The morning times., 1896-10-08

and broke nearly every pane of glass in
the city. He couldn't tell whether the
wind blew as hard then as last week or
not. III was too long ago. That storm
was about as bad as this.
Coroner Hanmett then asked whether
MI. Ciuss had examined the building He
had not. Dr. llammctt then said he
th.ught Mr.. Cluss was not cnmp.tent
| Mr. Finley said lie wished Mr.. Ciuss to
testify rs an expert. He thought Mr..
tiuss might look over the plans and
photographs aud give expert Testimony
as {" what might be expected OF such
| construction.
Alter looking at the plans n few mo-
mehtS. Mr.. Cinss said he declined To give
an expert opinion orfhand
There was evident at tins noin; a dis
position Ia close the case withou; fur;b
testimony. a Juror asked Mr. Finley
what proportion OF the witnesses had been
called Tor him.
Mr. Finley replied with spirit He said
lie had brought witnesses the day be-
fore, ana they had been ridiculcd as not
skilled engineers. Today be had come
with experts ani they had been throw n out
aS not competent. because they hal not seen
rhe building. He now desired that they
lie allowed 10 see the building and testify.
lie said lie had got up at I:3o "A. m, To
cat,h Mr. sicinmctk before he got away
from home this morning He was in
Nrcsted because lie and his wife came
near being buried in the ruins. He ex-
peCtcd 10 go back aud live under that
wall again, and he wanted to know that
ii Was put UP right.
GOT BACK AT THOMAS.
Mr.. John Hewlett asked leave to saw
that. be had come before the jury the ;iav
before aud had been s.,tjcctcd 10 snccrs
hnd sarcasm by Attorney Thomas He
had not inspected the building, vet his
test moGy was admitted. Why should
Steinmetz and Ciuss be excluded
MI. Brown asked who had ridicued
him, and tried to irnpeach his TESTIMONY
BY base InsinuaiionS,' lie exclaimed,
an attempt wa.i made 10 dscredit me
was askc IL my son was not employed by
ar. Beatty, ana the like The coroner
wpnid not gave me protection when
asked it,
II IS due TO Mr.. Robert Hewlett to say
here that by au inadyetcnt omission oI th..
word not The Times yesterday made
his father say he WAS seeking employ
mcnt with Mr. Beatty again. The contrary
is thcCasc
Mr.. Alert then got the floor and swept
down with u whirlwind ,f Indignation
at wnat he considered unjust treatment.
lie had thrown his Luding open 10 the
inspection of everybody for a time: had
published the fact in the Iaprrs. Now he
was asked IL subject il to further exam
iuatiGu.
Ii, heard story this morninG OF an out
rafrCus proceeding and had gone to Major
Moore. or the police. saying it seemed
InCrcdihle, but he had heard that some one
had been cutting the walls If his building
when neither he nor his architcc, was
present. To provide against the r"ssIt ility
Il such thing he asked police protection.
THIS was refused him. N2w he was asked
TO open the place to further possible
d'predatons. He had found tie report OF
cutting his walls was true ana lie didn't
want any chance that they should hc
further tampered with.
CUT OUT THE ANCHORS.
III tell you why ! want to close my
building lie exclaimed. "A lot of tres
pas>.rs have gone into il suIreItitiuusly
and cut out the anchors. II is monstrouS
that these men should endaHgcr life by
this sort of performance.
"fn tell You what have done III this
thing. j have done what considered dan
gerous. IL was requested by tie jury that
l allow EIy wall 10 be cut To ascertain
whether Mr.. Schneider was i liar and a
pei iJurcr. / permitted it. What did they
find? \ strong, wrought iron anchor A;
the request OF the jury this was cut AMI
was shown to lie Sin inches in the wall,
four inches long and the same size as the
hole drilled In the beam
Ill concluding Mr.. Albert said lie regretted
If his words Were disagreeablc 10 anyone.
Mr.. Holmes jumped up and said angrily
Mr.. Albert had thrown an imputation upon
him.
Il never saw him before today in my
hfr,h Tie exclaimed. Il never saw Mr..
Brown, nor Mr.. Brady, nor You yourself.
Mr.. Coroner, before today. / lave no in
tcrcst in this matter except that a man
has been killed and the building seems to-
me badly constructed. lave known these
men, turning 10 Mcssrs. Beatty and Fin
ley, only short time.
REpELLED THE INSULT.
Now ] am attacked as having done an
undcrhandcd thing. ! repel the insult. |
did nothing except what / had a perfect
right 10 do. The men Were already cutting
in Tor the anchor when ! came. l simply
locked at the iron after il was reached.
When the jurors came they We're not
taken on the roof. This man refused to 20,
saying, Damned If l go just for YOU
i didn't say any such thiug.' said Mr..
Langley, sprnging to his feet.
This jury is no good anyhow. 1t ought
10 he dismissed" concluded Mr.. Holmes
angrily.
Il don't know what the gentleman
means,' said Juror Bromwell, but lie has
no right TO talk like that"
He ought to he put out of the room.''
said Mr.. Langley.
In some conIusI Ion Dr. Hamniett announced
in a loud voice the adjournment OF the pro-
ceedirgs till Friday, with privilege TO
Mcssrs. Cluss ard SteinJnetZ to inspect
the building as agreed to by Mr.. Albert.
Mr. Finley denied to Times reporter