Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-04

Thr Insurance uare SiiI on rril Dctcus,


yesterday afternoon IN tho Insurance. case
was Juhu &. Shaellcr lie testified that
on tho night Of May 80 hc was ON his way
from tho Stevens house AID about tyo
miauics after II o'o'Ook saw the GOtt
Schalk Brothers in C0utro Square vt tho
old pustuiiiIo cue walked uut ~ tho
square wituoss went at once 70 Snyder's
saloon with a friend aud whilo taking
glass of beer the hgo alarm was struck
they then ran ~ the fro. Witness, uu
CROSS examination, stated that they were
III Suyder's over five minutes before
taking any bcor.
John Il Trewta testified that on tho
night of the fire hc was vt u wedding Cu
Manor street, near Wost King. and lalt
there with lady for the Pennsylvania
depot at ten minutes before II O'clock llo
was with tho lady, and as they passed Colt
schalk y store he saw two mon one, the
tailor Of the two, ho recognized as Herman
GuttsChaIk no was standing on the edge
ot the step of the store tho othor man,
whom ho did not rscpguiz,, turned the
key iu 'he door hoard tho taller say
Hist - withuss wont to tho depot aud
returned, passing the store, which WAS
dark rs usual arrived Mt home about
ll@O and whtlJ ia the yard heard tho
alarm
On cross examination witness said ho
thought IL was about ii O'Clock whom he
passed tho store did not SEQ any one In
front OF the Grape hotel witness first
told OihJer SSoRk what ho knew of this
matter aud told him 70 tell Chief Deioh
| lCr.
Miss L't,ie Boyd, now resident Of
Columbia, who formerly lived in this city,
testified that ON the night of this fire sho
accompanied MIR. Irowttz from tho wed
| ding to tho depot aud back. SaO cDrrub.
Grated MIR. Trcwttz 10 regard t. tho
remainder of his testimony
Miss Annie Eokrrt, who resides ON East
| Vino street, testified that she was ON
! PlOycd at Spaath's confectionery, No. 1873
| North Queen street. Ohtho night of this
| fire she passed Gottschllk's store on her
way home about ii o'clock shs saw
| Emil GOttSChalk ho was trst IN q s.oop-
ing position as though ho had bold Of tho
| latch no thon walked rapidly towards
| Centre square ahead OF wiJness Harry
Sanders, who accompanied Miss EckcrG
| home on this evening, cOrroboratld her.
| Hiram Lutz testified that on tho night
OF the tire he left a friend az the Penusyl
vauil depot at II o'clock and walked
down Duke street to East King and
thence 10 North QIeon street. H5 saw
Mr. Sanders on the Other sid5 OF the
street aud about that time saw Emil
| GOttScAaIk coming out Of the store hc
| walked away at rapid gait when tho
| alarm was struck witness was standing at
| Duke aud Chestnut street, aud hD ran TO
this tiro. Witness had an ofli;C over the
store and light was usually kept burn
! ing in tho store When Gottschlk came
| out all was dark.
! GA cross examination witness sad TO
| called 1t Mr.. l. L1dcrman's homo twJ days
after tho tire aud found tho GJttschal&s
| there ho never had auy conversation
with them IN which he told them that ho
| had seen young GDttsChalk come cut OF
the storo aud it would hurt them 1t ho
! swore TO it.
Samuel SICuk, constable OF tig FIRST
ward, who was a police officer whom this
tire occurred, testified When the alarm
| struck no WAS AZ West King AMI Prince
| street; he ran u the tico aul by order Of
the chief OF police prevented the breaking
| Of the front door. Mr. GOttscbalk came
in few moments, and when he got in
| front OF tho door foil, saying, Ny
God - he was then carried away vit
ness took tho sey from him aud opened
| the door, when . stream WAS pat IN !;
| witness went into the room afterwards
| aud saw Chief Engineer Howell open a
| drawer and take some waddIug out, which
! h4llOilch Alht C'Ai Dll NllL"sS utI ltNE
man GOttsohalk and another man on West
| King street on this night between II and
| II. o'clock on the night Of the lire.
| Officer John Harmau testified that on the
night of the dre ne was with Officer
Swenk when they INST Herman GOgtschAlk
and another man on West King street,
| shortly after II O'clock.
| Oh,sr BluksIu 4. Smith test lisd that
| ho got TO the tre about half past | o'clock
| no VAS present when they wore examining
the waddlug which witness found 70 DO
| full of coal oil.
Oth9er Michael Burns, testified that he
was on the police force the night OF this
fire; shortly before half past II o'clock,
witness was standing at the corner OF
Orange and Christian streets, when he saw
the GottscAaik Brothers; they Came uE
Orange from North Queen, and turn
ed into Christian street; witncs'
watched them until they got u
Marion street, where they turned around
witness went NJ once TO tho station house
and arrived there at 1876 be was just
taking o seat when the alarm was struck
there is pavement on but one side OI
| Christian street to Chestnut, and on thC
| other side of tho railroad there iS a paY3
ment along but one property when wit
ness saw the GDttsChalks they werS in thG
middle Of the street witness was Ut the
lire when Herman GOttschalk cane up aud
fell witness assisted in carrying him tC
tOsenstein's house he kept saying " Ms
God :" witness smellcd the waddinG at the
fire and thought there was coal oil on it
Charles Bowman testified that he saw
the GottsChaks in Fulmer's saloon on ia,
night Of the fire witness went out a few
minutes after them and after talking {
little while outside started for home. liz
was about door below tho NeJo Fra Office
when tho alarm struck, witness went x
the fire and at the request of tho chic
engineer OF tho fro department, turnec
the gas out in the cellar
George w. Currey, foreman Of engin,
company No. |, testified that he was a
the fire and had torch as he walked IL
and passed the Erst chandelier the ga
from it ignited from the torch.
Chief Engineer Howell was recalled anC
he testified that the torch (Which wal
shown no bel eyed to bo the one used il
the store on the night of the fire he
could not bo positive, but If it was not tn,
one ii was one exactly like IL.
At o'clock court adjourned unit
wednesday morning, acGOrdin ng to al
arrangement made last week, as Quo O
the jurors had arranged to have salo to
day and 70 ono else was able to attend t
IL.
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