New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-17
SCHWANDTNER IN COUR1
ALLOWED TO GO FREE
harrington Rat Trap, Says Inoue,,
JurymaH-FTeproofng Frozpr

ON me resumption CO the Darlinsto1 s,..-.
= y1s'7I-1y before Coroner Scholer a. ms
- l"s experts IN the West sdA NJ, y1fy
CoN''' Faul Schwandtner. Of the firm, 40 ~ e'psi
~ anu le1' VINO had the contract FOR a..
~, '.lo MOTEL appeared in the court-. 80
-i7 was accompanied by his counsel .oor
her' VINO surrendered him to Coroner s-s-,l Wet
detectives OF the District Attorney, -
poAcemen were unable TO find schvv,-,s s---1s snt
'ne accident Coroner schoIer did no, - ar'sr
uhder arrest He said Schwandtner vvo,,,s - AIN
later as a witness D oe called
Grey b. Waite. who Eugene Allison s,ts
80. --'I written to him stating that ~ N'-
erect great saving in the steel floor ne ne could
use OF MS hreproodng plan. denied on tLa " mo
S'"Hu lnat he had promised to cut dow, .''ness
eS,Lltte- Waite got the contract for ga s'eei
bld You ever tell Eugene Allison tn. -
he was asked Nepartment-'
NO. sir. never"
Allison testified that he b,5 .,f7 -.
he did not believe him ~ and that
Waite said he had heard that ri. Oh
approved FOR technical reasons Edvvs-4 -, - rs
CLerN IN Wa1te's Office, said he bro,-b. NJ sa7
sketches amending the Neville q Pc. i'es
which Bagge signed Later he found tb,s pisn'
nau oeen dsapproved- Julius c. Tomek % - S'@ =.
L'S' LlI1y-eighth-st-. engineer for PoIo
SchWandtGer. testified that the rl,,. - q
fzo-
amendment A'is0n for
Schwandtner told him that AUtso, go,
risnt 70 make new plans. II took hin, ,bs ~ al'
OF Tour months TO complete these. byt ~ ~
Der ne went TO see Allison with mar. - -,
Allison told him that the Waite plans - IN IN
approved BY the Buildings Department H., -
doubted It. He for the first time Isar,sd n. uo
been disapproved. ''0'S mad
DO you think that it was safa "a -
hybrid structure OF this sort six or savs, -.
ABOVE the orickwork?' asked 1rr DeevsS ons :,
the jurors ''0 u
guess not; # was regular rat tran"
CLaIIes French, Inspector for ironwork IN IN.
DN-i-sS department.. said his district ran from,
L'NT'y-lourth 70 Flty-ninth St. from river n,
river Il was practically impossible IN cover -
large district thoroughly Fro-, 49,. -
&c or October he had visited the Darifngto1 9rc,
6--.1.."tCe week He believed that II was being
ne never saw the Pole & schwandtIer plans.
4, ne ADMITTED that he did not have time m sea-
{ne material good and the casting fair On Deem,
oer q be hled violation that the side walls wsrs
ssal4lso up TOO nigh. and on March . the day o.
tae disaster, another violation for the same req
son. ana also because the floor beams were no,
properly tied and bolted He had noticed that the
leaning toward the east. --
French declared mat h did not see anv such
piles OF iron on the eleventh story as Allison b5d
said were there on the day OF the Disaster
John F. Peeke, inspector OF masonry FOR the
Buildings Department. testified that ne had fled
a violation against the owners FOR putting in the
instead II hollow block HreproOs brick which the
specidrariCEs called for. lie had seen a section
Of the building IN the rear three inches out Of
plumo leaning toward the east. He ordered Halpia
70 plumb e Up az once or stop work In regard u
the n-eproofrg on the floors. he admitted that a
large part Of il must have been put in In frozen
condition, as it came down in the ruins IN such
shape that 1t could be shoveled out instead Of in
blocks. as u would have had II set properly
Adjournment was taken GEdl this afternoon.