The daily sentinel., 1901-11-01
is HE STILL LIVING?
DR.. J. N. Hall of Denver. an Ex.
pert Anatomist, Says that
There was not a Human
Bone in the Pile"

burning of the Hallway House several
weeks ago and the supposed death therein
OF e. G. Angel is taken from the Denver
Times of Wednesday, October 30th. As
there has been so much talk in regard to
this fire and the supposed death of Mr..
Angel, The Sentinel gives this article:
Investigation carried forward by the
Woodmen of the World and Modern
Woodmen OF America reveal strong
grounds for the belief that X. G. Angel,
who was reported to have met death
about three weeks ago in the fire that
destroyed his house, is not dead, and
that a bold attempt has been made to
defraud the fraternal orders as we'll as
the Continental Fire Insurance company.
Angel, with his wife, kept hotel
known as the Hallway House, at point
on the stage road between Grand juno
ton and Whitewater. The house was
six miles from any other habitation, and
WAS frame structure Of light material,
with open unperpinning supporting that
enabled dogs to occupy the open space
under the floor as kennel.
One morning the people passing along
the road discovered mass Of shoulder
ing ruins on the site OF the house, and
Mrs. Angel appealed to her nearest
neighbors for assistance, saying that the
house had caught FIRE and her husband
had met death in the conhagration.
Ten hours sitter the house had burned
the neighbors commenced a search for
the remains and found number of
bones in the ashes. These were sup-
posed to be the remains of the man al
though no portion of the skull or teeth
were found.
Angel had been a member of Camp
No. 1856, Woodmen OF the World, at
Whitewater, and OF Western Slope
lodge Of Modern Woodmen OF America
In each he carried $4,000 insurance and
had his residence and contents insured
in the Continental Fire Insurance COM
pany Officers OF the lodges and Of the
fire company we're promptly notified.
One physician examined the bones and
pronounced them that OF a human being.
Another said they were not. The in
surance people started an investigation
and found sufficient cause for grave
doubts that Angel was dead. Head
Consul F. A. Falkenburg OF the Wood
men OF the World took personal charge
of the Investigations and has also been
given the handling of the case for the
other interested parties.
DIR. j. N. Hall of Denver, an expert
anatomist. was sent to make an examina.
ton Of the bones raked out Of the ruins.
After thorough and careful analysts he
rendered his report in which it is under
stood that he alleges "thsre was not q
human bone in the pile.' 1t is his opin-
were those Of various animals carried to
the spot by the dogs that had inhabited
the space under the house. Three shin
bones OF an animal, = vertebrae much
larger than that of any human being and
tho wing bones Of small bird we're
among the bones included in the por.
tions found. The expert determined ex-
actly what each OF the bones we're. This
coupled with the fact that no portion OF
the skull or teeth remained was suffic-
lent confirmation for the anatomist that
no human body had been destroyed in
the fire.
The fire, according to Mrs. Angel,
burned only about two hours, and ten
hours aftsrward the ashes were cool
enough that persons walked about over
the site Of the building. In crsmatory
whore the heat is enclosed it is said to
require six hours to totally destroy hu-
man body and in that case two barrels Of
kerosene are required to make the most
intense heat.
Mrs. Angel is said to have stood by
while the bones were being raked from
the ashes, eating bunch Of grapes and
chatting with her neighbors.
Early in the investigation, within .
day or two after the fire, a man was
placed on trail Of man who wore the
same size shoe of the supposed dead
man. The tracks were followed for sev
en- miles across country away from high
ways or roads where any person would
have been likely to be seen. A rainfall
while this trail was being followed oblit-
Grated it and it was impossible to follow