Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-11-13
Etndfpp otthe Jury.

iERnNtnE Oh tine JuFS.
The finding of the c%oroner's jury is
made q part Of tho complaint to which
the warrant of arrest is attached. After
prellminaries of no general public
interest the finding states that the jury
viewed the bodies of U. N. Thompson
and Jacob Lee and upon inspection Of
the east wing of the insane hospital
found that the walls and arches had fal.
len, carrying the two men down in the
wreck of brick and mortar, substantially
as has been published.
AS a result of its Investigations the
jury found that the fallen arches had
been constructed only from two and 8
half to four days prior to the accident;
that the centers or supports
to the Brches we're premature
ly removed. in direct violation
of the specifications; that the partition
walls between the cells on which the
arches rested were not properly bonded
into the outer walls. according to the
| plans and specifications; that %inexperi-
enced workmen and boys were employed
upon the work; that the arches were
built with O turn or spring of from
eleven to eighteen inches, in direct vio-
iation of the plans, which call for q
spring OF from twenty-five to twenty.
four inches; that no tie rods or anchors
we're put in the second and third stories
north and south Though the east wing
to properly tie and support the arches
and bind the outer walls, in direct viola
tion of the plans and specifications;
that the building was rendered unsafe
and liable to fall at any time; that the
mortar used was not of the proportions
required by the specif oations, though of
fair quality; that the brick were not
hard burned, as required by the specii-
cations.
The Jury finds that J. B. Pattee, Of
Canton, Dakota, is the contractor under
whose direction the building was being
constructed; that MI. Pattee failed to
provide and put in the rods and anchors;
that he allowed the removal of centers
from under the arches before She roof
was closed in, IN violation OF
the plans; that he failed to
give the arches the required
spring: that he failed to properly bond
the wells; that he failed to construct the
building In q substantial and workman
like manner; that he proceeded carelessly
and seemingly without regard to the
plans and specifications.
The jury finds that d. b. Kean, OF
Canton, Dakota, was duly appointed
superintendent Of construction-that ii
was his duty to see that the building was
constructed in a good and workmanlike
manner, as required by the plans and
specifications-to see that ell the rods
and anchors were placed in the walls
and arches and that no centers were re-
moved until their removal was allowable
under the plans and specificationa-thai
the material be of good quality and
properly placed. 1t was found that Mr.
Kean changed, or allowed to be changed
the sprinG of the arches; that he allowed
the removal OF oenters from undel
arches; that he allowed the omission Of
tie rods and anchors; that he permitted
careless construction OF the building
especially in the omission Of north anc
south tie rods through the arches ani
walls.
In conclusion the jury says: w
find that, @. N. Thompson and Jaoct
Lee came TO their death by the oulpabl,
negligerlc e Of :. B. Pattee, contractor
aud D. a. Kean, superintendent, in con
|, structipg the east wing (iDcluding th
; walls and arches that fell October %
1889 OF the Dakota hospital for the in
sane near Yankton, Dakota. in violation
OF the contract and contrary to th
plans end specifications"
From the finding Of the jury we hay
given only extracts, quoting only I'd
: las. paragraph verbatim. The conclu
4 sions of the jury were drawn from
nsass Of testimony that It would tab
days to read.
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