The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-03
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Fourteen Families Run Out Of Home
by Fire.
M NJ R ):. WEPT OVER CHILE.
Woman, While Recovering from u
Serious Illness. Either Jumne,, or
Fell Down A -rs.af, SIX Stories
Youth Stabbed by Friend
M NJ. r ''I:. Re: WEPT OVER CHILE.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2.-Fire threatened
the lives of fourteen families in !, so.,-
ionable apartment house at the north
west corner Of Madison Avenue "a MI
ty-frst Street yesterday, and inci,en+o,,v
cleaned out the. expensive stoc,- :. =,
English tailor. whose smsr, u;,;a,,
breaches and velvet waistcoa,s burned
and bedraggled, were tossed into Tho ~
ter, to the delectation of an sa,r,
crowd. The cuuse of the blaze is !, Ne
terry.
The apartment house is the sorra,+o
No. 1856 Madison Avenue, a sevs,
and basement brick structure !, -,
basement, on the Thirty-tirst strso+
is the shop of J. S. Jones. tall,
SAYS that he carried $1,000 or sSC,y ~ w
of stock there. He and some or h. ~
had been working there during the -
ing, and had locked the place and -
away about noon. The fire s,artsi sol.e
after o'clock.
Dr. George ]. Heimer, who. will
brother, Or. John N. Helmer, has ntt,a -
on the first floor, right over the -
shop, first noticed the smoke comm
through the radiator into his aparr-,oo,, II
| and poured few bucketfuls of 80.
! down through the radiator Thera -
| some eight or nine patients in the roo,,,. &
| several OF them undergoing treat,,ar, 3
| They developed CELEBRITY in gettlns IN q
! their clothes which showed that a7saaso
| had not sapped their visor, and wnros
| soon in the street
Jo1,
| dent Bird, of the apartment house am,
! two alarms were quickly sent n. Tho
| door of the tailor shop was broken IN
| and when the firemen arrived they soo,,
! got the blaze under control Bin W.
| Jones stock was wreck. He is par,ai,
| insured The damage to the building was
! about $500.
| DOWN AN AIRSHAFT.
| While suffering from a fit OF meIan-
| cholia due to an illness from which she
| was convalescing, Mrs. Louisa Merritt.
| wife of r. A. Merritt, a florist. either
! jumped or fell yesterday from the root
| of six-story apartment house. at No.
i 927 Park Avenue, to the bottom of an air
| shaft and was instantly Killed.
| Mrs. Merritt was operated upon at the
| Presbyterian Hospital five weeks ago She
| had a private room and the best OF care
| When her husband took her home ons
| week ago she was made as comfortable
! as possible, and it was thought that sh,
! would soon recover. Mr.. Merritt's siste
| and q servant cared for the invalid He
| husband was devoted to her, and Will
he was about attending to business sh
| had the company of her three Dvvs Tn
! family occupied the first floor Of the Tar
| Avenue apartment house.
! Without saying a word to any one i
| the fiat, Mrs. Merritt climbed the stairs
| the roof The janitor few minutes lat,
| heard the sound Of something striking II
| tagging at the foot of an airshaft ar
! found the woman's body. Physician
. We're summoned, but life was extinct.
| Coroner's Physician o Hanlqn. who hs
| the case, said that it was either an acc
dental fall or that the woman, because
| worry over her illness. had thrown he
self from the roof. Mr.. Merritt said
8 was certain that it was an accident.
his wife, though nervous and sufferi
| from insomnia, was improving in heall
and was in good spirits when he left
the morning. He said that she had pro
abby gone to the roof to walk in
open air, and, becoming dizzy, had fall
| into the airshaft.
The interment will be in Newport, r.
buried.
WEPT OVER HER CHILD.
Not until She saw her child whom
| had deserted, did Mrs. Margaret Err
show my emotion when arraigned in
Administered Police Court, Brooklyn,
terday to answer to the charge OF hav
killed George Deges, a Greek. for VIII
she had abandoned her home, her husos
and her boy.
She made brief replies to the questi
put to her by the clerk and the Ma:
! trate She pleaded guilty to the cha
against her and said: 81 killed him
I'm not sorry. He insulted me and
qllarrelled. got his revolver and
him twice l killed him and no"
ready to answer for the crime.
! She was being led away when resi-
table appearing man. with bright eS
fair-haired boy of seven Eenrs by his
approached her. The man was the
mans de- erted husband and the child
her offspring. She saw the latter
and knelt down to kiss the little one.
Rugged the child to her breast as he
sobS shook her form. ..My Godn she
claimed, "My child'' That was all
REFUSED HUSBANDS AID.
Ernest Ertell, the husband, spoke to
wife in German. His eyes We're red. a
from weeping. He asked if he might
her in her cell. The woman turned a.
with a sob. Don't speak to me.
gasped. 81 don't deserve 1t. Leave M
myself
Once more she Rugged the wondel
child to her breast, and, as the tears I
her eyes fell on his chubby, innocent Il
fnce, she said: kiss mamma good-hy
then forget her. Forget that ever II
Love your papa and be a good boy
ways.
The husband and father turned az
but only for an instant. He proposed
he get a lawyer to defend her. She
fused the offer, saying that she was
deserving Of his pity and had emo
money to engage counsel for hersel
! she wanted to- But T don't want
lawyer" she said. 81 killed the man
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