Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-04-20

knot. When the rope Of sheets had
been made fast, Hazen said: "White
you'd better 60 first; you are the
lighter, and I'll follow YOU" Mr.
White started and got down to the
fifth floor successfully. (The room
was on the Walnut Street side. =
Mr.. Hazen followed and got down
safely to the same floor. There they
stopped few minutes to partially
dress themselves, and then set to
work to pick up more clothes and
make longer line. The line had
been heightened and Hazen was de.
scending by means of it, when be-
tween the fifth and fourth floors the
rope parted. There was the sharp
sound OF parting linen and a dull
sound as Hazen struck the cornice
and fell to the pavement dead. At
the time of Mr.. Hazen's fall, Mr..
White was sitting on the window
sill in the fifth story. He at once
proceeded to gather up more clothes
and make better line, and SO got
down to the fourth floor. Here he
called to the firemen below, and
lowered his rope, to which they at
tached hempen cord, which he
pulled up and made fast,and so came
down on terra frma safely.
CHARLES TIENAN.
Mr.. Charles Ticnan was the John
Oakhurst of the occasion. He was a
sporting man of the better class,
whose word was as good as his
bond. His gambling house was To-
Gated at 81 South Fifth Street, with
in stones throw of where the con-
flagration was raging. When the
shrieks of affrighted women reached
his ears he did not hesitate a mo-
ment, but rushed to the rescue and
to his death. "IIe was terribly scald-
cd" remarked Coroner Auler, "and
undoubtedly perishcd in his heroic
attempt to save the lives of the un-
fortunates who were pleading so pit
eously for mercy" A large mum.
Der of ladies and gentlemen friends
called at "9l" throughout yesterday
to take look at the body. All that
was left of poor Charley was laid out
in handsome coffin, and none pres
ent who looked upon the corpse but
felt that it was a pity such a brave
man should die. All were loud In
their praise of his heroic action, and
friends and strangers alike grievcd
at his untimely fate.
REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Einstmann
and Mrs. Scott, the mother of the
latter, occupied room on the Fourth
street front. They received the
warning late, and all hope of escape
by the halls was vain. They rugged
one of those vain and delusiye ropes
of blankets. Mr. Eisntmann, in or
der to test the strength of the rope
started to climb down first. Slowly
but surely one of the tlimsy blank
cts parted its threads, and away
down on the hard pavement he fell,
with a sickening thud, while the
vast crowd groaned in unison. Mr..
Einstmann never moved. Mrs.
Scott, an old lady, feeble and weak,
did not see the horrible fate of her
son-in-law. She started down this
ladder of death, and the poor old
lady fell to the pavement below, and
lay motionlcss, with bones broken
and blood oozing from a terrible cut
across her forehead, which dyed her
silvery hairs. She was not killed,
but last night she lay very pale and
weak in bedroom in residence
at No. 9O7 Catalpa street. The doc
tor said she could not live through the
night. Down in the parlor the form
of poor Andrew Einstmann lay,
awaiting the burial of to-day. Mrs.
Einstmann alone survived. She
saw the fate of her husband and
mother, and reckless, caring not
whether she lived or died, she loosed
her hold of the window. Two sto-
ries below n man was climbing out
of a window, intent upon saving his
own life. The falling body of Mrs.
Einstmann struck him. Instructive
ly he caught her. He held her. for
an instant. 1t was enough. The
force of her fall was checked, and
she fell the one remaining story to the
pavement beneath, and was unharm-
ed. ooh, why did I not die, too?"
moaned she, last night, as she sat be-
side the body of her husband, and
rocked her body backward and for
ward in the ecstasy of her grief.
THE FLAMES CHEATED.
Sergeant Fox stated late last night
to a Glode-Democrat reporter, that
III his opinion, one room in the
Southern Hotel was the scene of a
terrible tragedy while the fire was
raging. Officer Blackford was on
the fourth floor endcavoring to aid
the inmates to escape. Just as he
kicked in the door of the room re-
ferred to by the Sergeant, he heard
two pistol-shots, and saw man and
woman lying on the floor, apparently
dead or unconscious. Before he
had time to examine them, the suf-
locating smoke drove him from the
apartment, and.he thinks that they
assurcdly perished. The theory of
the Sergeant is that the couple were
husband and wife, and that driven
distracted at their penlous situation,
they preferred instantaneous death
to torture by fire, and ended their
existence by means of powder and
ball.
MARIAN CLIFTON AND LETTIE ALLEN.
Miss Lettie Allen, distinguished
actress, who recently made her de-
but in "Crabbed Age" in New York,
was in the hotel the guest of Marian
p. Clifton, a favorite actress belong
ing to the Olympic company. The
room occupied by the ladies was on
the Fifth street side fourth floor
Both of them lad sat in the room of
professional friend, Rose Oswald,
until late in the evening, and, retir-
ing late, were still awake lying in
bed conversing. The smell of smoke
alarmed them, and both got up and
looEad ont into the hall The smoke