The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-08
ClTY NEWS.


morning TO issue from the frame building occu-
pied By A. Elling, On 81. Anthony street
nearly opposite the mouth OF Washington ST.
The fire caught from an improperly constructed
forge used by Mr. EldliDg, in his occupation
Of lock and gunsmiih. Adjoining his building
was another one story frame building occupied
by Dr. +. Rosenk. a. a residence and Office,
containing only two rooms. The room next
where the fire occurred. had a bed in IL, where
Or. Rosenk's three children were sleeping.
aged respectiyely. four, seven aud twelve years.
The bed wa. directly against the wal. and divi.
ds! fr7m the furnace By the frame and pas.
tered wall. The Oldest and Youngest Of the
children were awakened by the smoke and
flames they endeayoreI to waken the second,
bat without avail They rushed 10 their fathers
loom and gave the alarm, and he went into the
room after his child but the bed was then on
lire. and when he took hold Of the burning
clothes he could not lind hi child and having
had his hands badly burned he made for the
door, aud being almost suNocated he fell 70 the
floor, and wa, himself rescued by hi, wife, who
dragged him out Of the room. They only es.
capped w.h their lives. The fire consumed the
building and also the adjoining one, owned
and occupied by MI. NJ l.. stokes. as a Mill
merry store, from which portion OF the stock
was saved.
The loss fail, heayie,, on Dr. io-ink who
had some 800 in paper Aofey, besides all his
drugs. furniture, &c. consumed. The total
1o.S II ~ 'rr'5t 900
The death of the child attracted large nun.
ber of citizens to the ruin. on Thursday morn.
ing, and general feeling Of sympathy was
manifested. The remains Of the child were
found about cgh, o'clock. in an opposite corr
n.r from where the bed stood, from which it
would appear that she had aw oke up. and in the
pain Of suffice alton had rushed 10 the corner OF
tho room III bewldered state Of mind and was
oyerpOwercd by the smoke : aud accounts for
tic failure Of her father to rescue her from the
bed. The body was Amos. entirely consumed,
leaving nothing but mass OF black and charred
bones.
TnE L.sD WARRANT THiEr ARRESTED. RI
CorERY OF rnE WARRA>r-.-Ou reader. will
remember the announcement made in our pa.
u
rants having been accomplished fr M the Far.
tiiault Land office, dag or two prsyiou. to
that date. The amount stolen amounted to
nearly 10000. Information Of the robbery
was communicated Cayeriy Hall a special
detective, who Immediately set about 70 ferret
out the thief. lie learned that three or four Of
the warrants had been disposed Of IN thi, city,
TO siorc-kcepcrs, and thu. obtaining de-cIip-
ton OF the man. he started in pursuit, lie got
on his track at Minneapolis, followed him 10 st.
Anthony, where the pursued got wind Of the
pursuer and jumped out OF a window 81 the
hotel and escaped. In Ii, haste. he left the
land warrants IN his room. and rome letters
with various aliases, but one giving o clue 10
his residence. by which means the officer fol.
lowed him up, to the interior of Minnesota.
about sixty miles back from Red Wing. at a
place called Sacramento. Upon arriving there
lie a>ccrtained the person lac wa, after, was the
Postmaster ofthat town. and named Mason Is.
CLARK. After learning that Clark had settled
up all his business, AMI was about going south,
hc took the opportunity of notifying him that
he was wanted at ~. Paul. The next point was
10 obtain possession of the warrants. but these
we're not in hi, possession. On his way 10 this
city Clark dvugcd where he had hid the war.
tants, aud went with the officer some distance
back Of Red Wing where nearly ode hundred
were found They then came on together TO
Hastings, and went in back Of that city, where
the balance were found, that all the war.
rants, excepting four have been recovered
The officer brought hie prisoner up to this city
on Wednesday afternoon, aud lodged him in
the cit, Jail. Its probable he will be brough,
upto. day before Justice SmOus, anl afterwards
removed to farrihault. where the crime was
committed.
Mr.. Hail, who made tin. arrest. deserves
great credit for the successful manner in which
he hl- accomplished it, and OF course will re.
cci,c the reward offered by the Register of the
Land Office, amounting to $500.
E>cArap FROM jan. The land warrant thief.
Mason Il. Clark, who ha, been confined in the
cty prison since last Monday evening. made
his escape from tina, institution on Monday
morning. The said Clark had bsen very uneasy
in his cell since lis confinement. complaining
very much Of his crampcd quarters. and desir
ing permission 10 walk about in the hall. This
was always refused by the jsilor but yester
day morning he obtained permission to get on,
and Immediately went TO the pryy connecting
with the hall, where he wrenehed two iron
bars from their places in the small window,
aud crawling through the aperture made his
escape and Immediately did some fast running
past the Capitol towards the blui. Before he
prisoners, bu, be escaped 20 the wood. before
police officers got started IN prr.ni,. Of'icer
Hall, aud one or two other>, are in par.ui, Of
him, and will probably capture him. Bn, as
The officer has secured nearly ali the warrants,
We don't see bu, he might a. well lie allowed
TO 90, a. even, II h. i captured, and commit.