The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-14
KILLED AT HOLLAND HOUSE
MRS. n. O. LBVT'S SKULL FRACTURED
IN AN EI

ohe Fell sn 10 Assembled aua Her Head. Pro-
Beam or the Second Eissr-Kievatsr's Mo-
tion Thought to Have n1ade Her Dizzy.
Mrs. Arthur O. Levy. wife Of one Of the part
ners in the firm Of Hays, Goldberg g. 90. Of 725
Broadway, was killed yesterday in one of tho
elevators in tho Holland House, at Fifth avenue
and Thirtieth street. She became dizzy as the
elevator started up from the ground floor, and
fell. Her head, which projected from tho door
of tho elevator, struck one of the beams sup
porting the second floor, and her skull and jaw
bono were fractured on the left side.
Mrs. Levy had spent the afternoon with q
party, which included her husband, his two
daughters, Thomas Mansfield of 20s West
Seventy.second street. Isaac NJ. Hays OF 153West
Ninety-flrst street, their wives, and III. N. and
BENJAMIN Z. Marx of the firm of Marx Sc Haas
of st. Louis, Mo. The party took an afternoon
breakfast at tho Cafd Martin. in University
place. and had walked up Fifth avenue
to the hotel. where the Marxes had boon
stopping during their three weeks visit to this
city. They were going to look at q collection Of
photographs which H.. N. Marx had made. and
when they entered the hotel no went to tho
desk at the rear OF the office for his key, while
the others stopped in front of the last of the
three elevators. which are in the centre of the
building.
Before Mr.. Marx returned with the key tho
three women stepped into the elevator, and
William Logger. who was in charge Of 1t, started
up with them. The women stood at the back Of
the elevator and waved their handkerchief at
the rest of tho party as the elevator started up.
kogleF stood st his lever n Goy With .h the S Women en- be, 5o,
ground floor he remained standing with
his LETT arm across the doorway. his left hand
had risen about twelve feet. Mrs. Levy suddenly
fell under his extended arm to the floor of the
nor Of a piasterencased steel beam. which
projects about two inches from the wall Of the
elevator shaft. two feet below the level of the
None Of the other occupants of the car can toll
Just what had happened before Mrs. Levy fell.
mem bra Of the occurrences nrreU a.' Of the lew vH seconds
that elapsed after they entered the elevator and
Levy spoke Of feeling faint just as the elevator
started up, though she had not complained Of
any such feeling during the walk up Fifth
The elevator had not started any more sud-
denly than usual and had gone up smoothly.
partly. perhaps. to the motion Of the elevator.
as Mrs. Levy FELL. The other women Screamed
when they saw what had happened. and there
The captain Of the force Of beilboys was the drst
to realize the nature of the accident, and he at
once whistled down to TIE engineer TO shut on
the hydraulic power from the elevators.
Manager Gustav Baumann who was near by,
ran upstairs with Mr.. Levy and his friends. but
as Mr.. Baumann did not know exactly what
had occurred, he was not willing that the ole
yator should be moved. so that 1t was nearly
five minutes before the women were released
from the car, which was several feet below the
level of the second floor. As Mrs. Levy lay at
this time her head was not in contact with the
beam it had struck. but her hand hung over the
edge of the elevator doorway. An ambulance
was summoned from the New York Hospital.
and DR.. ]. Ii. Irwin Of tho hotel was also called.
but Mrs. Levy was dead when carried out of the
elevator.
Logger. who was arrested as a matter Of for
mality, is 25 years old, unmarried. and has run
tho elevator for four years. He was released
last night on bail furnished By Manager Bau-
mann, and went to his home at 53s West Fifty
third street. Coroner Hart viewed the body
early last night. and 1t WAS removed to an un-
dertaker'a An autopsy will be performed to-day
by Coroner's Physician Weston.
Mrs. Levy WAS In her forty-third year. She
had two daughters. one married. Tho Levys'
home Is at 20 West Eighty-fourth street.
One month ago yesterday on Jan. ID. occurred
the only other elevator accident in the history
Of the Holland House. Joseph McKenna. a ,por-
ter. was being carried past tho floor at which he
wished to stop and attempted to jump from the
freight elevator while 1t was In motion. He
was killed instantly.