New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-22
SHOWING UP BUDDENSIEK.
THE TRIAL SET DOWN FOR MAY Il.
runrBER FACTS BROUGHT OUT AT THE INQUEST
HANG COMMITTED FOR CONTEMPT

.,,,-,,p p.crs BROUGHT OUT AT THE INQUEST
HANG COMMITTED FOR CONTEMPT.
The four persons who are held by the Grand jury
directly responsible for the fall of the buildings ID
West Sixty second-st, were before Judge Glidef-
sleeve Yesterday in the Court OF GenefSI Sess,ouo
Contractor Charles A. Buddensiek and f foreman
and we're ready to plead. A new indictment lot
mausau2hter III the first degree had peen ,
against them and Building hx1ni1 1hev we're ali
charged with causing the deaf OF LOUIS ai,ea9 S
The indictment charges that me contrac.JII c anu
foreman eaISSa W Which by its fall caused tue death
OF Walters The principal aihdavit was ihauo "
mstrict1 ATTORNEY MARITIME represented the prose-
cution. Ex-Judge Fullerton, who appeared LOT
Buddensiek entered plea OF not guiiy, VIII
leave TO file demurrer 70 Tue ' rec men
not guilty also entered by the Qther tIeu
MIR MARITIME asked for early trial OF budde"sleki
saving he was ready for trial at any .,no' , amo
desired TO have the case heard at the present .cIh
Mr. Fnllerton said that he did not know OF any
reason why the case should have exceptional ueaV-
n,ent II was an important case, and IT was necesc
sapv tn Obtain the testimony OF a large number OF
witnesses. lie expected that at 10 81 WEIR WILL rh
be consumed in the trial OF BuddensieR aione. no
trial was finally set down Tor the soeono iu'''"'
The bail in the case of the building examiners
was fixed at $4,000 EACH Mackey gave eho re- of
No 100 Eldndpe~st. Dr. Samuel Cregar No. =
Avenue d., and John p. Dillamore, No. 400
Tue inquest was continued yesterday by Coroner
Martin August rodebusch and Charles oohweseri
bricklayors. who worked on the building tesulned
To the general worthessneSs of the mortar used
and the poor quality OF the DICK III 'no walls
When they complained OF the poor "steriai 10
Franek the suo-contraetor he wound ropy cvc him
could not help it. Buddensiek would nor gYt t mn
any better. Marc Eidlitz, a builder VINO t~stiileu
rs an expert attributed the falling OF tue ou,dhes
to the insufficiency of the foundations, ana said
that there were many occupied buildings IN this
CITY that had no better mortar between tne oIlckS
thin had the Buddeusiek structures Robert l..
Darragh Norman r andrews, and John j. Tucker.
builders of long standing all testinen 10 iuo poUl
quality of material used, but attributed the main
trouble to the foundations. ,
John j. Shields chief register clerk of the Bureau
OF Inspection of Buildings, said that Daley never
repOrte, to the foundations OF the STty
st buildings In January Mackey complained that
the wallsswere unsafe. Gotthod Hang, the owner
could not be found, and notice was posted on tue
of the walls had been attended to, nut mover mauo
any further report. .l
Gotthold Hang, the nominal owner, was then
called He speaks but little English and an inter
preter was required. He testified that for TWO
years he had been watchnan for BuddenseK ny
81 day and that for two summers ne mao W hed
wife and four children. by advice OF couhsei ne
declined to say whether he ever owned any Iead es
tate IN Sixty-second-st, or whether he had signed
the building specifications, and the Coroner COM
mitted him for contempt ,,- -.
George W. Splitter Buddensieks bookkeeper ties
tilted that he drew tue plans for the collapsed
buildings under instructions from BuddensieR.
Hang was named in the specifications as the owner,
and swore that he was. lie further stated tnat
Hang never purchased any material for the build
ing of the houses to his knowledge. and that such
materials as were not paid lor ny bquuehse NJ
was employed as q Waterman. The witness recog-
MED Hangs signature on the application 70 the
Building Department. 1t was signed oy hiIn IN
writ of habeas corpus was afterward granted
by Justice Barrett in the Supreme Court upon
which Hang will be brought before the Court OF
Oyer and TermiDer tins morning