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Show PROBING MATTERS. The Inquest on the Bodies of the Recent . Explosion Chicago, April 3. Special. Au inquest ou tho bodies of tho victims of the sugar refinery explosion was begun today by Coroner Hertz at the Maxwell street police station. Tho coroner is determined to thoroughly investigate the cause of the explosion and place the responsibility where it belongs. Experts Ex-perts will be examined before the testimony testi-mony is all in, as to the nature of the precautions taken by the company to prevent a dust explosion. The officers of the law are indignaut at the outrageous outrage-ous and insulting manner in which they have been treated by the company. The officers were insulted and even threatened threat-ened when they sought to obtain information infor-mation as to the names of the killed and injured and places of abode. Never before perhaps were the officers of the law deceived and rebuffed as they were in this instance. The company has also defied public opinion. There is some curiosity to see how the officers of the company will deport themselves when they go on the witness stand. If they should refuse to give all the information they possess regarding the explosion, the coroner will invoke all his resources to compel them to talk. The employes, following their instructions, instruc-tions, have declined to talk about the explosion to anyone. There is reason to believe they will not be as reticent when they are ushered into the presence of tho coroner. |