The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-01
ONE OF THE JURORS COLLAPSED
Preliminary Work of the Coroner Before Holding the
quest-JuTy ImpaneIed and the Bodies of
the Victims Viewed.

/ n HICAGO. Dec Shy order of Cor
oner Treager. the heare oharnel
house was TO-DAY placed under
! tight police guard. No person could enter
without a written order from chief of
Police O'NeiH. Who was notified mat he
would be held responsible for Neeplng the
building i'm the eXacJ condition n which
II was feft by the sweep OF the flames
Thirty pdtrOimen were stationed across
the front Of the building and twenty men
guarded the rear, while within were Jnlrty
more Officers. the Whole interior. inClud-
ing the StaiTwayS and fire-bittrE baicOn-
les being jealousy guarded As soon as
, possible TO-DAY an additional detail OF
policemen went through the 0ucnel build
ing from top TO bottom.
Search sor Bodies.
There were fears that in the basement
/ beneath ten feet of muddy water Wouio
he found moro victims uf the smoke and
flames. Bis fire engines that 0eIOre nao
delJged the place were eoddy BENG
utilized to draw forth dozens of streams
cf thick. murky water from the bIsenlent-
while d dozen firemeu in h:p boots mace q
thorough search of The 5as= meul for
bodies No bodies however, were found
According to the records of the city
building department WE.Ch were closely
scanned today. the building o. dnaute
was complied with in every particular III
the construction Of the IrOuuois. he In
sDector. Edward LauglP. reported that
no provisions Of the ordnance We're KiO-
lated. II was generally considered 20 be
an absolutely fice-proof structure The
Iroquois was provided with twer ty-seVen
double fire exits. bat wood was used and
stairways We're employed.
Jury Impaneled
With the announcement that one jugy
Of representative CitiZf MS would listen 40
All the evidence REGARDING the fiTt and
7rfrr ayN =
Ccrcr or TreageT today impareled jury.
National Republican Comm. tLeeItali
Greene stewart member of the lirm 81
Willard H. Hoyt 4 CO., whoiys5lH 6roc-
crs was told by the coroner that TIE
death or Mr. 5oyts daughter. Airs T..
Morton Fox. 8u0 her tntcc cnii0lfh,
would be taken as "a basis for the invcsti-
cation.
III any persons are Responsible for this
fire" said torCner Irs agtF. 'tneE Viii
he prosecuted 90 The fullest extent Of toe
law The investigation OF the fire vii
be thorough. We viii leave ne stone an
turned in our efforts 20 itN The respon-
sibiiity
The corcner's Jury is as follows. L.
II. Meyer. secretary Of the Kennedy Fur
niture company: Or. Peter Evrues. sales
man for LyCn X HCaly. Waiter Cil-Eman,
salesman for Tobey Furniture company,
Joseph y. Cummings. manager OF Brown
ing. King & Co.: George ". atkins. credit
man 70. Marshall Field & Co, John ".
Fine salesman for A. ii. Reveu * Co.
Juror Collapsed.
Continued sight of dead Bodies lying
huddied on the floors an5 tables Of the
various city mezgues proved too much
/ this afternoon for some uf the jurors
! impaneled by Coroner TreageT, Several
members of the iury objected to being
! forced TO view the bodies and one juror
Joseph Cummings practically collapsed
at Boistons m0rgue. where he jury was
| forced to step ever the dead bodies FL
/ their tour Of inspection.
Informal Inquiry Concluded.
Coronel Treager t0aieht concluded an
informal INQUIRY into the cause ~ the
1 FIRE. Hts first witness was William o..
Sellers. a fireman employed Ct the Ir0-