Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-04
CORONER IS
 AT WORK.
Every Theatre Elm
 ploye to Testify.
Chief of Police Demands the Payroll from Treas urer Noonan---A New York Preacher Talks
 About Fire.

Chicago, Jan 4-The investigate to fix the responsibility for the Iro- quois fire horror was taken up to-day son, who has the assistance of the chief of police and of Coroner Trae gef. Every employe of the theater, on the stage and in the auditorium. are on the list summoned for axamina- hon Sixty-Fye witnesses will be ex- anlined
 Upon Treasurer John J. Noonan of the Iroquois theater Chief O'Neill has made a demand for the payrolls of the house, giving the names of the employees. From union officials other data concerning these employees has been sought.
 Although the police interfosed no objection when the members of the NIr Bluebeard'' company left for the east, some of the actors may be brought back to add their testimony to that of the sixteen members who have been arrested
 New York. Jan 14.-In a sermon upon the lesson taught by the Chi cago atheater fire Dr George c. Lori mer of the Madison avenue Baptist church, said:
 While we are Investigating the cause of the Chicago disaster and are examining theaters hereabouts, it would be well to enlarge our inquir- ies and see to it that life is not in oth- CT places unnecessarily imperiIed
 This catastrophe also arises the question whether the whole business $ of amusement i not greatly overdone Time was when theaters were open in the evening only; then came the < week end afternoon performance, but nSw there are some shows that run open from morning till late at night, as though theater-going was the SUI prerne end of life. Sunday is also en- croached upon, particularly in Chlca- 20. Aud, apart from the peril of life, there Is the question confronting par ents whether it is advisable to develop the taste for theater-going in such young children as perished in the Chi cago fire
 And why should afiiictions be need- Cd to convince us that eyaded as well as violated law always entails retribu- ton? If we can successfully walk d selves and never dream of evil conse- auences but when it is shown that theater managers do as the rest do and fail to comply with tic provisions for the security of the public we wax indignant The csinners,' we angrily exclain. They are evading the law and ought to be punished But if .ev- cry one in America who evades the law were to- be punished I fear there would not be found sufficient num- Der of innocent persons i'll the land to execute the sentence,
 Chicago. Jan 4.-One of the dreadful incidents of the Iroquois fire was the death of Miss Cora Stillman, daughter of Prof Stillman of the Leland Stan ford university, who, with her twin sister, Minna, had been visiting her aunt. Mrs Edward Mulligan. The Il were seated in the first balcony a ,e panic became separated.
 9nl' 'igan reached the fire escape and looking back, did not see her nieces. She fought her way back into tle. balcony through the struggling mass and encountered the wave of fire, which burned her severely on the face, neck and arms. In some manner she found her way to the fire escape the second time and reached the alley, but < her niece was killed Prof Stillman ar rived at Chfca go to-day and will leave this evening for Palo Alto with the body of his daughter.
 Mrs Mulligan is recovering.
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