The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-17
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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FRUsTRATIoN OF AN ATTEMPT AT ARSON.
Shortly after one o'clock this morning. smoke
was seen rising from the cracks in the cellar
door of the saloon at the northwest corner of
Twelfth and Brown streets, and was aIso slowly
forcing its way through the bulk window and the
doorway. person VINO was passing at the
time went up to the door, and found all fast
\ ened and every thing was as still AS death. He
then raped at the door OF the principal en-
trance on Brown street, and awoke the inmates,
and then ran around to the Lincoln Hose house
and gave them the alarm. They Immediately
got out their apparatus and proceeded to the
scene OF operations. On opening the place the
cellar was discovered TO be in flames. The fire
had caught the jolst and the under part OF the
flooring, and had Just succeeded in burning
through in three or four spots in the barroom
floor. 1t was soon cxunguished, and then.
under the superintendent of Fire Marshal
Blackburn, a thorough investigation was made.
The building itself is tnree-story brick. The
cellar and first floor were occupied by Charles
Uhing as q lager beer saloon, and the rest OF the
building, except one or two rooms tor himself
and family, was sub-let to two other families.
On looking over the premises, it was found
that deliberate attempt mad been made by
some party or parties to ire the place. large
quantity of dry sticks OF WOOD mad been piled
upon a table, and number of bundles of kind
ling-wood had been placed upon the table,
- and the backs OF chairs arranged around the
table, so as to support them. log cabin of
dry sticks of wood had been built i'll the cellar,
which reached almost to the joist.
Between the pieces of wood a quantity OF
cedar shngle shavings had been placed, and
bundle was put in the centre Of the cabin work:
Not having much OF a draft, the wood had
not blazed very freely, but had smouldered Tor
some time. The neat, nevertheless, was very
great and had melted the supply-pipe to the
gas.meter, so as to allow of prOtuse escape of
gas. Mr.. Harrison McManus, member OF the
Good Intent Engine Company, at the imminent
risk of his life, went down and shut OIL the gas,
thus preventing the disastrous effects that
anSne0
escaped.
When the fire was discovered the two sub
tenants, with their families, were in the house
buried in slumber. The proprietor, Charles
Uhing, with his wife and infant child, the latter
only i've months old, had gone to ball at
Musical Fund Hall at 10 o'clock, where the
police found him. Officer Matthews arrested
HIM, and he was examined by Fire Marshal
Blackburn. He accounted for the origin
of the fire by saying that some one VINO
had owed him grudge had broken into his
place during his absence and tried to Ourn him
out. But there were no indications whatever
of any violent entry. In the saloon there was
very small stock of goods, and he rs alleged TO
have been trying to sell out his place tor some
He had an insurance of $1,000 on his stock in
the Germanla Insurance Company, OF New York,
of which Mr.. John Wilson is the agent in this
city. When Mr.. Blackburn asked him for his
policy he was confused stammered, and finally
drew it out of the breast pocket OF his coat
Uhing will have a hearing on the charge o
PERJURY. - Thomas Tolls was before
Alderman White yesterday, upon the charge o
perjury. The facts of the case are substantially
these:-A man named Edward Hodges died a
the house of the prosecutor (William j. Galliger)
possessed of considerable money. Galliger be
came the administrator of the estate, the MAJ
IAN Englishmanl having no relations in thi
country. Tolls no doubt, thought ne had 81
very good thing" and determined, if possible
10 have his letters OF administration set aside
In order to do that, il was necessary for him Il
make oath that he had some legal right TO tn
claim himself.
before Alderman Delaney, and filed it in tn
Orphans Court setting forth that he wa
'sattorney in fact" for Hodges sister, who re
sided in England. At the hearing the CouI
dismissed his rule and sustained Galliger vii
nesses having been examined and testified tha
the facts set forth in the affidavit were false
TIE Alderman considered the evidence suff
cient TO bind him over in the sum of $1,000 ba
for his appearance at the next term of Court.
SEARCHERs AFTER LOST WEALTH.
Last nieht the police arrested two young me
at Nineteenth and Arch streets, whilst acting
a strange manner. They had IN their posse
sion bottle of coal oil, some Candles al
Matches and were trying to enter the sewe
TheV gaye the names of William Ragan al
Isaac Archer, the latter hailing from Haddo
field New Jersey, and at the time ne W
arrested he was three sheets in the wind.
aDpesrs they had been reading the accounts
the finding of great wealth In the sewers
New York, and we're going TO try the sai
thing in this city. AS they did not understai
the lead of the sewers and inlets in THIS CITY,
is probable that IL they had succeeded in g
ting in our sewers they would have lost th'
lives. They had a hearing before Alderm
Jones, and were held in $500 each to keep I
peace.
REOOvERED.--Lieutena Connolly
succeeded In recovering about $500 or S4OO woI
aa oil ~ A-l-. rNa