The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-30

| cape. lie urged othelS 10 30 pdSh an"
assisted in pulling the crowd from the
mass lie heard no shots while in the
barroom. not any sound of breaking
| glass. He saw no Citizens Allianc"
button on any one.
Saw Rush OF Children.
John Kuppala of 40j quincy street,
Florida. said he heard no cry of fire
and as ne peered into the hall from
the entrance. he saw sudden rush OF
children from the stage. lie asked the
door keeper what caused this rush and
the reply was that the people were
| crazy" He ran into the ante room
from where he escaped. He saw n"
button anywhere i'm the hail.
Eli Wuopia of Elm street said he
was near the bottom o. the stairs with
his children. when one Of them told
him she heard cry Of fire He did
not stop nor go back but took his chill
dren across the street He said no one
who came down the stairs wore but
ton and that one of the men at the
bottom Of the stairs carried club,
hut no could not tell If the man wore
"A deputy's star. Both doors at the
entrance were open Adjournment was
taken until this aftrnoon,
Cry from Front of Hall.
ON the stand Yesterday afternoon,
MARGARET Tommei. the little daughter
of Paul Tommei said she was standing
near the doorway when the cry was
given from the front of the han, near
the windows, and it was Immediately
taken up 10y others. She was one of
The few who escaped over the stair
way, down which she flew as quickly
as she SAW the general rush for the
door. She said that when she reached
the bottom she looked back and saw
many persons, mostly children, falling
over each other down the stairs and
.piliug up in great heap at the bot
tom.
Mrs Annie Sandretto testified that
she could not get into the han because
she had no union book. She returned
later aud was admitted. before the
panic.
Mrs. Louisa Lcsh testified that she
heard the cry of fire in both Croatian
ana English from the back of the
hall. She called to restore order while
Mrs. Sizer played the piano. Possibly
three or four hundred children had
left the nall before the panic. They
were leaving all the time. The floor
of the hall, however was nearly filled.
Persons who desired entrance were
called upon to show union cards or
Women's auxiliary membership cards
She did not see who gave the alarm.
There was no candles on the Christ
mas tree and no fire in the hall.
Mrs. Minnie Lustig said that she
was on the stage, back of the curtain
and did not hear the cry of fire. She
saw no Citizens Alliance buttons in
the hall during the day. Mrs. William
| Kelie gave similar testimony.
Boy Gives Testimony.
! John Burcar, aged 10, whose nine
year Old sister was killed. testified
that a man rushed into the hall and
cried fire. He said this man wore a
'crstc' hat and a long dark overcoat
with a fur collar turned up around his
face, the hat being pulled low. The
man. he said, had a dark mustache and
wore a Citizens Alliance button over
the breast pocket. He said his atten-
ton was attracted by this button. The
boy says he was twenty feet from tn,
man. He just hollered Fire and RAJ
and the others ran after him." said tn,
boy, who was greatly excited anC
worked up while on the stand Hi
mother testified later, but told tina
she was in the back of the BUILDING
and saw or heard little.
Reeapitulation.
only two out of the score or NOR,
witnesses who were on the stand yes
tcrday testified that the man Wit
caused the disaster wore a white but
ton like the badge the Citizens Ali
ancc. Mrs Annie Clemcnc. presidcu
land half a dozen members of Tia
Women's Auxiliary of the federation
swurc they saw no insignia on tn
man, and union members who stuu
i'm the vestibule of the Italian hall fo
an hour before the panic started sal
the alarm came from within the Ia
and no person wearing such hutto
had passed within
In the opinion Of Prosecuting Attor
lncy Lucas. who conducted the cNamiu
alton of witnesses, the fact was fairl
well established that an eNcitabl
member of the audience raised the CT,
that there was no actual fire in ia
hall and that the doors were open AN
the stairway clear when the PAM