New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-17
PI1DDENsIEK ON HIS MORTAR.
NE SAYS TT HAD PLENTY OF SAND.
rAyxING IN HIS OWN DEKENCE-EA-iNoS
DuDrEY To BE TRIED.

rux,yo IN HIS OWN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
DUDLEY TO BE TRIED.
r,ho,,aa A. Buddenslek, the builder, VINO ls
A-r.a with causing the death OF Louis Waters w
..,a,easly erecting houses in West sxtysecono-s] ~
an opportunity yesterday TO tell the jury MS
huving property and constructing houses.
Johnson carpenter who at work in the puiaihs'
~. ntors thew fell testified that the third wall from
Trevsnthaye. fell first. william j. lchesoerse'
testified to the change of the weather as' win'e
Eng the time Of the construction OF tho D"
Srldings The defendant then took the w'Ines' ''"
He was dressed In cheap, ihttng clothes' nc spoAo
With German accent sometimes made MS iahsuaso
go, ,,n,p,e,,,oible He testified that he was forty
nine wears old and was bora in Germany he came 10
thi, country twenty-eight years ago and had peeh
butcher in Germany. He went 10 o'" 20
cisco and served as porter pus fo'
TO this city In 1862 and became ou'ono'
nrst at Ludlow and Delaney sts. and alter-
,vora ,n 7 eonard-st He saved money enough to BUY
two houses and then went the real estate business
Tell the Jury all about your connection win TINS
uroperty In West Sixty second-st, SAID ex-' uoEo
ton. the defendants counsel 49,,
"Ibought the lots FROM Mr. Smith last NoVemoo''
1,uddensek said "Haug acted for me In this Inc rea
- "a him oct was that I became bankrupt In 1874.
hecause Of not fulfilling bonds that mao en"eu
into. 40 did not want to nave s"o
title in my own name because 'hero nio 80
ments recorded against me. Mr. emi'h was
excayae the lots usually had verbal contracts oy'
Charles Franck had the contract for the BRICK "ork
H.,, o., IN. carpenter work David Tuy for the brown
atone work was to pay Tuly $4,000, though coui''
have had the work done cheaper knew .ioiiy W oo
GOOD workman. ordered good BRICK. ohe'nna wa"
salmon brick which is a good kind. l nave u'eu 80,
buildings that mad overseer from the Iq"i'~0'0 Inv
Assurance Society,"
What kind of lime did you user
russa Rocklaud lime, and when they sent me any
other kind I returned It."
ssWhcre did you get this sandf'
" Buckley furnishedit 1t was good sea sand
"Did you ever order pile OF earth 10 po ooV0ieN
sandT or,,r-
a.. iii s,oa because WAS afraid the mortar would
freeze In the night"
Buddensek denied that he had orderea ioan W 70
nsed or that there any scarcity OF good nara s
ne said that he had directed the men 10 opeV All the
raers of DALEY and Mackey. the Building inspectors
IT, continued: 1.-THE men sometimes compelled to
sfop work two three weeks at .i,d a., ~ bre
ea,hs II we had had good weather supposed the
buildings safe as the inspectors 'is''ou '"' WY
when did you first hear any complaint OF danger
hont twenty minutes after o'clock one OF the con-
tractors told me that stone In one OF the founaa
lions was cracked and that the men dia mo, NOT
Snidipcs can't fall went into the cellar with the
framer and 10 shore up the i9nnaao r. ,n
nSs.d Of sr sSs street when the buildings hid
Sy pile of brick The men Thought a. hrst tnat ~
were killed tSs1 t 81 We were 'n 'n' '1'N
RuSdensek declared that all the materials used by
him were good. He crossexamined at enx,n Wy
Xsss,ant District Attorney Nieoll The wltns Ns
at hesated to reply ana aiS in answer to Mr.
Ticors onestions that Haug Waterman and man
of general usefulness He employed nun AL" P"'u "A
$40 a month to sign ali the paper. =. ,o,,.
ibid Hang sign a deed OF this property to your
ayes. he did"
"Was it the same dayr'
eyes"
.fthnR not" He said that did not hear Examiner
D.y say that he thought the buildings wonld faii lie
never INSPECTED the foundations OF the ouiiuinss
Did you not visit them ana iooA az 'n'H '''0
"So; hired an architect to do all that ior
s%on on the arcbtects He denied that he had ev er
maid OK -Superntepdeni Dudley any money OF 'h'' no
6sd bribed any OF the Building Examiner .,ed
WI,am Haw "a mason and builder, OF Harlein teslneu
that he had taken casual look AZ the taIieA IA
and thought them made OF good materials. lie saia
that some eaIn didnot hurt mortar when mixed with
lime and sand After some further testmohy ~ "oh
the Foundation walls OF the fallen buildgs m ei
the spp s St Re ss As the
Ike result In his H,sa tsa. he had been
nscted with the Buildings Bureau for Six years @ ~
that time Se h hSus. but he Thought that had
been ned IN inc oG pecord Clerk William Cass while
vou were OF Buildings, that ne need n9t
ttend TO any of Buddensiek houses, that you wouio
look after them ."
"Didn't you receive $3.50 from hint"
Won moi under indictments in this court for re-
ceiying brides and for wfu neglect OF duty wno CO.. u
the Baidinss Bureau n 20" two indictments founc
against the for tho offences denosd n h
stIll In mex existence. was never tired u, >,
"Wel! you see they are In existence ana you Mn ~
tried ON them" Mr. Nicoll announced rus shus Va,
az for the defence The case will probably be giVei
to the jury today.