New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-25

TIE Coroner said no COunSel were -. c,,,rt
tue and the Attorney Cert raj was not IN tne a.
Wien he Was. .ssre veuId be time 10 speak OF inc
matter. ,,lo az six,h-
Raehei Aasson. sworn said hive az NC. 20
AZ wasa .rfolsy IN Miss Van Week Class l
'c,o,t.-, ~ J,e-~nlty which took place a. .ie
,chooi .ag nothing that transpneo OF. VI , ~.
room IN The room the scholars were s.a'' lee
round. VIC were reeiung oui ,hs last Wi.
ers heard the testimony OF tue lay -" ~
80 r 80 in the room all tne tine, uhHi SUI
scd,e. were taken rom below, did no' noIicc an3
thing tha: took place. until heaIu s"e ,hs g,rIs
sSIesm nhicn seemed TO proceed from aii 'he Si d1
tos ether saw them then running OUT o. Iie $500
one AFTER another / cannot say poslIl,ss,y ~ 49,,
they all Nent out or not Miss Harrison u o h re
mss Ven Week went out but dld bo' see ''ei "a
,uy- The door through which the children ran oqs'Ie1
mo al o,hpr room l heard tina, MISS van ,ie -
v,nt ont TO send back the girls she dli an SUE
could induce them TO return sue was nv me
he tlne OF the alarm 1as carried away Uy 'ue
,.sh az the children | found great clW;ultl ia
getting out Of the building II was after ne ooales
we're removed do not know poslti'eiy "hde ,oIus
lady stood next Miss Harrison vnen she Was taaeH
ID. ,,..od mn,
To The Foreman When Miss Harrison entered our
room 10 hear the paTsirg and recitation, she cCu.
planned to the glrfs that II was quite chy n,,e,
he windows closed, and the register, or nearer,
orened yh,ch caused the room TO become very
warm we commenced our lesson aud wen oa ~
usual Miss Harrison looked as usua, we w. , "..
very much interested IN our lesson dlo nov oosei
,n,}}hino ,Intil | heard universal scream
saw Miss Harrison standing up, LOOKING al the si'
che made an effort to speak, 10 cali ineu Va. IN l
saw nothing fIightfu IN her conntehane ,as eur
she did speak but it was not audible she Was sur
prissd al the children gong out Stooo Oy ooainS
at Miss Harrison when she was gong 70 ld'ils
caught her in my arms and walked hel 20 we IN III,
dow which some person put down, ana the an
seemed 10 revive her she sensible all the tie,
and spoke so that could understand her tneIe
was difficulty in her speech she couid not nav .
possibly prevented the children from gong ouI,
n The Condition In which she was the alarm was
nothing more than a scream recollect her saying
| at the window, what will become OF my Pooi
children! WHAT'S all this noise about saw pei
! come other men came in with the p0nce, tnas she
| thought had no business there can. say Wheluei
they did or said ANYTHING gave s door o Keen
| the people out heard the bell rlng Wnen was
holding Miss Harrison, she remarked, 70 stop ina,
bell p there cry of fire made by any parties
in The room that | heard / did not see Miss Van
Vlech after she went out. . =. 49,
Mis- Amin Harrison. sworn-I reside at No. 2l7
Greenwich st was not alarmed oe'ore my sIcA a,
ness and heard no noise up to the moment OF
the attack was very well felt stlhenng OF the
tongue and contraction OF the muscles oithe race
| tr,ed TO speak and have the window raised my
appearance frightened the girls nearest me, ana tney
| commenced to scream as / saw them leaving the
room tled to speak, and rose on my feet, put was
unable 10 speak distinctly some OF The girls came
| TO ne ard walked me TO the window L was con
| scious that something fearful was occurring, but
| was helpless, and was carried out by two police
men never remarked anything In the building that
was weak the alarm fire was gwen by scn t
| inside think when some OF them called out ioi
water that il originated the alarm never heard OF
! an alarm OF fire happening IN the schooi pelole
| never had similar attack in my life before my
health il not very good thlnK one OF lhe chiuieh
| screamed before The rest. ~,
BIZ Eorenat.-Do you know the name OF the child
This question was subsequently Withdrawn, as IL
mi, ut lead TO good, and prove Preudlclal 10 'ne
! party.
| Justice Bleakley asked the Jury whether they
were satisfied with the testimony, ana they Ieplied
in the affirmative. Miss Harrison was then c9hveyeu
| from the stand, being unable to walk wlthou. as
| sstaIce.
| Margaret Arnott sworn--Iresde at No. us Twen-
ty.eighth-st am 20 years old am teacher OF sec
ton C. In the female class OF the Public School No
90 was present when the difficulty took place last
Thursday Miss Harrison Is the Principal OF my De-
paItment | was in my own room when the children
rushed on, two of my class were injured when |
first heard the alarm thought II was caused Dy
little girl IN the adjoining reom taat was suolect 10
fits Iopened the door that the little girl mgnt ne
taken out several of the girls from her class and
from the adjoining class rushed cut went out for
the purpose of sending them III; l remained some
time III The hall talking to the girls was then car
ned down the font stairs by the crowd was In the
second corner OF the platform heard the noise OF
the railing breaking, but did not see it then saw all
the children that were on the platform fall on l
cont know what part of the railing gave way
To the Jiry--l was crowded in the corner OF tne
second plaiforn, between the Female and the
Primary Department; the name OF the teacher In
.s a. 500. no. rvingto-
! st. / am teacher in the class Of the Female De-
paItment IN the school In Greenwich av was there
on Thursday the adjoining where the DIM
Guilty first took place. The diagram or plan OF the
building was then handed round tothe Jury, IN order
| TO facilitate the subsequent evidence. ,
Witnesses examination c0Rfnned-l was not al al
alarmed during the excitement, the screams and
fight OF the children IN Glass A. alarmed my class
at Il O'Clock they were quietly engaged In the reel
tatioDs In Etymoiogy when We first heard the
SCI cams there general outourst from Class
Section A.; they through my room | held
my door and no one passed through 1t, except Miss
Van Vlech she informed me that she was trying TO
send the children back the children openea
the folding doors and escaped through them
remained III the room until all left and do not know
what happened below then left, for the purpose
of getting the children back succeeded IN getting
several; / lad, previous to this, learned that the
cause of the alarm the illness Of Miss Harrison
The children supposed there was fire, but none OF
them knew the real cause of alarm do not recol-
l,ci the number OF children IN Miss Arnott's class,
though they were counted that day Mr. McNally
ste Oh upon his stars trying TO get the children back
and Miss ZabrIsky very active IN similar CT.
fo,t no person teacher could keep the children
back after the alarm was raised.
II being now O'Clock, the Court was adjourncdto
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