The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-16
EMMANUEL CHURCH.
Description of the Interior and Location OF the
Several Rooms.

Description of the Interior and Location of the
Several Rooms.
The Emmanuel Baptist Church on Bart
lett street was in charge of the police all
day yesterday, and no one was permitted
to enter who did not have business within.
The usually quiet street in front OF the
edifice was crowded all day with men,
women and children, who were busy dis
cussing the mysteries that have shocked
the people for the past few days.
Many were anxious to gain admission,
prompted only by morbid curiosity to
gaze upon the empty church, the blood
stained room in which the body of Minnie
Williams was found and the platform in
the belfry on which was found the form OF
poor Blanche Lamont. But all such who
could not give good reason why they
should be admitted were politely informed
that they could not go in, and they con-
tented themselves with gazing at the out
side of the edifice and watching the door
as if expecting that every time 1t was
opened another body would be carried out
on stretcher.
But they were disappointed. The widely
circulated rumor that the body of third
woman had been found under the floor OF
Within the church there was an unusual
silence, and the few who were inside
moved with a cautious step as II divine
service was being conducted within.
Entering on Bartlett street the visitor
to the church finds himself in vestibule
that leads to the lecture-room on the
ground floor. To the right of the vesti-
bule there is an airy, light room that is
known as the ladies' parlor. 1t is neatly
but plainly furnished with table, chairs
and few pictures. On the mantel there
is small Workbasket containing comb,
and over the mantel there is a large mir
ror.
In the rear of this apartment is small
room used as classroom Tor younger
Sunday-school children. This room has
two doors in the rear, one on the north
and the other on the south side. The one
in the south side may be reached by path
on the south side of the building, and this
is written on the outside: Pastors study,
ring the bell, then open the door and walk
upstairs" The other door may be reached
by walking around the rear end of the.
building, but it is seldom used. From the
rear OF the children's room there is fight
of stairs that leads to the pastors study.
On the north side is the kitchen and
pantry.
At either side of the vestibule in the
front of the structure there is a flight OF
stairs, each leading to the auditorium,
At the west of the north staircase there is
a door that opens into a room ten by
twelve, that looks out on Bartlett street.
This was used by the librarian of the cir
culating library as place in which to re-
ceiye those who called for books. On the
south side of the building is a similar
room that is used as storeroom. Off each
of these rooms is small room eight feet
long, six and half feet wide and six feet
three inches high at the highest point.
There is slight pitch in the ceiling from
the side of the building to the center, caused
by the stairs.
There is on the upper floor broad vesti
bule which has to be crossed in order to
re-enter the auditorium.
The altar at the east end looked desolate
yesterday, with the dropping Easter flow
ers in the condition they were left in by
the ladies of the congregation who were
decorating when the frightful news came
to them that the body of a murdered girl
had been found in the librarians room.
At the right of the altar is the door that
opens into the pastors study, large,
pleasant room in the southeast corner of
the building, with bay-window looking
south. On the shelves there are num-
Der of good books; there are few pictures,
and on the floor, resting against the west
wall, there is a large photograph of the
Rev. J. George Gibson, the pastor. On his
and books he had used in preparing his
Easter sermon. From the yestibule al
ready described short flight of stairs on