New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-19
CHILDREN IN A PANIC.
rp,ctrrr,NEp BY THE CRY THAT THE
DEVIL" WAS IN THEIR sChOOi"

ELEVEN HUNDRED GIRLS IN THE PhAi''o'''D
or GRAMMAR SCHOOL. NO. RESCUED '''
80, TUT, cc.,I,SEss OF THE TEACHERS
,,s q, children had narrow escape i'O.
hs,rg crushed TO death shortly oeio'. .,,--ed IN
.ardav afternoon during panic VIM orer OF
- school No a. at the southeast GUN"
'rai'' 1,,,.,r,,on SITS More than eleven h'''
n'1e' -, ver,. gathered in the PLAYGROUND w.
a,,,d floor Of the building wheh sum ~,
80 tho cry th.t the devil was III .' Az m.
IT. 70 kill the teachers anu pup = sen-
uuarar there we're girls, the Dogs ma, ,oco,
,orcrr,nd Instantly the chl'one" ~
arate play e-.,n,tr, nadly around. They were
screa"''.e - s,rugeling and ehriekng mass W.
'oinoi and a squad of school tsaV"'.s .ao1
'"' a.~ance and by their cool"e''
order revaued IN the streets
s.ul greater excitement p'''" o,rcnla.od that
.,'rrounaing the school AS the r''ioi 49,, and the
children had been killed III -" ~ the scholars
.o,h.rs fathers and other reia'''' Omission.
iho."' $780, entrances ciamorng lor IA
oes'ee' =. .he Denncey-st stato" n'' -.
.nod - disperse the mob ana j va Then
sI@o,,,v that the task was ~ r., .bs devil
~, came along end shou'eu - 1Ia was
was on the roof OF the scHoo'
,rorontlv orrested and looKeu "l, ., o,nrer when
pronpu' -. N,d inst returned from ann ,nn
i"' '...u.,, occurred. There were -,,,hs,
w. T., ,,e n,ayground at The time .na, no
g. a, th, street entrance. liz i :, u.os one OF
30, entered the place. p"' say !. seems that
nc. ,.,,a girls who caused the pam -, ret side
the H''' &c.,. the children attending 'he '-' ,r
for SONY -, nu.d with fear in ahVc''"
schooi' ~" -, satanic Majesty. How 'n'' 70.
N -. s,arted among the chm" 49, NAV
ST. Uh,,e the lntle girls ga'''' ,,,. shou,ed
.round II is said that one OF 'ne'" -, ,nre OWNED
So We - now" The ch'u'''' a.. ,,av would
iHe tho devil and. fearing 'h"' -" 80 some
become his N'>>
Mace o. safety -, % the Female De-
20 y A Write principal OF inc 49,, socond
-,.,ert was sitting in her room .,,o children
20" hen she heard the screams " =, ,he MAY
~ .ho rush of 1900 little tee' "o"" .,.,.ov and
anu '.'0 sN -,shed for the nearest stA'' ',,a
ground one ia, ~ the panic-stricken chhure'i'
was SUI" Co. shem TO keep order hS 9 ~,
ehe e'o a most with long ruler "niC" ~ $50,
rht With her The children ne"i .,,c that
80, mild rush and c.ung 10 mr Sh" 49,, 80 save
.ha devil was after them anu oese-'S ,,n,nal when
'he rouowing close behind the pr'hc'pa, ,hor
'hei'' -, ,o,,,, the stairway. were invent! o'''N
she hh one Of whom had heard me 0''e' -
,rstrirloen children. The 'e"V"' -, ,ho,r
y, ,ha mass Of frightened chiIHei', az, -. toxic
.. aided in restoring order l.. NV tbo,
inrg for the teachers 10 assure All 'e ~ ere not
io Us. as No devil in the building ana 'heS 49,,
IN the least danger. Ehe cuie''
~, 20 their respective cIassToo'' =. manic took
7, the mean time a similar SEN 0 several
" .s,ao IN RI1rsgton and Rldee SO
~ .he frightened children VINO "eie nree, raising
tranne OF the playground ran mo ~ ~ school The
!Iancr that there devil IN me sciUo 20 The
the CT! a., The nlaysrUlnd and the screams y, 49,
pt,ed children could be plainly heaiu -. Tinds Of
and II ala not take long 10, NJ a"nselv nonuat ed
rum6Is 10 Women by the scores p me
iI ee fyhtlng with one another 10 ec IL straets
school doo- In less than NE s,o Dr ny
vare blocked with the strlggniE mo- station
rom a., IN front OF the school Wheh tne go nns
%rs, broke out He placed IAinseIl il, narsons 10
~ the entrances and shoutel 10 800 and eU the
~ o,r wound 10 the Delancey-s; sia,Io' ar" ,t5 70,
run ai0e MAJ he wanted all the help ne coui *,
IT, nol,cemen had force tnelr way oIfar n
crowd and finally reached the sue . Oh ~ T., Wi n
TIE policemen drew their biiies anu ,ue
.ire .tack On the crowd bu they gave VIZ so go
Tvery inch OF ground had 10 be ioe Hsao Minutes
the women would fall back !, 'oo ia1.es before The
haiu W. o. .rort of the school were cleared so as
70 nreyent any likelihood OF rush AT nv ~ - Zen
The police had hardly driven PACK tne i'.v ~ ws
s,other stampede occurred. nitIe man M" ,roSe
dy,ne an express wagon caused H. AS ne uions
through the crowd he suddenly POM 70 now. he
Of the schoonouse and cree Sr. was another tumuit
in the street and the women began usy mo
as they tried more TO force Ine ~ .na
the building They were easily eysrsenss be-
however II several hours io'ei '"''0'7' ~
fore the excitement entirely abaied: ,o,.,r oause
The story OF the panic and us pecuISr caus -.
spread all over the East Side below rou1eenln,st
that they had really seen me eel anu ,o,n 10
be persuaded that they had been iaiseiy I ~,
The expressman who shouted mat we, neN-, W.
IN tbe roof OF the school was arrestel ana de
scribed himself as lsidore Goetz thrty7one years s
old of No Sc Rdge-st. The only excuse ne nag lol
his act was that ne had heard every one taking
about the devil, and he thought ne "ou'u nave SWIM
thing 10 say about him himself.