Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

/ continued from rage Onc
the undertaking establishment of J. I
! Crowley, at II o'clock, and viewed tn
remains of Mrs. Anna Cclcstine johnson
I Kelly, 50 years old. who was killed whcl
! she fell four stories from Il window sill
/ of the Ovcrbrook after her fingers ha
/ been burned to the bone. Her body wa
mass of bruises and decorations, but
1 except for her charred fingers and sligh
/ scorching Of her abundant hair, bore n
marks of fire.
! Coroner Bew, after swearing the jury
! beside the woman's hody. to spare M
Ell ort to ascertain the manner in which
she "and others" came to their deaths
stated that he had made the woman'S
body the starting point in his inquiry be-
cause she was the first of the victims I,
be identified
Identification was made by Charles Il
4>clly her husband. lie Is employed ii
n shoe establishment at 1922 Chestnut
street Philadelphia. DR. !. II. Leonard
acting county physician. described briefly
the nature Of the woman's injuries. This
terminated the brief session and Coroner
Bcw dismissed the jury to await call,
Taking of testimony probably will be-
gin on Tuesday.
Shortly before he was called by the
Coroner, Kelly said his wife was Mrs.
Johnson when he married her here about
S'N NftkS ago SNllt was Al WHO" anu
continued to use her first married name
in business relations up to the time Of
her death.
WIFE or PHILADELPHIAN.
Kelly said his wfc's maiden name was
Anna CcleStinc Ferrie, and she was born
in Paris 30 years ago. For some time she
had conducted the Maison de Paris, 2O2}
Boardwalk, i'm partnership with Miss
Tillle Marks, while he worked and lived
in Philadelphia.
The funeral of Mrs. Kelly will he held
tomorrow morning at II o'clock from tho
Crowley undertaking establishment, 1905
Pacific avenue.
HENDRICKS BODY IDENTIFIED.
Representatives of the family of Paul
Craig Hendricks arrived here this morn
ing and identified his body, so far as
Identity was possible. The whole corpse
is charred, as are the bodies Of both Mrs.
Mott and Mrs. Garsed.
Coroner Bew has not yet examined an
iron box found under Hendricks body
when the workmcn came upon it in the
ruins Whether Hendricks was carrying
this box when he crashed, with the fall
ing floors, to his death i'm the blazing
debris, Of course, cannot be determined,
but the police believe it may hold valu-
liable papers or other property Of the
young man. Hendricks body was found
at the upper side Of the hotel. about half
way of the depth of the building from
the Pacific avenue front.
WARMING BY CORONER
Coroner Rew took occasion to issue
warning against reckless statements which
might have the effect of unjustly inraming
public opinion against the owners of the
OverbroOli and public officials
'lt has bppu stated " no sa id ''tbat thar,
was but one fire escape upon the hotel,
this at the extreme rear of the hotel
descending upon rented ground. As
matter Of fact there were two, the second
on the Mt Vernon avenue side Of the
hotel. where the old and new sections
of the house joined"
This confirms the statement of David
Lawson, chief of the building department,
who will be an important figure I'm the
CorOner's inquiry. Lawson stated that the
Overlook was properly equipped with
tire-esCapes,
DELAY IN ALARM.
What Coroner Bew especially wants to
know Is why the first intimation that
there was fire in the OverbrOok reached
the fire department through Miss Stokes
telephonic alarm at sos o'clock. Miss
Stokes is the telephone operator who sent
in the first alarm,
If there had been an auxiliary alarm
box in the Overlook, and Epps, the bell
boy, or DeRay, the engineer, had smashed
the glass at AS the department could
have been in action 90 minutes sooner.
The actual municipal supervision is so
arranged that the pulling of lever used
on any floor of a hotel instantaneously
sounds an alarm from the nearest street
fire box.
Every room in the Overlook was
rrlfh n Rrn
affording a safe means Of reaching the
ground, but not one of these was taken
from its case so far as Coroner Bew can
learn. This the Coroner and police be.
lieye may have been due TO lack of
knowledge as to the method Of use, and
Mayor William Riddle, who will stand
sponsor for a bill TO compel the placing of
auxiliary boxes in every hotel, with more
than 50 guests. will urge also the necessity
of adopting some means of making the
fire escapes something more than the
wholly useless expedient they proved in
the Overlook case. One remedy sug-
gested by the Mayor today was the adop-
tion OF some method Of instructing every
guest in the location and use of the es-
capes when rooms are assigned 10 them.
woNEN's BODIES FOUND.
The bodies OF two women. one that Of
Mrs. Josephine Garsed, OF Philadelphia,
and the other that OF Mrs Thomas E.
Mott were recovered last night from the
ruins.
Throughout the whole Of the night
under the glare OF hastily strung lights
and In the presence Of morbid crowds,
fiFemen, needless of the piercing cold,
worked their way with pick and shovel
into the ruins.
The charred corpse OF Mrs. Garsed was
taken out b. sare O'clock Shortly be
fore midnight the ruins yielded what re-
mained of Mrs, Mott Then came : long
period q waiting II was after > O'Clock
thls moEning shen tho searchera came