The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-21
MORE.
Ruins Yielding Up
Their Dead.
NOT IDENTIFIED.
A Systematic Search For
Windsor Hotel Victims.

New York, March 2O-Two bodies
have been removed from the smoking
ruins of the Windsor Hotel today No
Identification has yet been made of
them.
They were taken to the Bellevue
morgue, where they were labelled as
bodies mo. 1" and No 3"
The first body was discovered at half
past o'clock by the workmen on the
46th street side Of the ruins. There was
still some flesh on the breast. The
trunk was nearly complete, but the
legs and arms were missing.
The second body was found at 8 As
o'clock, just where the entrance of the
MOTEL was. 1t was the body of young
woman. On one hand was found a part
of a brown kid glove with pearl but
tons. The Jacket on the body was of
Thibet clo.h, the color of which is I'M
recognizable, and the skirt is of a
black serge. A black cloth button on
the dress is marked Made by w. & K.
Co. Extra. In the pocket of the
skirt was a cent.
These two bodies bring the total
number of known dead up to Y. Be
sides these, at least six persons were
seen to jump from the roof and win
doWs while the hotel was burning, of
whose bodies no trace has yet been
found. Several of the persons hitherto
reported as missing were found to be
safe today.
The present list of missing numbers
ia This, however, takes into account
but few of the 200 servants of the
hotel.
Tonight there was a large force OF
men at work in the ruins, which are
still smoking. The workmen excavated
slowly and with great care. Many ar
ticleS were found during the day, rang
ing from small and inexpensive things
| like card cases, gloves, clothing scis-
| sors to a diamond locket gold watches
| etc.
a gold bracelet studded with pearls
and diamonds was found by a building
| inspector in the ruins at No. { Eas
Ssh street. 1t is said to be worth $500
| and to be the property of Mrs. James
r. Stokes who is missing. A lady's
| gold neck chain, very long, with &
heart-shaped locket appended, which
was studded with diamonds the entire
back of the other side being made Of
moonstone, was found on the 46ti
street side of the ruins.
Bone after bone was being found il
different parts of the ruins this after
noon. The expert workmen picket
them up as they worked and place.
them in a coffin.
} Frank Kahn, who was arrested Will
coming from the hotel during the fir
!, with a bundle Of silk clothing, an
} several thousand dollars worth q
diamond jewelry, some of which wa
!, marked "Abner Mckinley" the nam
of the brother of the president, wa
| again arraigned today. A detectiv
testified that he had called upon Mrs
r Mckinley to see if there was any trut
in kaines story, that he had assiste
some one from the Mckinley apart
ments, and later saw some valuabl
property lying on a table and took
to save it from destruction.
2 Mrs. Maxwell, a guest of Mrs. Nc
Kinley, told the officer that a youn
man did assist her from the apart
? merits, and that he did throw a bat
robe over her, as Kahn alleges, but sh
r declares that after he had done this
9 while conducting her from the burn
I ing building, he attempted to tear tn
4 diamond rings from her fingers, an
: only desisted when she screamed. Al
: though much excited and hysterica
Mrs Maxwell remembered enough c
her assailant to describe him to tn
2 officer. The detective said the descrip
Z tor was a good one Of KAN. Kahn wa
d | rem2nded until tomorrow, so that
4 might be taken before Mrs, Maxwell
Capt. McClurdy Of the detective bu
S reau, said today:
n ct do not believe that thieves starte
: the fire at the Windsor Hotel. 7 hav
t no theory as to how the fire origina
e ted. but I do not believe tha
ii was of incendiary origin
?. The mere fact that thieves too
: advantage Of every opportunity at
h fire probably induced that idea, but
It think that theory that the fire was Sc
u by thieves for the purpose Of plunde
is absurd