ the shoulders and hips appeared
to be thar Of a man
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE
Although considerably over a thousand men
are ernploved in shifts night and day on the
ruins comparatively little progress mas peeh
made In the work OF searching the deoris'
Only about ten feet have so far been +XcaVa'eo
70 the extent Of few yards from the three
outer walls Of the hotel Operations are o.
course some what slow. because OF the deS're
that all valuables may be recovered. But as
Police Inspector Harley said yesterday TWO
hundred expert wreckers would have maze
far greater clearance than the thousand OF
mere men now engaged have effected. Many
o them are mere boys. while az many more
are too old 20 WELD shovel The unfortunate
selection o. laborers which the contractors nave
made is said 20 be due 10 political considera~
tons II IS said that only men who can orlhe
z la..or g. :. .r......nr,. dlst-lcr lender