Albert F Simsrott

Patrolman Simsrott (inaccurately spelled Sinsrott in newspaper) testified before the coroner's jury in January, 1904 that he carried out six bodies found on the foyer stairways, later identified as Sarah Day, Helen Dyrenforth, Marie Dicker (newspaper error; no victim by that name), Anna Radcliffe, Olga Berg and Mamie Schreiner.  Prosecutors at that early stage were anxious to learn the identity of victims for whom a specific cause of death could be established that could be attributed to fault on the part of theater personnel and that a defense attorney could not position as self-inflicted.  Presumably Simrott's carry-outs would not have qualified because a defense attorney could point out that there was no way to know the degree to which their deaths were caused by stampeding crowds, either through trampling or inability to evacuate the structure.

Albert was married to Anne O'Connell and they had three children.  He was the son of a Chicago policeman, Henry Simsrott (1817–1886) and his wife Catharine/Kathryn Ebert Simsrott (1843-1884).