THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
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NORFOLK NHUUASICA FRIDAY MAY 10 1)07. ! )
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51.AYER OF JARMER SENT FOR
AN OFFICER.
SHOWS EFFECTS OF STRAIN
HAS BEEN SLEEPING OUT IN THE
WOODS AT NIGHT.
RECOLLECTIONS OF SHOOTING
SAVS PURSE CONTAINING $860
WA5 STOLEN THAT NIGHT.
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AWOKE AT SUNSET IN PIG PEN
Herman Boche Did Not Knc v He Had
Killed Jarmer , He Says , Until Mon
day of This Week Has Retained
Senator Allen to Defend Him.
Madison , Neb. , Mny 8. Special U >
Tiie News : Wounded slightly in two
places as a result of the four shots
fired at him a week ago tonight by
Sheriff Clements , declaring that Jar
mer had cohxed him Into the redlight
district against his will , claiming to
have been robbed of more than $800
just before ho shot and killed Frank
Jarmer on Wednesday morning , May
1. and looking like an Insane man as
a result of having slept out In the
woods every night save one during
the week following the shooting , Her
man Boche , the NorfoSk farmer for
whom a fruitless search had been in
dulged in over this part of the state
ever since the tragedy , today gave
himself up at the camp of his cousin ,
Fred Boche , south of Norfolk , and
was brought to the county jail at this
place. Frankly responding to all ques
tions put to him and apparently not
trying td ( conceal any of the facts of
the case as he views them , Boche gave
the full story of the incidents leading
up to his shooting of Jarmer , what he
recalls of the shooting itself and the
drfcamlike week through which he had
lived between the moment of the trag
edy and the moment when , almost In
sane from wandering about the woods ,
he asked that an officer bo brought
tq take him into custody. The first
interview secured from Boche after
he had been placed in the Madison
county jail was that gained by J. B.
Donovan , editor of the Madison Star-
Mail , and the story of Boche as told
to Mr. Donovan was substantially as
printed below.
Had Money on Fatal Night.
Herman Boche had money In his
pockets on that fatal night , according
to his own story. He says that he had
sold horses , cattle , hogs and hay and
that he carried two purses with him ,
a long one containing about $860 and
a small one containing about $50. He
says that when he left the resort with
Jaxmer early Wednesday morning he
I felt for his purse and it was gone.
K-e claims Jarmer had been feeling of
, his pockets at intervals ever since
they left the saloon together.
cV Boche Wanted to ) Go Home.
He says that he wanted to go home
and Jarmer insisted that he get into
a -waiting hack and go up town. When
he felt for his money and found it
gone ho says that he has a dim recol
lection of shooting. Ho thinks he re-
caJls shooting two or three times.
Did Not Know He Killed Jarmer.
But Boche says he did not at that
time , know that he had killed Jarmer.
He .did not learn that he had slain the.
man until Monday night of this week
when his son told him of the farm of
Carl Sorg , a relative living eight miles
northeast of Madison. On Monday
night Bocho says Jie went to that farm
to ] ask them to bring his wife to him.
Ho learned that she had gone to Wake
field to hunt him and his son , who
works at the farm , hero gave him the
first intimation ho had received of
Jarmer'B death. He slept In the hay
loft on the Sorg farm that night and
that was the only night ho has slept
under cover since the shooting. All
other nights ho slept out in the woods
near his own farm.
Awoke Near Reseat In Hog Pen
Boche says ho know nothing after
hLs quarrel with Jarmer until ho awoke
at about sunset that night In a hog
rxrn near the resort at which the trou
bio occurred. Ho did not realize what
had happened and only now has the
roost hazy recollection of what took
Jarmer Gave Him Drinks.
Boche said that late Tuesday night
Aj-rll 29 , ho wont up town In Norfolk
MN ! got a drink of whisky at the Bov
CT&KQ saloon. Then ho went Into the
J firmer saloon. Jarmer greeted hln
cordially and asked him to take a
drtnk. Bocho says ho declined bn
Jjtnner insisted. Later , under anoth
< r protest , ho says Jarmer Inducoi
him to take another drink , At mid
night ho and Jarmor left the salooi
and went to a restaurant oil Norfrtl
avenue , where they ate a lunch. Then
he says Jarmor suggested that they
take a trip Into the redllght district.
Says He Did Not Want to Go.
"I told Jarmer that I would not go
with him , " said Bocho today. " 1 told
him that I had too much money In my
pockets and that It would bo unsafe
for me to go. Jarmer demanded that
I get into a hack and said he only
wanted to go for a mlnuto. Finally ,
after he hail coaxed for some time ,
but still against my will , I got Into
the hack with him. Shortly after the
hack had started out , I felt my head
begin to swim. I believe I was doped.
Says Jarmer Felt of His Pocket.
"While atlll In the hack I noticed
that Jarmer kept trying to feel of my
pocket with his lingers and I told him
k keep his hands away from me.
'armer Grabbed at His Pocket.
vr wo reached the house girls
i. f'f ' co asked me to buy a bottle
of . / didn't mind the dollar , so
I bout % * lo and later drank more.
While i S'//f\ \ M' ° Jarmer came over
to me , b. ° % beside mo and
grabbed my . < ; cket. "
Boche says i. > recalls little else off
mat night's dissipation until he left
the house with Jarmer. He says he
remembers feeling for his purse and
It was gone. Then he wanted to go
home but says Jarmer insisted that he
get Into the hack and return to town.
"I told Jarmer I was going home ,
but he said , 'No , by , you're not
gcfng home , ' " Bocho declared today.
At This Oath , Boche Shot.
At this oath and at the moment
when Jarmer declared he could not go
ionic , Boche says he remembers that
e shot his revolver ; how many times ,
r that It had killed a man , he did
lot know until he was told.
38-Callbre Gun.
Boche still had his gun when he
jave himself up today. It Is a 38-
allbre English bulldog revolver with
wo lotulcd shells still in Its chamber.
From the moment when he fired the
-jun until he awoke that night in a
\B \ pen only a short distance from the
lace where the tragedy occurred , Bo-
3he recalls nothing. "When he did
iwake he says he started down the
Ivor towards his own farm. At this
line he had no definite Idea of what
iad taken place. He did not oven
< now that the officers had been search-
ng for him all that day , nor that a
nurder charge had been placed against
ilm.
ilm.He
He took Lehman's boat and crossed
he river and finally reached his own
armyard.
Hid in the Buggy Shed.
Half realizing , thougli , that some
.hlng had happened , and faintly re
siling that he had shot at Jarmer In
quarrel , he did not go Into the house ,
nit hid himself in the buggy shed.
Then the dog barked and his wife
came out and spoke In German. Ho
answered her In German.
Did Not Know What "Halt" Meant.
Then a darklantern's glare flashed
nto his eyes and blinded him. A
man's voice he did not know what
man cried out , "Halt. " But Herman
Boche did not kncjw what the word
'halt" meant , he says , and his first
mpulse was to run away. So he ran
and four bullets from the sheriff's re
volver closely followed him , one 1m
irlntlng a slight but painful wound in
ils right hip and another perforating
ils trouser leg and grazing 'him just
iclow the left knee , on the inside.
As a result of this hip wound , Boche
keeps his hand on his back , as though
n pain , almost constantly.
Stayed in Woods That Night
That night and every other night
since then , until Monday , Boche hid
ilmself in the woods near the river's
edge in the vicinity of his own farm.
On Monday night he went to the farm
of his brother-in-law , Carl Sorg. His
own son works there. He told his son
io get him something to eat and while
ic ate the food his boy told him that
he had killed Frank Jarmer and that
officers were searching for him to put
him under arrest.
Wanted to Give Self Up Then.
Bocho says that the Instant he
found out that he had killed Jarmer
he wanted to give himself up. Ho
asked that his wife be sent for bul
Bhe had gone Wakefleld \ to hunt
for him. And so ho slept In the hay
loft at the Sorg farm that night , with
his mind made up to surrender at the
first possible moment. Ho said that
ho had wanted to give himself up al
of the ilmo and he would like to have
surrendered the night the sheriff shot
at him , had he known it was an offl
cor and not some avenger who was
after him , and had he known the
meaning of "halt. "
Asks to Have Suspense Ended.
And so when Tuesday morning ,
dawned Herman Bocho was ready and
anxious to surrender. Toward evenIng -
Ing ho ventured over to his own home , ,
where ho found his children. | '
The father , worn from his long
siege out of doors and by the mental
strain upon him , entered the hoino
and declared , "My God , I can't stand
this any longer or I'll go crazy. "
Sends For Cousin , Fred.
Ho instructed his son , Julius , to
bring lilt ) coiiflln , Fred lloche , whom
llnriiiun assured ln wanted lo aurri'ii-
tier. Ho returned with Fred Koohoto
the latler'H camp on the Klldiom for
thi ) night , anil at daybreak the cousin
wont to Norfolk Junction , telephoned
up to Constable1 J. H. Conloy and
nskod that ho go down and allow the
fugitive to glvo hlniHiMf Into sucum
custody. The olllcor found Bocho at
thu camp and drove with him to Mad
ison.
ison.Was
Was Not In Touch With Family.
. Berlin tmj'H that ho was at no tltuo
In touch with hlu own family or rel
atives excepting Monday night when
ho slept In the Sorg barn. Only a
little corn did he eat until Monday
night and most of the nights when ho
slept out In the woods the temperature
got down below the freezing point.
He Shows Effects of Strain.
Of all this strain from lack of food
and from sleeping out In the bitterly
cold nights , Herman Bocho shows a
ruinendouu effect. He shakes and
witches nervously and his eyes have
i look that would bo singled out an
hose of an Insane man.
Jarmer Had Tried to Borrow.
Boche says that Jnrmur had buun
rylng to borrofw money from him
vith which to pay his license money
o the city.
Asked if he wore accustomed to cary -
y so much money around in his i > oo.k-
its , Bocho said that he generally car-
led about $200. but that this extra
sum on that night was from a live
stock sale. Ho said that this money
vas his own and was not from the
Boche estate.
"It All Seems Like a Dream. "
"It all seems like a dream that I
inve buen through , " said Boche today
when he was placed , for the second
time within eighteen years , In the
Madison county jail charged with miir-
ler. .
Boche was taken to the Madison heel -
el for dinner and then Immediately
o the jail , whore hn was allowed the
Iherty of the corridor.
Asked If ho wore In thu habit of
visiting tl\o resorts where he killed
Tanner , Bocho replied : "No ; I have
10 business there. "
"Why didn't you shoot Clements
Wednesday night ? " was asked
"Why , I didn't want to kill any-
) ody , " Boche replied.
SENATOR ALLEN RETAINED
Attorney Who Cleared Boche Once ,
Will Try It Again.
Madison , Neb. , May 8. From n
staff correspondent : Former United
States Senator William V. Allen lias
) een retained to defend Herman Bo
che In his trial for the murder of
Frank Jarmer. The scnntdr eighteen
vears ago succeeded in acquitting Bo-
che in his trial for murdering George
[ ves of Tllden with an ax.
The News' staff correspondent
reached Madison at 3 o'clock this afternoon -
ternoon from Norfolk on the freight
train , and found that Herman Boche
and his wife were closeted with Senator -
ator Allen in his private office.
Seals Boche's Lips.
Boche , after he nad told his storv to
Editor Donovan was taken to the of-
flee of Senator Allen and the moment
the latter had been definitely retained
in Boche's defense , Boche was In
structed to seal his lips and talk of
his case to nobody. Senator Allen
would neither allofw Boche to make
iny statements whatsoever , nor would
lie make any statement for his client.
Sheriff Clements told The News'
staff representative that he was very
glad Boche had given himself up and
was in custody ; he seemed to feel
greatly relieved that the search had
ended and the arrest made. Consta
ble Conley , who was sent for by Bo
che to take him Into custody , refused
to make any statements.
FRENCH STEAMER WRECKED
Ship Strikes Rocks Off South Amerl-
can Coast All Saved.
Montevideo. Urugua > , May 9. The
French transport maritime steamer
Poltou. from Marseilles for this port ,
has been wrecked off San Jose
Ignaclo , on the coast of Uruguay. She
is understood to have had 300 passen
gers on board , and , according to late-
reports , nearly 200 of these have been
rescued and are on their way to this
city The vessel .uid her cargo will
probably prove a total loss.
According to later dispatches all the
passengers are safe. The crew will
remain on board until all hopes of re
floating the vessel are abandoned. The
dispatches say there has been no loss
of life The Poltou has a heavy list
to port and has broken on a level with
her engines.
BENJAMIN C , WRIGHT ACQUITTED
Death of His Wife and Daughter Due
to Gas Heater.
Denver , May 9. The trial of Ben
jamin C. Wright , formerly of Benton
Harbor , Mich. , charged with the mur
der of bis wife and five-year-old daughter -
tor , was ended abruptly , when , after
hearing the testimony of Professor W.
D. Engle , Instructor of chemistry at
Denver university , counsel for the
state , at the request of the district
attorney , announced that the case
against Wright would not be contln-
ued , the July , in accordance with in-
structtons from the court , returned a
verdict acquitting the defendant. Pro
fessor Engle testified that carbon
monaxlde poisoning , generated , he be-
liavod. by a gas heater , caused death.
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TO ST. LOUIS POLICE.
FIGHTS EXTRADITION TO TEXAS
Makes Application for Writ of Habeas
Corpus to Prevent Delng Taken to
Lone Star State on Perjury Indict
ment Released on $10,000 Qond.
fet. I.onls. May 9.-Through his at
torney J , I ) . Johnson , 11 C Pierce ,
chairman of the hoanl of the Wateta-
Oil company , h'li tendered him-
telf on the Indlctmont returned
igaliiM him In Texas charging perjury
'n an allldavlt ho ninde to the attorney
gcnoial ot the state of Texas , the pur-
poke of the alllda\lt being to reinstate
the Waters-Pit1 ! 10 Oil company In thu
state of Texas , from which It had
been ousted fiom doing business on
the gioumlH that II was a pait of the
Standard Oil company.
Attoinoy Pili si , In an application
for a wilt of hnhcn * corpus , enteiH a
gnfio-ial denial to the i barge that Mr.
Pkrco had sworn lo a lalse allldavll.
.ttornoy Johnson made the follow
Iiif stall ment conceinlng the purpose
of he habeas corpii" proceeding "Mr.
I'll roe Is being dopihod of Ills liberty
\lolnlion { ol the United Stales con
stltuilon ' Alton ) ' ' ) Johnson salt )
"aild ho will light e\l radii Ion In the
uinrlH here This will result
vhtunlh In a ulal or the pcrjurv
chaig' In St l.rtuls All Its legal
phasev will hn ai/ued hero Mr
Pierre will . the tirst place
tlai | ( he iiidlrtnient chaiglng him with
prjm > Is Improper l > drawn , and Is
riot In accordance with the law. "
Afl r the writ of habeas corpus had
been lead to Chief Ctcecy at the Four
Courts Mr. Pierce. In ( he custody of
Chief of Detectives Smith , and ac
companled by Attorneys Priest anrt
Joh'ihnn , was tal < en to the United
States district court before United
States Circuit Judge Adams. The
court set 10 o'clock Saturdav morning
as * I ho time for trial on its merits of
the ' habeas corpus proceeding against
Chief of Pollco Creecy to prevent
Pierre being taken to Texas. Plerco
was then released on bond In the
sum of $10,000.
COOPER QUITS WISCONSIN RACE
Expla'ns ' Withdrawal by Desire to
Break Senatorial Deadlock.
Madison. WIs. , May 9 The with
draunl ol Mr 1.enroot last night as u
*
senatorial'andidate was followed by
the withdiawal of Congressman 11. A.
Cooper. Mr Cooper said Jils action
was caused by an earnest deMie lo as
sist , If possible. In breaking the pro
tracted deadlock
The development at the caucus was
the gain of Hatten , who increased hlH
votu over the joint session from 10
to 22 The lift-eighth caucus ballot
resulted arf follows. I5sc.h. 22 ; Hat-
ten , 22 ; Stepbenson. 27 , Sanborn. 5 ;
Hiulnall. 7. McfJiegoi. 7 , scatlermg ,
12. Of the Lenroot stiongih , Stephen-
ion leceived six voles
Fire at Ashland
Abhlaml. Neb. . May 9. The plant of
the Ashland Mght Mill and I-owc-r
company , -mihtucl one-hall milp from
the town was totally destroyed oy
fire The loss : s Sl'J.OOu. ' Insurance.
$3.500.
i o i./.uO
Nebraska Will Not Have Peduction
in Freight Rates Until July 4.
Lincoln , May 9. The state railway
commission finds its hands are tem
poral ily tied in the matter of reduc
ing freight rates and express company
liP
pany charges under the new law. The
difficulty arises from the fact that
senate file No. 325 , the maximum
freight rate bill , and senate file No.
355 , the one reducing express , charges.
do not carry the emergency clause
and will not become effective until
Jul > 4. Both these measures empower
the commission either to raise or low
er the latc-a llui-ln bjieoiilid However
,
ever . , since the acts are as > yet without
force , the commission cannot proceed
under them. The railway commission
. law , house roll No. 305 , gives the
board general' authority to fix or alter
rates ' of any kind and in any way. but
the members fear that If they adopt
any schedules now the carriers affect
ed will come into court , claiming that
the action taken supersedes the uiaxl
mum ' rate laws.
The maximum frelghi law , when It
takes effect , will reduce rates IB per
tent and express company charges
25 per cent. Chairman Wlnnett of the
commission , however , said that body
would not show undue haste , waiting
until July 4 , ore at least until the
attorney geneial had rendered an opin
ion declaring the act creating the
commission would not conflict with
the other law.
Shrlners Elect Officers.
Los Angeles Cal. , May 9. The pro
gram of the election of officers was
carried out by the Imperial council
of the Mytllc Shrine , Frank C. Round ?
of Chicago being advanced to the of-
flee of Imperial potentate and each of
the other olllcers being elected to the
next highest point St Paul was
awarded the next session of the Im-
|
perial council , to be held In that city
July 14 and 15 , 1908.
OMAHA WAREHOUSE COLLAPSES
One Cnd of Pnxton A. Gnllnuher'i
Grocery Dulldlnrj In Debris.
Omaha , May U With a roar thai
could ho heaiil tin hlocuH mound , the
eiiHl end ol Paxlon < V ( lallagher com
pany'H building on JOIIOH Hlreet , fiom
Ninth to Tenth micelH. climbed ltn nix
HtorloH of lulclt und masonry Into one
heap on the ground , mingled with
canned goods ami kltdien hnrdWHio
kept on each lloor. about ( ! ,10 a. in
Without a creak or other Hound of
warning , a little moio than half of the
alx-Hloi ) noctlon on the Ninth Htreet
end of the building collapHcd midden
ly ai'd In the bilef Interval of a HOC
end ) a > lll.u a pile of worthless rub
blHh. ' leaving exposed lo view em h
lloor of the poilton Mill HtandliiK an
though the Hltiictnie had been Hcveied
liom toj ) to liollom with a knife The
IOSH IK about $ io.HQO. ;
AH the acildent was piovldontlall )
timed , whim no one was In the buildIng -
Ing , except the nklit watchman , and
ho l , lng In the olllco at the Tenth
Htioft end of tint building , just In the
act ol putting on hlt < overcoat prepara
tory to going homo , when the crash
resounded In his earn , not a person
was Mlled or Injunil.
TWO MAKE SIX-MILE TRIP UNDER
POLICE PROTECTION.
FOUR PERSONS ARE INJURED
Mobs Gather and Hurl Missiles , but
Senous Trouble is Averted by Offi
cers Two Dead and Two Dying as
Result of First Clash.
Sai : Francisco , May 9. The pollco
foi the ( list time ilnce the commence-
ineni ot the Miet't car strike furnished
Actual protection lor two of the Unit
ed Railroads cai manned b > twenty
onu striKe breaUein , and as a result
of thin protection mese tars \\ci run
ovei six miles of tiack without the
tiring of i bliot. Four men , a htriKe
biealkC-i and the others members of
the electrical workers' union , were in
jured. There was Intermittent hurl
ing of missiles oy union crowds at
various points along the route und
for two or three miles a mob ol at
least 1,000 men and boys ran with
the cars , yelling , tailing epithets , daring -
ing the nonunion men to get off thu
cars and ti ht , Uuuitig voi Ifeioumy
whenever , tor any taire , th" car- ,
were brought temporarily lo a stand
still.
About twenty pollco olllcers and pa
trolinen , led by C. ief Dir.an , some of
them In auiomob'les ' , a number
mounted on horses and others aloot ,
accompanied thu cars. Assistant
President Mullalley , Superintendent
:
Chapman and other ollicers of the
United Hallioadb kept pace in automo
biles with the cais. The route se
lected was through the better class of
bus-mess and Hsidence streets of the
wu.-tern addition. From Its com
menrement to it * finish the poiice dis
played decision , energy and ueteimlna
lion I in dealing with the shouting
howling 1 crowds. When necessity arose
thej did not hesitate to draw their
clubs and use them , and as a result
a numner of heads were bruised.
The second death as a result of
Tuesday s street car riot occurred
when John Buchanan , a car shop em-
ploje , twenty-one years of age , died
at the Knieigency hospital. He wag
shot through the abdomen Two oth
ers. Albert C Palm , a chauffeur , and
Nathan Loiser. a sixteen-year-old boy ,
are not expected to live.
FLOCKMASTERSJRE ALARMED
Wool Growers' Declare that Eastern
Buyers Combine to Lower Prices.
Cheyenne. May 9. The Wyoming
Wool Growers' association has Issued
circular advising sheep men through
out ( the state that a conspiracy is be
Ing planned by eastern wool buyera
to force down the price of wool in
spite of mantiiacturers denmndb. Pro-
ducere are advised not to sell theli
wool under any circumstances at less
than the19nC market and the as ocia-
lion offers to buy the wool at last
year's prices if eastern buyers will not
pay as much.
Should the growers take advantage
of the offer the association will be
incorporated and capitalized , becoming
practically an independent exchange
controlling the Wyoming output.
IRISH BlTTNOT POPULAR
Recognized as Faint Hearted Attempt ,
to Redeem Campaign Promises.
lAjmlon. May 9. The United King
dom has had one full day to digest
Mr Birrell's Irish bill , but not the
smallest note of enthusiasm for the
proposed council has be'en heard In
any quarter. The proposed measure
Is recognized everywhere to be a
faint hearted attempt to redeem cam
paign promises
M - . Ualfour's taunt of Mr. Blrrell
that his heart was not in his work.
scon's to hit the mark. Ireland appears -
pears even less pluased than England ,
Irish legislation and the Imperial
confeienco appear two stumbling
blocks which may eventually cause .
the downfall of the Campbell-Banner-
man cabinet.
ONE PERSON KILLED AND OIX
OTHERS MISSING.
BLAZ2 IMPERILS MANY LIVEQ
Lack of Exits In University Building
Cause of Death and Injuries to
Many Fifteen Hurt While Escap
ing Property Loss $250,000.
Kaunas City , Mny 9. Fire hero do-
lioypil tlm Ilvii-Mtory Unlvondtr
building corner of l.ociiHt and Ninth
hlieeiH miming a ptopeity IOHH esti
mated ( | in I'Jiio.MiO One life was lout.
lx | PITNOIIS mo mlMH UK and may be
.
bulled In the iiilim and llfteen perflon
wcto inoie or IOHH seriously Injured.
. ,
The il 'bilh IH Htlll butiiliiK. The buildIng -
.
Ing wua occupied by Montgomery
Ward A l'ii , UH olllco and b > nunier-
OIIH aitlHi * und imiblclann , who lout
cvt'otlilng
Tim known dead. George Ucmare.
an art Instructor.
AIIIOIIK the intKHlii ? s-MIss Mauil
Win boll , piano tea' * . last teen at
the window of her ktudu. on the fifth
lloor
Injuieil Miss Alexandria Ilium-
beig , a HiiHxIaii couiitexg , skull frac
tured , m.iy die , Maud Speycr. fell
tifi
fiom laddii. Hoiloiib : Mrs. Hva S.
llnyle , SIn-ililHU Mo , fell from ladder.
serloiiB , J M. Knnntlilleld. llreman.
leg ) ( broken , William Van Uuacn. lire-
man , hcnoiih , peter Kuragaurd , violin
teacher , fell fiom lite cfccupn , serious.
Out One Meana of Exit ,
The building contained two smalt
audltoilunib , one of which , that on thu
third Hooi , was used by the Katuu *
City Alht'iieum , which wan holding *
tension when Hie lire ntuiled , half a
bitnilieU prominent women being In
attendance. The third , fourth and
.
llflh Moon , wure occupied b > artluU
and musicians , and some of the upper
IOOIIIH wore used us living upartmeutu.
Manx of the studios were furniflhed
vlHlMMutHy Kiid contained valuable
tuiiblLul iiiHtrumonts and works of ait.
There was but ono elevator In thu
bulldiuK , adjoining u stairway , tliu
only means of exit.
The tire started In the basement , la
u ( luuniliy of twine In the Montgom
ery Ward stoie room , close to the ele-
vutoi. Ten minutes after the fire
.
broke out the flames began shooting
up th elevator shaft , and all escape
ave b > the tire escapes was shut off.
_
The httllh quickly fllled with a dense ,
Biiffocailng smoke , and ton mlnutus
later rthou Hie r--sl fie * Jir.X | ; j" ' jf-
ihed on the scene , people crowded al-
moil -vcry window , nppeallns for
help , while scores of olhers. mostly
WOIII-MI and girls , tilled the tire escapes
and were climbing wildly to the
ground. In many of the studios pu
pils ' weie taking lessons The fire
men woie low In KettliiR to work anil
the tir-a ladders placed by them
agaliiht the building failed to reach
above the third floor.
Fire Escape Quickly Filled.
Inside the wildest panic prevailed.
When the alarm of fire was flrbt
sounded the women in the Atheneum
roonib considered that a Joke was ba-
Ing perpelraled , and no effort waa
madfc to leave. A moment later , as
the room filled with smoke , there was
a wild scramble for the oxit. After
the tirnt rush for the hallway , which
had now become so filled with smoke
that escape there was Impossible , they
wuie umeu back to iht window * fac
ing l cu .t and .N'lnth streets. There
wa but one tire encape on this end of
the building , that on the Locust street
side. This wab quickly filled with
wlldl > excited women.
George Demare , art Instructor la
tfce Central high school and a portrait
trait I painter , w'ho came to this coun
try I foui jear ago from Paris. Jumped
from his studio window on the fifth
floor and wab picked up dead. De-
marc recently married a prominent d-
clely woman She was walling In &
nearb\ drug alore. where her hus
band's dead bed > was brought lu , and
fainted
Miss Alexandria Blumberg. a Rua-
hian countess , who came to America
two yeat > ago. and who had a studio
on the fourth floor , was overcome by
snioKe and carried from her room by
a flraman , who started down a ladder
with her. When the two were within
thlr'y feet of the ground , the firemen
below , In their excitement , turned a
treaui of waier on them , knocking
them from the ladder. Miss Blum-
Ijort ; was picked up unconscious , suf-
fir.us from a fiactured skull. The
fin .ian was painfully injured.
'I ineii * many thrilling escapes.
Mi > s ! . ' .en James , wbo had a studio
on il' i nh floor , stood at a window
calling i 'ielp while flumes played
wltl-ln a ew i > et of her. A ladder
put up i "Td the window failed to
reach. M J fireman stretched out an
Iron rod a urged her to climb down
IL The woi-.ian slid down the rod-to
the ladder und was finsily landed
safely on the ground.
Labor Debate In French Chamber.
Paris M-v 9 The general debate
In tne rl-a-iber ot deputies on h
poxcinment.rMty m labor matter ?
vas niukad b > a brilliant address by
Pan ! Utschane' . who ieclared th demo -
mo atry had allowed itself to be l 'i
b > tlu Ftdertr'.on ot Labor , " * noiiy
and revolutionary organization cow-
| , i * 1 rf "illy 2'VO ' > n of the IM'OO.-
Oi i v ik r in Fi" e