New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-12
RT1DpENsIEK's MUD MORTAR
u,s METHODS DESCRIBED IN COURT.
~.vx w,rNrssEs TESTIFY IN REGARD ~ I'M"
FATAL COLLAPSE.

,v,rvvssvs TESTIFY IN REGARD TO THE
FATAL COLLAPSE.
r .u,.,v. ;urcrs in the Buddensiek case en-
tered the court room yesterday os "a datectiyes
sGnsc ths preyons session Of the court Inc VIII
sesses atone occupied large part OF sar Spa"
within the railing tn b,, soSpse sexJudee
rtnn and Charles W. Brooke He leaned oacx
il his chair and x kept the his tm sss' half if
the s urea bis saae directed the ceiling
tbs ;,rors are Apparently more interested than
the members Of most jnries IN tne ca ~ second
thom They asked questions freely, ana the scoonu
sror recalled witnesses and cross-examined sVhiS
Sstyh am Assistant Distrct-Atorney Nlcoli caiieu
The names of manv witnesses at the opening thsrn
court and asked for sm NOV granted the
rcanest. MIR Ncoll then addressed the lu[y. ~ no
said that the defendant was chargea; VIM death
Of Inm,s Walters He described the method IN
which many buildings for poor persons We're eCn
struced Vacant lots he sa,d tse ss the site of
row of tenement houses. capitsn US.
aided the builder by advancing money ahd .ite Dso
were purchased Buildings were etec.o errished on
The inside but they were made of poor materlans d
Mr.. NcolI said that in this case bmddemseA as "
used Gottleb Hang. pr.san siSity. The rock
5saay sS0 from the cellar was used in the founda
fion and the stones were put together VIII ' nn
rro.n We hich thew were taken, mingled WIN ouiy =
i;ttje lime Mr. Nicol read the building laws ana
dsclored that if they had bcen strictly ooeyed
there wonld have been no disaster lila, 90 Tho
frst witness. He described the scene just after the
fall of the buildings in West sixty secopu-s. IN
April 49, Six weeks before, when ne na oawnated
bpildings they appeared to be nearly conpuie o,
srhnre was oniy mass of bricks and morteI when
he saw them on April Is. Several injured me, men
were in the ruins The only one Q, DIV Watars II
took fonr hours TO release him frem the Iuins'
Beams had to be sawed off and piles OF Drlck re-
moved before he was as taken to Roosevelt
Uospital and died the next morning.
Ida Walters, small young woman WHO od hto o ,Ss
,ans,anS She was dressed in deep mourning.
She testified that she was INC wl1e OF LOUIS
having been married about yed h ayr snnnorted her
se J as q domestic servant She SAID that she saw
her husbands dead body in the hospital. ..uo,,
James OReIy the stonemasohI Ion, on 'I he smoke
in a strong Irish brogue and with amusing Pi4b
sis He said that he had verbal contract, Null
at s;x cents foot The materials were to be fur-
n,s6ed by Buddensiek. Some of the stone was good;
he thought and some OF IL was tSre eA other men
were in the collar, but they refused to work be-
cause the walls were crumbling. lie told SUDDEN e
sick that the walls would not last LOT tne Hay'
Rnddensiek had directed him to use the materials,
fhonsh the mortar was made from the SOIL niAeu
with little lime and sand. ..rUo1
Henry Brandt, carper ter who worked near WAL aJ
ters at The time of the accident. said that he had
seen Bnddensiek about the buildings giving orders
Some of tho bricks used in the buildings were soi''
and part of the pine wood was worlny.
VRe;liy was recalled by the foreman ana was
Did give yoa order; a &ST % peSty o
loan. He said that quite often .r, NJ oartb-not sand
What is s, oar tou1 Am S0f' 0'
Mr. quite sure as to what
said HE told me whenever there was aoad OF sand
10 dump 1t over the loam
Alfred p Sorel, dealer in carpenters materials n
william II. Bell, a lumber dealer. aud Rufus OAR
win, a dealer in lime, testified that they haa iq.
nshed materials on the orders OF b9ddensiok w DO
used i'm the construction OF the buildings III MesS
Sixty-second-st they said that the materials
Much testimony was introduced in an attempt to
show that in mortgaglng the premises Bnddens'ek
had appeared with Hang IL the negotiatiohs' A.
August Totepbusch, brlcklayer tes,i ne ~ tue
German language. He was asked about the mortar
used in the buildings lie saia . was ;@ @It have
been better" lie had complained to Fr@nck ava
the workmcn about the mortar. Chsrles Seh"aSei'
another bfickiayer gave similar testimony.
A. f. DOench the Inspector OF buildings, shoWeu
sncci,nens of the mortar obtained from the fallen
buildings He said that 1t was not WEI aonn f of
clean grit sand. Such moran woulu DC Wlsneu
out by water, which would not affect good mortar 1
Under cross-examination Mr.. DOench said that
from his observation of the ruins he was lea 10 pc
Iieve that the most easterly OF the DuiluIn iIa
fell first and toppled wesiwardly ny S dsoss
Renorts of Binding Examiners Mackey and
DALEY IN reference TO the buildings, made to the
Department of Buildings at various times oeloI9
the accident. were presented by the witness and
exniaIned Inv him. They covered period OF several
months and included complaints of bulged walls
anu 20 January 49, Subsequent
tn that time no reports Of imperfections IN the
buildings were made according to the papers SUBJ
mitted At 10 D. m. an adjournment was TAKEN
Ipspector UOeuch will resume the stand TO-DAY
for further crOss-examination. The jurors were
again met after leaving the courtroom by the ue
feetiyes who on the preceding night shadowed
them and who will 90 through the same tactics I'M
til the reopening of court to-day.
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