The evening world., 1913-09-15
TWO INVESTIGATIONS
OF WHY BIG TINS BODY
WAS NOT IDENTIFIED.

begun to-day which. before they are
concluded. are expected to M the re-
sponsibility for the shocking negligence
which permitted the body OF big Tim"
sullivan to lie for fourteen days In the
Fordham Morgue. unidentified and
| classed as the type Of man who usually
, Ii killed by railroad trains In the Bronx
/ -hoboes and ne'er do wells who are try
ing to beat their way into or ont OF
New York. Police Commissioner Rhine
lander Waldo gave orders as soon AZ he
| reached his office this morning for an
investigation which. IN thoroug hness,
Will equal any inquiry every conducted
by the police. At the same time similar
orders were issued from the office Of
Michael J. Drummond. COMMISSIONS Of
Charities.
The fact that Big Tim" was known
probably to more people than any
other single citizen. that the very men
who carried him to the Morgue and
who searched his body there were per.
sonally acquainted with him. stands
out In making against every man con-
Tins" body . strong case Of negli-
gence.
The name OF Tom Mcclure. who,
like the Kings tailor. might be called
Tailor TO Tammany, was sewed In the
collar Of Big Tins" coat; tho hat he
wore bore In ink upon tho swaziland
the name Of +. J. McCloskey. and
every one who know big Tim" knew
that McCloskey was his hired compan.
lon. guard IN everything but name: his
clothing was OF tho best quality; HE
shirt was OF silk; his shoes were such
as could not be bought for less than
IS or 80; his cuff buttons were Of gold,
each set with two diamonds. Every
article Of apparel stamped him as a
man OF wealth and not the bum" a.
the police label most Of the train vic.
Tins Of the Bronx.
THESE WILL De PROMINENT IN
INVESTIGATION.
However. many others may he con-
cerned In tho Investigations now started
these men are bound TO play important
parts: Coroner jerome Heaiy. Police
man James Stack Of the Westminster
station; Detective Miles Kavanaugh, Dr.
John Rieselman. Coroner's Physician
and Fielding Gwynn. keeper OF the
Fordham Morgue. Stack officiated when
the body was taken from the New Haven
tracks to the Morgue. 0wynn received
II there. Coroner Healy and DR.. Rieyel.
| man are supposed to have made ex-
| aminations Of 1t. and kavanauEh was
| assigned By Acting Capt. Price Of the
Bronx detective bureau to investigate
| the Identity Of the man who was listed
| as unknown
Heaiy and RieEelman have already
offered defenses to the charge Of neg
hEence. Rieselman says he did not
know Big Tim" and was guilty OF
nothing worse than failing to recog-
mise . man whom he knew only BY his
printed licensees In the newspapers.
Healy. though admitting that he had
known Sullivan intimat ely for twenty
Ave years. declares that he looked and
failed to recognize. Here Healy's
friends come to his assistance. The.
declare that he II 30 tender hearted
that since he has been Coroner he has
mover been able TO force himself &C.
tually TO gaze on q body. Healy's meth
cd Is to give . quick. shifty glance and
hurry away from the unpleasant sight
AZ swiftly a possible. II he looked al
Big Tim" this way he might have
failed to recognise him.
HEAlr HOLDS THE POLICE
REsPoNsIelE.
But Heaiy holds the police response.
BILE. He declares Il was their duty &c
discover the name OF Tom MCGUIRE In
the coat and, 10 investigate It Instead
they reported to him only the name In
the hat The hat and cuff buttons Pc.
liceman Stack brought to his office
These. Healy says. he passed on to tbs
Bronx Detective Bureau, requesting
that an investigation be made, and Act.
ing-Captain Price says he assigned
kavanaush to the task. kavanaugt
has been on sick leave for q week and
Q half ana 70 far has had nothing e
say for himself. His official reports
however. show that he went to thu
morsue. viewed the body and thence
forth reported himself ~ "stili investi.
gating."
No man can be blamed for failing Il
recognise another, no matter how vel
he may have known him. the investi
gators admit But they purpose to dis
cover why the name Of Tom McGuir,
was not found and acted on and VIII,
the evidence contained In McCloskey'.
hat was not put to some use.
Commissioner Waldo and the other in
vestlgatOrs have not forgotten that sav,
for the chance Identification BY an OLE
! policeman Timothy d. Sullivan nigh1
have gone to Potter's Field. the Erav,
? from which In life he had saved DOZENS