The evening world., 1911-12-13
TRIANGLE GIRLS
TELL MORE ABOUT
THE L0SEDD DOOR
One Witness Testifes That
Three Companions She Saw
There Died in Fire.
COURT AIDS DEFENSE.
Rules That Employers Are Not
Compelled to Show EN-
ployees How to Escape.
COURT AIDS DEFENSE.

Employers who have many girls work.
their employees how to escape in cas-
OF fire. Judge Grain. In General Ses-
sions. decided that point to-day at the
trial of Isaac Harris and Max Blanck.
charged with granddaughter On haviug
caused the death of Margaret Schwarts
on March Is, when the plant OF che TIL
angle Waist Company was burned and
IN lives were lost.
Rose Giantz. who told her ohisf story
yesterday. resumed the stand to-day.
She Identified some plans OF the factory
before she was excused.
The chief point of contention In the
present prosecution II the door that led
from the ninth floor Of tho factory to
the stairway on the washington place
ride Of the building. Margaret 6chwarts
wa one Of this fire victims who aost
her life In Ahe struggle to reach Q point
Of safety through that particular door.
1t 10 the contention Of the prosecution
that this exit was looked. INK that the
locking OF the door made the defend
ants criminahy liable for the girls
death.
Ida Sohwartx, . slender little person.,
whose big black hat supplied . C
ground for q delicate little face. was
compelled 70 give her testimony through
an interpreter. who translated Questions
Into Y!ddish and nswer into English.
She said she was In the factory when
some one cried "Firer' Mics Schwartx
was among those who went to the
Washington place door.
she SAW egvERAl PERSONS
TRY THE DOOR.
She said she saw . number OF persons
At the door. among them four mon.
What were thsy doingf'' asked A.
sistant Distr1ct-Attorney Bostwtck.
They tried the door,"
O.. DID the door openf A. No.
y. TIA the mer say anything? A.
They cried that the door was locked.
Miss Schwarts said she had zone next
to the Greene street stairway. whence
| she had escaped to the root. The at.
| torney asked II she and the other girls
| had not habitualiy gone out OF the
! Greene street door and II . Waterman
was not stationed at that door. She
replied afirmatively.
VIVA did the Waterman dor" asked
the prosecutor.
IT used to show him my pockstboQk.''
~ 0SS WV - ~ wv
TO gst oat Of this plaos IN case Of
aSet' sstsA NJ. DostW1ek.
MAJ y. otsass. for ths defense,
ob5eotsA.
u win allow tie 0AssAea," saiA
the Court, subject 70 future tsstt-
mony. II must appear thst In other
factories umilas methods were
customary"
1hsa the oouss switched ana
sustaAnsd the objeotez.
DIDN'T GAIN MUCH an CROSS
EXAMINATION.
Mr.. steuer did not get. much comfort
from the crossexamination Of Miss
SchwaStx.
O. You knew all Of the dms where
the Greene street door was? A. Yes.
Q. And you knew about the IRE o.
cape? A. I did not know about thai
until the day Of the hre.
@. You didn't hook " OF the window
during the NJ N one-hAlf yol
worked there7 A. That window was Oh
structed by the tables Of the exam1n'
era.
Ida Singer Of No. ~ Henry street sait
she had been working at the factory 10
six weeks when the fire took place. Oh
did not know anything about the mr.
escape on the Washington Place eide
but knew there were elevators on tina
side which the bosses used. She wa
!. pushed out on one OF tho IRE escape
I and didn't 80 rear h Washington Plac
? door.
, "A court attendant who looked Tx
, George w. Perkins stood beside Sara
Friedman as she testified. She wa
one Of those lucky girls who save