The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-07
ALI HELD ~ HEAVY bonds.
MANAGERS Davis nnd Powers and
CunimIsSIoncr WIiIfsm4 Held

Mnnng"rs Davis nnd Power. and
C"mmis,Ioncr William Held.
Chicago, Jan Formally charg
with manslaughtcr Managers WIN j.
Davis and Harry j Powers. Of the lru-
quuis thcatcr. with CITY Building com.
missioner Williams, were held under
bonds of $4,000 each.
Col. VIM. pinkerton and Chas II.
Plamondun furnished bonds for Davis
and Powers
Andrew J. Graham banker. furnished
bond for Commissioner Williams.
Arthur L. Hull. whose family per
ishcd In the theater fire, and who was
the complainant, was present when
the two theater managers and the city
official underwent the ordeal Of facing
the charges The hearing of the case
was set for January i2.
Other Arruignnrnts.
Twenty men arrested In connection
with the lroquois thcatcr were ar.
raiEnCd before Justice Cavcrly I'm the
Harrison Street police court, Saturday.
on charge OF manslauGhtcr. Five of
the defendants were members of the
chorus Of the "Mr Bluebcard" com
pany. and were defended by Attorney
Thomas Hogan. No testimony was Civ
on in court. and It was Immediately
nGreoa that n continuance he granted
Most of the timo was devoted 10 All
effort by the attorney to have the
bonds Of hts clients reduced to $4,000
IN which they had been held. In the
end the bonds in each case were re-
ducCd to $1,000. and the cases -acod
on the calandar for hearing January II.
Pleaded For his Clients,
Attorney Hogan told the magistrate
that his clients had nothing to do with
the management, construction or hand.
ling of the scenery
He said they continued singing. even
after the audience became panic strick-
en- Those who Will he arraiEncd before
Justice Clycrly january II are: Ed
ward G. W Wines. Victor RnZart
Samuel Bell VIM Slack. John J Rus
sell and L. r Mora
The other defendants viii have n
hearing before Justice Clvcrly Monday
They are W. d Kerr. VIA McMullcn
VIM plunkctt. Max MlZzonivitch. a
BERNARD. Edward Earle VIM. Mcqueen
William Olsen. +. Poland. VIM. Carl
ton. J. Jandraw and +. p. Nolan.
Their bonds were placed at $4,000
each
,oasa ~ nau a,,idnnan u,hInh
throws important light on the Iroquois
thnatcr fire was Obtained from stage
employees by Coroner Traeger Saturday
and will be submitted to the coroner's
Jury when that body meets Thursday to
hear testimony Coroner Traeger has
learned that Stage Carpenter Cum
mpgs is the man who superintend-
ed the fitting out Of the rigging lott and
was responsible TO the owners Of the
thcater for tho operation OF everything
were NOT complied with In regard TO the
necessary safeguards against fire be-
hind the curtain II Was Cummings du-
~ To notify the owners and managers
OF the house. Joe Dougherty. who ls
now IN one Of the hospitals Suffering
from broken leg. was the man who
attempted to lower the asbestos cur
tail. He says that the reason that II
stuck and would not come down was
that It stuck on the arc spot light in
the first entrance near the top OF the
prosccnium arch.
rhnt Mysterions Explosion.
From the stage hands Coroner Trae-
ger learned the cause Of the mysterious
explosion which occurred shortly after
the fire was discovered. II WIS caused
by the falling of the big fan scene
which contained 80 incandesccnt cleo
trio lights. This ecene was not In use
at the time OF the fire. but was set In
the rear Of the stage. The opening OF
the double doors in the rear OF the
stage created q draft which caused the
big fan scene to topple over and break
the incandescent bulbs. This produced
n noise like an explosion The stage
hands deny that there was a calcium
tank on the stage at the time Of the
Are
Too Much Oily Rope.
Coroner Traeger has learned that
each of the ls0 drop scenes in the
theater was hung by new. oily. manila
rope II is estimated that there were
10000 lipeal feet of this iniiammable
used In supporting the drop
scenes and that IL added fuel TO the