, 1866-01-27

The West Like Street F1rc-Thc lnxu.
rcrn Held to Bail.

III Mc0nCtQAy eFenlnE lew m1ndtGB before SIX
o'clock 1 fre broke ont In Meyerhorf 4 Leipman'b
upho1steRy rpoms, No. IS West Lake street. Al the
sxne time flame. were discovered In the rooms
above occupied a. I carpenter shop BY Eels Chris.
ttanson. Before the flrcs bad made much headway
the steamer y. B. Rce," which Is stationed In that
neighborhood, was summoned. and succeeded fp
se at % The
the work OF fncendiariee. They at once reported
their suspicious TO Ch1eI Fire Aarshal Harris, who,
upon sseIt,ng the pisee and making an emanation
officer Coi1ee arrested the three persons abose
named, and locked tnem up In the Second Precinct
Police StAtiOn.
Ye1reEday afternoon the pr.sone1s were brought
up for examination before Justices Mtlltken aud
>tut1eyant At the Police Coust, when the following
facls were elected:
steamer u, B. Rice, ), testified IS follows At about
ten minutes Of si1 o'clock On Wednesday evening,
heasing CT Of nse. vent TO No. IS West Lake
building / discovered an I'D mattress On dse il ihe
back room. We directed stream upon tho nte
and quenched IT. then vent outside and disoov-
dfately went up stairs and found quantity Fof
thayinss and kindltnss On fire. This, too,
We Put ont. then examined both up sta1rs and
ciheT Place for drc, and there was no communi-
cssion whatever between the roonas above and thote
On The frt floor, whereby The flames could possibly
near AZ could judge bo,h dscs must hsye been
ignited at one and the sa1ne time. There was
stove IN the upholstery room, but 1t was tItostcd
more than III feet from The bnlnng mattress. The
nuty articles tn the upper room was carpenters
bench, come lumber and tool chest wtth few
F. W Tapl1u, neubc. Of the VI. B. Rice" en-.
Efne company, being sworn, testified: was present
at The FIRE at No. IS West Lake street, On Nednes.
day evening. aiita Inc Ire had been subdaed and
the engine cent home, bee1n An examination o;
few days beiore obtained Large insurance upon
his tools. looked into his chest and found Il A.
Tost enpsy ,. l., shsn s went below nd exained the
on going IN WIS to put my hand On the store- II
had fire ktndled in Il thai day.
house at No; 81 West Lake street, being ewora,
testified !hat Aeyetbou came into biz place abont
pint Of Whtekcy. While he was drawtn: tho 1,quot
some one called out to Meyerhutf that bis store was
on frc BE Immediately ran ont, but returned
sea,n soon ~ at, I'D t9,d M him taai there had been
the carpenter raust have set 1t on tire. - he had
sczy hrRe insurance on hie tools. lie told me
ab0nt month agu, that he Was afraid to leave his
ftote- for fear The carpenter would burn II during
h1s absence, ia order to gain the Insurance.
then told him he had better get hia goods tnsnred
that purpose. b1t the agents refused 10 iesne him
policy for $500. l learned, however, Afterwards,
that he did procure IN insurance for the awouut In
The -Etna, Of Hartford.
to has1ne teeu MeyeraoH and christlanson com
Ing ont Of the building al twenty minutes before
six O'Clock On Wednesday evening.
Officer Coffee testified that Meyerdotf told him
that Chrfstlansou carried away bis tools the night
before the Afr.
Captain Kennedy produced Chsist,auson's insustt
policy. which showed that he had an insurance
Of ts0o on tools fso on stock, and s1so On wearing
aErarl. The clothing and tools the Captain
siated, were taken from the ehop The night before
Chrteiiansun. he said- told him that be lost E9s0
wuTth cf tools. when the fact was that not kiuRle
tool *aa Injured. The Carpenter likewise informed
tools Is foT his work bench and $50 for his tool
chest making total value for bis entire effects Of
Sl25. The Captain aleo Etated thAt A1eJerdorf 4
Lcipmane entire stock, according 10 their own
stAtement, vas ONLY worth fsoo7s and Jc. they
had IN insurance Of $G00 On 1t
apcc Company, testified that be granted policy Of
tnfurance Tor x00 to Chstst1uaon On The feptesen-
tatton Of Nj. johnson, agent tor the Charter Oak
Insurance Company, Who told him that Chltatian-
sons efects were worth note than 1900.
! Al the conclusion of the examination, the JUS
tees held the prisoners MeycsdorE and Chistiankon
In bond. o. $i,o0o each for tral in the Recorders
Court, End held Lcfpm2n In similar eumNoE fur.
theF examination neN Tus4day.