Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-29
states Attorney Hoyne Says There
is Plenty of Evidence to Sus-
tain Charges of Man
slaughter.
DAY OF PUBLIC MOURNING
Bodies of Seven Hundred Victims of
the Great Tragedy Are Laid
to Rest.
CoFFINs ON MOTOR TRUCKS
DEATH LIST GROWING.
identified dead, 500.
Unidentified dead, 3.
Revised list of missing, 531.
Total, 1862.

CHICAGO, July 2S.-At least six
Indictments for responsibility for the
Eastland disaster of last Saturday
will be returned by the state grand
jury, according to an announcement
by States Attorney Hoyne. 1t will
not be decided until a later time
whether to ask indictments on
charges of criminal carelessness or
on manslaughter.
There is plenty of evidence for
either charge" Mr.. Hoyne said
The coroner's inquest, it is ex-
pected, will be completed later, and
Immediately thereafter the state
grand jury will go into session.
Explaining the taking into custody
of w. K. Greenebaum, general man
ager of the Indiana transportation
company, which leased the Eastland
last Saturday, Mr.. Hoyne said:
"Mr. Greenebaum, in response to
questions at the inquest, admitted
that he knew nothing about the East
land, but added that he knew, or had
heard, that It was not seaworthy."
Other agencies investigating the dis
aster are continuing their work Sec
retary William c. Redfield Of the De-
partment Of Commerce, who is here on
instructions from President Wilson said
he had not decided whether his in
quiry will extend to all OF the lake
passenger traffic or whether It will be
confined to the Eastland. For the
time being we will confine ourselves to
the case IN hand" he said.
Day of Public Mourning.
In response to a proclamation by Mayor
Thompson, Chicago observed today as
a day for public mourning. The city
hall is closed and the burial of almost
700 OF the excursionists recovered from
the river took place.
Facilities are lacking properly to ham
die the funerals and services over as
many as thirty bodies were held simul-
taneously in a church. Because there
are not enough steam and electric fun
eral trains and hearses the dead were
removed to cemeteries in various sorts
u SShNSydHStS' III many cases motor
trucks which carried several coffins
were used. In the vicinity of the Vest
ern Electric plant, where most of the
victims were employed the funeral pro-
cessions blocked traffic.
Thirty of the dead were buried from
the church OF st. Mary of Czestochwa. At
Mary Queen of Heaven church, services
for twenty-five took place.
Mayor Thompson Returns
Mayor Thompson, who cut short his
visit to the San Francisco exposition
when the Bastard accident occurred, re-
turned to Chmago today ami went i'm
nCdiately to the city hail. where he
held a confe 'ence with his department
heads. The mayor expressed satisfac-
tiol with the rescue and relief work.
The steamer Easland was taken in
charge by federal officials today, re-
placing city policemen as the wrecking
boat Favorite. said to be one of the
largest and best equipped of its kind in
the world. began the task of raising the
half-submerged craft II will take ten
days to raise the boat, according to those
in charge.
While this was going on forty divers
searched the river bottom for a distance
Of two blocks from the point where tho
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