The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
EAST SIDE BUILDING FALLS.
BURIEs THREE WoRKMEN, VINO ARE
BADLY HURT.
An Overloaded Floor and Green Walls Did
the NIischief-Boy Architect and YOUTH
full Builder Are Arrested and Held
The Pnlire \ NY Innkinp In the OMnera.

An Overloaded Floor and Green Walls Did
the Mischief-Boy Architect and NOuth-
full Builder Are Arrested and Held
The Police Sow Looking Up the Owners.
com binatlon OF boy architect. youthful
contractor and builder. green walls and an
overloaded floor proved too much for n tene-
ment house In process OF erection at PA Madt
eCn street yesterday morning, and II collapsed
severely injuring three Italian workmen. The
house was one Of row OF four Delng.erected at
30 to 27D Madison street for Joseph Brass
and Louis Frank. The police have not been
able 20 find Brass. Frank Is said to live at
West Park. near Asbury Park. n. j. The three
injured workmen were taken to Gouverneur
Hos pital. None OF them will die. The boy
architect and tho builder and contractor were
arrested. and In Essex Market Court we're held
by Magistrate Pool for further examination
The tim bers for the second floor OF the house
had been laid and yesterday the contractor
started to erect hod hoist In the rear OF the
building. To clear q place about two tons OF
bricks. some iron girders. heavy pieces OF wood
and other material were piled on the iron
grders In the front part OF the building. The
pile grew until suddenly an o!ninous crack
appeared In tho walls. Before the three Ital-
ian laborers who were mixing mortar in the
cellar had q chance TO climb out the iron grid
ers were pulled from tho wall by the weight
and the Orders, joists and walls fell into tho
cellar. covering them; The other workmen
scampered out OF the building.
An immense cloud Of dust had arisen. and
some one in the neighborhood mistaking this
Truck IL responded and started to rescue the
men who were buried. BY tho time the re-
peared on the scene tho tlremen had rescued
tho men. Salvador Nscardi OF PA Elizabeth
street had u fractured shoulder blade. con-
lie Anf n
tusons. and Michael E l N Of Is Elizabeth HH
AS soon as the police arrived they asked the
names OF the architect and contractor and
foreman Baidnf Itnspector EerI who had
young man as the contractor. The young man
said that he was John Holweidel, - years old
ors. Of pol South Fifth street. Brooklyn. aud
that he was his own foreman. and that the
OF the P Bahss , tire
police went there ana found noIone in the office
but an; another n youth. who at first said mat he
the architect. Finally he said that he would
ing time Acting Cart Brown promrty or
dered Detective McCauley to arrest the young
On the way to the, station he admitted that
he had been the architect OF the building and
that he had also acted rs bookkeeper, time
keeper and clerk Tor brass n Frank.
SerGt. Mcdonald was nj the desk in the Madl-
son street station when the prsone IS arrived.
He heard so much talk about Brass 4, Frank.
Asbury Park and other things that when tha
architect gave his name and address he, was
entered on the hotter as "Brassau Frank, Is
Attorney street. Asbury-Park. New York"
Capt. Brown ordered the Sergeant to correct
the entry. and the Sergeant refused. Then the
CAPTAIN chargci It to tho name and address the
prisoner had'givan Joseph .Sivcrson. 20 years
old of 10 Attorney street. Silverson and Iol-
whidel were charged with criminal negi-
Cence. In court they pleaded not guilty. and on
furnishing 81 900 bail were released.
Superintendent Dooner of the Department
OF buildings, after IN specting the building. said
that Il had no. made enough uro-ress for de-
fective plans to have caused the accident The
masonry was all right. hut it was still green.
The cause Of the collapse had undoubtedly been
the overloaded floor. An Investigation would bs
made by the department before 1t would allow
the erection of the building to 10 resumed