South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-29
More Bodies Found in River
When Heavy SeineS Are
Lifted From the
Water.
MEN INDICTED ARE
PUT UNDER ARREST
Five of Six Persons Held Re-
SponSibIe by Grand
Jury Are Now in
Custody.

CHICAGO. July 29.-<The grim
search of the Chicago river for
bodies of victims of the Eastland
catastrophe began today. When the
first net was lifted, at Western av.,
three miles from where the giant
steel lake liner toppled over, the body
of man was recovered.
AS this work went on. the efforts of
the authorities to fix the responsible
ity for the disaster continued. A fed
eral board headed by Sec'y of Com
hearing witnesses. The county grand
jury was considering the report of
the cOroneT's jury which named six
men as guilty of manslaughter and
the federal grand jury was called into
session this afternoon to take up its
inquiry.
Sec'y Redfield telegraphed to Wash
ington today, ordering Admiral Tay-
lOr, chief naval construction engineer,
TO the come to Chicago at once to
aid in the federal investigation.
Resolutions asking Pres't Wilson to
appoint a special investigating COM
mittee to take up the Eastland probe
were passed today by the harbors,
wharfs and bridges committee of the
city council.
The mittimuses were served on five
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early this afternoon. William II.
ager of the company owning the East
land was in the office of his attorney,
Charles B. Kremer. when deputies
called TO arrest him. kremer in
formed the deputies they had no
authority on which to arrest Hull.
Others in custody were Robert II.
Reid and Charles EckHff United
Haven. Mich.
1t was learned today that pick
pockets had followed the bodies of
some of the Eastland dead 10 their
graves. In the crowd on board a
Chicago and Joliet funeral train, two
alleged pickpockets We're arrested
at Summit, Ill. late yesterday and
were being held today in bonds of
$4,000 each. They were charged
with working among the mourners
enrOute to Resurrection cemetery
The mortality statistics on the East
land disaster today showed.
Identified dead. S2S.
Unidentified dead, 4.
Missing, 521.
Total. 1853.
The six men held by the coroner
were: Robert Reid. L. S. steamboat
inspector. st. Joseph. Mich, who cer-
lillcu the EdSlidu0 was GdDdDle OF
carrying 2,570 persons safely.
Joseph NJ. Ericsson, chief engineer
Of the Eastland, sOn-in-law of In
spectOr Reid.
=. c. Eckliff, United States inspec-
tor Of steamboat boilers. st. Joseph,
Mich.
William VI. Hull. vice president and
general manager. the st. Joseph-Chi-
cago Transportation Co, owner of the
Eastland.
w X. Greenbaum, general man
ager of the Indiana Transportation
Co, which chartered the boat for the
Western Electric picnic. and Harry
Peterson. captain of the Eastland.
The report of the cOrOner's jury
stood out today in more bold relief
than the other investigation that are
underway. Coroner Hoffman said in
handing down the verdict that all
the evidence in his hands. and the
recommendation of his jury would be
sent to the county and federal grand
juries this afternoon
CHICAGO. July 29.-Another death
was charged today to the Eastland
disaster. John Salak was saved when
the ship went over, but his wife was
drowned. Last evening he returned
home from her funeral. He was
found dead in his home early today.
He had committed suicide with gas.