The Washington times., 1914-02-13
IS
PUT UP TO WAGNER
Captain EgIOff, of No. 13 CON-
pany. Praises Sullivan at
Trial Today.
.coatLaued from Tirst Pass.l }

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{ JonoEhuc appeared for Chief Suili.
P. with Attorneys John ". Keenan,
a., W. L. Alexander essistlng Corpora.
I IA Counsel Conrad II. Syne conduct
case for the District.
.'rivate Frank NJ. Dyer, Of No. en-
> e company, orc OF the men injured
J.. the collapse OF roof and floors of the
Z en-Cent store building in Seventh
Get, was the first witness called. In
.nSponse 70 questions from Mr.. Sy-ne,
l. save a minute description OF the
cnLs upon t"C arrival OF mis- company
% the iire ground, ana the fight insiue
he burning building that led the men to
to second door, anu then to the lanuing
lcre they were trapped.
-iC said They had eXringuished the fire
q the first floor and below, and the
. 3zc on the second floOr was practically
.tlnsuished when the crash came.
Private Dyer said Chief Sullivan had
1derCd his conpany into the open door
2y. lie said Sullivan did not 90 With
hem. There was plenty OF fire" ne
Ontinued. and VIC tackled it,
Chief Sullivan came in, he Testified,
erhSpS Gevel or eight minutes after
ard, when the mea were at The stairs
md asked II the could work their
vay IN, ana Private Hellmuth, id
ommand, said they could. and they
did.
Q.-Did. Chie1 Sullivan come back
.-;er that?
A--No: he never came back again.
GoCr:
A.-Tes; We 50. Up once. but had to
o back to set air.
Q.-Where did Eou so back 10. the
-st Goor?
No; TO nc landing.
Had No Warning.
To fu'tEo- questions, he said neither
: nor. the men With him mad any
a-I.iEs os the crash until it came.
There were pieces of stuff falling
Gown al the time" he said, and We
OLd not notice it much when plaster
rsnlc doT=l."
They had been in the building thirty
~ forty minutes ct that time, he said.
nd practically al the IRE ON the sec
uC foo" WIS out.
2.-HoW near were you 10 the hose,
Eteg' the COLLAPSE"
A-I do not know. hut it was hitting
ne in the bac,c al the time Until it
vas cut Of.
At this point Attorney O'Donoghue
COL I'D the cross-exaIRination.
Q-Whose duty is it 20 look after the
uto . dangerous position?
4.-Tne CHIEFS; the man in charge.
Q.-Is ii. not the duty OF the man who
sent yoG in?
Al should think j. would be, 5,,,,,,,,,,,.
took Up the cross-examination.
Q.-You say it vas the duty Of the
chief 20 look after you?
A.-Nes. II it had been reported to him.
on c-oSs-eSanination by Attorney
O'Donoghue. Private Dyer reiterated his
statement as TO the methods employed
n fighting the fire and the length OF
'ine before The crash came.
Schwerdtfeger Is Called.
Private ". II. Schwerdtfegcr. another
OF the injured lremen. was then sum
moned. He testified that he was buried
under the debris fo1r hours before be-
iiIy rescued.
Q.-Nhen you arrived did you sec Sui
Ivan IN front of the building?
.A-Ycs. HellnIUth asked him where
10 go. lie pointed TO the front door OF
thu building. Five or ten minutes later
H. calnc'in ind asked If We could WORK
our way up. NC announced that we
could. Most OF the fire seemed TO be al
the top OF the second landing:
Private SchwcrdtfeGer testified The
men we're in the building about thirty
minutes before the crash came lie wa?
taken out he said, about Clio. W heh
lie landed, ne said. he round himSei or
7aD of Ihts hose. Questioned by Charles
i. NcsbiU, 4 member CT the -r:al poafo'
lc sad the water was shut OH ABOUT an
aoUr or three-Quarters o. an houf Ue-
aorC he w2S taken out
'..JyEo is charged with looking aftec
tho safety Of the men" asked Cor
Iorztion CoUnEel Syme.
Attic chief.
Q.-N hictl ono?
Tho ore in charge.
Q.-WhcH one chief sShCS YOU H.
v hen does his responsibility lease"
Al don't know.
!tttorrev Darr then tooh up the cross
examination.
loor wh.n you were ordered By Chief
sullivan?
A.-NCs.
Q.-Do VOL know 1ne printed rules re-
'luiring captains to look after the safety
o. thor mon?
A.-Taey arc 10 certain extent.
Q.-OR this oCca sion there as Eotnil!E
10 Indicate danger"
The Witness was asked by Joseph c.
Snccly, = member Of the board. II it
- al UrusUa! thing 5or the Officer il
oEGrEe OF = iirc to place company and
tLen Giyc the men no further orders
The answer was No.
Capt. Hea~y Z. EgIVT. or No. / en-
sne company. apparently the only
r1lA7 Is!ce trOm Chef Sullivan who
W"Et In 10 the mcI in the burning
building, OGs rhe next witness. lie
told Of lis record and service IN the
department., a3d O. his arrival ~ the
':irho vas the first olt;cev yoI
s. w. he was as.:cd.
'ChieC Proctor" he .cpiIeG.
lie sgiC further that Cnie. PTo-;0-
haG assigned him % i position IN the
srC"nd GooG Of EaHEs. lie later saw
ChlcT Sullivan. He sid, ard the a-fne
order vas Giv-r.
Egloff Arrives At Fir.
"Whca l srr.veG With ~ cy.:. ,s,..j,..'' &c .
C2rtalI EElo,' gaiG. "T dropped Oh Of
the hose wagon IS il passed the build !
.ns. sa0 2 Inc OF hCSo gong into
&c building. 2@H 'l.I@.aIlS followed !
-l..:. wont III I'D say thc company (
vo~nins tle-c. ,.Icd il there y as !
chic. IA t:cre. and some o2c sad No (
Io-'L know aho il -.zs. 7 ;hcl r4H (
..~u,:Td 20 tho re and net ChicC PrcC- ,
tog @nG r"ce:.cd nv ;n-trGcloas "
.. What did .oI notice aDou, lae
fire In there? /
A.-Tnere vas los OF f1l taC.o.
Q.-A nero t!C"c LiCn v'cTc"
t-Ycs sir
Gid they HU"c wa1o.' then?
h.-I"s. the 'Iusc R+5 going, aId t..Cy (
were doing good woIk.
Tic Ui,nCss hon detailed going 10 tic /
hack and placing hi; COMPANY. lie told |
t2;IIinE wCrlor'y hats IN HI-um's sec /
tho blaze, he SaiG. UlCn nc went TO the /