Show ms I STI TI I II I Goes to Show That There I Vas Gross anti and Criminal Carelessness Car 1 ONCE BEFORE IT WAS AFIRE Curtain Stuck Then ns liS it Did lIld Attention raid Paid To Warning o Jan tending to show grosser rosser criminal neglect than previously developed d was oath today In hi the lire fire depart fn investigation of lIO hor horror Joseph Dougherty who had liall of or Iho tho curtain swore that two perform Kecks w kl ago during a 0 Ml an there theN was a n on tho stage and thai when lie attempted to lower tho curtain It was Howell Hopped by th obstruction that prevented Its op Oil jr uon last Wednesday tho fatal after arter 11 Th Ill on curtain manager declared that he ho tr KIM at al that Ihal time but bul that no M was wall paid to his hili warning In his hla it ion U j the curtain lUd been run iown down during the tho fatal matinee tho of or many if IC not ull tho victims of oC hc the disaster might been bean the merest chance challco that thata b It t I S only by t a panic was lIas averted us tho Iho result of or the t The skylight ht ut Il that time lime h he said ald uis S securely closed an In Interview with said the rumor of oC oCa i a previous lire at the theater had been lm ago but 1 II t hail had been denied by most of at tho au authorities Including Will J Davis he be had been compelled to believe that thatUs Us report has Imd no proper basis fa 80 till far us liS I can learn said Bald Attorney ney the fire two weeks ago 1118 In a 1 IMf III of or combustible com back of or orthe the BIage and was WIlS extinguished with without without out alarming tho audience nu Tho llio 1110 curtain tailed failed to work and why this warning was discarded In IH a n mutter that will havn to explain Daugherty WIlS made un Ul under Ulder der oath Speaking of t thu Iho on the day of ot the first fire lre Daugh Daugherty erty that tIIt tho Iho skylights the plage tnt were IVere closed as ns th t between n the skylights Ti were designed to 10 create an upward draught In cuse cus of at fire The were weN operated by h a n lever tut Lut I declared no attempt was route rn c to open Olon them during tho fire came carno a few days 8 later Tho were In perfect condition ho hould uld and had hod been operated a n number cf or times durin tho enticement of the company c Ho could give ro to why tho vents iro not opened l when th the fire broke Ut Recurring to the Daugherty touted that hat It not n light on tho the tho plank Ih h used tm 1111 a II platform to nua un the Ih spot light which obstructed lb It curtain for tor tho Inquest over it Ite bodies of oC victims victim II were completed Ij Coroner Everything J IS now no In readiness for tor tho examination 01 1 lKa when tho Inquiry Thursday Enneo the tho day otter tho lIre tk has haa Men been busy bUB Ir IrIng Inu Ing on won tod ns liS One hundred and forty of them have licen summoned Slates Attorney announced tod y that no 10 Jury would bo 1 in loJ the fire and Its It at lo 1 s 9 of ot life The Lh coroners Jury It Is making Into Inlo tha tho of or th Ih fit Or ml n HH attendant Insa of ot life liCe MI MI ho hA will undoubtedly nil rr lh II |