Henry Smith, of No. 544 St. Paul Street, Made the Unpleasant Discovery
The morgue has a mystery which came to light yesterday
afternoon. Coroner KLEINDIENST will endeavor to solve it. The body of a male
infant, evidently strangled soon after birth, was found on the east river
bank almost under the Vincent street bridge. Henry SMITH, of No. 544 St.
Paul street, an employee of the Rochester Gas and Electric Company, found a
strange looking bundle while searching for a lost hat. Examination revealed
the character of the parcel. SMITH notified the morgue and Attendant DRAUDE
was directed by Coroner KLEINDIENST to get the body.
It was found that the infant had been wrapped first
in newspapers, then in an old shirt and then more newspapers. There was a
copy of a Rochester afternoon paper of February 6th and a New York Journal
of February 9th. No mark could be found on either of the papers or the old
shirt that would give a clew to their ownership.
There seems to be an odd circumstance connected
with SMITH's hunt for the old hat. He said that Jack CALIHAN, well known on
State street, asked him to look for a hat that he lost two days ago. While
searching for the hat, SMITH said, he found the strange bundle. It had
evidently lain where it was found for several days and was frozen solid.
The child's face was drawn in such a manner as,
apparently, to leave no doubt that it died in agony. The easily
distinguished marks on each side of the throat seemed to leave no doubt as
to the manner of its taking off. About the throat there was a tightly wound
cord and the face had been so covered that, had not the first means taken to
end its life proved effectual, the last certainly would. Then, too, the
wrappings would so tightly about it would have proved a cause of death if
the other three had failed. There seemed to have been a hemorrhage under the
scalp. There were bruises on the head. The knees were drawn up to the
stomach.
Morgue Attendant DRAUDE placed the body on the
scales, which were tipped to seven pounds and five ounces. The body was
unusually well formed. An autopsy will probably be made to-day by order of
the coroner, when the exact cause of death may be determined.
A circumstance of the case that may prove a clew to
the parent of the child was the fact that the old shirt in which the body
was wrapped smelled strongly of gas, as though it had been worn by a man
working where the odor of gas was heavy in the air. The garment was a
well-worn one, with much of the front part cut away. A thorough search for a
laundry mark failed to reveal one, and the conclusion was reached that the
shirt had been washed at home.
The bundle was tied up with white bundle twine and there
was also a short piece of small clothesline of a cheap sort with a large
knot in it. It would seem as though the body could not have lain long where
SMITH found it, or it would have been covered with considerable snow. The
body was found not far from the gas plant of the Rochester Gas and Electric
Company, near the Vincent street bridge.
Albert Jacobs, of No. 198 Plymouth Avenue, Victim of Heart Disease
Albert JACOBS, between 50 and 60 years of age, died
suddenly last night under rather peculiar circumstances. He roomed over the
Anthony bakery at No. 198 Plymouth avenue and last evening started out for a
walk. He had not gone far when he was taken ill and had to be helped back to
his room. A hurry call was sent to the City Hospital, but its ambulance was
out. Another call to St. Mary's Hospital summoned its ambulance.
Just as the ambulance arrived at the hospital
arrived at the hospital JACOBS expired. There were symptoms of oedemia of
the lungs. Coroner KLEINDIENST was notified and went to the hospital. He
ordered the body removed to the morgue, where an autopsy will be held this
morning.
JACOBS worked at the seed house of BRIGGS Brothers,
on Church street, just north of the postoffice. It was not known at the
Anthony building whether JACOBS had any relatives. It was said that he had
been, apparently, in good health and had not complained of illness. Heart
disease was believed to be the cause of death.
Miss WILDER and fourteen members of her music club
gave an interesting musicale Friday evening at No. 54 Hamilton street it
being a compliment to Mrs. H. B. DONALDSON on her 82d birthday. A large box
of choice flowers was presented by one of the members and a programme of
eleven numbers, including the popular "Yale Boola," was played.
The roomy, old-fashioned parlors were filled with guests.
It is the Fast Mail train No. 3, via the Michigan
Central, "The Niagara Falls Route," leaving Buffalo 7:25 P. M.,
arriving Chicago 7:55 A. M. Dining car serves breakfast. Equipment the
finest the builders art can produce. Through sleeping car from New York to
Chicago passes Rochester at 5:20 P. M. For folders and information inquire
of New York Central agents, or write W. H. UNDERWOOD, G. E. P., agent, No.
299 Main street, Buffalo.
REYNOLDS - In this city, Saturday evening, February 22, 1902, at the
residence of his son-in-law, Harvey P. BAKER, No. 5 Magnolia street, Patrick
REYNOLDS, aged 74 years.
-The funeral will be held Tuesday morning, February 25th, at the family
residence at 8:30 o'clock, and from St. Monica Church at 9 o'clock.
The body of Major Jacob SPAHN, who was one of the
sixteen victims of the Park Avenue hotel fire in New York, arrived in
Rochester at 6 o'clock this morning. The disposition of the remains
immediately after their arrival in Rochester could not be decided last
night, but by noon friends will be able to view them at the home at No. 34
Concord street.
The early dispatches from New York told the fact
that Major SPAHN died in an ambulance while being conveyed to a hospital.
His injuries, it appears, were received when he jumped from the window of
his room on the third floor of the hotel. Yesterday's New York Sun said:
"At the back of the hotel opposite the room
occupied by the MAY family Jacob SPAHN, of Rochester, frightened by his
inability to find his way in the hall, leaped from the window in his room
and was dashed to death on the roof of a stable two floors below."
Sebastian SOURS died last night at his residence, No. 141 Lewis street, aged
63 years and 9 months. He is survived by his wife, Sophia; two sons, William
and Albert; four daughters, Mrs. E. J. CARR, Mrs. F. A. RYAN, Mrs. W. W.
BARER and Stella SOURS, all of this city, and two sisters, Mrs. E. NABOR, of
Irondequoit, and Mrs. J. E. HAGER, of Ogden.
Betsy E. SMITH died yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
L. H. BOWDEN, No. 18 Warner street, aged 82 years and 10 months. She is
survived by Mrs. BOWDEN and another daughter, Mrs. L. C. REDSHAW, of
Batavia.
Mary E. HOFFMAN, daughter of Robert and Caroline HOFFMAN, died this morning
at the family residence, No. 7 Wilder street, aged 2 years and 5 months.
John RADNER, son of Frank and Gertrude RADNER, died Saturday night at the
family residence, No. 219 Maple street, aged 9 months.
Patrick REYNOLDS, aged 74 years, died Saturday evening at the residence of
his son-in-law, Harvey P. BAKER, No. 5 Magnolia street.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Tue
Feb 25, 1902
KILLED AND MANGLED IN A CENTRAL WRECK
Train Crews Victims of a Collision Near Aurelius Station
Engineers and Firemen of Both Trains Buried Under Wreckage --
Necessary to Cut off Trainman Renner's Legs to Release Him --
Baggageman Edward E. Vine, of Rochester, Among the Killed
As train No. 211, westbound to this city over the
Auburn branch of the New York Central, rounded the curve a few miles west of
Aurelius at 10:30 o'clock last night, a steam derrick running wild from
Canandaigua hove in sight at the other end of the single track. A few
moments later there was a crash, followed by the sound of escaping steam and
then, for a brief period, silence.
Conductor George KILLIP, of this city, a brother of
the coroner, who was in charge of No. 211, after the two trains came
together rushed to the front of his train. Scattered about was the wreckage
of the two engines, which were so badly smashed that it was impossible to
tell one from the other. From the head end of the train could be heard in
the darkness cries of pain and calls for help.
Conductor KILLIP, with some of the passengers of
his train, groped about in the darkness. The engineer of the passenger
train, John H. HAISMAN, of this city, and his fireman, whose name could not
be learned, were pinioned under the wreckage and all about them were heavy
timbers, which, try as they might, those of the passenger train could not
loosen.
From under the trucks of the baggage car a bruised
and bleeding mass of humanity. Trainman RENNER, of this city, who was in the
baggage car of the passenger train when the two came together, was dragged
out by Conductor KILLIP. The engineer of the steam derrick, named DURAND,
and his fireman, were, the last that was from them in this city, still under
the wreck. Wrecking trains from three points, Rochester, Geneva and
Syracuse, are hurrying to the scene of the collision.
The first tidings of the disaster received in this
city came in the form of the following dispatch at 10:50 o'clock.
"Train No. 21 got orders to meet first No. 236
at Aurelius. Left Aurelius at 10:05 P. M. Waited at Aurelius twenty minutes
for No. 236. On arrival of first No. 236 started out. Trains met two miles
west of Aurelius. The trains are all in a heap. Cannot tell one from the
other. Head end of baggage and flat car on second No. 236 are all smashed.
Can't find either engineer or fireman on either train. Can hear them calling
for help, but can't get to them. Got out Trainman RENNER, who was pinned
down by tender. He was in baggage car. No passengers hurt."
The crew of the passenger train which left Syracuse
at 8:30 P. M. for this city was Engineer John HAISMAN, Fireman Frank HINDS,
Trainmen RENNER and HOLLETT and Baggageman VINE, all of this city.
Of this crew both HAISMAN and his fireman, Frank
HINDS, were at last accounts still buried under the wreckage. Conductor
BUTLER and Engineer DURAND, of Syracuse, were in charge of the steam
derrick. DURAND and his fireman, whose name is unknown, are buried under the
wreckage.
The probabilities are that both the engineers and firemen
of the steam shovel and passenger trains will be fatally injured, if not
dead, by the time they are taken from under the wreckage.
Soon after the first information of the wreck was
received in this city the eastbound railroad wires failed and it was
impossible to get any details
of the collision. Soon after the collision the Western Union wire from this
city to Auburn was put into service. From the point where the trains met to
Auburn it was a trudge of eight miles to get a dispatch to this city. This
in part accounts for the delay in getting dispatches here.
From all that could be learned in this city at 2
o'clock this morning, the westbound passenger train had the right of track
from Aurelius and had
instructions to meet first No. 236, the eastbound passenger train, at that
point. This was done and after the east-bound passenger train passed the
westbound passenger train again started for this city. They were late, owing
to waiting for No. 236, and were going at a fast rate of speed when the two
trains came together. Both engines, No. 567 of the passenger train, and No.
1502, the heavy freight engine which was drawing the steam shovel, are
twisted and broken out of all semblance to anything except a heap of junk.
One flat car directly behind the freight engine was broken into kindling
wood. The luggage car of the passenger train, where Trainman RENNER was at
the time of the accident, was also broken up and thrown off the track. The
point where the wreck occurred is on a high up hill grade. A few miles west
is Cayuga station.
A special received by the Democrat and Chronicle
from Syracuse at 2:35 o'clock this morning says that Edward E. VINE,
baggageman of the passenger train, died from injuries received in the wreck.
VINE lived at No. 3 Erie street, this city.
Syracuse, Feb. 25 -- The latest reports received at
the New York Central station in this city are that at least four persons are
still in the wreck
near Aurelius and that they are probably dead. Superintendent BRADFIELD, of
the western division of the New York Central, will not give any report at
this time, but admits that it is a serious wreck.
A train bearing the injured to Auburn is expected
at any moment.
It is reported from the scene of the wreck early
this morning that it
was necessary, in order to remove Trainman RENNER from the wreckage, to cut
off both legs.
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MAJOR SPAHN'S FUNERAL
Services to be Held To-Morrow Afternoon at the Home
The body of Major Jacob SPAHN, a victim of the Park
Avenue hotel fire, arrived in this city at 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning.
It was accompanied from New York city by F. CARTER, a member of the Theta
Delta Chi fraternity, the annual convention of which Major SPAHN went to New
York to attend.
It was decided last night by the family that the
funeral should be private. Services will be held at the house at 2:30
o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
Rev. Carl N. CONRAD, pastor of the German Lutheran Church, will conduct the
services, assisted by rev. F. F. FRY, pastor of the Church of the
Reformation. Louis SPAHN, a brother of the major, is expected this morning
from Chicago, and arrangements for the funeral will not be completed until
after his arrival. There will undoubtedly be a large delegation of college
men, members of the fraternity to which the dead man belonged, at the
funeral. Over two hundred telegrams have been sent to different members of
the fraternity, informing them of Major SPAHN's death.
A delegation of Odd Fellows waited upon the family
last night and proffered their services at the funeral. During the
conversation it was learned that Major SPAHN had accepted an invitation to a
banquet which was to be held by the lodge this week. In accepting the
invitation the dead man wrote, "I will attend if Providence
permits."
Resolutions of respect have been adopted by the
Anti-Mortgage Tax Association, of this city, and by the Eighth Ward
Permanent Republican League, of both of which organizations Major SPAHN was
an energetic member.
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Albert JACOBS, who died suddenly Sunday evening, was a brother of the late
Homer JACOBS. He is survived by three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Edgar
HOLDRIDGE, of Iowa; Mrs. Fred MOUNT, of Buffalo; Miss Anna JACOBS, of
Victor; Ovid JACOBS, of Victor, and Charles JACOBS, of South Dakota.
Frank BADGE, aged 70 years, died yesterday at the residence of his
son-in-law, George T. PAGE, on Hastings street. He is survived by one son,
Joseph BADGE, and four daughters, Mrs. George PAGE, Mrs. Jerome FELTZ, Mrs.
George CHAMBERLAIN and Mrs. Agnes.
Barbara, wife of John FRENZ, died yesterday at her home in Irondequoit, aged
37 years. She is survived by her husband, two children, her mother and four
sisters.
John DOWNEY, aged 77 years, died yesterday at his home, No. 15 Fern street.
He is survived by two sons, Frank and Hugh J. DOWNEY.
William Arthur, infant son of William and Mary BELL, died yesterday morning
at the home of his parents, aged 4 weeks.
John, infant son of John and Margaret MONAHAN, died yesterday at the family
home, No. 9 Lind street, aged 6 months.
Eliza, wife of John BLAKLEY, died at the family home in Charlotte yesterday.
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TO HONOR MISS ANTHONY
Attendance at Birthday Dinner Expected to be Large
Already over 125 people of this city and vicinity
have signified their intention to attend the banquet to be given in honor
of Susan B. ANTHONY's eighty-second birthday on March 20th.
The affair is under the auspices of the Political Equality Club, and it is
hoped that all who honor Miss ANTHONY as a woman without reference to the
cause for which she stands, will pay their respects to her on that
occasion. There are no special invitations sent out, except to a few of
Miss ANTHONY's old-time friends and co-workers whom it was especially
desired to honor. The invitation is a general one to all men and women who
wish to be present.
Tickets will be on sale at the office of Clifford
G. ALEXANDER, No. 102 Powers building, and at the store of F. P. VAN
HOESEN, No. 43 Main street east. The price is $1.50. It is hoped all who
intend to be present will make the fact known as early as possible, that
arrangements may be made accordingly. The place has not been settled upon,
and cannot be until it is known approximately what the attendance will be.
The banquet will be a handsome one in every particular, with an orchestra
in attendance. A reception will be held for an hour before the dinner.
There will be a number of distinguished guests from abroad, among them
Rev. Dr. Anna SHAW, who will respond to a toast. It is expected to
announce the toastmistress and other speakers in a few days.
Miss ANTHONY is at present in Washington and
vicinity, where she has been in attendance at the annual conventions of
the National Woman Suffrage Association, the National Woman's Council and
the Daughters of the American Revolution, at each of which she was
accorded honors. She will visit New York and other points.
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MUNICIPAL COURT
Rochester, N. Y., February 24, 1902
Present -- Hon. John M. MURPHY and Hon. Thomas E.
WHITE, municipal court judges.
John SCOTT against Henry MILLER, judgment for
plaintiff by default for $17.05.
Timothy SMITH against Herman GROUSE, judgment for
plaintiff by default for $27.
Court adjourned to Tuesday, 10 A. M.
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POLICE COURT
Rochester, February 24, 1902
Present -- Hon. John H. CHADSEY, police justice.
Sarah BIRD and Patrick MILES, intoxication; judgment
suspended.
Chris WALDVOGIE, intoxication; $5 or five days in
the penitentiary.
James WILDER, intoxication; $15 fine or fifteen days in
the penitentiary.
John N. MINGES, disorderly conduct; adjourned to
February 27th.
Frank CULHANE and Annie CULHANE, intoxication; judgment
suspended.
George H. SMITH, violating Sunday closing law relating
to barber shops; $1 fine.
William HORSTMAN, maintaining a nuisance; case
dismissed.
Fred D. WANAMAKER, intoxication; case held open.
John WITTY, assault, third degree; thirty days in
penitentiary, judgment suspended.
Egbert BROWN, vagrant; one month in the penitentiary.
John RYAN, vagrant; judgment suspended.
Thomas HAZARD, intoxication; judgment suspended.
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MISTRESS AWAY, FIRE BROKE OUT
An alarm from box No. 17, corner of Monroe avenue and
South Union street, summoned the department at 9 o'clock last evening.
Fire was discovered in the building at the corner of Monroe avenue and
Alexander street, numbered No. 286 Monroe avenue. A Miss HOFFMAN, who
occupied two lower rooms, had left a small coal heater with a very hot
fire, which was thought to have ignited some papers on a mantel near at
hand. Mrs. WILSON, who rooms above the ground floor, smelled smoke and
notified Elmer E. CHILSON, who sent in an alarm. Damage to the extent of
about 50 was done by the blaze, which was extinguished with the use of
chemicals. The roads were in horrible condition for a fast run by the
department.
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DIED
FRENZ - At her home in Irondequoit, Monday morning, February 24,
1902, Barbara, wife of John FRENZ, and daughter of Barbara and the late
Leonard BACH, aged 37 years. She is survived by husband, two children, her
mother, four sisters, Mrs. L. KOEHNLEIN, Mrs. F. HEBERLE, Mrs. F.
FRENZ and Mrs. G. FRENZ.
-Funeral Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house and at 3 o'clock
from St. Luke's Church, on Cumberland street.
SOURS - At his residence, No. 141 Lewis street, Sebastian SOURS, aged 63
years.
-Funeral Wednesday morning at 8:30 from the house and at 9 o'clock from
Corpus Christi Church.
DOWNEY - In this city, suddenly, Monday, February 24, 1902, at the
residence of his son, No. 15 Fern street, John DOWNEY. Two sons survive
him, Hugh J., of Buffalo, and Frank H., of this city.
-Funeral Wednesday afternoon at 2 P. M. from the house. Buffalo papers
please copy.
BLAKLEY - In Charlotte, N. Y., Monday, February 24, 1902, Eliza BLAKLEY,
wife of John BLAKLEY, at the residence of her mother, Mrs. FELLOWS, on the
Boulevard.
-Funeral Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 from her home, River street,
Charlotte, N. Y. Private.
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WAYNE
Several Palmyra Dogs Bitten by a Strange Dog Known to Have Rabies
Palmyra has had quite a scare the past
few days owing to a dog with a bad case of the rabies appearing in that
place Saturday and biting about a dozen other dogs. The first dogs that
were bitten were a beautiful Irish setter owned by H. N. HANNON, a bull
dog owned by T. G. QUAIFE and a pet dog belonging to Mrs. WALKER. The
HANNON dog was examined and found to be bitten quite badly, and it was
thought best to have him killed, but later it was decided to muzzle him
for the present. If he shows any signs of the disease he will have to be
killed. He is quite a valuable animal and is highly prized by Mr. HANNON.
The other dogs have all been muzzled, are being closely watched and will
be killed at the first signs of the rabies.
The dog that did the damage was caught and
killed, but it is feared that there are other animals at large that were
bitten, though the officers are keeping a sharp lookout on any strange
acting dogs and it is not probable that any serious trouble will result.
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DIED FROM HIS INJURIES
Charles MESSINGER, known throughout the country
as "Chick" MESSINGER, died at the Myers hospital in Sodus Sunday
night. Five weeks ago Mr. MESSINGER was struck by an extra Northern
Central freight train between the stations of Sodus Center and Wallington,
and his skull was badly crushed. He fell on the track and went fast to
sleep through exhaustion while on his way to his home at Sodus Center. Six
pieces of bone were removed from his brain, and everything pointed to
recovery until Sunday, when he had a hemorrhage, which resulted in his
death. Mr. MESSINGER was born at Sodus Center 48 years ago and resided in
that town all his life. He is survived by a brother, William MESSINGER, of
Newark, and two sisters, Mrs. George MESSINGER, of North Rose, and Mrs.
Susan DWINELL, of Brooklyn. The remains were removed to Sodus Center
yesterday.
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CLINTON CHRISTIE
Clinton CHRISTIE, a well-known farmer, died at
his home in the northern part of Pembroke Sunday evening at 10:30, of a
general breaking down of the system, aged 70 years. Mr. CHRISTIE was born
in Caledonia and moved to Pembroke thirty-two years ago, residing for the
entire time on the farm on which he died. He is survived by a widow, one
son, George L. CHRISTIE, of Pembroke; two daughters, Anna D., of Pembroke,
and Clara L. CHRISTIE, of Rochester; two brothers, Daniel H., of Pembroke,
and Archie, of Ohio, and three sisters, two of whom reside in Kansas, and
Mrs. Kate McNAUGHTON, of Caledonia.
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JOHN KELLEY DEAD
Word has been received in Batavia of the death of
John KELLEY, of that village, who died Friday evening at his residence, on
Massachusetts avenue, Washington, from pneumonia, aged 69 years. Mr.
KELLEY resided for a number of years in Batavia and was a veteran of the
Civil war, having served in Company H, Twenty-fourth New York Volunteers.
At the time of his death he was a watchman in the government printing
office. He was a member of Upton Post, G. A. R. He is survived by a widow,
one son and two daughters.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS
The Batavia Democratic caucuses were held last
night in Batavia and the following were selected to be voted for at the
charter election, March 11th: President of the village, William F. HAITZ;
assessor, Charles RUPP; collector, Russell L. KINSEY; treasurer, Charles
BUCKHOLTZ. In the different wards the following were named as trustees:
First ward, Louis J. SCHWARTZ; second ward, Merritt S. DUNLAPP: third
ward, Thomas J. GALLAGHER; fourth ward, William F. CRICKLER.