Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-06-11
HORRID TALES
OF AN EMPLOYE
Testimony 10 Meat Psck:ng In
Pecsos Cones 10
Light.
HUMAN Being RENDERED
Bones P<ked oa u Nsts-4unhorn
Calves CaB~d Canned
0sxken.
Being RENDERED

Hammond, Ind, June ii.-Richsrd
ElooE. . farmer Hammond. Ind. pack
iag house emplose. In n published
statement today. repeated the sub
stance II a stateHeut made to United
States Commissioners Nelii and Rey.
nnlds regarding the horrors that find
their way into The lard rendering
vats 0f the packing houses of I'm.
diana and Illinois.
According to Bioor's Testimony. the
grease from human bodies frequently
becomes mixed with hog fat In the
lard thai n shipped over tho country
a. ~pure leaf lard"
BlooS told the commissioners that
be knpw u case In which two mem.
hers n the same family had fallen
Into the lard sats and had been parti-
ally rendered Into lard. He had for.
gotten the names of the men. but
be said they could be procured by
going back over the records of the
society. The first 70 lose his life was
q little boy. nine years old. Who STUN.
bled into one Of the rendering watts
while taking dinner TO his father.
The father fell In some months ID
ter.
Man Rendered In Tank.
There In no telling how many men
meet death In this way" said be.
There was one case I'm which man
fell into n tank. and the room was
closed while the mostly
hones--were fished out His relatives
had a hard time proving his death.
1T was In the plant Of schwarz.
child n sulsberger company" said
Mr.. Bloor. Il heard Of the case I'm
d saloon and after drinking with a
workman who was In the place until
he got pretty communicative he told
me he would take me 10 the mau who
aas working beside the unfortunate
fellow and who helped fish ont what
vas left OF him. He did take me 20
his man. TO whom I represented my.
seif as the agent of a benefit com.
aany. gave the commission the
tame Of my witness.
Company Fixed n.
"He readily stated that he had wit.
sessed the death and gave the name
II the widow. asked him n she had
my money.
Oh, yes, he replied. the COM
any fixed II up by giving the wild.
Nv s2,50o.'
About this time the mans wife
anne out aud got the notion into her
lead that was a company spy. come
o see II they would talk about what
vent on at the plant. She forced her
to stop talking. and cursed
ne until crowd gathered and had
% take myself off.
Il marvel that there are not deaths
very day. The sides Of the render
ng watts are only raised a foot and
half from the floor. and the room
s full Of steam and vapor. The open
ngs for shogeling the scraps and
to be rendered are several
eet long and nearly as wide, and the
loors are so covered with grease that
I Is hard to walk without slipping"
Unborn Calves.
Bloor consulting his memorandum
,ook, then told OF the testimony sub
nitted to the commission by q man
Who had worked for some years on
he killing floor In one Of the big
'acking houses. His first employment
here was to pick up legs, and the
commissioners heard the story In full.
lie told them that "slunk." or unborn
'alves were always utilized. They
ire taken out Of the carcasses and
loped up" were his exact words.
Then they went to the potted chicken
md afher HanarYnaanfo