New-York tribune., 1882-02-18
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on Commissioner Coleman relative to mcreaso VI
wages lie does not anticipate auy trouble

tee of the Ash Cartmens Association mas !oV @ 90
on Commissioner Coleman relative 10 Iii'reiSo Vi
wages. lie does not anticipate any trouble
CRUSHED UNDER A FALLING WALL.
wormen have bee1 busy for SOM weeks tesr-
ing down the old building at No. hooseNei.o,..'
under the direction of John Fitzpa!rlck coii,Itr
or of No. 232 StaEtoI-sI. They had taken uoH H II
and removed everything above ne cfiiaI, orton
decaycd party-wall OH the east slde when loIioi
of the wal suddenly fell, at SID 4. IN. SestcILal;
Mr. Fitzpatrick was nj work on the wall Whem od, ~
fell, and half dozen of his Workgen WiTv
him fine wall had beer bTacci, ana ITS lall was nuu
looked tor at sll II was about tMcnty-hvc Iet iR T
and thirteen inches thick, and the portion ,m mIc1
fell was about thrty-;ivc feet in length ii Dnig
out ia the idle first and tn tcp portion vas
flung with great voenc, against the opposite van,
Which i tine rear wall q! Cowpe'thWaltS lIhit!lc
4 rc, Mo-. / D., and LOO Cnatham-St. Inc warning
pivcu TO tie contractor 8na his men was br~t, hut
they all escaped injury. ,Af"r the cIoha OF "us'
raised ny the fal Of brck ahd mortar had H el9r 1f
away, however thc body OF a man wa noticed nan
buried beside the rear wall OF the furniture
store. The boIy was dug ont as speedily as
possible, and was recognized as that
abon. ""foi4 forty-scTen 1'"' years old, who lad
applied to Mr.. Fitzpatrick for work, AMI had been
said TO have lceI uuder III inuence OF liquor Ills
body was taken TO the Oak Street Police station.
His Skull was crn he'd The contractor was ar
re ted. Coroner lhaiy heard q statement to the
effect that the falling of the wall was an unforeseen
accident and lie allowed Mr.. Fitzpatrick TO 20 after
furnishing 500 bail to appear at the inquest; ine
The building where the accident occurred was a
p2t OF the old Chatham heatr opfned more 'aa1 a@G
work rooms were in No. KOoscvclt-st., where re
stage entrance was. The main entrance an the
au orlum were III what is nov, CoWpcr1thETEadrS EEa
frau, g. L. Fox and other actors played before 'ncg
first played i'll that theatre, and there " Nose, the
Fireman" was favOrite play 1hc theatre lor a
time under ;he mana genient OF N. De Eerneyi
but later it was bought by II. II. Purdy, who named
Ii he National Theatre. 1t continued 10 be known
as the Chatham, however, untllt ceased 10 De r0nt-
able. About twenty years aeo the theatre was
sold by the heirs of the Robinson estate, and the
part at No ROo>evclt-St sold to Philip Crane.
wall was built between ths two parts. MI. crane
made few changes in the old building, and 1t was
used S a stable until his death about year ago.
Michael RiOr,en, a liquor dealer al No. 10 hoo>e-
velt-St, purchased the place for $3.50 last April
and il is his intention 10 erect three-Story tene-
ment house there.
WAITING N VAIN FOR A BRIDAL PARTY.
In st. JOscph'S Roman Catholic Church, Paterson,
\. j., on Thursday evening. were assembled about
one hundred persons to see jennie Hunt ton marrled
to John j. Mckenna But they waited III vain for
the appearance of the bridal party. McKenna, who
was to be the bridegroom is engaged in business
with his fathe', Lawrence Mckenna, of No. 2S
Jackson-st, as a painter He has for some months
been paving attention to Miss liuntOn, who is en-
ployed in }. f.. Mackays silk factory AID lives with
her mother and her stepfather, Mr.. Pos. IN Water
81 Miss liuntol was Protestant and to remove
baptized III Roman Catholic Church on February
s. The date of the wedding was then fixed for Feb
ruary g. aud the Young couple decided to live with
the brides mother They visited stores together
ann selected furniture, Their marriage was an
nounced in 81. Jos ph's Church last Sunday. Wed,
ding cards were issued and mauy relatives and
friends of the bride were invited to lie present. The
wedding dress was finished, the wedding cake
baked and all other preparations were made
Mckenua was to have called on Miss Ilunton on
Wednesday evening, but he did not appear. When
he did not show himself on THURSDAY, ii was sus-
pected that there would be wedding, and the m
vi ations were revoked as far as possible. The
worst fears of Miss Iiunton and her friends were
realized when evening came. Mckcnna's parents
profcSscd yesterday TO know nothing about him.
They said that they had not even heard OF his pro-
posed marriage until Wednesday evening, when
they upbraidcd him for contemplating such sJcp
without consulting them. They insisted that they
did not even know the young woman. At tie home
Of Miss lIuntOl. the other hand, il was insisted
that McKenna's mother had visited the theatre in
company with the young couple and that sister of
Mckemias spent last Tuesday afternoon at ;hc
Hunton house. The friends and some OF the rcla-
tives OF Miss IiuntOn intimate that Mrs Mckcnna,
not liking the match, induced her sOn TO leave the
city. They talk about bringing q suit for civil
damages.