, 1860-01-17
The Lawrence IIorrnr--l'ixinwt tho Re-
APousibiltty.

The guilt Of the Lawrence massacre would
seen. to be fixed where it belongs. In tic
course Of the Coroner's inquest. on THURSDAY,
MIR, john u. Tuttle Of Lowell, brick mason ii
thirty-&our years experience, by whom the
Pemberton Mill WIS erected, testified that the
work was done nccording to the direction of
Charles Il. Bieeo~, Engineer Of the Company,
and Benjanin Coolidge. We quote in full tie
evidence Of this witness:
"The contract WIS mado with Charles II.
Bigctov, Engineer Ct the Corporation; i1tsd
nohinS to d. with the foundation; should think
tho foundation was above five feet deep on the
eas; side; while we wers building the mill, we
70. o.It water to drink from the foot OF the
foundation wall. It was good water; Thought
At the time the water came fronl Tie canal, but
have had some doubts abont it since. l., about
two months there was droutt aud this water
dried up. It was constantly running through
the stones OF the foundation toward 1le lower
end Of the mill. Tie pilasters in the fourth
story were projected out eight inches, and in
the second story they we're dropped to four
inches. Orders then came from Slr. Eixc.
low to dispense wilh the pi1asters altogether
When the tirnbers for the upper stories came,
they were two short. and VIC were ordered to
pu: pre- iections upon the walls to rest the tim
uers upon I<rprtas<d any opinion at TIE ti,ar,
and ma"y timts aflrrnard, and hare nfrtr
changed i, that tie tcais ,cere too n<at far such
q abM1iiay. [totd .Nr. B;y<Iol1 50 .eh<A uf srtr<
building It. Hold ltr. Putnam, oas # Tie orn-
ers. 80, in Essfo". ( tod many othtrs Tie samt
thing I do rot fn1f0 Of any ofh.r large mill
witA .sdl's 70 s0tak as the Rfmt>stoa. and neter
scans to Aedr Of one. Tho building wns much
cut up with windows, which Weakened it. We
had orders every day from Capt. Bgc1ow and
Yenj.> Coolidge, The Engineer. We have gener-
ally built mills twenty-eight inches, Including
space Of four inches on the first story, dropping
to sixteen inches on the ton. Witness cx-
pressed some doubt about fiuaing ont from The
appearance Of the foundation now. if it should
be cleared. The usual width Of mills is forty
eight feet. There were irons on the ends of the
floor simbeTs, turned up, but they did not
connect With the outer wall. 1t would have
ldLed strength to the building had they been
screwed through to the Gro s.wall. The chimney
formed one corner Of the building, and it ,Iut
chimney swayed Oft 50 as to make crack from.
bottom to top, it would weaken that part Of the
building very much. In my opinion, steam
chimney ought never to BE- connected with
buldi7g. The quality of the brick used in the
planned several times 10 Capt. Biselow of the
poor quality Of the brick. Tie wafer was run
ming freely in the foundation walls for two
months. We could hear it running through the
stones. We dug out small place, about as low
as the bottom oi the sail, inside, to dip water
running ut the bottom Of foundation wa!l in
this wav wouli be dangerous. inasmucl, a. il
might undermine the wall. Witness explained
shat where the upper floor timbers were put IN
upon tic projections thrown out Of the inner
wall, the whole wall vas made solid about eight
cen inches. Below, the timbers were so short
thnt they entered but little way into the wall,
and rested mainly upon the brick protectors.
When the timbers were brought and discovered
to be too short, the wall had been carried 10
high that it was necessary to tear it down iu
those p|aces where tho tiinbers were to rest,
and build in the pro]ections.''
Unless the parties here indicated can set aside
the force Q: this testimony, public opiaon will
hold them responsible for this most dreadful
snd heartrend1n 6 destruction Of human lifc 1t
remains to be seen whether the law Of Ma<.a-
chu:etts Mill hold them responsible also.