Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-12-12

his SHIRT, Al the sight of the blood, the
wife shrteked and faimediately tainted, falls
ing upon the peoph directly In front of her.
Two men who appeared 70 think less of them>
selves than OF others. lifted her and after
despssate struggle succeeded IN removing her
70 the street. thence to the police station,
where she was atterward joined by her hus-
baud aud child lie man was found to have
been badly injured by being trampled upon,
beside being cut about the face.
In another instance vito became separa-
ted from her husband, The husband had
fallen beneath the setsof the crowd and his
face was trdmpled into an aInios: unrecoeniz>
able mass: The womap became trenzied aud
clutching her hatstore it1tr0m her head Few
people paid any attention to her. Her cries
were heard. on. the.e.reef.
Where is my husband y she shrieked.
..SV here is my husband. Won. some one
find him for me ! Ny God! my God! 1
shall go mad
People thought s6e.was already mad The
nearly liteless form of her husband was sub
| sequentiy dragged from beneath the feet of
the throng aud borne iuto the police station
A fashionable lady. who occupied a seat
near the stage, wss.sao completely overcome
by terror that she sank to the floor, not in
faint, but ont ofisheer fright. She was ac>
tually carried from the place by her attendant.
Mr.. John Hartman, an employee of the
Department of, City Works, who was present
with his wife and child, was knocked down
aud trampled on lee times. The three had
seats in the baIc0Es, near the door, and were
among the first who escaped to the street.
SIR. Hartman wasswedged in the crowd in the
lobby near tho box office, and was thrice
knocked down before he reached the outer
door. His wife aud child escaped before him.
In the midst of fhe blaze and confusion of
the hour people were being led, carried aud
dragged from the theatre
Some had been Knocked down and tram
pied upon in the crazy stampede and were
hideous!y bruised One womsn's face had
been crushed to a fIvid, pulpy and shnpeless
mass. She was bleeding from the nose and
mouth and gasping as if death were in her
throat. She was brought into the station
house aud laid on the floor.
.sOh God, oh Ged ]" shrieked ono woman
tearing the bonnet from her head and tram
ping it insanely on the floor, "My child, oh
where is my sweet child !"
"Where did you leave it 2" asked police
man.
cit was torn from my arms" she sid. and
shricked again as If the demon of madness
was tightening his clutch upon her, An old
man, apparently over three score years, was
being uursed by woman who had his head
on her lap a bloody cash ran across his
brow and he was bleeding from the mouth.
He bad been trampled in the fight
a young girl. about seventeen, with her
cheek bruised ami one of her eyes closed hrre
herself bravely and spoke copsOlngly to her
mother, who kneIt beside her and who was
only injured in the fright which she sus-
tanned. Creams, sohs, prayers and vio'ent
outburs,s OF grief filed the air and struck
chill to the heart Momenearily the victims
were coming in each fresh arrival.
KATE CLAYTON,
was turned into the sation house, ly a. Eagle
reporter, viii" piueked her trom th. crushing
thron. Ilcr'manner was distracted aud 1t
was some time before she could iud words.
When she had been partially Gained she said
eagerly
Where is Murdoch ? Has Anyone seen
Murdoch ?''.
No one had.
Won't somebGdzaso and see," she said
No one was inclined to breast the dcvour>
ing flames
II saw him." Miss Claxton pursued, right
behind me, before jumped from the stage
''Pcrhaps he jumped from a rear window"
somebody suggested
This seemed tn relieve her somewhat
Her next outhurst was: Ooh my seal skin
sacq"e. wish had taken that
Here was the ruling passion.
'But how can get home! z" continued the
fair actress. "Niy pocket book is hurucd up
with the rest OF my clothes. and I'm stopping
down at the PIcrrcpont House."
As Miss Claxton uttered these words,
man was borne into the Captains room and
lait on the floor His face and head were
hathed and clutted with dark blood, almost
beyond recognition The puIsations OF hi
be dying When the women who were all
ready keyed up to the distracting poiut. saw
this spectacle. they shricked and fled from
the room. He was taken out and placed in
one of the cells till the arrival of the ambu>
lance waterproof cloak was secured for
Miss CLAYTON, and she was driven to the
Pierrepont House in hack.
INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE LEssEEs OF
THE THEATRE.
The news of the catastrophe reached Mr.
Palmer, ono Of the lcssces of the theatre, at
an early hour. aud he FASTENED to Brooklyn
IL" gave directions to spare no expense in
securing the hodes of the victims and sent
~ "G''' ~ we '"SEIAhI :" oueI A'ELS pos
sibIe assistance to the injured aud their
friends.
When an Eagle reporter met him he was
in state Of great mental agony and found
it difficult to express his feelings.
WHAT TIE BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE
THEATRE SAYS.
Mr. Rogers, business manager of the
theatre. said that one of the pieces of canvas
on the f'es, out of which the trees are made.
was broken down and fell into jet of the
border lights. right in the centre of the stage
The carpenter crcpt slonv the groove. but
could just reach it. He pulled it up and that
caused the canvas to blaze up About FIVE