The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-02
\ Father Determined to Garry
4 Dead Child. ii. Home, \ Despite !-),s
the Rules Of Company.
SOCIETY WOMEN
TELLS OF HER ESCAPE
.Riskcd Her Life tosSave asBeau-
tiful Child, But Was Pushed
~ Along BY Panic Stricken
CrowdThe Last Per-
*. son Who Left The
Theatre Alive.
nv ssociated Press I,

.(By Associated Press,
VA CHICAGO ILL.,, January LA pathetic,
incident occurred to-day oni3the Cottage
Grove Avenue. cable lire This passes
within half %. square Of Rolston's motgue.l
Late this afternoon a man. haggard and
worn, walked up s to a. Cottage Grove
Avenue ca and climbed aboard. carry!
ing in his arms tho body of$aS Mttle gold.
sen.llaired girl. The. form was partially
wrapped In a canvas CLOTH butrnOt ,sut \
ific!cntlySto conceal it,! as the father took.
his seat with thos child lin his. arms, the
conductor eyed him doubtfully. and then.I
approaching him., touched 81 him on the
Shoulder, sa ying: II ann sorry, but the
rules OF the company do not permit the
carrying of bodies In this manner. = i
must'ask you to leave tho car. With
out changing his expression In the slight
est: without showing a race Of excite:
Sment or irritat ton, the mi IN ross to his
feet,sstill holding on one arm the body
of his child. Wittsfllis free hand asl1e
thrust into the face of the conductor
a large revolver, and sssaid In s 2 e
which etolsened utter Y ealrtness and y
most lack of Interest i'm the 5Snrocee edngs: !
This lis my daughter. have.s looked
for her ull OF last ght and all sof to-
day. 1ishaye tried nL5rrain <to ol,tain "a
cab or a. ca rriage aiii y can get none.
7 I am taking my baby homo y to her
mother. ind I intend to take her on this
car. Now go on"
Other men ron. the car nterceded with
the conductor, and the latter, realizing
the situation. gave way. andtsin the
crowded car the father sat and carried
tho corpse OF shis child to her homo.
Heart Breaking Story.
i Miss essorgin Swift n prominent soci--i
ETY. lady, was badly battered and bruised
in the panic in tho theatre. In talking Of
her experiences to-day, she said:
''I started up the aisle at about the
same time as all the others. suppose.
Nv seat was on the first floor near the
stage, and whenfi had reached the rear
of the auditorium. the aisle was choked
with people. who had fallen looked
down to avoid stepping on them and Just
as l. did so., my eyes were caught by
those Of little boy about seven years
old. who was lying OH tho floor unable
To rise. He had large brows cyes and
was SO neatly dressed and apparently so
well ttred and such a little gentleman
that he fascinated me. 1t was all in
a second. l knew. but as he saw me
looIin,; at him. he said: Wont you
please, please help me; please dc"
II stopped ito raise him If I could. but
the crowd was too thick. and the rush
too strong. leseized him under W the arms
and then I was knocked over him on
to my knees In the aisle. struggled to
Eroy feet but the weight of the crowd
was such that could not turn back and
4 was carried out through the door, The
hlittlss boy was unquestionably trampled
to death. and the memory OF those eyes.
z OF Ills will haunt me while live"
Last to Leave.
Miss Viola Mcdonald, of Chicago,
claims to be the last person to leave the
theatre alive. She was member Of
the cnorus and rushed to the dressing
room beneath the stage to dress, but
after seizing some of her clothing. found
III. impossible to make her way UP the
stairs which were blocked by flame and
smoke Turning around. she ran back
into the basement again and made her
wav tcs q coal hole underneath tho front
sidews TX, Crawling on her hands and
knees tc the hole. she MANAGED to thrust
out her arm to attract attention and
was drawn ollt. BY a remal