The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-05
Touched THE MOTOR; DIED.
ror ELECTRICITY THAT KILLED HIM,
sAY TIE BRUSH PEOPLE

vor ELECTRICITY THAT KILLED HIM,
SAY TIE BRUSH PEOPLE
~. witnesses In Feidstein's Restaurant'
ws,ro tho Motor Drives the Fans. Think
c.s.ru,.e-The ylctin bartender.
p.nry I,artsls, . bartender in Theodore Field
.,.,n,s saloon and restaurant ut 266 Grand
.,r.,t. touched an electric motor In the saloon
Yesterday afternoon. and fell over dead. AS
n.u,l tho electric light mon ay.there was not
u' anrh slectrIcity on the premises to Kill any
s.J, and they don't understand how Bartels
w, m. shock that killed him. Bartels was "a
ss.ra old. stood feet 10 in his stockings. was
hro.d. shoudere and strong as an OK.
nha restaurant Is in n two-story building,
IN vsrv low ceilings. and in summer fans
s.,n tbs ventilation. A year ago MIR. Feldstein
honoh, A CANDID one-horse power electric
.sa,or and had 1t screwed down to the forward
I'D ~ tho bar near the door. There was no
.hi.,d around 1t. but It was far enough back to
n,.vsnt any one outside the bar from touching
:. Ths electricity that ran 1t camo from q
n.rsh circuit that never carried more than
soS volts" according to the Brush people.
Ths vires run from the street into the side
-.i, -, tho barroom Where they enter Is a
.r,-out box. This Is square iron case, open
A. the bottom. from which protrudss lever
Win hard rubber handle. Turn this handle
% tho right and the currsnt Is on: to the left
And IL ia of. From tho top OF the out-out box
,vo heayily insul ated wires run from tho back
Of tho motor.
No one ever touched the motor. Mrs. Field
stein says Whenever any repairs were needed
man from tho electric light company wore sent
for. Tho bartender on duty turned the cur
rent on or of.
Twas Burtols's turn on duty last night. and
,tv.s .boutS o'clock when he was killed.
Whs,her he was handling the lover or not 10
uncertain. Mrs. Feldsten and boy who
h.lns behind tho bar aud Capt Windecker.
president of The Hessc- DarmstaedterV olksfest
v.rsin: Charles Moncombre OF AZ st. Marks
nl.ce and John Weinann OF 81 Kossuth street.
p,oosIvn. and several walters were in the
place Mt the time They were sitting at table
Atty feet from the motor. Bartels was behind
the bar
one Of tho party called for drink. Bartels
vas then leaning over the motor. One man
says he was reaching for box Of cigars which
vas between the motor and the wall. Another
says be had hold OF the cut-out lever. and the
boys says that he was putting some tools be-
ss r. H mS0f made Tor srak ss
s:raiRhtened up. reeled. and foil over on tho
floor.
him He had not uttered q sound. His Dyes
were wide, open and turned upward. They
d:eS eod p his face and tried
The others say he did not. bnt that his pulse
S sa na sF ss sas' cr st. Rich
Idson at 2!3 Bronze street and another ran
%, to find pol,cema i,., III The men in the
ried II up stairs When Dr. Richardson not
their. he said tho man had been dead ten
ms @na aad nS
isSad moi : marx: Dsteetiye Mooney q tho
thsy found no mark
Then The line mon who had been notified BY
s5sIr Opinion ihas B.iteIs had not touched the he
motor q ali but shat he hal died q heurt dis
breaks or Tor srouuds. but found none. The
motor wns not running. The cut-out lever
vas turned as far 70 tho left as 4 would go.
and the motor could not therefore be CHARGED
Nth electricity RS They were careful not to
more than 400 volts In the wire that ran into
tho eut;out and that even II tho motor was
that mnny and that was not enough to kill.
When the mon who had seen Bartelss fall
s.id that 10 had surely touched the motor and
:irsss elsar into The building and Of the co ae
Dr. Richardson toid fH aAs Sun reporter that
there WAS no doubt whatever that Barrels was
s ssnoe Of the signs that indicate death by heart
disease. he said.
!sqSf.d SAID that 400 volts 81 @ishs Ss
probably one OF those men.
.. 3ns Of the walters with whom the reporter
,nEsd said ~ saw the whole thing He was
parte ader walkei over 10 the motor. and Lean
Ing Ing over over j. rsSched around behind with his
pls tes box q u cigars that had fallen Of
h himssii, barrels put rs; right hand on The
t fSa G1 tHS m9tSs which is on the side
hs turned hall around and apparontiy trisd to
pull bile hand away. Then DO Strengthened up
enul Sy Ss .c.n 'd spw.rd H
svsyed baok. and lion forward Tor anon moment,
II jumped for him. said the waiter, and
was the first to reach his side. His arms and
'TSs ware Iwtfning and his eyes were rolling.
This waiter, also said that the motor had
were afraid Of It because one Of them M whie6
G tSs . ns wouldn't say had got slight shock in
SS tHH s1Mo WY tnat bartes got the shock that
ttllen him. Another waiter said he was watch
ing gartels too and noticed that the in ant be-
l, ne didn't wines" said this waiter, "vhen
az hsSa 9P The Hrush but
Coroner H sniy ne me- wire u no was gone"
s s,sI,n just before o O'Clock. Hs went up
ss.n 81 looked at the body. and said: Plain
itSSNo.ters down stairs he waved his hands at
tn a.m, nnd said: No story hero, boys: the
to-day. "HsopeS VIII 10 "aoe
M sS hs was a years old and was Unmarried.
M va Isn worked Tor F:ldstein many years. He
tW "aa awsy yenr and u half ago and only re
, Ss thrce weeks ago. He had an old soar on
s mT oS,k OF MS hand which was ORION ously
'1'poseo 70 % burn from the electricity.
'oLLIsIOS ON THE NEW HAYEN ROAD.
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Train from New York.