, 1866-01-11
ARREST or INcENp,ARIEs,
Two Fires Accounted For-..The Facts
Riicited.

1tere IL no crime In the calendar 20 ditacnlt to
taoe TO its source u That Of 11son, bot when such
il traced, coraidetnZ the Immense number Of In
cendiaIy ftes ahIch hxye oecxr,rd In Cur dty II
ccaty, the parties found guilty Of the cams should
be severely and clernent1esslJ punished 1t h1s
been perfectly clear that the gre1t Tres which haze
recently occurred were the work Of incendiar1es.
In many cases when Tie fre WAS ,qniek!y e1tin-
guiehed, the mhole nodns opeEandt has been dis
covered. At CHE Tine Iarpt rlGsk Of kerosene
WAS found In ID Office, with \ haf burned fuse Al
tachcd, paced there either for the purpose Of kin.
The fames. Others nipped IN the bud have shown
speedy, conclusive and elective In atmoat I'll
mind. ot The investigators that The fire which
lit il Was in al its details most csreialy planned
ing laat between four and i've o'clock in tho s2loon
kept BY one Stephen Crowley, on The corner Of
Canal and Mitchell atEests. II the West Division:
and his bar tender, Michael kel1y, having been aF-
rested and ar1aigned On tie charge Of asson. the
On .snnday morning last. about hall.past four
o'clock, taloon on the corner OF Cnnal and Mich
ell streets occupied BY one Stephen Crowley, WA
e1tineai:hed. not, however, anil thoy had s1tend end
cd TO The roomf above, and materially Injured the
building. The IRE was discovered to hare origin
ated in a1nal' closet under flight Of sasn in ihe
rear OF the saloon, and from the conduct OF Crow
icy md his man Kelly during and alter the fire,
AIEc number Of persons and among them Captains
kemedJ and Miller, came 70 the conclusion hat It
determined to probe the matter to ita bottom md
h,inE the Perpetrators Of the outrage to ipst1ce
Win this end n view they paid visit 10 The prnu
49, 1Ses on Monday ana aer making thor
esatt POINT where The fire originated, they proceeded
% examine The Proprietor Of the saloon and hts
oar tender The stories told By them as to the na-
damages sustained, were very conflicting. Crowley
told the officers that when the Tire occurred be Wa
INST asleep In The adjoining the saloon aud was
this point slated TINT he was asleep and was aWak
ened ny CTotsesh Both however, agreed that be-
axeen ssx and ten barrels of liquor were consumed
rnall closet adjoining The bed room wbcrs they
slept but The partition dividing the closet from The
room Was found to be un,pjured by fse, a
e1tcurnslsnce Incompatible with thsIr statements
ihefe. Crowley also told the officers that between
three and iout thousand cgars that had been piled
On The ICE boz which was The Dividing line between
the otcefs failed 10 discover The slightest race OF
1re upon or abour the boz neither could they find
the renains Of cigar ashes anywhere about the
roou.
The Officers ncr called on several Of Crow1cy's
e. es 4 81 It,; siee m
doola from the saloon. stnted to them, and testified
In The court yesterday. That the moment he was
awakened By the cry OF tre he dressed hlmself and
rsn to crowleTs saloon. and upon entering the open
behind the counter open, and The liquor. which was
running from ahcm upon tho floor, was on fire. Hc
called 10 Eoue one Who was i9 The back room to
hts house and commenced rnnsing Ills family.
Hugh Lynch. bar tender At No 6o5 Canal street,
testified to the aame iacts and also John E. Fe.gu.
Rou, b0araer ut the Droye1's Hotel.
1t kAfNE3H N9ptf In The tnfrffA nj th*f
Crowley, Or bis bartender, either ret nte TO the
Establishment themselsee. or that they knew who
had done Il. and 70 the officers concluded 10 arrest
visited Tie otnce Of the Ft,emen's Insurance Com
I.auy and asceftAlued that Crowley was insured IN
that company f.. = go and hat the policy would
Mr. Holden, agent for the company. Of what had
transptred, when he told them that Crowley bad
called upon them the morning after the fire and de-
de1nuHed. askine the applicant to call again. Nc
did 20 sfle1 be had seen The officers and became
suspicious TINT his plot had nisearried, and offered
hid nret stated VA over $3.50. Mr. " Holden toid
him that be had been lying trum beginning to end,
and that be could not believe his es1temeuss at all
Crowley then admitted that he had lied in the frat
E. G. Asay, Eeq., counsel for the deieuce at this
point in the examination, said that there was
I9tMa tatst case made ont against his clients, and
that be did not detifo 10 take up any more OF the
Court time in examining witnesses, and he asked
that the amount o! bail required for the appearance
Of 1hc ptfsoners before The Grand Jury Of The
Recorders Court be fixed. Accordingly Crowley
wHs phcea under $500 bonds and Kelly $500
ASoTHEH ARRKsT.
Yesterday afternoon detectives Wells Sherman
and Charles lauFtnz arrested Albert M1chaelson,
iho proprietor Of the tobacco sort IT No, r. Ran
dolph street, which was burned on Monday
morning, ant Paul Otto. Hages, \ yonng
man In 4tchaelsons employ, on the charge
Of arron. The officers have pecu making tuvestiQa-
tons into the origin Of this dr. r1nce It's occur
Eencc and afier satisfying themselves that point
took The aboye-named pcrsons INTO custody.
Mchaelton the pezpetrator Of the outrage, ~ it
has been ascerta1ned that be Was IN bis store be-
tween eleven and twelve O'Clock On Sunday night,
weetern railroad and proceeded to Thornton station
where he remained until Monday, when he returned
TO this city. The prisoners were taken before Jus
lice MflliEen Who, after hearing the statements Of
the officers. fxed their bail ii 5000 each, for
examination next Wednesday,