Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-01
AT THE MORGUE TODAY
MOST OF WRECK VICTIMS RE-
MOVED FOR BURIAL.

Almost normal conditions were restored
today at the District morgue after the ex-
citing and pathetic pictures Of yesterday in
and about the gray and grim building on
the river front. The morbid crowd Of yes
terday was not there, and but few per-
sons stood about and gaZed Idly at the
structure. Occasionally callers came in
punches, and there was not the congestion
of humanity of the day before. Most Of
the bodies of the Terra Gotta disaster vic
tins had been removed from the morgue
for burial, and the visitors this forenoon
were drawn to the death house by curl
osity to see the awful aftermath of the
horrible calamity.
Morgue Master William Schonebereer
prepared for Coroner hewitt today an Of
fetal list of the identified and unidentified
dead from his records and those Of the
police department 1t gave a total Of
forty-two dead, forty of whom have been
identified and two that remain at the
morgue unidentified. The latter are the
remains of a man and colored woman.
Other lists vary slightly from this.
The remains Of the unidentified man
give silent evidence of the awful work
the length of train 68. All that could
be collected of his body are placed upon
piece Of canvas In the autopsy room on
into bits and the body torn into frag-
ments that mingled with pieces Of his
garments.
taches have been unable to procure but one
particle of evidence as to the mans identi-
ty. This is the tailor's strap, so called, on
which is printed the name Of Keen, the
tailor. The suit was evidently made to or
der and from the quality of the goods must
have been worn by man of some means,
it is said.
Search for Identification Marks.
Morguemaster Schoneberger and his as
sistants carefully examined the strap or
tag to see if it was possible to read the
date of the manufacture of the garments
which is placed on every suit of clothes
made by the tailor, 1t was explained, but
the piece of cloth had been ground into the
black coal dust along the railroad tracks
and the date line could not be deciphered
1t seems that as Mr.. Keen makes many
suits of clothes it will be next to impossi-
BILE to ascertain who the man is from his
books, as there are so many entries cover
ing a long period of time. The goods of
which the suit Is made is Of stuff known as
pepper and SALT and Is said to be of
good quality. The jumbled condition. Of
the remains renders 1t impossible for the
morgue officials to arrive at any conclusion
as to what sort of man in appearance de-
ceased was in life.
1t Is expected that Miss Daley of New
drk, oulO, sister Oh Elder ~. l.. Daley OF
that city, who with his wife and seven
year-old daughter, Thelma, was killed in
the wreck. will reach this city this after
noon and visit the morgue to- view the re-
mains of the wife, husband and child.
When she fully Identifies the remains, it is
said, they will be taken to Newark for in
terment.
The four bodies remaining at the morgue
this afternoon were those of Mrs Daley
and her daughter Thelma; a colored wo-
man. and the mangled remains Of the un-
identified white mana total Of four,
Incorrectly Reported.
1t has been learned that Mrs. Lilly D.
Schafer. formerly Mrs. Benjamin White of
Ills New Hampshire avenue, whose name
appeared in one of the lists of the dead
was not on the train and Is alive and well.
The mistake was made, 1t Is said, because
she loaned handbag bearing her name to
Norman Rogers of Marion. Ind, who was
among the killed. The finding Of the bag
in the wreckage led to re belief that She
had persisted in the smash-up.
MRS. F. A. Marth OF 917. K street tainted
when she witnessed the horrible sight at
the morgue yesterday, and her name be-
came mixed in the list of the dead. Mrs.
Marth went to the morgue, as told in The
Star yesterday. to see IL some of her friends
she was expecting to visit her were among
the dead. The awful picture Of death proved