The evening world., 1911-12-12
OTHER GIRLS TELL
Of CLOSED DOOR
AT TR|ANGLEF|RE
Becky Rothstein'S Story of
How the Washington Place
Outlet Was Locked.
UPHELD BY ROSE MAYERS
Katie Weiner Also Tells of
Despairing Attempt to Es-
cape That Way.
UPHELD BY ROSE MAYERS

durinD the Triangle Waist Company
nrs to-day substantiated the story told
By Becky Rothstein that tho Washing
ton place door on the ninth floor. TO
which many gris turned for escape. was
1eaec Harris and kia Blanck.
of the company. heard the
girh ts~tAfy ~againSt them before Judge
CSAHn IN the case wherein they are
with causing tho death of
lengvAret Schwartx. with some concern.
MAJ ID. 6teuer, their attorney. tried
tine and again TO shake the story OF
u 3ocked door. but from the mass OF
REORGANIZATION there remained the
seFfking exclamation Of n Of the wit
naoDss who told OF the efforts made by
- G1ris to escape. and who shouted
uDoe try1ns the door:
~Clris, the door 10 locked"
Gecay Rothstsdn resumed the stand
- ~pee-eUamtnation at the opening OF
- az, Just before adjournment
NfrHay afternoon Miss Rothstcfn had
t<ufi0sd chat she was on the ninth floor
- - sime OF the fire. had done nothing
- mWo herself. but had been swept by
- crowd INTO an elevator. Before
roa6ndnr the elevators, however. she
- ne had Q at the washington
80 ooor and had seen sam Bernstein
10y try 70 open that door.
Rernstein had testified scme days ago
ia he had made an attempt to open
~ dpor but had found Il locked. Miss
ReeAstein was the nrst witness 10 cor
rohorute Bernstein's testimony.
~. steuer's questions drew from the
vs4nass the admission that probably
ny Cras were crowded about the
Woshington place entrance when she
- there and that the girls at that
d. were crying ard screaming.
oa)oo MAYER coRRoeoRATEs
MSS RoTHsrEiN.
lsss Mayer. Of 2ss Rlvangton street.
tvas the next witness called. and testi.
~ that she was IN tho ninth floor
wNsh the FIRE broke out. and then nan
to the Washington place elevator and
th6n to the Washington place stairwa,
Aoes. She SAID She tried the door but
Wrss unable to sopen It. and saw many
0tAers valniy try to ope the door.
Sophie Zimmerman of No. So Avenue
testihsd that she had worked for the
de1sndants fer three years. and that on
the day OF the fire was working on the
nlnth hooy at q table In the middle OF
the bof, q the Washington place
50. She said she knew there was a
stairway on the Washington place side.
but never saw any one use that door.
When she heard the cry Of "Fire!' she
aa1d She ran to the washington place
doer.
Many were there. ! saw them take
the door by the knob and push II and
try 20 tear 1t open. but the door would
net opSn." she said.
Cross-examined by Mr.. steuer the wit.
nem aid she worked for three years
for the frm but had never seen the
Woahington place door opened either
n swimmer or In winter.
'2Gu't II q fact that the door stood
~ pen all day every day In sum
nart"
go"
- vas asked whether II wasn't I
fa12 that the forslady on the ninti
aoog In goinG 20 the eighth ioor fo
Wogk bad zone through the Washing
ton piaes floor q half dozen times I
day. but the witness replied that sh'
had never seen her do %.
AMR0Q Uy Ais otVuoi Ms ="
or not Harris or Blanck had ever toll
her not to use the elevator she r.
pNol no"
DIDN'T Mr.. Blanck hand YOU over I
NJ. HaNts and Mr.. siik?"
sUgo. The girls helped each other"
~obNls, THE DOOR Is LOCKED!
SHE CRIED.
Raxie WeineI of No. 1867 Madison av'
nue. testified that she worked on n
niuth moor outing ou lace. with hi
hack TO the Washington place sid
when she hrst heard the cry OF FIR
abe said abe ran 90 the Washingto
plsce door. turned the knob arV tris
10 open Il. but could not. and called on
''Oh, girls. the door Is locked!'
She said she had one sister workin
there-Rose. VINO IL dead. The witnes
saiA she was eighteen years old. hs
bean In this country eleven years. an
when asked as 20 whether or not an
OF her family had brought a LAVISH
arainst the defendants. she replied th'
abe didn't know what a lawsuit was.
Celia Walker. OF No. 22 Stanto
street, testified that she had work,
for the Arm a year and a half. hi
gone on strike. and had hen returne
ana was working there six months b
fore the hre. She said abe was q
examiner on the ninth floor. n W
at her table when she heard gtr
screaming.
she said she ran toward the Gree
street side and saw a big crowd at q
door. She said she climbed on the IN
chine tables n got TO the Wasningt'
place elevator. She said n wait
there for a while and then ran 20 I
washington place door n tried
open II. but could not. She then 2;
back for h elevator. she said, a
although II came up. h could n
~ on.
The elevator door. however. was n
closed. and. she said. she held on 90 I
door 20 that II could not be closed.
II was being pushed and ] jump
int the we'll and caught the cable.
ma down and remember seeing I
mob on h fifth floor. and then
0Du't remember what happened. / "
unconscious after that"
On cross-examsnation by Mr.. Steu
~ witness salc that she was the III
- try the door and that Il was .
ohaASsheutsd; THE door 10 asoks<