The sun., 1891-08-30
THEY KNEW IT WAS UNSAFE,
sUT HORKAlKN IN THE TAILOR BUILD
NC COULDN'T AFFORD TO QUIZ

RUT HOHhAhN IN 1hE SAILOh DOALD-
INC COULDN'T AFFORD TO QUIT.
Moro Testinouy About The 0haky CsnAi.
tieA Of the DsMdiae LsHe Before the
Ftnal Csiispse-Mayse orsst Adnoa.
Sshes the Fire Cs1Aisslsaers.
More evidence wac brought out yesterday at
Ac,ing District Attorney Bediord's prslimi-
nary inquiry into the causes OF the Park place
disaster to show that the building had Teen
unsafe for . long time before It's collapse.
Annie Matte. asixteen-ysar.o old girl. who lives
1t l4l DAlancey street and who worked in
Rossnfeld's bronze powder factory. was tho
ntst witness examined BY Assistant District
Attorney Townsend. who is assisting Mr.. Bed.
ford. she said she had often noticed tho floor
bend under the weight OF barrels when tho
barrels were moved from one part Of the store
70 another. She had oiten complained OF the
shaky condition OF tho flooring o tho foreman.
Newman Gold-chmidt. aud had told him that
some day the building would tumble down.
Tho foreman only laughed at her fears.
Jacob Fsoibers. q photographer OF 500 East
Sixteenth street. was m important witnesa
Some weeks ago. he said. he went to lieOler 4
Maasss establishment looking for work. He
was talking with Theodore Hsmmerich q
pr, ssman who was atterward X III d In the dis
sster. Hsmmerich jumped down about three
feet from the press to tho floor t. grse' his
friend. and Freibere noticed that tha building
shook psrcentibly. He asked Hemmerich IL he
wasn't afraid to work In building that WAS
Jared so easily.
III It wasn't for my wife and child" was
Hsmmerich's reply. /" I would throw up my Job
hs,s Ia an instant; but It is hard WORK to find
anything to do on tho instant at this tlme Of
the rear"
The ncxt Witness wns Mrs. Amelia Hem
melich. tho widow OF the pressmnn OF whom
Freiberc had Just told.
1T was only a few days hefore the accident"
said Mr.. Hem merich ,ween her sobs. that
To !,ly told me II it wasn't for mo and the baby
he wouldn't work in that building another
day: and then he told me for tho first time
that he was afraid It woui cNme tumbline
down wanted him to look for another place
then. but he said he " MD wait until fall. when
business would be livelier."
join W. Hogsnkamp. the mnaon who rut up
the Taylor building. WAS sure that an eNplo.
sion mus. have caused tho fall OF tho building
He maintained that the structure was a strong
one. and capable OF supporting any reasonable
weight
Androw Tetersen. who kept tho restaurant at
"A Park place. said that time after time he had
noticed the jarrin OF the building when the
tenants upstairs moved in paper and stof ..
His son ana he had bcea talking only few
days before about ito instability Of the build
Ing Sometimes the clan le!iers in his restau-
ran, shook 50 hard that the globes fell OF on
th, floor.
Mrs. sophia Deinlein said that her daughter.
Mary. who was killed In Rosonfe!d's factory.
complained fro luently OF headaches and told
her ,hey were caused by the jarriug OF the
building. which kent up all through the day.
This couclui led the preliminary investiga-
tion. Co. Townsend said yestt rday that on
Monday Acting District Attorney Bed ord
would have . conference with Coroner Hanly
. d 70 o,er the testimony OBJ. ained by the
District .Al.osasI,s osrce.--1n tho meantime
0, ach would 30 made for AT FORMER eml To- eos
OF Lieb er & Muass and otLer tenants
o, the building who could tell aDth'nS
shout the condition Of the building In
years past. Col. Town has found another
section Of the Fenal Code. No. 195. whirh he
the general 40. In " hich . cul, able negi.
s:ncs is male L, nnnsiaush'er =, in TIC socond
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s.s .s:..%. = NV n.sS."s.:. :am.,s o. r,s:.y
p.s ~ s"S Su eos ~nn i'm fs not
sss..io". ii. ha.a bsn: ss guilty Of .s.n:
;srda. signed &C. i,nrt:' wnic, al % lha! Jas;
.ssd 10 sGDrar before hin on Mo dav: when
!Srs sub ct Of Shs lnans.s With b+xl M az
ITIc.ns: one WIN 30 tho deaf b q i,tis Annis,
As: hs WAS risyins in the street .nd tho "si or
W WI b. the do = M oI +. y lrIpps. M he arHgxi.t
Aims, ali. the Publish in PARK place h"d
been cleared away yestefday. and the street
.S.ls af"n sP'R soSas III. biz p Ss .en
Liebisr \ MASS still stand on tho I'D walk Ia
Ia Iou: q K. .1s sa wnS as in
tho ruins son on Friday t Alter" oon, Was % "nenod
ys.terday. and the insurance. olicles md pa
and a day book OF Kosen eld's wers pickrI ,ap
n n.Is ne ruins and he Gssthes with h!s
~. yes.srday. The watch hsa -.op"s% At
-. i; Androus OF 2e5 Sixth avenue; vii;es 10
TEE suN TINT ,axidernist named Ynonan.
ps1s ssS e: : fsn ti"Ss s
have Sss g, or h OF the
BY Mssor Grant 10 risssa Of and ds rS.
ute ths contributions for he aid OF the suffer.
s BY mt .si. ss .H5 I'D s .ss
&c families Q; ths killed ap4 rod men x,d
m..s again, H. said that ID. nalorits St shs h
eumstancss than Was ct first supposed, and
that that on,y about one ont Of every n" families
Later in tn day the su b-commit,ee met. 1t
vas snrgesied that n goon wny 10 divide the
fund would be t. nay to the family ~ every
m VIII" was killed the. fun amount OF the
wages ho rereived until tho f!ni wa. ex:
haus cd and 10 ray earh ono OF tho Injured
bis wages until he was able to resume work:
Treasurer Donaldson reported that he had
rels'.
There wa. some doubt yesterday whether
the 'lnngshoremen who hrlred removs the
dead bodies from the ruins would receive their
pay eiors to morrow. Before the pay roll
signatures OF TWO Fire Commissioners. Com
nssioner EickhoH only could be found. and
ORC. " t[s F,a nsnnrtm.nt ~ seni. ase me
senger:
sH. During the past week Il has been impossible to
commhnicais with all the VARIOUS rsSpsnsine officials
your hsrArtmsnt concsr srnu9 the necessary business