The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-31

The jury then adjourned to the Itai
ian hall
Asked to show his exact position
the witness led the jurymen into tn
ticket office and took hsi stand abou
four feet from the door leading To tn,
top of the stairs. He said he wen
in there to wait for his daughter. Tn
door leading into the han was open
Without warning or airy cry Of fire
he saw a rush coming toward thu
ticket Office. He tried then, To get
through the barroom into the hall but
Was blocked by the crowd and came
| back again to the ticket office. Then
he tried To get into the main door but
Was caught in the jam and pushed half
way down the stairs. There he was
held by the pressure Of persons about
, him until some of the bodies had been
taken away ana the stairs were clear
ed. Marchsio said that there was
only a little noise i'm the ticket room
ana had any cry Of fire been raised AZ
the main entrance ne could have heard
i. To make this point moro certain.
Prosecutor Lucas himself. stepped
out Ia the doorway and cried fire"
Marchisio repeated his statement tina,
he didn't hear any alarm
Last Witness is Heard.
Joha Boggio, the last witness To De
Hubpoenacd. said tina. ne was at the.
hall early ia tho afternoon. went ont
to buy something a, the store and
came hack a little after I o'clock. The
first thing he did was to go into tho
ticket Office. To see If his child's sleigh
was still there. Then he rc-cntered
the main hall through the small door
leading from the ticket office. net Mrs
Peter Marchisio and sat down to tai.
with her. Some sign of confusion
caused him 10 arise from his chair
and look over the heads of the crowd
y Few moments later there seemed tc
be concerted rush coward the door
and he got up again. saving to Mrs.
Marchisio: Il guess We better get OH.
cf here. At this stage of his test !
monN he took hs stand about fifteen |
feet from the main entrance and said |
that was where he was sitting. He
said he VAS one of the first to leave tho |
hall but hard no cry of lire" from |
the doorway nor aid lac see any man !
there wearing a button
Prosecuting ATTORNEY Lucas then
that the Est of witnesses
was exhausted but Bert Barnham,
asked that Dominic Varo be called.
Nairo came up from jhc saloon down
'tairs ard testified that after the cat.
lstrophc his partner had locked "
The hall. lie said that there were a
lot OF stockings aud mitts intended -
presents for children. which we're left
IN the stage. There was also some
ANDY in the kitchen He said that
his was later removed by union men,
Coroner Fisher then told the jury TO
meet az his office to begin considera-
ion Of their verdict.
Yesterday Afternoons Testimony. i
Theresa Burcar, aged fourteen. testi-
led that Immediately before the cry
# fire was given, girl i'm the
roWd pressing toward the stage,
ainteG. Almost at the same instant,
Yeryone in the front of The hall
eeined 10 take up the cry of fire"
'he, Will others was pushed towards {
he entrance and could go no further
han four OF five steps down the stairs.
'hc pushed her way through the :
roNd back into the kitchen. jumped
through window onto the roof of
hcd and into the arms OF man on
h. groung beneath. She saw no one ,
. the hall at any time who wore "A | ,
utton and heard no shots ,
Mrs. Anna WuOlullka. who was in 1
he barroom adjoining the hall when !
ne cry OF ire was sounded and who e
'as one of the arrangement commit :
ac. said the first iutimation she had ,
any connection was when she saw ,
cOple rushing toward the exits. She [
Iid there VAS no fire in the building, !
the hall or in the kitchen and also
rec. While i'm the hall she called
1in!y 10 people who were rushing to-
ard the exit. She heard no shots
CHARLES Olson said he was standing
n chair at the north side of the hall | u
Spectins To see his wife and children q
ass by the open door on the oppo- a
tc side OF the room While in this .
osition ne saw a man suddenly APP Il
car at the entrance and cXclaim "A
ire twice lie said lie was "a man v
heavy build. about five feet ten $
lches In height and was dressed in Il [
eaNy gray coat aud wore white
luton on his left side. lie said he S
as clean shaven.
Pulled From Beneath Bodies. :
Arthur James, who said someone c
we'd him by pulling him from the d
rush, saw Il man break the kitchen c
inflow Glass, so the children could q
e let ou' over the sheds in the rear 7
the building. His sister, Helen, told I
being pulled from beneath two s
cad women and being saved. Peter G
edda, Of Laurium testified that he !
rs in the saloon at the time Of the (
re and ran out and saw tie people
lshing down over the stairs. Kate
ctzler said that she was turned away
'om the hail because she had no UNI
~ card. La
Mrs. Ina Kama. of Wolverine. tcs- !
fed tlat while she was standing near :
- stage a man wearing black ov-