The evening world. Newspaper, February 13, 1905, Page 3

‘PATERSON AGAIN Residents Prepare to Abandon Homes. as River, Swollen by Rains, Stops Traffic and En- dangers Property. PERIL GREATER THAN IN PREVIOUS FLOODS. Many Wrecked Bridges Obstruct the Passaic and Already a ‘ Number of City Streets Are Inundated. t (Bprcial to The Fivening World.) PATERSON, N, J,, Feb, 18.—Owilng to ‘the continuous downpour of rain, which fasted for eight hours, the Passaic River thas risen a0 rapidly that in many places -in the lower section of this city the banks are overflowing and trolley cars @re at a atandstill on all the lines run- ning in close proximity to the river, The streets of the city were entirely deserted last night, and grave fears ‘were entertained that the flooded dis- tricts would suffer before daylight came to help to lessen the Jangers attending uch affairs, Between midnight and daylight the tain ceased, only to break out afresh this morning, River street Is flooded, und Lawrence @troet residents are preparing to move out. ‘These signs indicate just what may be expected. It is too soon after the rain to tell just what the effect the downpour will have, The thawing of the snow and fce will greatly add to the swolling of the river, and unless something lucky happens, the city will have the greatest of all floods this week, It generally takes torty-eight hours be- fore the rain and snow will show any marked effect on the river. The faci that several streets in the uelghborhood of the Paseaic River are ulready inundated {s taken to mean that Within the next twenty-four hours this city will be experiencing all the hard- ships of the flood, The river itself is choked up, Ruins of wrecked bridges still stand 4p the tiver bed, and the fice finds o Wlace of lodgment against these ruins @nd causes, the water to back up, Property owners along tho river bank are Out to-day taking precautionary dueasures as far a) they can preparing for the bsibeinayd Noods, Uniess clear weather follows immediately the worst flood ever experienced in the city of Paterson will be hore, Four feet of water covers the first floor of the Manhattan Shirt Factory = eee sivas street, and the damages 0 the here will amount to over meat-house and lay ie mills are also at he water, for the bi loors of both hold thelr over-supply of sto: The sewers along the main thorough- fares of the city are choked and Main treet and Broadway Central ~oints of the city are covered with water, ELIAS CASH AGAIN IED UP Application to Supreme Court Justice Asking that Negress , Be Restrained from Touching {| Wealth Obtained from Him. By the action of the lawyers of John \ R. Platt, the negress Hannah Elias wil not ba able to touch the money she has patie ‘the banks for “the present, in spite of | tthe action of the Appellate Division last week In dissolving the old Injuna- ton tying up her property, On Saturday morning, It was learned to-day, Platt's lawyers went before Su- preme Court Justice Gildersleeve and secured from him an order for ..annah Ellas to show cause why she should not be resiralned from Interfering In any way with the real and p:rsonal property now Jn her possession and obtained from Mr. Platt, This order was served on Washington Brauns, Mrs, Elias's actorney, late Sat- urday afternoon, about twenty-four hours after the Appellae Division had dissolved the old injunction, In the interim, itis said, Mrs, Elias had no chance to get hold of any ot her property, or, it she did, did not avall herself of it, and she is now left just where she was before the Appellate Avision decided In her favor, ‘he late est order ts returnable on Feb, 20, and ‘will be bitterly fougnt by ex-Goy. Black on behalf of Mrs, wilas, The basis of the order obtained on Baturday is the testimony and adms- sions given by Mrs tecent hearing of sut for the recovery of hls money before Juste O'Gorman, With this as a basis the Platt lawyers ave satisfied that the Ap- elate Division will not dissolve an in- unction If one Issues on the 20th Mra. Ellas had about twenky-four hours of freedom to do what she want ed with her property which had been ded up so long. a FANNY MORAN-OLDEN DEAD, BERLIN, Fed.’ 1—Fanny Olden, formerly well known Moran- as an opera singer, dled to-day In a_ private sanitarium, where she had been a pa- ‘tent sinse October, 1008 = Just Che Ching Spring Is coming, And what shall we wu With all old clothes And nothing new? 2. A dressmaker hire Through World Help Wants; Making old thiugs “new” Is one of her “stunts.” ww BYOAGE OND THROUGH Cunday’s World Wan. Directory Ont Vestorday—Obtatnable To-Dny, 1 FOR THE EAST Lowest Temperature of the Winter Is in Sight Throughout a Large Territory, Official Forecaster Says. . BLASTS STARTS FOR NORTH FROM FLORIDA. Travelling at Terrific Pace, Cold Is Enveloping Great Portion of Country, Even ‘Touching * the Pacific States, Much colder weather is riding on the wings of a northwest storm that Is tear- ing up the coast and will bring, accord- ing to promises of the forecasters, the neverest spell of freesing temperature of the season. ‘This blast started at Jackeonville and ‘yegan tts northward movement after the last of the fifty-seven varieties had be- come a part of weather history, Before the sun sets behind the Jersey hills to-day New York should be shiv- ofing and freezing to a below zero tune on the thermometer, This with the quick changes of the past few-days will give New Yorkers something more to say about the pleasantries of the pres- ent atmosphere disturbances, Below wero temperature will extend south to Virginia and freezing temperatures to south Central portions of the Florida peninaula, Entire East Affected. ‘Unless the weather men go wrong in thelr prejudgments the entire Hastern section of the country will be selzed with a chill, The ep West |s now congealed with @ zerp cold which gives promise of extension! down the Misals- alpp! and to Northern Texas, In the Middle Missjssippi, Ohio and Missour! Valleys temperatures ranging from zero to 26 degrees below have been recorded, In Chicago !t is 18 below, The same! showing {s made by St, Louls, and Kan- | gas City goes them two better, ‘or worse from the standpoint of the thermometer watcher, The cold wave has even spread to Southern California, Los Angeles, whose average winter temperature is over 60 degrees, being 42. CHICAGO, Feb, 13—To-day was the coldest of the winter in Chicago, At 7 A. M, the Government thermometer recorded 19 degrees below zero, a fall of .'8 degrees in twelve hours, At 8 A, | M, the mercury stood at 18 below, and the observer predicted that it would} not rige much higher during the day. | The Intense cold was accompanied by a high wind from the northwest, Snow ceased falling early last night and tho sky was clear to-day, Street traffic was not interrupted, but incoming trains on the steam railroads were from one to nine hours late, Intense cold prevails over the Middle West and the Northwest. Among re- porta received to-day the following be low-zero temperatures are noted; Buperior, Wis. 28; La Crosse, Wis, 28; Milwaukee, 18; Janeav.le, Wis. 24: 8t, Paul, Minn., 2%; Williston, N. D., 28} Omaha, Neb., 22; Norfolk, Neb., 29; Lin- coln, Neb., 26, ST, LOUIS, Feb, 13—Missourl, Kansas and the Southwestern Territories are to-day shivering in the coldest weather | they have known In twenty years, In/ Oklahoma five persons have been frosen to death and the loss to stock In west- ern Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Ter- ritory is the greatest in years, In 8t. Louls the minimum was 18 below zero, the coldest weather, with one exception, ever recorded by the local weather bureau. Kansas City, Mo,, reports 22 below, equalling the record cold-weather mark of Feb, 12, 1899. In central and weatern Kansas the wind. became a gale, piling the snow high In the cuts, and the tem- verature went to 30 degrees below zero, All trains were many hours late In Karsas and some of the thraugh traing from Callfornia have been annulled, On the plains of western Kansas hun+ dreds of herds of cattle were stampeded by the flerce gale, Telegraph wires in all directions are demoralized, ——— BIG BLIZZARD IN NORTHERN NEW YORK, UTICA, N. Y,, Feb, 13.~A big: blizzard {9 raging In the Mohawk Valley and Northern New York to-day, Snow has fallen constantly since daylight in largo quantities, and trains are elther aban: | doned or five or six hours late, KELLY, MISSING, FOUND IN WEST. Walthy Mercant of Philadelphia, Who Danppeanred Myaterl- ounly, Located, PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 13, — Word has just been received here from Los Angeles, Cal, that Owen Kelly, the wealthy merchant and Irish leader, of thls city, who disappeared mysteriously last fall, has been found In that city and placed under arrest, | According to the despatch rece!ved here Kelly's identity has been known) for several days, He was watechod| closely ,and then It was decided to arrest him, pending Instructions from relatives, ‘ Kolly's disappearance has been a mystery for months. It was sald by ny (iat the had been — murdered (use of Aly trouble with Trish so- | cletles, ‘Thousands of dollars were spent In trying to locate him, ———— ny on Track and Wan Killed, Lawrence MeGrath, of No. 472 Chest. nut street, Arlington, N, J., was killed Saturday night on Wearny averue, Kearny, by a Hackensack trolley car, The motorman, who, with the cons ductor, Was arrested, says, that when ‘e fitst saw McGrath he lay across the (rack with hls face toward the outor rail, The ley rails made it Impossible os fa aS Hide BIN fe Sie Pie Be Gn ; i RS a NDAY EVENING, Ms HRS. EDWARDS FAILS TO SAVE ~GREASON BY C Court Refuses to. Grant New Trial on Her Admission of Murder, PETITION IS OVERRULED. Unless the Court of Pardons Intervenes, Both Will Be Hanged Next Thursday. WOMAN PARTED FROM CHILD. Litle Girl Born In Prison Taken from Her and Sent South—Elder Daughter Implicated In Confeasion. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13,—The Su- preme Court to-day refused to reopen the case of Samuel Greason, colored, of Reading, who together with Mrs, Kate Edwards was convibted of murdering | the latter's husband, A supplemental petition of Mra. Bd- wards asking that Greagon's life be spared and a new trial be granted to | him) was also rejected, although Judges Fell, Brown and Mestresat were in favor of granting It. Unloes the Board of Pardons, which meets in Harrisburg on Wednesday, In- terferes, the woman and Greason will both be hanged on Thursday, The application for a new trial was based on a confession In which Mrs, Ed. wards exonerated Greason of all blame in connection with the murder of her husband, While exonerating Greason, the wom- an implicates her own daughter, Mary Edwards. The latter Is in St. Louis, and the police there have been asked to keep her under survelliance, Daughter implicated, In this remarkable confession ot &@ more remarkable crime the four- teen-year-old daughter figures largely. Mrs, Edwards says in the confes- sion that she killed her husband because she feared that he would kill her, Hé had thfeatened to do s0, she says, upon the discovery of a secret sne was hiding from him. Here Is the confession of Mrs, Ed- wards; Kate Edwards, of the city of Read- ing, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say: “That she Is a citizen of the common- wealth of Pennsylvania, was married to John Edwards, August 22, 1882, and from April, 190, until March 4, 1901, Mved with her husband and thelr five children in the house owned by Milton Yeoger, near Weayertown, Lebanon County, said State; that said John Ed- wards frequently became intoxicated, wonerally on a Saturday, and on-these "| ocrasions was abusive to petitioner, on @ number of occasions struck her, at ono time striking at her with @ chair; that about June, 190), your petitioner met Samuel Greason through her hus- band, who brought him to the house almost every Saturday evening and they insisted that deponent and her tive children should drink beer, “Both generally felt the Influence of the intoxicating drink and doponent's husband on a number of occasions be- came vory drunk, Threat Made, “About October, 1900, Samuel Greason promised to take deponent down South; that on March 4, 1901, doponent and thelr family moved to Marlon township, Berks County, near Stouchsburg, and since that tlme she has not spoken to sald Samuel Greason, “About a week before July 8, 1901, de- ponent's daughter sald that while she and her father, sald John Edwards, were on thelr way between Stouclt. burg and thelr home, the sald John Edwards sald he just wanted to seo one thing yet, ‘This remark was repeated to de- ponent by her daughter, who also know that Greason and deponent had been intimate; deponont knew that her hus- band would kill her when her child was born, and when she and her daughter Mary talked the matter over Mary sald that sald John Edwards would surely kill deponent, “That about June 1, 1901, deponent wrote a note to Samuel Groason telling him to come and take them away, and if he could not do that he should come down and brine whiskey along and get sald John Edwards drunk and throw him into the cistern, and sent the note to sald Samuel Greason with her daughter Mary, who told doponent that Greason sald he would let her know what he would do, after which depon- ent did not speak to sald Greason; that deponent's daughter Mary told depon- ent a number of times after that that Greason satd he would come down and take them away, “Denonent Knew that her child would be born in a very short time. On the evening of July 8 1901, her husband came home under the influence of liquor and was Jn bad humor; that after the rest of the family had supper he tapped the kee of beer which had arrived that day and which doponent had ordered at IMs direction; all the members of the family drank of the beer, and her hus- hand became {ntoxleated and lay down on the poreh in a drunien sleep, when deponent and her five children went to hed at ¥ o'clock, Murder Descrived. “The four younger children went to sleep, and she and her daughter Mary then went downstairs, when Mary stood on the side of ‘the house around the corner where the cistern was located, anu deponent struck John Hd ls Bev eral times on the head with his ham- mer, ‘That said Jghn Rawards ratsed Kimeecif to a acting posture and then rolled into the yard In front of tho porch, Where deponent again sinyék him with the hammer several times, and her to. Stop the car in I! Greta. Ume to save Mo: eee ay hee ee daughter Mary then came around tho arene corner from the side of the house, when deponent wrapped a plece of carpet around the head of John Edwards, car- ried him along In front of the porch toward the ond, where they crossed over the porch, and as deponent got onto the stone steps leading from the end of the porch to the vard sald John Edwards ellpped out of her grasp and he fell onto the steps, which were the next day found marked with blood, Washed Away Blood. “That they lifted him again, carried him to the cistern and threw him fn, Deponent and her daughter then, washed. the blood off the porch, but missed wash: ing several bloodstains thereon; that though they washed the stone steps, they missed washing the blood on the side of the steps. They also washed the ground jn front of the varch where sald John Edwards lay and where de- ponent struck him; the washing up of ploud was nil done that night. “beponent carried the ladder and lald it near the cistern, und her daughter Mary, carried the cement out and set t down near the cistern, When ae- ponent pluked up ine plece of curpet she pot it agaist her dress and the blood stained the front of her dress, which she tore out the next morning and washed. Deponent put the plece of Murpet and the hammer under the stalrs. that night, Bhe and her daughter Mary then went to. béd, “About daybreak deponent got up be- fore any of the other members of tue family and buried the plece of carpet in the garden, and then went upstairs und sat on the bed, and when the two ehildien, Mary and Elmer, get up she went down the stairs first, and the other two followed immediately, “Deponent, on the morning of July 4, tore out the front of her dress, which was bloodstalned, washed {t and tore tt up for wash rags; she subsequently suwed off the handle of the hammer and ‘burned It, and on July 9 Sraned up the ploce of carpet which she had burled in the gamen, and the hammor, put them In the baby coach and started for! Nowtown, Lancaster County, stopping on the way for dinner, Exonerates Greason. “That she and Mary went down along the mountain side and buried both, as related at her trial, Deponent avers that the comblngs of herself and daugh- ter wore generally put In the water afler they were through washing and thrown Into the yard, and believes that said John Edwards got the halr which was found in his hands either when he fell off the porch or while he was being car- ried to the cistern, and further says that rad John Edwanis did, not grasp de- ponent's hair or thag of any other per- n. “Deponent again avers that there was no che wt the house on the night of July 3, 101, cept her family; that no one struck blow but herself; that Samcel Greason was not present; that he did not know anything about the matter and did rot in any way ald or abet In sald crime, nor was he in any= Wise connected with Jt, Deponent after she wrote the sald note to Sam- uel Greason, belleved that he and Wills fam Jones would take them away, and she would thus escape the wrath of her husband, When they failed, know. Ing (hat the chila would be born In a fow days, and knowing further that her husband would kill her when he saw the features of the child, she struck the blow and saved ker own life. “On July 9, 191, your petitioner was qirenrea on the charge of having mur- d ed her said husband, John Edwards, nd committed for tal to the Berks County. p 3, where on July 3, 1901, she was delivered of a child, ¢ Sept. 11, 1901, was on sald chi vieted of murder on April 20, 190s, was | Rentenced to he ecuted and the tlme f Md execution has been set for in the first “Your petitioner avers that the state- he FEBRUARY’ Lh pt eer 9 phate dnesaepenetneanennantiseniti eee ONFESSING CONFESSED MURDER TO SAVE MAN, RN IN Dee RISON drank too much, He lald on the porch, I saw him there when I went to bed &bout 9 o'clock, We all went to bed excent pop.’ “Who went downstairs first in the morning?" “Mother—next Elmer and 1, It was dayiight, Mother was in the kitchen rolling um the window shade when we got down, There was a light in the room, “What did vour mother say?” “D asked her where pon was. She faid she did not know, and went out to look, and aske) why the tadder wos at the elstern, 'Dren she and wo went to tho clstern, and we saw pop was at the hartam, ren mother gent Wlmer to Worner'’ E “Did you examine the premises?” “Yes, | Sound blood on the porch and ut the fenee, There wore two pieces of carpet on the porch, There was blood under the carpet.'” “She had on another dress the next momning?” About half of a eofled, torn dress, tho back, part resembling the droga she de- scribed, was shown the witness, She donitied tt as the one worn by her her she night of the crime, hem did you see that dress after- ward?" "On Iuly 8 Mother came from ganten with It, and washed it and tore Wo, mot Showed the Weapons, “Mary, vid you see your wouunedge your mother in the “Yes, she was in the shanty and sawed the handle off of a hammer, It was 21-2 feet long, She burned the pleces in the stove,” “How much did you drink that r, Lents, ht?” asked Mi Vhy, I drank two tumblers,'* wpe (pblidren were drunk?" es, mites do yah nowt “Mother went for another pitel = fore we went to bed, and mather neds fhm dilate mere, phen Elia fell against 2 bovs sta, ih "Do You like beer? a mwered: do not,"" BS the Onist Bhlidren ike itv” Buess so, for they drank It - Ingly at first, but: before we weatyo bed she made them drink, They did Rok Png rere, hs mother made em. Arink, I saw Ella drink one gi early In the evening,” ae) od MRS, EDWARDS 18 PARTED FROM HER LITTLE GIRL. (Spectal to The Evening World.) READING, Pa,, Feb, 18.~In view of Mrs, Edwards's confession It 1s possi~ Dle that ‘the Board of Pardons on Wednesday may recommend a new trial for Samuel Greason, even though the Supreme Court gave an adverse rullng to-day, She was informed Inst night that to- day she would have to part from her daughter Alma. ‘The mother spent. all night weeping, praying and coddling her child, It was a pltiful scene, She did not sleep a wink, At 4 A, M. to-day little Alma was bundled in warm clothing ana taken from her = mother, The prisoner ined Kisses on hor child and om- braced her again and again, ‘then Alma, who has never been out of the prison, was taken away to Washington by a Sister of Charity, who will turn her over to Booker Washington, the latter having secured a home for the Fi johatd. (ote eee WOMAN DROWNS IN SIGHT OF CROWD. iscaping from Madhouse, she Plunges from Bridge Into the Schuylkill River, ments herein made have heen made vol- wntarily and that no inducements y ° ever have been held out tp her: that sh realizes the wrong hh has heen wroug'it by her misstate des sires to correct the error by re evidence given at the tral of 8 puel Greason for the murder of her husband, John Kdwards, and in the pro- COMINGS SDS eto, and for the! hurpese of pr © execution oF | an Innocent man,” Daughter's Testimony. Rdwards The testimany given by Mar | at Keading in September, JW, against | her mor and whitch ta yoserved to her, confirms. in, some. respects fexsion of Mrs, Fxlwards, made nubite torday She was asked: “Were you at home on the night of July "Yos, the entire family was at home five childten besides myself, Tam fit- teen, Then there was Nimer, Harvey. seven; Hila, five, and Katte three, | Mather and’ mother were al nome, We had a keg of beer and all © the beer to the ehildren? one become intoxloated?'* Ella and Hlmer, any “Harvey: er roe) ee ib i MM EN (Bpectal PHILADE toon tn am to The F HA, Hhouse ne World.) ‘ad. 13.—Out of 9 4 young woman, well-dressed and of refined appearance, unde her way to-day, eluding phys! ians and attendants, ‘Twenty mintites late had found death in the tey water of the Schuylkill River in full sight of scores of persons, unforiunate woman was Miss ih Caroine Fukemann, twonty= ars old, of No, 12) North War ock street, She had been under treat ment for sileldal manta. Miss Puhrmann was seen on M reet a few minutes after 8 o'cloc was walking a. a bris peared the middle beldae she stopped Perfor ie pass crowd could Iniert yo viutted the low jron railing and disappear from views Nigya SPURNED WIFE SLASHED RIVAL Mrs. Bruno Journeyed 4,000 Miles trom Italy to Get Ro- venge on Woman She Said Had Stolen Hushand’s Love. BEGAN SEARCH AS SOON AS SHE LANDED HERE. Found Victim with a Baby in Arms and at Once Began to Inflict Probably Mortal In- juries with a Razor. t When Mrs, Carmello Bruno, @ slen- dor Jittle Italian woman, whose large black eyes cohtract and dilate as they interpret her emotions, landed in New York yesterday from an Italian steam-~ ship, she carried but a little bundle of clothing, She had come four thousand miles to revenge herself upon @ young woman she had befriended, and whom she accuses of having stolen the love of her husband, It was well past noon to-day when she strode along Roosevelt stret, atop- ping at a little frult store, She asked if Antonio Bruno lived thereabou' spoke hardly above a whisper and showed great fatigue in every mover ment of her ‘body, but when the man replied that Eruno lived in the b ment of No, 62 Roobovelt street she seemed like a transformed woman, Hurried in Purault, Beforo| descending the short filght of stone steps she bent down and looked through the windows, And what she saw made her simile, and jt was not a pleasant smile to look upon, The pretty Nttle woman who was singing to her baby did not see the smile, but a mo- ment later she stood face to face with he visitor, “Rosa Custinio, T have come all the way from Italy to wipo out the stain you have put on me and my little ones, Tam golng to kill you tf Ioan, but If T cannot I will mar your doll beauty."* Sprang Upon the Woman, ‘With that she sprang upon the shrink- ing woman, tore the baby from her arm and tossed It {nto a corner, Then with one hand she seized the little woman by the throat, while with the other phe drew a razor from the folds of her skirt, ‘At this the watcher hurried down the eteps ‘to interfere, but he was too Inte to suve the victim of the wronged wife from probably fatal injury, With an almost animal foroclty Mrs, Bruno slashed about with her razor, cutting ardeep crosa in the right cheek of the younger woman, Then with several more sweeps of tht; blade:she cut down ‘tho tleeh on the shoulder, lay> the tates the bone: for several: snches. When the man entered the place and grasped her. nrpy the blade waa \fe- scending ee the SE Heek of Ue Cr rkeug woman, nes, Bruno was arrested and her vic+ tim will probably die, — ADDICKS LOSES ! EIGHT VOTES. Break to Dupont May Mean His Defeat-First Desertion from Hin Rake in Ten Years, DOVBR, Del., Feb. 13.—The Senatorial situation took a change to-day, when It was announced on good authority that eight of the union Republican Assembly- men will leave J, Edward Addicks dur- ing this week and cast thelr votes for T, Coleman Dupont, of Wilmington, the millionaire Evav day itd Dupont Pais agreement Was feached after conferenas hau veen veld vag sonilg by the members concerned In the m ment. ‘This will be the outcome of the recent rumors tht have been current on the subject of a break, and tt will mark the first desertion \10n the Addicks ranks since the session of 1895, It hag not been announced on what day the break will be made, — LONDON STOCKS DULL AND IRREGULAR. American Shires Improved a Bit During the Seasion, but Closed Quiet, LONDON, Feb. 13.—Money was In falr demand in the market to-day, owing to considerable repayments to the Bank of England belng due during the week, Discounts were quiet and a shade eas- fer, Trading on the Stock Exchange was dull and somewhat Irregular, Business centred in first-class securities, which were firm, Consols were falrly steady, | Americans started dull on the poor New York bank statement, and became | inactive In the absence of Wall street | support, but whey hardened to a trifle j above parity and closed quiet. Foreigners g¢ wero qulet, Jap- anese and A were In good da- mand. Impe se Government 63 of 1901 were quoted at 103, Russlans | were firm, Peruvians were easier, Kat- firs were easy owing to fears of a dis- | solution of Parllament, Sa 25 HURT JIN TRAIN WRECK, VALPARAISO, Ind, Feb. 12.—A freight traln on the Baltimore and Onto Ratlroad collided with a wrecking train on the Miohigan Central Rally miles that twen- men in the caboose were ty-five. wo injured The Liver Is Seldom Healthy While Coffee is the daily drink, DOCTORS RECOMMEND POSTUM a i Da pehy rind TEN THEATRES | UNSHFE-CROKER Fire Chief Declares that Number of Playhouses in This City Are as’ Dangerous as Was: the Burned Casino... LATTER MUST BE: REBUILT ON THE GROUND FLOOR. ——_—_— x He Will Strenuously Resist Any Attempt to Reoonstruot It One Story Above.Street Level, as at Present. Fire Chief Croker said to-day that he would oppose any plan to repair the Casino Theatre that includes the reten- tlon of the auditorium one floor above the street level. He considers It lucly that the authorities have a chance to enforce the dropping of the auditorium to the round floor In one of the three remaining theatres In.the city that have stalrways leading to thé orchestra seats, Although Chief Croker does not wish to pose as an alarmist he makes the statement that there are ten theatres in the city that are no safer.than the Ca- sino, When these theatres wore built they were considered safe, The Iro- quols Theatre fire in Chicago .showed that an absolutely fireproof theatre may prove a death-trap unless the audience can be retired within-a few moments after the alarm |s sounded. The great. est loss of lite in the Iroquois Theatre fire was on two filghts of stairs leading from the first balcony Into the lobby. , Walle and Arch Good, TH ight any play of the owners of the Cagino to repalt the theatre as it wtands,'"' says Chief Oroker, ‘Phe walls of the Casino are good and the proscenium arch Js good, Outslde of the arch the whole interior of the house should be torn out, the auditorium dropped to the und floor and the He ror remodelled according to the 1 tules laid down for the conatruc> tlon of new theatres. | “Without particular reference to the Casino, I will ay that no theatre Is safe that has spores under it, No thea- tre | safe that compels tts audience to ascend a flight of stairs before reaching the main floor, “stores under a theatre double the danger from tire; Mhe athirwaye triple the danger. to life i eane ot a fire while an dience {s.In th Ie. had been in hi lupposing the audlenc, the Casino when fre broke out Bat- urday, afternoon, Thera tion has been that theatre firem.al! originate on the stage, and the Casinn ashest tain was designed with the idea of BHU DE oft He carey Men me au lence and allowing the people in the house to escape by. the front tal Started In Front of Hous “But this fire started in the front of the house and i across the prome- nade back of the first balcony. It shut off access to the tortuous stairway load. ing from the lobby to the auditorium fi hate to think of what might ‘e happened on that stairway Jn case hi of a panic, “Although our fires laws are strict concerning theatves there Ja a Ibxft; in carrying out the rules that {s, y BUppCee, I"0 or less natural, Theatre employees who are intrusted with the work of Inspection become lulled into false Most hth and overlook important detalls, Every theatre should be thor. oughly ing; cted from the cellar bedi just Tetore the Audience e Hi to any performance,” —— THREE-ALARM FIRE ON THE WEST SIDE. Started in’ a Brick Yard and Threatened Lumber and Coal Yard Fire in the plant of the Empire Brick and Supply Company, in Twelfth ave- nue, between Forty-seventh and Forty. eighth street#.to-day became @o threat- ening that ithree alarms of fire wero sounded. The brick company's plant hacks up against the BE. H. Ogden Lumber Com: pany's plant, Thero was a iuantity of lumyber stored there; and for a time It was in danger. 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