The Washington herald., 1912-10-02
MECHANICS BONES
FOUND In FURNACE
Continued from Page One.

hind the furnaces. The most important
point revealed by Barrett was that
Webster was lying behind furnace NO.
6. when he. Barrett. left the furnace
room.
According TO Barrett. Webster appar-
entity was in a drunken stupor. Remem-
bering that Webster had been mixing
whisky and beer. Barrett did not think
ii strange that the man should go 10
sleep in the warmth OF the furnaces.
This statement by Barrett added TO
Charles Webster's suspicious that his
son had been killed and burned and the
aged man declared he could not be con-
tent until the furnaces had been
searched.
Have Furnaces Searched.
Detectives called at the brewery COM
pany ofices yesterday and procured per
mission to have the furnaces searched.
Detectives Cornwell and Baur had re-
ceived information which led them 10
believe that the furnaces would yield
evidence. They did not dare believe that
the body OF the missing Webster might
be found within the black walls OF the
furnace.
Helpers in the furnace room volun-
teered to search. II was decided to
search the combustion chamber before
The combustion chamber is a compart-
ment about twelve feet long and six
feet wide. The combustion chamber OF
furnace No. s was covered with dust.
and a film OF ash about six or eight
inches deep The door to this chamber
is Just long enough to admit the body
OF a large man.
The temperature of the interior OF the
chamber is between 5000 and $3.50 de-
Ent ma held
four feet from the door of the cham
Der will ignite and burn in a few sec
onds. A man raking out ashes from the
floor of the chamber while there is a
fire in the furnace will suffer sCorched
skin and burned hair.
Several helpers, however volunteered
to rake the floor of the chamber. The
first rake that was drawn out drew forth
a particle of whitish substance. hard and
dry as tinder. that resembled bone. This
bone particle was examined by the de-
tectives. That settles it, they said.
Webster was murdered and what is left
of his body is in that chamber. The
helpers working In a stiffness broken
only by the roar of fires drew forth rake
after rake.
Find Remains of stomach.
One rake revealed a CONCEALED quantity
was as big around as the body OF a man.
Detectives pulled 1t apart as they would
separate a mass OF clay. This apparent
ash is believed to be the cremated re-
mains of Websters stomach. The rakes.
brokes, and ash formations apart. With
the bones and the cremated flesh came
large quantities of a red substance that
always forms in the combustion chamber
and reaches a depth of twelve or more
inches il the chamber is not cleaned at
regular intervals.
AS the detectives picked the bone frag-
ments from the dust the white particles
were placed in a little wooden box. This
box. which is a foot long. nine inches
wide. and seven inches deep. was half
filed with fragments of bone. When the
bones that could be reached the box of
bones was removed to police headquar-
ters.
1t is likely that officers Of the brewing
company to-day will order that the fur
mace fires be allowed to burn out. Forty
eight hours after the fires have deadened
a man can enter the combustion chamber.
Search will be made for a melted lump
of gold. as Webster wore a gold ring
when he vanished. The searcher also will
try to find a melted mass of steel and
bone that will represent a pocket knife
which Webster carried.
Box Placed On Desk.
At police headquarters the box of bones
We're placed on the desk of Inspector
Robert H. Boardman. chief of detectives
and assistant superintendent of police.
Coroner hewitt, Detectives Cornwell,
Baur. Forteney, Mullin. and Warren, and
Charles Webster were present.
With much care DR.. hewitt picked out
pieces Of bone. fearing to break the