The New York herald., 1876-10-13
A WIDOWS TROUBLES.
SINGULAR rnocrxprxos OF rHa FIRE ooxxrs-

SINGULAR PhOCEEDlN0s OF IdB Flbk CO1AlS-
sIosERs-How NOT TO GET IT.
On the 1sth day OF last August . fatal accident
happened Jeremiah ID. Tanean at tho corner Of
Madison avenue and l24,h street, by The falling Of
s'rotteu telegraph pole. which he was at work.
while IN tho employ OF the Fro Depar mont The
Coroner's jury which was smpanellod in the
returned the following verdict
Jeremiah Tanean death by injuries received
from telegraph pole falling upon Lm upon which poe he
guy support wire being cut broken: and further
think that shoua be used in taking down I'M
Jeremiah D. Tanean for six years Of the
attaches OF the Fire Alarm Telegraph, in the capacity
bclrngcr and discharged from tho services of
the department. in 1s73 when the Office Of beringer
was abolished Since that ,ime be had worked for
the department whenever there was anything he
could do he served during she war az q private
In the army and wounded in the lott shoulder.
He member Of the old Volunteer Fro Depart
mcni, and the which he bore on his face and
body were the result of injuries received during the
discharge OF his duty. SO s,rious the burns
cevcd by him during fire that when rescued by
his comrades he had TO be placed in q wagon and
covered completely with -four before he could be re-
moved to the hospital
After TaDeans death his wife called at tho ofcc OF
the Fire Commissioners TO obtain S36, which was Two
weeks salary duo 10 her husband. While there Mr..
Carl Jussen the Secretary OF the department. offered
try 10 raise for her subscription among the mem
bers Of the department and shortly thereafter caused
to DO issued tue following crcuIar;-
Nsw YORK, August le. 1876.
To THE OFFICERS AND ExrLorns or THs FIRE DkrARr-
r.Sr or INK cry or hrw yonk:.
the death Of Jeremiah Tanean and to the helpless
he member Of the volunteer department ut the time
81 the Of ah s ~
amsmber Of ho.e Company No ~ Just prior TO its ds
IN hs paid
re ,o ~ s nos S
ana ms death resulted from, The njuris. thus
o'sT 70 ii. credit ' that he served as soldier
% s Il. h .s % q s %y
dependent him. without support aud tho Commission
o% fs ether s fs The the !" the
IS s 81 10 s
contributions 20 fund tor the relief OF the family O Que
witch a. Of n are %S1s or less liable
such contributors the iand as YOU be Aole
to obtain as soon CART s
This appeal was responded TO By many Of the men,
bcrs of dcpartm enl, aud IS believed that $500
$500 was contributed. This money she has not rc
ceved as the following statement, which she made TO
q HERALD reporter, shows.
MRS. TAxEAN's STATEMENT
she stated that her husband injured the 14th
OF August nine O'Clock in the morning, and died ~
two A. NJ. the 18TH She had very little money when
he died and he buried by Dahigren Post, 9. A. r.
On the 5tn of this month she was notified TO call ut
Fircmen's Hall by Mr. Carl Jusscn, to receive the
money subscribed. She went thcIe, saw Mr. Jusscn
and he told her he could not gvc tho money I'LL she
signed a certain paper relinqushng all claims against
the city Tor damages account OF the accident to her
husband through the "rotten telegraph pole" THIS
Mrs Tanean positively refused 10 do, not 10 much
her own accoun1 that OF her children. She called
on her lawyer, Mr. Langbein, and he ADVISED her to
sign the papers Her trends OF Dahgrcn Post how
ever advised her o.herwisc, and took her 20 the
Office oil Ar George W. Wingate. Mr. Wingate
told her to 60 up 10 Firemens Hall again and demand
the money whch sho did On her second visit Mrs.
Tanean sold that large part Of the money sub
scrbed had been refunded account Of her refusal 10
sign the quit claim paper, which statement shc be-
eves 10 be totally untrue She had large aequaint-
tance once with the members OF ihc department, aud
oil OF them she had told her the amount thai had
been subscribed in the different companies and also
that mono Of It had been refunded.
Mrs. Tanenn has six children, all girls. the oldest
being about nineteen OF The oldest Ia
ployed press ieeder At So per week. which amount
She gives her mother. Mrs. Tanean rents the mouse
No IS Suffolk street. all which, excepting three rooms
shc hires out This is the only means OF subsistence
shc has beng in delicate health and unable TO do any
work She said yesterday she was behind IN her rent,
but that her landlord Mr. George HaecK, was icnent
toward her IN the payment of H. and took 1t as she
could give H. Her husband nad had no steady employ
ment nearly three years before hs death, ana they
had not been abo TO save anything
STATEMENT or THK COUNSEL.
Counsellor George W. Wingstc called upon al his
Office in the Post building. and from him he following
facts were obtaincd-
When Mrs TaneAn first visited him he applied to the
Fire Commissioners, representing that the money
the voluntary contributions OF individual nrcmen and
had nothing TO do with matters existing between
the city anu Mrs. Taneau, and that she was fairly en-
uiicd TO it, lie asked, Also how much the conrlbu-
tons amour ted to- and that 1t might be paid
The next day (the sth inst On the 10th he received
a reply stating that .the funds contributed for The
relief OF lRnean's family we're subscribed before hoar
ing that there possibility OF tho prosecution OF
a claim against the city Tor damages. Since u has
also appeared that tho very money contributed by
cly's servants m aht be used TO prosecute a claim
against the city, ana was coneuded to return tho
amount 10 the subscribers They refused to furn sh
information rs 10 the amount Or anything else
nccted with the matter.
"Nrs Tnnean being destitute, with Der Children
said Mr. Wingate .by the death Of her husband, it is
indispensable 10 have money and although the city is
undoubtedly responsible Tor causing Taneans death,
vet the money OF moro importance to her than the
chances OF verdict She may, therefore, be compelled
TO sign any quit claim demanded and take what she
get"