Evening star., 1925-02-11
RESCUE Of COLLINS
NFEW HOURS SEEN;
SHAFT NEARS TRAP
CrevIces Being Found in Diq-
gIng Toward Man Pinioned
II Days in Cave.
WIRE RESPIRATION TEST
FAILS FOR FIRST TIME
Hope OF Getting Victim Out Alive
Still Held by Some Despite
Tragic Experience.
BY the Associs ted Press

ny the Associated Press
GAVE CITY, Ky, February IL.
oehnite connection between ,ba a
-, anu ihe tunnel in which Flovd
mao oeen Imprisoned for u
expected to be reached
~ 'ooh' II was declared early today by
II. T. Carmichael
! am prepared at almost anv tim.
10 nnd a definite connection b.tv.e,
the shaft and the cavern" Cor
michael said. More creyIce. az. he.
ing round, rocks are getting larger
sano mas given way to gravel and
more cave crickets are reported"
carmichael would not estimate how
soon the sand cave tunnel might he
pierced, but said, I'VE appear to he
very close and 1 believe we will get
Collins out alive"
Tests Fail First Time.
For the first time the amplifer
tests across the electric light wire
leading down to Collins failed this
morning TO record anything in rhe
headphones. The last successful test
al midnight repeated the breathing"
sounds at the regular rate of IS per
minute, but II. G. Lane, manager of
the electric apparatus at the cave,
said that the test indicated the globe
was out Of the socket or burned out.
Carmichael explained that the shaft
had been completed two-thirds of the
depth originally planned and that
he expected to find some passagewav
before the maximum depth estimated
had been reached.
At o'clock today the shaft was
AZ feet deep. The last four feet were
untimbered.
Experienced Men Hopeful.
Old cave men declared that the
finding of cave crickets was unmis-
taxable evidence that an underground
drain was near. The drier stratum
in the shaft was expediting the dig
ging, Carmichael said.
Twenty hours was given by res
cuers, at o'clock. as the maximum
time they expected to take to extri-
cate Collins. They said that if he
was not out of the hole in that time
they would be sorely disappointed.
They were hopeful of reaching Col
Inns much sooner, saying that it
might come at any minute.
DR.. w. d. Funkhouser zoolosist of
the University of Kentucky, was re-
called to the stand at the opening of
the military court of inquiry this
morning. The military court is in
vestigatinE into the circumstances
surrounding the buried mans plight
and efforts to rescue him.
Tells of Trips to Collins.
County Agent Horning said as late
as midnight Monday that Floyd Col
Inns had stated that Gerald (Johnnis
Gerald) was the last man to see him
at that time and also that Homer
Collins had seen him and fed him
prior to Gerald's visit" DR.. Funk
houser said.
Lieut.. Ben Wells, Gerald and an
other man went into the cave shortly
after midnight Tuesday morning and
stayed until $50, feeding the prisoner
at that time, he continued.
Dr.. Funkhouser said that NJ. Doyle
went into the hole as relay man.
but that because of his age the others
would not allow him to go to the
front.
Tuesday afternoon C. L. Maddox
and a Mr.. Craddock, and possibly
others, went into the cave, accord
ing to DR.. Funkhouser's notes.
Others Trail Trapped Man.
At 6:15 o'clock that same evening
William B. Miller, Courier journal re-
norter: Lieut.. Burden of the Louis
willie Fire Department and others
went in Miller said Collins had been
fed either with milk or soup.
Dr. Funkhouser explained that
sometimes potato soup was placed in
milk bottles and sent in. the workers
thinking it was milk. Tuesday night
Miller, Burden and others worked on
the bould sr with jacks. They gave
Collins some whisky and medicine and
the lighting system was placed in the
cave.
Exploration of another hole as
possible outlet to Sand Cave was un
dertaken this morning by Edward
Brenner of Cincinnati and Albert
Marshall of Danville. KY, miners. The
hole was found $50 feet from the en-
trance to the cave. Brenner reported
going into the tunnel for rs feet.
Weather Dema nds Fires.
Mr.. Carmichael gave the men per-
mission to make the exploration, but
held little hope of it providing a
passage to Collins tomb.
Campfres sprung up here and there
over the hlHSlOe unQeT "nlCn SOt-
Inns lies entombed today as cold
weather replaced the warm, spring
weather of recent days. Two fires
were kept burning near the shaft.
Oil Fumes Raise Hopes.
The odor of the banana oil spray
ed down Collins tunnel Saturday
night and again Monday rose through
the floor Of the shaft last night to
hearten the tired diggers. Extra pre-
cautions in timbering the shaft were
made to protect the workmen should
the roof of the tunnel or cavern sud
denly be broken through.
A small cleft in the side of the
shaft toward the north of Sand Cave
side was discovered at 3Sh feet. in
dicating that the underground honey
combed section was near at hand.
Every possible emergency need of
the physicians has been prepared in
the Red Cross tent operating room.
for TRANSMISSION, amputation or what
ever else his condition indicates. A
stretcher like applicance to raise Col
Inns through the shaft has been con-
structed.
Contributions to the Red Cross re-
lief fund at Sand Cave have totaled
S310O Ii was announced TODAY The