Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-02
Investigation into the incendiarism is still

Fires were discovered in l. hotels beside, th,
( Museum, and some Of the vessels at the wharf
Thus far four of the principal parties have beer
arrested, aui wifh them so much Of the mean,
provided TO carry on the work as had not ye'
been expended Tie money was in gold and va.
found in the safe of the Treasurer Of the orcani-
zation
| The hotel keepers have offered a reward oi
/ SS,noo for their arrest and conviction, and thg
/ insurance companies will also offer Il reward
/ Il Is said that II ho. been ascertlinef. =. beyond
doubt, that the lot originated in Causia
Z among several rebel officers there.
The plan adopted by the inceniiaries VS. Co
set hre at once. nearly ~ once. 10 the urinei-
cpal hotels and other public buildings In tbs city.
J At seventeen minutes Of nine the S. james Hotel
Was discovered 90 he ou fire in one of the rooms.
On examination it WIS discovered that the tel
several other articles Of furniture had been stt-
urated with phosphorus and set on fire 4 few
minutes aiterward Btrnum's Museum was dis
covered to be on FIRE; hut the flames were soon
extinguished. and the building sustained very
little damage. At five minutes OF nine fire was
discovered in rooms Ne. Iae. 1879. $40 and IA
Of the 81. Nicholas Hotel The Ere was got under
without much difiuty by the fee department of
the hotel, bat not until the furniture and the
rooms had been damaged o. the amount q about
$500. The beds ia this clse. also. we're found
TO be saturated with intammltosy materials At
twenty mlnutes ra-t nine tte inmates Of the La
fa-Ce Mouse were alarmed hv the cry of fire: hut
the flames were exuuguishei without much diff
Guilty, and the damage received was compare
lively slight. Shortly after lu O'Clock the Me-
tropoitGn Hotel was discovered o. be on fire. hut
by this time the police had given warning a- ali
the hotels Of the designs Of the incendarie~. and
the watchmen being on their cuari, discovered
the fire in time to put il ont bei.re it bad done
much damage. The Braudreth House, Frn-h's
Hotel, the Belmont House, Wailack's Theatre,
and several other buildings were fired during
the course Of the evening but none OF them were
seriously damaged.
At the 81. Nicholas the rpoms were burned
completely out, but the fire department of the
hotel, under superintendent Of the proprietor
MIR Hawks, succeeded IN c0uiuiug tae fire ,o
those apartments. Had II NOT been for tne al-
mirable arrangements for taking care OF fires M
this house, It would have been entirely lurrDi
down
The room IN which'the FIRE was discovered l.
the Ia Fargo Hotel, was taken hv Mr. = G
Richer i-or, of Camden, New Jersey, who wa-
out of 'he room aJ rhe time Of the fre
-. Iamuauy Hall IN the afternoon man.
wnu rrg.sterei himself MS ''C. J. Moore. ur Ii.-
chester arr'vyi and engaged the room u
Which the fire we- discovered He was NOT seen
during the evening" and has not been since the
occurrence 0f tHe fire The handwriting ol rl.
man .rre.I Co resembles. somewhat. th4to tie
person who aged the room lryi 80 tae 81.
Nicholas Hotel
The fire a- Belmont Fo.c was discovered ;u
bedroom 90 .ie third floor. which hli BEEN on-
gagged by q man REGISTERING hmsclf as ''L.au-
tenant Lewis q. s. A." Smoke being seen t.
Issue from tg.- Room. % strong oIor of ph0sraa-
rus being the same time perceputle the door
was imIue -taly burst open, aud ia "a very tN
seconds the ilme- were completely eztiu-u.-I-
ed The bel iu this room hal the appearance
Of having been occupied. The man '.I.eg.-'
has not been seen since the discovery of th. H-.
At this place tx bottles of phosphorus were
found ia a car-ei-hls
Loyejoy'- Hotel was irci twice I'm or- rr..i
the bed clothes we're found pleil 'r tte middle
Of the floor and on fire ana In another room tro
hours later isd was found on fire. having u
4, cs-pet-hag colt..inii bottle Of pho-r.o-
rus.
Barnum's Museum was frel about nine
O'Clock by some ones throwing down 1u -le
nth floor Of the Museum. in the rear OF the eil-
lery Of the lecture room upon the floor, near %
staircase, o bottle oi phosphorus, which ignirei
and set fire 20 the wooden work in the ue.zhpor-
hood
The blaze vas quickly seen and the alarm
given. The audience in Jhe lecture room rush
ed out, many sliding down the pillars from the
galleries to the par1uette Il is sal very u4-
ny pockets were picked during the rush, ami
that at almost al the fires, thieves gathered il
numbers.
The uniformity that characterized tl'- bold
attempt 81 wholesale inceniiarsm shovel that
the plan must have beau organized long before
hsud, and every step premei.tated before beng
entered upon. The mole Of operating scented go
be precisely the slme in every hotel hrei. The
beds were saturated with phosphorus through
out, so also were the yalscs, trunks, Old boots
and clothes Of almost every description In 4l-
dition 10 this matches were found among the bed
clothes, laid between the sheets and c0vcrl'I-,
snd, in some instances, thrust into the center oi
the ticks. The free were then set ana the rooms
closed and locked. As if the occupants hal yacl-
ted the premises. Il is supposed by this that
the rooms were taken by parties who were de-
termined to fire the buildings, and took this a.
the quickest way Of doing IT,
A NEGLECTED WARNING.
Some two weeks ago a man called at the po-
lice headquarters, We are informed, and stated
to some officer there that he was direct from
Richmond, that he had formerly sympathizel
with the rebels. but had become dis.ustei with
them, and that his desire was 10 put the author
ities Of New York ON their guard arlfust lust