| Show m ij ms T nR it l INQUEST BEGINS GI SI Ii IiIi Ii t Coroners List of Henri Con l loins Names of People V V j WHAT THE JURY WILL FIND I That flint Heath Death in iii Each Case V From Shocks and I t Injury ii V j V SEPARATE VERDICTS TO BE DE GIVEN OIVEN I t Will he ti h Fixed so o Far Ir Pi r as a i i A Will be the i l Patol Floodlight ht i Chicago Jan tore n a I deum U k L 1 crowd croud packing lucking the council chamber In Inthe Intha V the tho city elt hull Coroner Cotoner and Ind ti a I r V jury jur of oC six men m n today tuda begun the of 01 i 1 examination of or it tho the than Ur tIr itro were persons who 1 In III the audience nt at the tue matinee They llIe told of ot the panic and of ot finding exits looked locked V Outside In III the thA anteroom n R of or witnesses waited to 10 be heard Fright Frightened cued ened victims who escaped with their V 4 lives 1118 from the fiery furnace actors I ti chorus girls stage tage hands policemen and a 1111 firemen mingled d there making a II Within the council chamber the In Ia I proceeded along judicial lines lineR I Lawyers wore were present III In behalf of or i Io 0 numerous interests seeking opportunity to 10 examine witnesses along liens lIeM oC at C i special Interest to their clients k Under Coroner Tracers lra orI ruling nook sudi t I were w barred 1 and the 1 1 lion connected conne t strictly along the lines JInes V laid lahl down by that 1 Tho Tim coron r over ove the re remains reo remains mains of ot the vIctims of the th Iroquois f V theater heater t began heg n in the city elt j t chamber to The coroners oHl oh dat list ot use nt at tho the In Inquest I j A quest contains just jU l names Pre Pro Previous F loUI reports indicating MH 11 L dead 1 VV V ace aco declared now to be he Inaccurate and tine duo to II the shifting of ot bodies from one ii morgue to another J were complete fur for or the most searching Inquiry Into the tho onus caUs V i it oi II 5 of or the greatest calamity that Chica Chicago go hin ever mown known Coroner I presided over oer the tue Investigation with States WI Atty It Dencen Deneen or one fine of oC his hili ns as In lii constant attendance as a the thA c coroners coroller legal and tho th I corporation county coun attorney V Va J JIt a It score of ot lawyers representing private and numerous of or tim j tire fire slut nHI police departments taking part partIn partIn partin I In the Inquiry WILL WIIl TAKE TAlE SIX DAYS DATS V It U Is t that It wilt will nt at t six days daYl for fol tho the Jury to hear th the testimony of ot the t hp or more witnesses sel The Tho provision of ot the law that the Jury shall view the thc bodies over oer which the In i quen IlIe U is held having already been com corn compiled V piled with Coroner Coroller entered at once upon the examination of or the tha wit witnesses witnesses nesses to determine the tho cauto of ot this tire fire and Ind the tho responsibility for or the tho ton tonof V of oC life Technically the Inquest In iti held t tover over Oer the tho body of or Miss Mills Mi Mary Mury Edna l dna Tot Tor Torney TOIne hey ney ne anti and others Deputy Coroner t knew Mien anti and arrived on the tho scene er of oC the fire Oro a 11 few minutes titter litter her body hid had born heln carried out He lie was WOl able ablo to lo ho locate tate cate the two policemen who had hand led tho ho body bod The check to her sent In 11 the thu theater was yas found lound on her clothing Precise evidence can therefore bo ho hi de 4 as na to 10 o the circumstances circumstanced of her bee death and these circumstances will wll hA Interpreted to tn apply In general to tG the MI others other I WHAT JURY WILL FIND Although sonic some died dIet of ot asphyxiation mo of ot bunts bums und some fone from caucus concus concussion sion sian tho Jury will wilt find that death In iii each earh of or tile the OM train from shocks and Injury the Tho Jury JUf will viii sign a 11 sep p verdict or lct for tor each victim For the task of ot fixing the for tOI tho tIm great low loss lo of life lira States V Atty Instructed Coroner Tree Trac Tracer ger fer er to establish the tM It If JIOM LIla bin of ot some SOllie person or r persons who died disc at lit the end flit of oC the tho leading south from the tho entrance of ot thin tho second bal bai balcony cony There II n looked hooked door cut oft ort the tho of ot hundreds whose bodies tm wert found against U tho ito barricaded door The has haJ succeeded In gathering It 11 tItle this t 1 Mr Mrs Ir I n B K g I Strong ot of Chicago mid and her niece Vorn ora om Strong of ot On lit died nt lit the toot loot of ot tho the stairway Tho story of ot their death Ileath before th locked exit has been told tolt o tho the coro cora coroner net ner by b M I Strong son lion of ot the rider Ihler victim Mr 11 Strong who Is 19 a n aboard board of ot clerk consented to testify MAIlER MAHER AND Mm NI NAorI ARRESTED Thu rho arrest of ot William J Matter Malice and George eorge whirl which took place today is con Important by Coronet Tra g r In Connection with the tho The men were employed by bya a I subcontractor of or the Ih Puller Fuller uller Con Can company According to the pollee tho men nay NO they the nailed down dow tho the ventilators on Ott the root roof of ot the tho ho then thea theater tee ter the tho stun and attil that nn an IlIon Atlon will wilt show that the skylight frames had 1101 been heen removed In 1 other r words 0 tilt the tue safety vents for tOI to n a tiN tiNon on Ott the tho sInge never operated even experimental eXl auth every ever audience that over nut nt In tho Iroquois theater from the day the tho theOter was aH opened hail had been In Imminent dancer of ot roast roasting I im to wholesale whenever n a fire re broke broko out on ott tho the stage stR O E B 1 la Is the subcontractor of lit the Fuller Construction tion lion who employed Manor and Nagel l The two workmen wert at Bt home In bed when then arrested rile Tho work workmen workmen workmen men explained to the police that the nails were sere expected to be hc removed lot lilt later or er and the th skylights put In III proper working order when tho the theater then tel was van placed in the hands ot of tho thu owners Both 4 J il r I i i 1 |
