Weekly journal-miner., 1916-03-22
LIFE CLAIMED IN COURT HOUSE
 TRAGEDY
LOUIS w. SCHOOLER IS DEAD; GEORGE BALL IS RIOUSLY INJURED WHEN WALL FALLS.
(From Wednesdays DaiIy.)

pected to cause hlS death as result O! the south wall of a vault in the old court house caving in and breaking through the floor and burying two men. The dead man is Louis w. Sohooler of Long Beach anI the seri- cusly injured one is George Ball. Physicians at the hospital stated last right that there is little hope for the recovery of Ball. F. O. Mathewson and Stanley A. Day narrowly escaped Icing caught in the debris when the wall which was pulled over by crew cf workmen crashed through the floor.
 When the accident occurred there were four men working in the base ment in a room under where Assessor Gentry's office was before the build irg was wrecked. The south wall of the vault il the treasurer's office had been loosened at the base with dyna- mite and the block and tackle had been attached to pull the wall down. About five minutes before the wall was pulled over, George M. White. in charge of the work, gave the sig nal of Hook out below" but the work CTS probably did not hear him.
 Not aware that the four men were in the basement the men started pull ing on the cable and pulled the wall over It fell to the south towards the county jail going clear through the floor of the assessors old office. Day was standing in the doorway to the basement hallway when the smash came and he was uninjured. Mathew son was in the southwest corner oi the room and was hit by few flying bricks and splinters but otherwise was not caught in the debris. Schooler was in the center of the room and was caught and buried in the center cf the pile of bricks. wooden flooring and joists, being killed instantly. it is believed. Bail was caught between two joists and the top of his head was the only portion of his body that was not buried.
 Mathewson called 10 his fellow workers and heard Ball i1 smoth cred voice crying for help. He rush cd to him and frantically dug away what bricks and wood that he could. Immediately after the crash White heard the cries of Ball and the shouts of Mathewson for assistance. The entire crew of about l2 men was rush ed into the death pit and it was at least Is minutes before the body Of Ball was freed and over a half hour before Schooler was taken from the mass Of bricks. wood and splinters. Schooler when found was dead. Ball was il very serious condition ana was rusned to the hospital and was unconscious throughout yesterday and last night
 Justice of the Peace C. H. McLanc summoned a coroner's jury and the inquest was held in the afternoon. the jury returning a verdict that Schooler had met his death as a re- suit of the falling of the wall The responsibility for the accident was not fixed by the jury All of the workers i1 the wrecking of the old court house are covered against in jury and death by insurance taken out by the contractor, as was specified by the board of supervisors when aiver- Using for bids.
 Schooler, the deceased, leaves a widow and three children. His age was given at 45 years. He recently came to Prescott from Long Beach with his family.
 At the inquest about Is witnesses were examined before the case was placed in the hands of the jury. F. , o. Mathewso1 testified that ne was working in the southwest corner O. the basement room when the floor and the bricks caved through. He said that he had not been warned of the danger above and that he heard TO one tell him to get out Of the room. Ii was about $50 o'clock in the morning when the accident oc cured. The questions were asked by Deputy County Attorney Morgan and F. J. Mitchell represented George M. White and LeRoy Anderson the Maryland Casualty Company. which carried the insurance on the men. Work was suspended on the building for the entire day after the accident. 1.
 pr. H. T. Southworth after making an examination of the dead man said that his death had been caused by q fracture of the skull over the right 1 temple. The body also showed con tusions on the chest and right arm.
 Frank Ehle testified that he was