Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-11-03

pended in the air by the derrick, Mr..
Damon rushed to Logan's side. John
H. Gormley, superintendent of con-
struction for George B. Post. archi-
tect of the new capitol, was near him
and he helped Mr.. Damon pick up Lo-
gan's lifeless body. Great anxiety pre-
vailed until it became known that all
of the other workmen we're safe. At
ter Bliss had jumped through the win
dow of the gable, he ran downstairs,
not knowing that the entire course
had fallen. Clouds of dust followed
| the crash, which could be heard for
blocks and those standing on the
ground feared that Bliss was buried
dispelled, however. when he appeared
on the scene unhurt.
The article in the afternoon paper
that it was reported in the capitol
that another man was missing, caused
| Secretary Lew f. Porter of the capt.
toll building commission and Mr.. CORN
ley to laugh. They said there was aD-
solutely nothing to the story as every
man had been accounted for ON Sun
day afternoon.
In the absence of the real cause of
! the accident, opinions as to what
caused the stone to fall vary. Persons
! who have had considerable experience
in building, yesterday expressed the
opinion that the stone which had been
hoisted and which Logan and Bliss
were about to place. caught Gu the
edge of another stone that had been
/ laid and overbalanced the course. An
other theory is that the stones which
had been laid were not sufficiently
backed and that it was az easy matter
for them to topple over.
viii Hold Inquest.
Coroner Lynch appeared on the
/ scene shortly after the accident and
made an investigation. He ordered
! the policemen to keep the curious
crowds away from the building to
avoid further accidents. A jury was
summoned yesterday, and after view
/ ing the remains at Gills morgue, ii
was taken to the scene of tn lcci-
/ dent The inquest will be he'd this
afternoon at 100 o'clock at the court
house. Experts will be called on to
/ testify and the coroner will make an
! fort to determine the cause of the
accident and fix the blame. if there
| be any. The members of the jury
are, M. L. Dunn, John ]. Pecher. Sam
uel Hilsenhoff, George Fess, e. F. Els
ter and George H. Breitenbach.
Commission viii Not Meet.
Mr.. Porter said yesterday afternoon
that the capitol building commission
win not meet to consider the matter
as it has nothing to do with the re-
placing of the damage, that matter
resting antirely with the contractors
Governor Davidson, who has gone to
st. Louis to join the Taft party for
trip down the Mississippi, viii not be
called home. Mr.. Porter estimated
that the damage will not exceed
$4,000.
This is discouraging to me as l
had hoped that we could build the
new capitol without anyone being
killed. said Mr.. Porter.
A Fine Workman.
Mr.. Moir spoke in the highest terms
of MIR. Logan as workman. Logan
has been in the employ of the Wood
bury company for two years, and most
of that time he spent in Madison,
working on the new west and east
wings of the capitol. Mr. Moir lived
here until recently and superintended
the work. Some eight weeks ago he
left for Chicago to superintend the
construction of the new city hall
there, aud he took Logan with him.
Six weeks ago Mrs, Logan and their
two-year-old son, Charles, moved TO
Chicago with the intention of making
that city their home for the present.
Having confidence in the ability OF
Logan, Mr.. Moir sent him back to
Madison several weeks ago to take
charge of the construction of the
pediment. It was his intention to re-
turn to Chicago after completing the
work
Shortly before he fell to his death,
Mr.. Logan remarked TO a FELLOW worK-
man that after the last stone in the
course had been laid he would be the