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Show I NINE HELD FOR THEATRE CRASH Accused Men Given Time to Arrange Bonds of $5,000 Each WASHINGTON. Feb 15. The nine men ordered held for the grtmd Jury In a Verdict returned by the coroner's Jury In connection with the Knickerbocker Knicker-bocker theatre disaster January 26, which resulted In the loss of 98 lives. I were given an opportunity to appeal at the district attorney's office today J to give bond. Thev were not taken into custody when the verdict was re-1 re-1 turned Tuesdav nlsrht and District t - Itorney Peyton Gordon said they would i" permitted to remain at liberty un-d un-d r $o,000 bond each. He raid the ease probably would be presented t" the grand Jury, which is now in ses-f-lon. by the last of this week. Based on the testimony of scores of witnesses at the inquest which began be-gan nearly a week ago, the verdict Of tho coroner's jury found that the -ulUpse of the roof of the motion plc-( plc-( tujro theatre was due to faulty deslgn-1 deslgn-1 ig and construction and inadequate t-apcrvlslon and Inspection Among those ordered held for the grand Jur were R. G. Gcare. architect for the building; J. H. Ford, engineer ho de-lgned de-lgned the roof .structure. Morris Hacker, building Inspector when the 1 heal re was constructed, and Frank L Wagner, the builder. Recommendations of the Jury In-J In-J eluded fine that .ill theatres and J places where the; public assemble be clbscd and kept closed until such time as their safety Is assured " |