St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-02

been killed. On my third trip, the last
one made. there was man rushed out
from the Tribune editorial rooms. or
from the composing room. / could not
tell which, and looked down the shaft.
Just then gust of flame came up and
struck him full in the face, driving him
back to the other side of the hall. The
iire then began coming up like light
ming and | cailad to him to hurry up
and get on the elevator. as could not
wait any longer. Instead of so doing
he began whirling around and around.
As another gust came began to drop
the elevator, and as my head reached
the level of the floor he broke out: oh,
Godi My wife and Those were the
only words heard him speak. AS he
said them he pulled revolver, put it
against his head and fired. He fell over
against the door of the water closet and
second later the whole up stairs was
! in flames. The man was a rather tall,
medlum-SiZed man, with q mustache.
He was in his shirtsleeves, and carried
I, in one hand what appeared to me to be
long proof slip or cutting from
newspaper. He was not over thirty-five
years of age, as near as could judge.
He appeared to go insane when the
flames struck him. Had he come to the
elevator when called to him he would
have been all right to-day.
3 IL am quite certain that there were
several persons in the rooms above the
floor occupied by the Tribune compos
ing room. A few minutes before the
fire broke out heard some one moving
about in the Swedish printing Office on
the eighth floor, but no one came down
from there that saw. 1t was not over
five minutes before all escape was cut
OFT that two women had gone up to the
janit0r'S room. and | am certain that
they never came down. They came up
i'll the elevator with large, heavy wom-
an, who got off at the sixth floor, and
asked Inc where the room of the city
editor of the Pioneer Press was. She
did not come down the elevator, and
unless she went down the stairs or was
taken off on the extension ladder she
died in the flames. She was about forty
years old, should Judge. l had never
seen her before"
THE OTHER SUICIDE.
1t is now probable that two men took
their own lives while caught in the
burning building like rats in trap,
rather than suffer death by burning or
being dashed to pieces in the street
below. Two men were seen to draw
revOlverS from their pockets and fire,
but it probable that all that remains of
the bodies now is blackened bits of
bone. The first one TO suicide was the
man seen by the elevator man. He
ended his existence at the door of the
elevator on the eighth floor. while he
might have been saved. The other one
was seen by Assistant Chief Kenny, of
the fire department, and several other
persons. He appeared in one of the
windows at the southeast cerner of the
building, OH the seventh floor, and
stood there. as though undecided which
way to turn. He was told to hold on
where he was for minute longer and
a ladder would be sent to him. The
roaring of the flames behind him and
the awful abyss in front of him seemed
to daze him. for he paid no attention to
the shouts from those below. Suddenly
he drew revolver and, holding it TO
his head, fired. He sark back into the
loom, and in less than minute after
ward the window where the unfortun-
ate man had stood was enve!Uped in
fame. AS the victim fell back a cry of
horror went up from the crowd. and
strong men turned away and wept, the
sight having left them as weak as
children.