The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-13
TWENTIETH
BODY FOUND
Three Found Last Night and
One This Morning in Ruins
of Wrecked M. A. G.
Building.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 13.--With
the finding of body at 1920 this
morning, night seaischers in the char
red ruins Of the Missouri Athletic
club brought the total OF recovered
bodies to twenty. Ten or eleven more
are believed to be in the ruins.
Three recovered during the night
were identified as those OF William R.
Borders, Frank. w Albright and
Thomas B.. Shyne.
Location Of the bodies indicated
that all had rushed wildly to the ele-
vator shaft. crying frantically to be
taken down.
That Mrs. w. ]. Kinser. made a
widow by the, fire, is planning to sue
the club for 100000 damages, be-
came known today
She had been living In ocal hotel
apart from her husband.
A diamond ring and currency folded
in a peculiar manner, aided in the
partial identification of body as
Frank w. Albright, although the fea-
lures were unrecognizable and most of
the head burned away.
]. w Albright OF Gary, Ind, who
identified the body of his brother, said
he would inspect other bodies but un-
less developments alter his plan, he
would ultimately claim it and ship 1t
to I.aPorte, Ind, for burial.
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Three More Found.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 1S.-Bodies
of three more NJ. A. G. fire victims
were uncovered this morning by the
day shift of searchers, bringing the
total of bodies recovered to twenty
three. Seven or more are believed te
be vet in the ruins.
4 In addition to the torsos taken from
the ruins this morning, workmen col
! lected several fra gments, some of which
indicated they itfiglit be, parts OF l
ftwenty-fourth body One OF the frag
1nents was OF pelvic bone. 1t wa,
declared the pelvis was not missing
4eRssy.,- nsr .Sflae sllnflie nravsnusiu ra
declared the bones might represent
another body.
An inquest was begun today by Cor
oner Hadberg, who promised that thu
investigation would be thorough ant
the responsibility established II pos
sible.
One body recovered was later iden
i titled as that of Allen Dow, buyer o
4 Nugsnt Brothers Dry Goods company
Il That Dow died game, was shown b,
j the fact that his charred right han
still grasped the nozzle of smal
fire extinguisher.
Women in the Building?
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March 13.--HoN
three young women pleaded pfteousl
with three young men to re-snter tn
burning Missouri Athletic club afte
they had escaped from the buildin
: last Monday morning, when thirty Q
more persons were burned to deaf
or kill I'd, was told at the inquest owe
> the bodies OF the victims begun toua
, before Coroner Badberg.
9 "oh please. come back. Do me
favor and go back. You must {
: back"
: This is what one OF the girls sal
10 her escort. Mons of the party +
entered the building. One man wal
ed to the entrance and stopped.
Il thought the girls meant one
J. their party had be:n left in the bull
II ing declared Paul kloeris. who heal
y the young women talking excitedly {
the north side OF Washington avenu
T. moment after they had left tt
II burning building and ran across Il
street
b. Kloeris is a window dresser {
d. Nugents and was leaving the sto
when the fire was discover I'd.
T. Declaring that there have be-
TO many rumors that women were C;
ried out OF the NJ. A. G. at 2 o'elo
Monday morning, the St Louis Tim
today offsred 500 for the names
Ill these women, with the exception
lg the managers wife and the you