The Washington herald., 1914-02-13

ttbat man could tsiks cnrp e haunsa,
would retire-I have sald tha&."
Dad you see the door lsaAing TO Ii
men Who were In danger"
saw the front door open and locke.
into Il I didn't see the hcue."
what part OF the door did you lool
~ the transom? You're . fireman ans
cont look = the ground.
D1d you give Chief Sullivan the posi-
I'VE order to 50 ON top Of the strasbur
scr shoe store?'
Yea, sir''
Where was No. f1srs
In the rear"
Where was No. Nr'
In the front"
Where was No. 4?'
ION the ladder"
Nov ask you. chief. where wa,
No. ST.
II don't know"
Why didn't you find outy
Il didn't have time. My duty was tc
here. there and everywhere"
You knew then. chief. where ever,
company was excepting No. sr'
Yea"
why didn't you find out.,
to me about it."
You didn't inquirer
DID Not Count Companies.
II wasn't counting companies or any
thing else. There was lots of fire to
fght"
Where were the men five minutes after
you arrived on the sceney'
Il don't know"
mere were they ten minutes latery'
guess they were still in there"
Wherc were they fifteen minutes
later?"
Same place. guess"
Was II not your duty to know where
they were7'
Yes. that's right. 1 should have
known"
why didn't you know"
Il wasn't counting any companies n
was going back and forth"
How can company be traced"
It's easy to trace companies"
why didn't you trace Company
No. So
IT wanted to kill fire."
What do you kill fire with. You need
to kill fire. don't you? And
you missed No. g"
~ didn't miss No; s. tell you.'
You forgot all about No. Co.
I'm not going to use that word at all
wasn't looking for No. g.
You knew No. should be therer
Yes"
And you didn't inquire where she
vas?"
NO. I knew she should have been
here, but I didn't know where she was"
You didn't find out anything about
20. e.
NO" n
And you didn't investigator"
There was no time for me to investi-
ate"
Gave Order to ssllivan.
After the attorneys had concluded tn.
aking Of Chief wagner's testimony. Mr. H
heehy. member Of the trial board, asked II
le chief this question:
i Just want to ask you. chief whether
our order to Sullivan to go to the roof
the strasburger shoe store did not
,lieve the deputy chief of all response
lity?'
Yes, SIR" was the positive reply of the
itness
Private Hellmuth testified that he has
zen connected with the fire department
II the last thirteen years He stated
at before going into the burning build
g with the other four men, he asked
equity Chief Sullivan:
where do you want me. chief. I'm the
ont or back?"
fasht IN tnere, the witness testified
IS the answer OF Sullivan, pointing 10
e open swinging door.
chief Sullivan then asked me II Wa
uid get any further" continued the
mess Il said yes and then We
'rked our way up."
Then You went up to the second foor
an order based Upon your own sup- iii
stion? interjected Attorney Darr.
NO. sir. It was not a suggestion n
IS an prder." replied the witness,
Never Thought Of Danger.
iellmuth positively and repeated,v
tied that he never thought of any
nser OF the building coliapsing until |
collapse actually occurred. II he had
covered any danger, he added. he
uld have taken the men out of the
lding.
he witness testified that he lay buried
ieath smouldering debris for two hours -
half. his head between his Ie-z -
on q question of Insurance Commits
ner Nesbit he asserted that water iii
pouring through the hose constant
and, in fact was hitting one Of III
men trapped with him in the build III
He added that No. IL Engine Com iii
~ would have been the proper com In
~ to go into the place. This place III
emphasized. was the right place
m where to check the flames'' I'LL