The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-07

"N"S uVS'ilntu man VINO gave alarm a.
large and stout, wearing dark gra,
overcoat, buttoned up closely Tn,
witness said the Citizens Alliance but,
tons had been worn almost all of De.
cember. while the Western Federation
buttons had not first appeared unit
February.
i Peter Lantto, one of only two wit.
nesses on the stand this morninG
whose story did not correspond in any
detail with that Of the other witnesses
claimed he had been standing at the
head of the stairs, just outside the
main entrance before the rush started
and that he had seen no one come up
\ the stairs and give the alarm the
Others had described. He said he did
not hear the alarm come from inside
the hall. There were several others
standing ON the landing with him. He
did not know what had caused the
panic except what he heard after
wards
Erick Erickson, another witness who
had not appeared at the inquest. tes-
titled that the alarm was given 10y one
of two men, both of whom wore Citi-
zens' Alliance buttons and whom he
plainly saw standing in the doorwav
tie also asserts that on the stairway,
immediately after the alarm was given.
ne saw three other men wearing Citi-
zens Alliance buttons. lie did not
know any of them.
John Jokopie was standing on tho
landing at the head of the stairway
ana near the hall door. two or three
feet from the entrance. He heard no
disturbance inside the hall before the
rush and did not see anyone i'm the
stairway wearing "A Citizens Alliance
button, nor did he see anyone pass
INTO the hall wearing n Citizens Ali
ance button. Jokopie went down stairs
n few seconds before the main rusi.
There had been no rush when he went
down stairs, but he had no sooner
reached the bottom when the rush
started. He saw no deputies at the
entrance to the hall.
Other witnesses testified at the hear
ms WIS dlltInooH.
Peter Marchissi testified that he had
been in the ticket office near the land |
ing at the top of the stairs during the |
panic. He testified that he did not
hear any cry of Fire nor did he see
anyone wearing a Citizens Alliance
button come up the stairs and enter
the hall or ticket Office.
John Boggio had been sitting i'm the
and testified he heard no cry of fire
When the panic started he was one of
he first To leave the hall. having help
'd "A Mrs Marchissi. who sat i'm the
seat behind him. down the stairs There
vas no crowd on the stairway at that
imc. Witness testified the doors were
pen and that he saw no deputies al
he bottom of the stairway, that he
lad no trouble whatever getting out.
ELI Wuopia testified he had left tn"
lall when the rush first began with his
title girl an alarm of fire had been ,
itting close to the door and had heard
10 cry Of fire, also that he did not
now until he was about three STEPS
rom the bottom what had caused the
ush, having been informed then by his
title that an alarm of fire had been
ounded upstairs. He stated that ne
rst thought the rush sienalled the
lose of the entertainment and that
as the reason he left.
Judge Taylor was asked at the close
the investigation whether or not tn" :
commentary evidence taken at the
)roner's inquest relating To the Ital-
IN hall panic, would he introduced &
ITO the record, and he replied this
ould depend entirely on the wishes
the committee.