The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-02
RELATIVES CLAIM THEIR DEAD.
Victims of the Wreck Taken to For
mer Homes for Burial.


The sorrowful task of moving the dead
from the city was completed shortly after
IL o'clock last night, when the last of the
victims of the fatal wreck of Saturday
morning were taken from the city to their
homes by relatives and friends. Words
fail to express the sorrow of the parents
who came to Indianapolis in answer to tele-
grams that their sons were dead and the
scenes in the offices of the different funeral
directors was most affecting.
The body of w. l.. Roush Gas City, Ind,
was taken home by the grief-stricken par
ents on a special car the interurban
road at 10:30 o'clock Saturday night and his
funeral will be held to-day. Mr.. and Mrs
Roush were notified by telegraph as soon
as the death of their son was discovered
and they at once came to this city, arriv-
ing here shortly after o'clock. Mr.. Tute-
wiler, who had charge of the body of the
young man. gave the parents a private
room in his establishment away from the
morbidly curious and they staid with the
remains of their boy until their special car
was ready to leave the city.
BODY OF w. d. HAMILTON.
The body of w. d. Hamilton was sent to
mate yesterday morning early, his parents
being prostrated by the sad news of his
death and unable to come to Indianapolis
themselves
The body of G. s. Drollinger, of Mill
Creek. Ind, was taken home by one of his
life long friends and fellow-students at
Purdue University. The young man who
accompanied the remains lived across the
street from Drollinger's home and his grief
over his friends death was pathetic.
The body of Patrick McClaire was taken
to Chicago at 1905 yesterday morning by
one of the members of the second eleven
of the Purdue football team. McClaire was
one of the athletic trainers and his death
took place at the City Hospital shortly after
he had been removed there from the wreck.
The body of B. j. Powell was accom-
panied to Corpus Christi. Tex, by Walter
Stern, a fellow-student and townsman.
shortly after II o'clock this morning Dr.
Stone, president of Purdue University.
made the arrangements for Stern to care
for Powells body en- route to his home.
PARENTS FRUSTRATED.
The remains of j. c. Coates were taken to
his home In Berwyn, Pa, at 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon by his brother. who ar
rived here yesterday from Philadelphia,
Pa. He said that the news of his BROTH
ers death was such a shock to his parents
that he had feared for their health. His
mother was Frustrated and his father suf-
fered a nervous collapse.
A brother of Charles Furr. of veeders-
burg. Ind, arrived in the city Saturday
night and left with the remains for his
home at once. The young mans funeral
will be held this afternoon
A number of his Purdue classmates ac-
companied the remains of G. L. Shaw to
his home in Indiana Harbor, Ind, last
night at 11:5O. His funeral will be held
this afternoon.
The remains of Samuel Truitt, of Mobiles
vile, were taken home yesterday noon by
his parents. who were Frustrated with grief
over their sons untimely death. Mrs. Truitt
bore up under the strain until she arrived
in indianapolis, but became so weak that
it was necessary to carry her to English
Hotel, where she remained while her hus-
band made the arrangements for their son S
funeral.
The body Of William Bailey, who died yes
terday morning at the residence of DR.. s. r.
Cunningham, where he was taken after be-
ing extricated from the wreckage. was taken
home by his parents early this morning
and his funeral will be held this afternoon.
The remains of Jay Hamilton. of Hunt
ington, Ind, were taken to South Bend,
where the funeral will be held at Z
o. clock this morning by his grief-stricken
parents. Young Hamilton was the young
est of any of those who were killed in the
wreck. His mother was unable to view the
remains, so affected was she by the horrible
death her son had met, and the father was
broken-hearted.
BODY TAKEN TO MONTANA.
The body of E. C. Robertson. who made
his home in Indianapolis with his aunt dur
ing the time he was in Purdue University
as a student and as one of the assistant
coaches of the football team, was taken
TO East Helena, Mont, the home of his
parents. by brother members of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity early this morning.
Funeral services were held over his remains
from Whitsett & Culvers chapel yesterday
morning. the Rev. j. Cumming Smith off,
ciating.
The body of Charles CRUDE, of Butler,
Ind. was accompanied home by his father.
who was almost broken hearted over the
death of his son. His funeral. like most of
the victims Of the wreck. will be held this
afternoon.
A brother went home with the remains