Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11


where his dead child was lying, when he gave
vent to his grief in the most touching cries and
lamentations.
"Widmayer was a German and lived on the
Seventh Street road beyond the boundary. He
had had stall in the market for several years
past and generally esteemed excellent
citizen The unfortunate man leaves q wife
and six or seven children to mourn his loss
0nURING the day nine policemen-Six from
Lieut.. Eckloff'S precinct and three from
Lieut. Kellys-had been detailed to keep men
out of the ruins, and they said they repeatedly
drove them out and warned them of danger.
An officer states that few seconds before the
wall fell he had driven young Bates and sew
eral other boys engaged in rat hunting out Of
the ruins and when the crash came did not
suppose any one had been injured
Mr.. Plowman, the gentleman under wh--
superintendent the work being done, but
who absent at the time of the accident,
states that he and his bosses had appealed to
men and boys time and again to keep out of
the market. but many of them would insist
diSregarding all warningS-the former being
anxious to secure their fixtures and the latter
to catch the rats as they emerged from the
ruins. The coroner has been notified and will
hold an inquest on the bodies this afternoon.
-. S.-Just before going to press, it was
rumored that Mr.. Widmayer'S son was with
him at the time of the accident and was covered
with the deDrlS, ana the W0rkmen are ren1OV-
ing it to see Il such is the case"
"~atsr-The dealers are allowed to remove
their stalls and fixtures and some are taking
their things away
"a committee of dealers were in conference
with Mr.. Riddle today, but what action they
propose taking has not yet tFanspired. 1t is
stated by some that they intend to ask for
an injunction to stop the erection of the build
ings on Corcoran Square"
Well, to modernize old saying: They be-
gan to lock the garage after the automobile
was gone; and, incidentally, impaneled the
usual coroner's jury, which in this instance was
composed of residents of North Washington.
and included the following, several OF whom
were dealers in the market A z. L. Reese,
John Kessler J. T. Stanley A. H. Young,
Julius Eisenbeiss. c. p Behrens. w. H. Hoover,
Horatio Moran, G. J. King Edo Giant, George
Lantier and William Wolf.
It did not take the jury long to come to q
conclusion as to who was to blame for the
sudden taking away of these two lives and they
soon brought in verdict setting forth:
THAT the said John Widmayer and Willard
Bats came to their death between the hours
of i and o'clock the fourth day of Sep
TENDER 1872, in the City of Washington and
county aforesaid, by reason of wounds received
by the falling walls of the Northern Liberty
Market; the said Wldmayer while removing his
property fro1 it and the said Willard Bates at
the same time, while hunting rats; and they
further find that the Board of Public Works, by
neglecting to give notice of the removal of said
market merit the censure Of this jury"
ONE of the victims OF this unfortunate acci-
dent, John Widmayer, seems to have been
a man highly regarded in the community, for
we find this reference to him in The Star Of
September g.
Funerals Of the Victims of the Northern
Market Accident-Last evening the washington
Schuetzen adopted resolutions of respect to the
memory of John Widmayer, who was killed at
the Northern Market on Wednesday The
funeral took place this Afternoon from his late
residence, opposite the park and was attended
by numerous friends and members of the
Schuet9en and of Oriental Lodge, No 49, l. O.
o. F.: National Lodge. NO. IL, F. A. A. NJ, and
the German Lutheran Evangelical Association"
IN the same issue was the announcement OF
the funeral Of the boy. Willard Bates which
said -
't-ne funeral Of the youth Willard Bates SON
Of ]. H. Bates killed by the same accident, took
place from his fathers residence, No. 1913 Co
hlmbia street. this afternoon"
The writer has known of the Widmayer fam
ny for quite number Of years, but kind OF
lost track Of some of them until he started TO
write this story, when he met the three sur
Vtving children of John Widmayer at the home
Of the latter's daughter Miss Mary widmayer
It was delightful IS minutes spent with these
good people. during which "reminiscences of the
Scheutzen Park were discussed and some Of
the old German families referred to.
According to Miss Widmayer her father
John Widmayer, when he met his death, had
six children: William, Rosa, Katie John
Mary and Charles. OF these william ode
ceased) married Minnie Scherger, Rosa (de-
ceased married Henry Batz Katie married
John Spangier, John (deceased) married Mary
Hickey, Miss Mary Widmayer, and Charles who
married Elizabeth Berens Their father John
Widmayer, married Rosa Gunser, and through
these children and their marriages his name
VIII be remembered and passed on to genera