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BODIES OF BOTH VICTIMS SHIPPED AWAY FOR BURIALTwo black caskets* in on# the body of Oliver G. My«*n» and in the other theremains of Mrs. (’arri© K Carpenterwere removed today from Kobert*t'morgue to the Burlington depot, thefirst being expressed to Bradshaw ami the second to Kearney for burial. The bodies were of the principals of the Mycrs-Carpenter trag* dy of yesterdaynt 122? O street.Harry Myers, broth* r of t lie deceased,antl M- L». Shambaugh,guardian of Oliver, gccompani* d th«« remains of tie* unfortunate young man to Bradshaw,while the body of \1?s (’arjH uh r mbsuXpressed to William I \ Kn/ikgs No one appt %i« lt;1 ui the morgue to i laltnthe body, the arrangements f«n tho r** moral being made by Urn father and the undertaker o\er the long distant h telephone. Funeral services over the body of Mrs Carpeut. r will be held at Kearney, but the remains of Myers will bt taken from the train at Brad-HMtth—goonomsshaw and moved to Uneoln Creek cemetery for interment! -‘C bodies Wi ru ItiAi ii lo in** depotat 10 30 this morning, the remains ofMrs. Carpenter being first removed from the morgue and the body of Myers rollout d shortly afterwards, HairyMyer* and Mr Sbantlmujfli remained with the Myen* casket until train No St*, due at 11 oVIoek, arrived The racket hearing tie* hotly * f Mrs i upenter \\ lt;i± surrounded by spectators.there being no relative pt» ^* nt n, s,V*that it wua placed In tin* i \j re*.** cur in safety.lCrroneous reports wvra eirruiaUHl today to the effect that Charles Carpenter, husband of the dew! wtnnait. w«* on his way to Lincoln to in claim tothe body and to conduct a new investigation of the tragedy. However, noword was received by the undertakersfrom Carpenter, in faet he w ;us not even notified of the death of his wife.Mr, Knuggs did not learn of hisdaughter's death officially, until 4o'clock yesterday and when in tmn versa non with the undertaker asked noquestions concerning it. it*' did not express his sorrow but after making the arrangements for the removal of the body, he ended the conversation. Full report of the tragedy, however, will be mailed to Mr Knaggs. who is a merchant at Kearney.M L Shamhaugh, guardian of theMyers lad. visited the block at 1327 ostreet end conducted a personal investigation to ascertain the facts in the ca«*. in an interview this morning he stated that in so far as he was able to learn he ts led to believe that the double dqath was purely accidental “When Myers threw Ids trousers on the floor before retiring Sunday night, they evidently struck tho gas pip# on»
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Lincoln Daily Evening News
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Tue, Jan 22, 1907
Page 8
Full Page
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