New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-14

not believe in this "Civ Service business; 1t AZ
forded protection.
Ernest F. Berger another clerk, told Of the belief
among clerks that the building was dangerous. lie
had been told BY one clerk Frederick Collins, That
the building was In danger OF colapsing. and he had
REPLIED that il it did collapse Answor,h ought to be
under II. The stairs by means adequate,
and he had noticed the bulge In tho rear wall
Questioned by Juror Harvey the Witness sald he
had been induced 10 make the remark about hohh5
Colonel Airsworih would BE- under Tie building II IL
coap ed on account OF Colonel -lnswo:hs treatment
of the clerks. The granting OF leave had not peeh
fairly donc and u number Of old clerks had been
reduced
Ernest Haier a record and pension division clerk
told Of his fear that the theatre building would fall
during the progress Of the excavation. lie hau al
ways believed the structure dangerous one day
during heavy wind the building had shaken ana trem
bed vsibly and pcrccptiby 1t had trcmhed 81, 80
that water In bottles could BE- seen 70 shake. ~
had not made complaints 70 his superior Officers De
cause he feared thu consequences lie Knew lDit a
clerk named Lease or Pcas had asked for transfer
another building and had been told that N, o "
against Co,onel Ainsworth and Jro6 Frech because
they had not been furloughed while tnr ne, tt,mony
concerning The existence of the alleged petition 10
Colonel Answor,h asking that the clerks be H..
during the progress OF the work In the bastuth' IAN
said he understood that such petition mao iSc r
drafted but clerks refused 10 sign II DeGau' sad dS
feared that they might be injured MI Bauer saiu u,
aid not know OF his personal knowledge that such
a petition had been prepared. but he nenuoh'Ia
the names of two clerks who, he uhders'oou' ""'
signed II. ,. D,n,,r
list before Mr.. Baicr began his testimony DrpuE
Coroner >haefer served with papers lssuri Nv
Chief Justice Bingham, of the supreme court Oh Wv ~.
District of colamba directing ct oh min 10 Hppr re-
oucsng that ne Colonel Ainsworthl be allowed 10
De represented by counsel al the Inquest me oi"'
Ct the Chief Justice is as follows: , ro,,,a
In the supreme Court OF the District OF S""' ,,n
The United states. reato Frederick T. ME- ~
worth. VS. Edward NJ. Shaener. Deputy coroner "
the ID strict OF Columbia. Before Bingham L. De- at
Chambers. ,;,.
Iron consideration of the petition OF Fred g. ANS
worth rcator i'm the above entitled ease. II j. ms LIN
day of June 1898, ordered that Edward NJ shaehrr'
Deputy Coroner Of the District OF toluinpa saomm
O'Clock p. M. at Chambers, why the PRAYER o, me
petition filed In the said cause shouiu n1e w
granted, and why pereinp,Ory VIII OF hihiioam"'
should not issue against him as tncTin PiTC 7,
A. L. Crosby testified TO the death OF ). ~ CnaPin'
an whose body the inquest Is being hcld r.. r. f'i
wards who followed. one OF the few clerks VINO
went into the cellar while the excavation WIS Gshs
on. lie said he saw no underpnhiig. Inc u,',n'
was considered unsafe by the CLERKS lie ne h'
know Of any unusual fear on the parl OF 'nr o,'
,Ioycs while the excavation was going On. IrNu u
mony that the clerks directed to Walk careiu,N
ON the stairway in the theatre b'nldhg was eNrm ~
Harry Brandon, a third-foor clerk These cr'ctlohs
we're given more than ten days ago by n negro mes
songer. Frank Randolph ana otlcr cierks saNc va
tnonv about the hard feeling between employees ana
hoir supcriors in the record ana pcn,,u1n ui'
s, :O5 O'Clock the jury took recess un'!l 4o D. H.
Therc were no witnesses called upon III" re
assembling OF the Csroners jury. Deputy coroner
-hn.r simply lap ped for order. and stated tat n ne
to nrrpare hi, reply to the order Of chief Justice
bingham Of the District Supreme Court he wonlu hu
jcurn The inoncst 1t was accordingly adjourned
till IL o'clock tomorrow