The San Francisco call., 1910-08-11
No TRACE OF
CHAS. FISHER
DISCOVERED
Cousin of Dead Man Whose Ne
gotiabIe Paper Is Gone Can
Not Be Found
Railway and Civil Officials Work
on Mysteries Resulting
From IgnaciO Wreck

SAN RAFAEL, Aug. io.-Two myster-
les have come out of The fearful rail-
road wreck at Ignacio. in which u
men met their death and the authori-
ties of Marin county are unable to solve
either. Two days have passed since the
disaster, but no trace has been found
Of is year old Charles Fisher of Brook
lyn. who disappeared. Fisher was a
cousin Of Pincus Levin, who was killed
Ia the wreck.
1t became known today that $4,000 in
negotiable paper, supposed to have been
i'm the pockets of Pincus, has disap-
peared. Coroner Sawyer was notified
today by J. P. Overton of the Levin
Tanning company of Santa Rosa, that
Levin had obtained SIS. 600 in negotiable
paper from a San Francisco bank on
the day Of the wreck
This paper was not found upon Levin
p " hen the body was examined and the
pockets searched by Coroner Sawyer
and q representative of the railroad.
When the bodies of the dead were
- placed board the relief train they were
Lard upon the floor. At San Rafael
they We're wrapped in quilts. trans
rerre6 TO wagons and removed to the
lnorgue, where the coroner and rail-
road representatives. made an inventory
Of the belongings of each.
CROWD AT WRECK
The railroad authorities have been
asked TO make a minute search Of the
scene OF the wreck. although this is
expected TO reveal little. A curious
crowd has been visiting the wreck
scene gathering souvenirs The Sc 600
10 % 11.c.l 1.-- !
fear IS expressed that it may have been
picked up already
Fishers disappearan nee grows more
a*t steriouS. lie and Levin boarded the
ffain for Santa Rosa. Both were in the
smoking car at the time of the accf-
dent Levin was killed. II has been
lehnitely established that Fisher was
aot killed. IS il is impossible that his
body can be hidden in the few piles of
'T rec kage yet to be removed a search
II hospitals in Marin and san Fran
cisco has failed 10 show that he is
among the injured
3. FRA gments % bodies, were found at
the wreck the day after the tragedy.
tut II Is not believed that Fisher could
ldEe been so man gied- 4 portion Of
skull, lungs. brains and other parts Of
bodies were discovered and buried by
Miss Edith Robinson cf san Rafael
p TNoUESF NEXT WEEK
An inquest over the bodies Of y vic
tins of the wreck viii be held by Coro-
uar sawyer early next week. District
Attorney Thomas Boyd viii examine
the witnesses. among whom viii he
Northwestern Pacific officials, crews of
both trains and the station agent at
Iznacio
The belongings Of 9. CrivelIone. the
dead peddlcr. were delivered to a San
Francisco undertake. today upon an
order signed by J. Label, secretary Of
tno relief committee Of the Foresters
OF America
j. u. MacGowan Or San Francisco
LAS arranged TO send the bodies of NJ.
=. and Archie W Banks to their homes
in Rockford. Ill. tomorrow morning
The brothers had just entered the
smoker for a sandwich when the acci-
dent occurred.
Coroner Sawyer declared that he
would make no charges or swear TO no
warrants until after the inquest. Should
the jury charge any individual with
criminal negligence, Sayer said ar
rest would be made. There was no i'm
~l4ediate necessity. be said. for ordering
+ Conductor Flaherty into custody. Sher-
id Taylor also declared that he will
make no arrests.
WIDOW VISITS MoRGUE
Mrs. Neils Nelson, whose husband
was killed IN the wreck, visited the
mOrgue today and broke down Mel
son lived near NOvato and when his
wife heard Of the wreck Monday night
she drove a horse and buggy four miles
TO the scene Of the catastrophe.
Nielsen viii be buried tomorrow
afternoon under the auspices of the
local lodge Of odd Fellows.
- Among those who viii be summoned
rs witnesses at the inquest next week
are General Manager ". 5. Palmer.
Superintendent X J. Hunter, Fireman
Bert Speaker, Brakeman J. H. Crooker
~Frainman f A. Brewster Conductor A
l. Sierra, Brakeman c. McNulty, Fire
man {. G. Hiatt, Trainman +. r. Muller
and George Flaherty. The station
agents at Ignacio, L. Z. Green and
Harry Stone, viii also testify. Stone
was on duty at the time of the wreck
green being at dinner Some of the
g passengers will also be called.
Victims Still in Danger
r. Although <he condition of the injured
OF the Ignacio train wreck was an.
nounced yesterday as being greatly
improved by the physicians at the
Northwestern hospital, there is still
some anxiety concerning Fireman
Burt Speaker and Engineer L. L. Lyt-
ltaksr, the two most seriously hurt
they both passed a quiet night and
1oDe is Frightening for their recovery
but az yet their condition Is too crit
ical 10 have passed the danger point
There was a noticed Improvement yes
ter5ay however, that promises good
aes,orsing to the reports last night
MO definite statement can be made con
.cerning them until the crisis has passed
which viii be within the next two OF
three days.
The physicians in attendance at ths
hospital expressed every confidence re-
..rarding the remainder of the injured
r-rh6fe is little doubt that they all have
passed the danger mark and are wei
5u the road to recovery.