New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-10
WOULDN'T SERVE ON JURY
Er-Superintendent Calls buildings
DEPARTMENT Rotten.

Summoned to serve on the coroner's jury in the
Darlington Hotel disaster. Stevenson Constable
Superintendent OF the Buildings Department under
Mayor Strong. declared yesterday that ne coulo
not give an unbiased opinion in the case
81 cannot serve on the jury" said he 1t would
be Impossible for me to give a fair decision am
r-eiudiced against the Buildings Department II
is rotten I mean to write ar article exposing It
Il don't know what Mr. Constable may mean
said Superintendent Hopper when this was called 10
his attention 7 don't believe any exposures he
can make viii hit me very hard, because I've just
taken hold here. What I think about this. though
may he shown best by what said TO the EN-
pIoyes when 1 took holL I've done business WIN
this department in various ways for more imam
twenty-five years and never had any attempt IT
dishonest dealing made with me except ONCE
twentv-throe years ago. That is dead now
and I can't do him any hurt He made a 4oI o.
trouble about some stone work was uolhs'
knew il all right. and told my foreman 20 80
ahead. 1 this man two or three times, Inc
last time he said, Mr.. Hopper, you're harG man
ger Uiiy ~ - rf a. Seems to me some one
ought to stand my carfare any now. Ile eyer
That's the nearest a dishonest pIopv~ILLt,oi 49,
ana like TO Know what Mr. Constable means by
his statement What could his experience mere III
' Scc6riInE To statement made yesterday by
Martin Goewitz. walking delegate Tor te iht
and Asphalt Workers Union there snou.t III II7tn
more bodies in the ruins There WEE ~ he COL
i4pse NJ saiG ~ VIC NM tbar names No bodies have
II Is believed that no more are there.
Coroner Scholer began his inquest Nes'eIudy-
Instead Of n jury OF nine men. he decided 20 NV
twelve The talesmen chosen were an bullGeI-
architects or building material men. Among tlelI
were George B. Post. Cyrus l. W. Elull1- SIcNei
son Constable and John J. Bradley.
Paul Pfotenhauer. although he told the coroner
no was the contractor for the brick work az Iie
Darlington. consented TO serve. ana the c"i"I
swore him in. The other jurors chosen were A w
Cordes, architect of No. 1870 Fulton-sJ. hugo
Weber. builder. Of No 10 East Twenty hlrd-Sl.
Ferdinand Van Hoffman. architect or No. I1s2
Broadway. A 5. MacGrcgOr. architect, OF 80. -. -,
broadway. John J. CLANCY real estate. or no Loo
broadway. r. O'Couuor builder. OF No 90 We
Fifty fourth-e:. August Wiudolph. builder. 81 40
q West Thirty-tnird-s-.. and Cornelius W ls"l-
ster builder Of No 129 West Ninety-sccond-st.
Coroner Scholor and tho Jury went 90 the runs,
and after viewing them. held q meeting IN 'front.'
OF them They called Lieutenant Walter Cargo Do
OF Engine Company No 56. no was among mo
first Hrcfnen TO reach the scene lie testihed that
DE found no evidence of an explosion. and That the
am engine in the southeast corner OF tho building
The fury then went into the excavation among
The ruins. J. f. Whisk,Uau. civil engineer IT. the
Buildings department. r,mIauylng them IT"
ridieutd the assertion that there was any qui' *
sand under ;he foundation. There was absolutely
ro evidence Of a.. ne said One 1uryman said.
grain Of the columns seems To be- good and
the bolts held. but the bottom fauEes pulled out
From the ruins the jury went to the second floor
81 the Patterson Hotel I'm PROFESSIONALISM, and
viewed the wrecked hrdldinS from that side Al
journment was then taken 10 o'clock next Monday
afternoon.