The sun., 1900-07-06
RECORD MEEK FOR CORONER
Nine Deaths Came to His Notice
This Week Requiring
Careful Investigation.
TWO INQUESTS WERE HELD
Mother of Suicide John Jacobs Ar
riyes in This City From Balti-
more, Having Lost Her
Sons Insurance
Papers.
TWO INQUESTS WERE HE'LL

Not since Coroner andeVer ana
Deputy Coroner Giles took office have
they had such busy week as the pres
ent one. They have had nine cases SO
far this week and some OF them required
very careful investigation. Two inquests
were held last night, leaving seven yet
to be held.
Those held last night were on the un-
known Italian killed on the Delaware
Railroad Monday morning, and John
Smith, colored, who was killed by fall
ing from the r., w. 4 B. railroad bridge
near Jackson 4 Sharp Company's, Mon
dav night.
In the Smith case the jury gave
verdict OF death by falling over the F.,
w. & B. Railroad bridge July 2. Death
by being struck by extra train No. / IA
on the Delaware Division July2, was the
verdict rendered in the case of the un-
known Italian.
When S NTH was found there was
some talk OF foul play but after a careful
investigation by the police it was found
that both Smith and Mamie Brown,
colored who was, with him were intoNi-
Gated when the accident happened
This evening iDquests will be held over
the remains OF John c. jackson, who
was killed Tuesday afternoon by falling
fran ladder at the Academy OF Music,
and John Jacobs, who committed suicide
by hanging himself Wednesday morning.
Jacobs mother arrived in Wilmington
about : o'clock last uight from her home
in Baltimore and made arrangements foi
the removal OF the remains to Baltimore
today.
Mrs. Jacobs knew nothing OF her sons
| s,i,~ -, lnl -.
paper yesterday afternoon She immedi
ately left for this city and while on the
train lost her dead sons insurance policy
which was wrapped mp in small pack
age with some other papers.
Deputy Coroner Giles notified th'
railroad officials Of the loss last night
package. !,
On Monday evening an inquest vii
be held oyer the remains Of William
Hazard, coored, who was drowned a
King street wharf Yesterday morning
and Charles Speidel, one of the boy
who was drowned in the Christian
J Wednesday afternoon. Speidel's remain
| were removed from the morgue last nigh
to his mothers home, No. 10l7 Linde
street, and interment will be made Q
the Wilmington and Br4ndywine cemt
g terv Sunday afternoon.
: The body Of Robert Elliott, the othe
i boy who was drowned in the ChrstiaP.-
] has not yet been found. The search T.
: the body was continued until dark lat
d evening and will be resumed this morn
i ing.
4 The cases which called for the mos
careful investigation were Mrs. August
Doerr and her six-year-old son, both {
whom died Of ptomaine poisoning. Co
: oner Sandeyer is very much handica!
:, ped in these cases, owing to the fact thi
! in order to complete The investigation
g chemical analysis is necessary, and the
If is no fund from which to pay the cos
Il He thinks it is outrageous that such
condition should exist and hopes tn
some arrangement will be made to pa
the cost Of such cases.
No definite date has been set for IL
inqueets and they will probably not
: held unit chemical analysis is mad