The evening world., 1904-02-26
Engineer of Fashionable Apart.
ment. House, Exasperated by
Demands for Steam, Fires Re-
volyer at William Kenneth.
TENANTS COMPLAIN THEY
WERE ALMOST FROZEN.
William Frazier, in Charge Of
Boilers, Declares in Court that
He Found 1t Impossible to In
crease Quantity of Heat.

There were many handsomely gowned
in the West side Court to-day
10 testify at the arraignment Of Will
lam Frazer. engineer OF the Whining
ton Apartments. at Nlnety-seventh
street ana Broadway. charged with
shooting william Kenneth. a hnllboy.
who exasperated the engineer to mad
ness by demanding more heat for tho
tenants.
The boy vas only slightly wounded,
but had he been killed the sentiment
against the engineer would not have
been any stronger by the in the
big observation-disclosures In whose behalf
the boy had mad the request for heat.
The boy attends TO the hail door and
also has charge OF the telephone switch
board. The switchboard yesterday fair
~ staggered under the incessant calls
from the tenants demanding heat. They
woke 10 Icy apartments n as the day
heightened the radiators still retained
their chill.
rho bevy OF women who appeared in
this West Side Court to-day declared
that no attempt was made to give them
any heat. Some said their fats were
20 cold they had TO remain in bed,
others asserted that they had to assist
At their husbands breakfasts robed in
f,,rs with their hands encased In nit
tens.
Asked for Heat, Got Hot Bullet.
some were driven from their homes
aud compelled to call upon friends to
escape the chill. Some who braved II
out stood at the telephone all day and
demanded heat. Kenneth. the hall boy.
gct the roars. md when he passed them
along 10 the engineer he got shot.
The shooting, however. did not occur
until last evening. When the heads OF
the families arrived home they found
their wives huddled in shivering bundles
OF fur. The wires burned as the hus-
bands shouted down their demands for
heat in behalf of their frozen wives.
II dasent ask him again. replied
Kenneth to the fusillade Of demands,
''he says he's giving YOU all the heat he
can get, and the last tim 1 spoke to
him he looked Desperate"
The demands Of the tenants became 90
threatening, however. that the boy de-
eIded to risk another appeal. Charles
NELSON. another hailboy. accompanied
him. The engineer was in the boiler
room. md though there a little lea
In the boilers the temper OF Mr.. Frazer
was redhot.
Engineer Arrested for Shooting.
According to young McLeon, his COM
psnion had no soone reached the head
of the stairway than tho engineer re-
liz ed himself OF a roar that alarmed
the house. Despite this savag yell,
Kenneth co~urageously demanded more
heat for the tenants.
Before the last syllable OF the boys
appeal had passed his lips the engineer
drew n revolver and Aired. The report
a. the pistol, RAM through the house.
which was soon filed with the uproar
" women's screams. In every hallway
he tenants had gathered. awaiting the
sesult Of the boys last appeal for heat.
The bullet from the Engineers re-
yolver Just .grazed the boys cheek. max
lAg q INA wound. Followed by young
MrLeon he fed from the house to the
West One, Hundredth street station,
whore be obtained q policeman. who re-