, 1879-05-09
ELEVATOR ACCIDENTS.
,.,,,sat on the Lady Killed at the
'N fremont.
.,,v II I1appcncsl-No Ono Can
b' 13c Blamcds
~, ,,ics In the Chicago Hotels-A
t'' Sensible Suggestion,
THE INQUEST.
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a MILF NoN2VN%N
~. ,nou..t on tho body Of Mrs. Ii0htne', tho
ins .ha was killed al the fremont Aouso
~! ,.u',y night, was held at the hotel yester-
Ms'n US ,o,uiug by Coroner Mann. An especially
ap ,!,,Issn. M iury was impauclcd, the selection
,'.e. ,sa ,.1e from business, mou rcsitinE or 10.
baas sn',re.s n In tho vicinity. No guests or
hs w., n The house wero taken on the Jury.
s!'aIs n Rush waa foreman, and the remain
E. ,p.or, =. were j. W. Jclfery, W. +. Cragcn,
hs !." T,ylor, Edgar Saunders, g. II. Kcttelf,
Aous' A. IT, t,ray, Z. A. Johns, Joseph Emery. D.
IT, ust.for4. s, F. Comstork. and James II.
..,s. Tic Jury viewed the body and immc-
eP'un ..'" afterwards took tho testimony
o'',s'' ~. 1yebtpcr husband Of the deceased. Tile
o. Ill.,. 'M vrro then removed from the hotel, al,d
'eas"s 'eas.'.,,ra husband, with his Bai burden.
ms u ~. PEORIA, y,,cro thu tuuoral services will
te't 't..,fo,ned, The more important evidence
xu,s follows: .-.
nEnvEY L1dNTNER, -..,
.,,,rd NJ t,,c deceased, said TINT be resided in
y.ad. Airs. Rnel,ael c. LiElitner was Is ycars
oi ,rs, and q native Of pennsylvania She haa
h,tp married oser thirty rcars to witness, and
~, 4 strong, heauty woman, her hcar!ns, and
.,,,;ehs bcsng perfect. Witness and Ills wife
s.,rh,d CAIeago Tuesday cveutng, md Wedncs-
~ evening Waited McVickcr's. They returned
n ,be fremont f1uuso shortly after IL O'Clock.
.na seopcd On the elevator with several other
n,,,eogcrs, to 90 to therroou, which is on the
KIM aoor. (Thlsis calcl by The hotel the eec-
md a,ur, being the aecond Rboye the oil!ce.J
Ihe elevator stonped 10 let them oll u tile
mi partly succeeded, when tic elevator sud
ssnlF M Fd md rnpdiy descended, and, before she
s,ni1 ESCAPE, the elevator cauglit her by tile
mex, Thus Sic lay With her head across the
i.m]ine OF the third lloos and her budy In tho
tlsyator. Tue elevator stopped a a,ni started up
rms dead She was terribly mnngled nbout
,hs head a,,l neck, an1 showed no signs Of life.
Witness did nut know whcru tht elevator WIS
WIEN tie deceased tried to get OH. nur did he
knaH the eause Of the elevator suddenly
descending a. that time.
NIL, JOHN A. RICE,
oue Of tic proprictors Of the fremont House,
aid that he presumed tile s)vvatur nuw tn use
val tic onu put In when the house was rebuilt.
ltW.s in guol running order, Ru tar aa he kntw,
tu1 M scct]upt ever occurred Oil II bcf0se this.
The tIc7atoE-boy, Jenry Foster. came TO the
house vel! recommended md bud shown l,tnl-
eli active and faithful during his term Ut office,
tbrt was Rbout ous mouth, AN0!Gr boy was
employed, anil the two relieved ench Other every
III hours. It was customary, and part of the
astruclIons given to the oloyator-boys, to step
cut when the elevator stopped, atil to alluw
passengers, especially ladies, 10 step out. The
elevator would curry mug weight tllat could DO
pIzced OH II, and thcru Was room tor SIX or eight
persons In the cage. Witness visited tho en.
Rine room immediately after the accident, a;lu
found everything III goUd order ab0ut tic en-
R1Oe.
JENAY FOSTER,
being 1wnrn, said that he was engaged Ia rum
nns the elevator at the Palmer HoIsv for about
four months, unI had beet one month At the
dsy uisht from half.pastU O'Clock. At tho tlsne
be accident happuntd there vera five Or ak
paSeDgers on tl.e elevator. This was between
1l:30 P. III. md midnight. When the elevator
nashetl the second (thlrl!] flour Of the loiel
.!'uess stopped Il md s.cpped out to allow Mrs:
lieasner to ssop out. sho started to DO 40, "'nI
y her foot Was on the landing The elevator aud-
denly started downward. Witness caught the
rope as tho top Of thu elevator passed
The laAdtag unl tried Al,o tor,RtQp, thu; tua-
chine but failed toi, ,lor".so. -Ho run
down statrs, but there were so mauy around
an bfuud on tic seeond aoor and murc Of, tho
t'it. In order to start tic elevator upwards It
h necessary to pull The rope aownwur1s, and to
tatt It In the oppositf direction MI upunrd
pull must be given. Witness could not sce tllu
rope from wi,src he stool when tile elevator b.
f. E.. a;'''. ~ Messnus a' w Nv Huo" "nut tnAheu
s,s etsfaLo9 % aesceua. 20 iaf Us ae knew. I!
X , ~ per!eet .1i. running oruef. ING ueeeasea
~" ~ pssa stt''l near lne coEuor "Aete tne sope
"a'
siA. MORRIS E. wAnD,
Who was on the elevator Ut Tin time of TIM &C.
ssiaent, related the entire history OF the nifatr
Wien the eluyator started thero were eight or
niae PERSONS on II, including the deceased, Mrs.
LTathcf, ~ old indy. The clcVator.bOy stop
". ~ tAe tsd tlnor t9 let her out, getting out
i IT, lime hlmaclf. lie Yas tollo~el by Mrs.
nasu!ncs, ~ VINO cot ono loot on the landing when
M me elevator began to descend. When shr felt
ts.,h sss h.ooting give way. she apparently made
ellaft 70 eet out, throwing Ter 1ea h1ia
1ouaSfs ,1s s forward. As TIC elevator descei,dtd
iua,, sua pressed II down tU tho floor Of the
ianaaing. Tue descent continued, and n
.ttsml .tt,i. ctahcnl',g SOUND was heard, as tsit
@ ssuls VI Tie unfortunate woman WIS
uusheo betHtcn tie elevator mid tlg wall. On
tuns"n hr",,,1 ~. 1svona ~. noos sne neau slrncR
trpcreds,i n s,,nh ,rt,h H., W. a,,,ttI
III lAiI!ug wns rrnrhc,l nfranvI.iin t,,o i,,m1v
femaine1 Jus ,1entirI insiac III" r1.voto+ @ Wb.5
The ground apor wns rcac,ci t1'cro was A lark.
md ihu bm1v fal ,sn,v,' ~ ~, Nosr ~ "a ;oa".
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