Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-02
SHAUGHNESSY DIES;
CRASH DEATH TOLL
NOW MOUNTS T097
Second Assistant Postmaster
General, Wife and Daugh-
ter Were Injured.

Edward II. Shaughnessy, second
assistant postmaster general. died
shortly after o'clock this morning
at Walter Reed Hospital from injur-
les received in the knickerbocker
Theater disaster Saturday night. Mr..
Shaughnessy's death brings the toll
of the crash to ninety yseven.
Death came following paralysis of
the upper bowel. which set in last
night, being followed by sudden
heart collapse about midnight. Mr..
shaughnessy suffered from a frac-
tured pelvis and internal injuries,
and had been kept alive only by two
transfusions of blood from soldiers
at the hospital.
Wife and Daughter Injured.
Mrs. Shaughnessy. recovering from
five broken ribs, received at the same
time her husband was injured, was
notified at TAO o'clock this morning
at Emergency Hospital of the death
of her husband, bearing up brayely
under the crushing blow. The ten
year-old daughter, Ruth, is at the
hospital with both arms broken.
With Mr. shaughnassy at the time
of his death were his rather. Thomas
F. Shaughnessy of Newark, N. j.. and
two sisters, Mrs. Irene Kretchner and
Miss Margaret Shaughnessy, both of
Chicago.
Interment is ia be Saturday after
noon at Arlington national cemetery,
Shaughnessy having served as lieu
tenant colonel in the transportation
corps during the war, and having
been awarded the distinguished serv-
ice medal for his work done with the
American expeditionary force.
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the
chapel at 1900 N street northwest.
The Post Office Department will be
closed at o'clock Saturday, Chief
Clerk Mooney announced.
Flags at Half-stan.
Flags were put at half-staff on the
Post Office Department. the Washington
city post office and the mail equipment
shop build gs today in tribute to Col.
Shaughnessy, the order being issued by
Chief Clerk Mooney at o'clock.
The second assistant postmaster
general had been attended by DR.. HUI
bert Work, first assistant postmaster
general, and president of the American
Medical Association, who. returned from
Colorado for the purpose; DR.. Sawyer,
the Presidents physician, and the staff
of the Walter Reed Hospital.
President Harding had shown con-
stant concern over Mr.. Shaughnessy'
condition and during the first few days
following the accident had received
encouraging reports through Brig. Gen.
Sawyer. when 1t was hoped that Mr..
Shaughnessy's tremendous resistlve
power would enable him to conquer
death.
Recommended Use OF Marines.
Col. Shaughnessy, since coming to
the Post Office Department, April IL,
1921, as second assistant postmaster
general, in charge of the railway mail
service, had made several notable for
ward steps in bettering the postal
service.
His was the idea of using the ma
rines to guard the mails, and it. was
upon his suggestion that Postmaster
General Hays recommended the: use of
the marines > to the President. Col
ShaughnessY had general oversight of
the placement Of the marines upon mail
cars, att terminals and post offices
throughout the country. and 1t is held
that his indefatiguable work along this
line was largely instrumental in check
ing mail robberies.
The second assistant postmaster gen.
eral was responsible for restoring the
morale throughout the entire railway
mail service, his success along this line
being attested by the increased eff
cheney Of the service, and the flood Of
teQeRrams .of coincidence which have
poured into the department here from
every organization of railway. mail
clerks and operators.
Headed Parcel Post .Comnittee.
He was chief Of the parcel. post COM
mittee of the Post Office Department,
which has in view reforms in the
handling of such mail matter, and at
the time Of his death was busily en-
gagged in working upon this problem.
telegram Of coincidence was re-
ceiyed today from Postmaster General
Hays, who yesterday left Washington
for Miami, Fla. in an effort to regain
his health, which has suffered as The
result of bad cold In December and
the railroad wreck in which he was in
volved.
Dr.. Work, first assistant postmaster
general; Warren l. Glover, third as
sistant postmaster general; Harry II.
Billany.z fourth assistant postmaster
general; Chief Clerk Mooney. e. r.
White. acting second assistant post
master general, and other ofiiciaIz eom:
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