Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-11
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE ASSASSIN STILL ON TRIAL.
Additional Details Of the Vienna Calamity.
One Thousand Persons Burned
[sprc1AI TO THE SENTINEL.

nave bOlle uOVofiety sOultuoW Ut otheli Ahet Ac
might kill some big man, and initiate John
Wilkes Booth.
The prisoner shouted, "That's q lie. 1 have
not known anything about this man Shaw for
eight years, but when he reports this kind Of
testimony l say to him. you are a liar. never
had that kind of conversation with you in my
life, aud you know it. You claim to be g good
churchman, too. That story is false from be-
ginning to end, and you are q sneaking liar.
That Is my opinion of you. l will publish you
all over the world, and hen you go back to
New York you will be the laughing stock Of all
your friends. l never thought 80, and l never
said so. 1 would like you to state all about 1t
in detail. If you cannot do. that you will be
condemned as q liar"
District Attorney-Where did that converse
ton occur in which he said he intended to i'm
itate Wilkes Booth and become famous?
Witness-In my office, Of course. l cannot
fix the date.
The prisoner, shouting at the witness, said,
"No, of course you cannot fix the date, you
miserable. lying whelp. / never did so, and
witnsss-The moment 1 heard of the shoot
ing OF Garfield
Scoville lnterrupting)- Wait a minute. How
long have you been a lawyer?
Prisoner--He is no lawyer. He 10 q pett1fog-
ger. He gets men about New York to do all
his jury business. He has not got brains
| enough to try q case before a jury. Patterson
| used to do all his jury business. Shaw used
to lie around and let Patterson try his jury
cases, because he had not brains enough.
District Attorney-How did you regard him
mentally?
Witness-I did not think much of him men
tally at that time.
Prisoner continuing to rail at the witness)-
Not after I owed you $50. After that you could
see no good In me. Ihave heard of your rum
ming with women. My wife told me once in
Chicago that you went and visited her. I am
going to show you up, you wretch. You are q
dirty-lived puppy, to come here and lie about
me in that way.
The Court severely to prisoner)-Silence.
Prisoner-He had no right to come hero and
lie about me. That would make anybody mad.
The lying whelp.
District Attorney-what was his reply to
your remark as to his being hanged?
Witness-He said that would be an after con-
sideration, and he would get notoriety anyhow.
Prisoner-I do not care a snap about notorie-
ty. l have told you three or four times that
you lie. That settles you. l will not conde-
scend to notice you again.
District Attorney-In your conversation
with him, did he say anything about being
bound to get a living?
Witness-Yes; he said he was bound to get
a living; that the world owed him a living, and
he would get it.
Adjourned till Monday.
Particulars of the Vienna Calamity
1000 Persons Burned TO Death.
New YORK, Dec ~10.-Specials from Vienna
have the following additional details: The
extent of the calamity has hitherto been much
understated. One thousand one hundred and
thirty persons are announced at the Police
Bureau as missing, and assuming that many of
these will turn up, it is feared that the total
loss will not be much less than 1000 persons.
1t is probable that there were 600 in the fourth
gallery. All persons in the front row OF the
parquette persisted. Some persons who entered
the theater a few minutes after the fire was
discovered remarked at the time that compar-
stively few escaped. The theater holds 1900.
Every place was occupied except the p~arquette
and boxes; consequently the total loss may be
found to be nearly 1000. Three hundred and
fefxty tickets were Issued for the fourth gallery.
OF these about so have been found. They had
made their escape from the inside only to find
death by suffocstion In the passage-way, which
had no exit. There Is seen lying within the
fatal gallery a vast barricade of human bodies.
About 2 o'clock this friday afternoon the
fourth gallery fell in, and the fremen are
carrying out Jumps of charred bodies, without
form or feature. and beyond the possibility of
recognition. Who these victims are will not
be known until their relatives have announced
them as missing. An eyewitness says: GAS
soon as the fire burst through the curtain into
the auditorium o terrible cry went up from
the entire house. To spring and hasten to
exits was the work Of but a moment. In the
corridors the deepest darkness prevailed. With
many others, / tried to make my own way In
the darkness. ! caught hold of the coat of q
person in front OF me, and my own coat was
hClo ny a I'LL Va OtuCIb DCAAuu ul0 4uQB
we CROPPED our way to the stairs, where also 1t
was pitch dark. We all fell on one another,
but finally reached the grand Loggis. While
we were escaping we heard piercing shrieks Of
unfortunates who were either being crushed
to death or suffocated by the smoke and flames.
Those whe could not escape by the stairs hast
ened 70 the windows. of the Loggia. 1t was q
terrible time Dense crowds struggled to-
gether, those behind urging those in front TO
spring out, or we should all die. some made
the spring and were caught by the people be-
low. I remained until the nets were brought
and q life leap could be made in safety. But o
few seemed to have escaped 80 easily. To
look at the dead bodies in the morgue and at
the Krankenhause tells more of the terrible
death which the victims met than any eye
witness has yet given. Some appear to have
died from suffocation alone. two beautiful
girls are there with their faces scarcely discol.
ored, looking as II they were only asleep. An
other youthful female figure lies there. only
the cbarred stump Of her neck remaining,
while her body and lower extremities are un-
touched. The linen Of her underclothing Is
as spotlessly white as when on the afternoon
described easily. She was caught in the
dense, surging crowd, the flames descended
/ upon them all, charring and consuming only
their heads. Most Of the better preserved
bodies show one arm uplifted, as If struggling
for freedom. while the other halS Is closely
| pressed to the m outh, to exclude the destroying
breath of the fire. Others have their heads and
upper psrtsl Of the body without disfgure-
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Other victims are represented by the trunk, the
heads, feet and legs being missing. Those who
were exposed to the flames are as dark as Afri-
cans, but the form and features are often faith
fully presented. The other bodies retain the
form of the last desperate struggle, the features
expressing the first cramp of agony. Others
are fair women, some with diamond rings still
on their fingers, the only objects by which they
can possibly be recognized. They are tramped
to death, and partially consumed by fire; some
have their skulls crushed in and their limbs
distorted aud broken. From others the bowels
prelude, a horrifying sight: but why continue
the CHASTITY list. So far only q dozen people
have been recorded as having escaped, wound
cd, but with life, from the catastrophe. The
rest are all dead. 1t was almost impossible to
save anyone but ones self. Several of those
who escaped are to-day madmen. Last night .
young man belonging to the upper classes was
bAreheaded and singed. Insanity was expressed
In his staring eyes. He was crying out q single
word, 'AmatieP 'Amatie r He had a strip of
fur worn by ladies, around his neck, pressing
1t HISTORICALLY to his bosom. Where do you
live ? have courage said . compassionate by.
Islander. But his only answer was. 'AmatieP
'Amstie + Il sprang down, but she is being
burnt within She is being burnt within I
Two bank ~oficials and 20 members Of the First
Exchange are missing; . score Of medical stu.
dents are among the victims. The majority Of
the dead are hard workers, clerks and people
of limited means.
Sixteen Mon burned to Death.
PIrrsBuRa, Dec. l0.-News 10 received Of a
fire which occurred at Rock Cut, seven miles
from this city this morning about 8 O'Clock, by
which 16 men were burned to death, and Q
large number badly and perhaps fatally burned.
The fire occurred In q boarding house in which
nearly 80 laborers. employed at the Davis
Island dam. were boarding. They were asleep
in the loft when the IRE broke out.