The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-05

Inc coroner SAID ne expects TO eX-
| anime eye-witnesses who live in the
neigIborhood Of the scene Of the
wreck. either late this afternoon or
later in the week.
Immediately after the coroner re-
turns his verdict, grand jury inves-
tigation will start at Anderson.
Charles z. Smith. Madison County
prosecutor. will be in charge and VIII
present to the, jury evidence obtained
by the coroner. The public service
commission investigation will start at
| Anderson Thursday morning with the
entire commission sitting.
The Government will take a hand
in the investigation, John w Nc.
Cardle. chairman of the public serv-
| ice commission. was notified today by
/ the Interstate Commerce Commission,
| Washington, D. c.. in response to an
invitation wired Monday.
A Federal inspector, as an observer,
will attend the hearing Thursday.
Number Not Determined
1t was still impossible today to de-
tenmine the exact number killed in the
wreck and the number may never be
known. The list of known dead con-
tains the names of fourteen persons,
but it is certain more were killed.
| Coroner Helbert said the number of
dead may reach eighteen or twenty.
The last name added to the list OF
identified dead is that of Sherman
Fay, A., of FIT Wayne. Fay's body
in the morgue at Anderson was
identified by persons who had been
with him on the car and by II. P.
Roth of Pittsburgh, representative of
| the Western Gas Construction Com
pany, by which Fay was employed.
A bit of brown necktie still on the
body assisted in the Identification.
| The name of Joseph L. Windsor. 55,
OF 2011 n. Tlabott Ave. also has been
added to the list OF known dead. His
body was identified at Anderson by
! Mrs. Windsor. He was the sixth In
! Glanapolis man known to have been
| killed
The bodies of only ten of the four
teen known dead have been identified.
Those whom relatives are sure are
dead because of bits of jewelry and
other property found in the wreck,
but whose bodies have not been identi-
| fed, are James F. T. Sargent, 3340
Central Ave. Indianapolis; Carey T.
Bogue. 2S Marion: Oliver L. Shaw,
1902 Reid Pl, indianapolis, a piano
tuner; J. A Bryan. 1881 Kenwood
Ave, Indianapolis, a salesman.
Several Unidentified
The bodies of some of these victims
may be the charred flesh in the E. s.
Albright undertaking parlors at An
derson, or the bodies in the morgue
may be those of other victims. There
are five or six unidentified bodies in
the morgue. They are so badly burned
the exact number can not even be de-
termined
The list of missing is believed un-
doubtedly to contain names of per-
sons who were not in the wreck, while
number of them may be represented
by the bodies in the morgue.
Relatives and friends of missing con-
tinued to pass through the morgue,
scanning the bodies in the hope that
something might be found to make
Identification possible The curious
crowd finally became so large it was
necessary to lock the doors of the
morgue.
Even more visitors went to the Of
fee of the Union Traction Company,
where bits of jewelry, keys and other
articles picked up in the ashes were
on display. Better than the bodies,
these formed means OF Identification.
The intensity of the heat which de-
stroyed the wrecked cars was indi-
Gated by the fact that watches, keys
and pocket knives were melted and
welded together.
Descriptions of unidentified bodies
in the morgue at Anderson were given
out by authorities in the hope they
might lead to identification,
The descriptions:
Male-Torso and head, legs missing.
wore white cord shirt with laundry
mark "291S" under collar band.
Sex Undetermined-Part of torso.
No Identification marks
Small woman or young boy-Splnal
column, part of liver and legs. No
identification Rlarks.
| Female-deAdless torso with part
! Cf legs. Wore corset. probably with
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