Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-03-09


and dest--Lossrs-Parties Arrested
on suspicion OF Arson
LAST night. about - O'Clock, fire was dis
covered IN the auction store OF the Lully Bros.
en- the first fIoOr OF The Central Hotel buJIInz,
corner Of 9Th street and Pennsy Ivauia avenue.
Upon forcing open the door the flames Issued
with the force OF blast furnace and prrvtrn'a ed
he SAVING any considerable quantity OF tue
contents OF the store An officer tried TO give
an alarm from b'x 81 a. the corner Off Is street
% ~uC Penn SviNoula SyeI ne. aud about JuesIue
tine some one trJed box 81. The signals coming
together WrIe CUElGsrC NJ IN central o.iice.
ana tHr rs All that the alarm was lot
~ -u ilI 20 ri"c Is N i."u the slEUui from box
g was char. In the mrSutiJne the fire !yaIa-d
-aUIdiy and he basement. ~ watch wa the
Ee-taUIaUt Of Mr.. los Van N4rd.n. The OH -
Il the G!d S1utn-rE Mali IAne. on tue rrst
Moor, adioiuIng the store of the Luily Bros
aEu portion u the SECOND floor. occupied by
Mr.. Eniry. tubacc COMET. with the rooms con-
nected with the restaurant, were in flames.
The fremen We're soon on the ground ana az
work hut all hey COaId do was 20 save the
adjoining property from destruction. In less
than twenty minutes the interior OF the build
ing, from the basement TO the fourth story, was
de- tTOyed.
Before the fire had got above the second
story. MAJOR Richards. Superintendent OF
POIIcr, was reminded that the walls were
mere shell. aud wonld probably fall as soon
as the gITdeIs were burned, aud he promptly
directed the police 20 press the crowd oack
and stretch the lines III the middle OF the
avenue and across the south side OF 9TH street.
IL was done, AID fortunately ia time to save
the lives of persons On the side walk, for at 80
o'clock the avenue front and a part of the 9th
street wall fell, and a few minutes after
another portion OF the 6tn street wall fell,
leaving the rear wall and part OF the side
wall standing 80 far No injury was done To
persons. but a few minutes after the balance
of The wall fell, and the rear wall falling upon
portion of the back building of the property
adjoining, occupied by Mr.. p. Enrich, 1t
WAS reported that man who was on the
porch OF this building was buried beneath the
ruins. Afewminutes more and It was reported
that in the dinnE-rooIn, or PaTlOr OF MIR. En-
nch's house, Mr.. Enrich, his daughter, a
young lady. aged about l. years, John Eyrich.
The baTkeeper. MIR. Ferdinand MulIInghaus
Agent of the Germania Insurance Company
IL. Ostermayer, baker, on street, between nth
and 18th, q colored man employed in the
house, Capt browning, MT. l.. Turpin. and
others not recoilected, were trying to save from
injury valuable piano, and that the falling
wall OF tie burnt building crushed this smaller
building, and caught several. Capt. Brown
ing and Nr. Turpin escaped injured, but the
dead bOGIss OF Messrs M1ilinghaus and Ey-
rich were taken out of the ruins. Dir. Null
linghaus is widely known here as ener-
getic business man, and viii be remembered
for his pat.iOuc activity and usefulness as
Vice President of the German Relief Asso-
elaJIon during the war. MIR. Ostermayer was
teken out terribly bruised and a leg crushed;
his injuries may prove fatal, and il
serted by surgeons mat she crushed limb
would have % be amputated
The engines kept work during a
greater portion OF the night cooling Of the
bricks. and every effort Was made 10 recover
q.
want. Had 1t not been that the doors were
bursted open when the fire was discovered the
building could undoubtedly have beau saved.
ne fre must have been in the auction store
1cI some time before 10 was discovered, and
before any alarm was sounded some Que ked
down The door thus giving n draught 10 the
names. BY the time the engines reached tae
scene the IRE had communicated to the front
loom on the ID floor, the stairway. aud in a
very short time, thereafter. the entire buiIdiug
was developed in flames.
The building was owned by Mr.. Hugh Gel
stOn, OF baltimore, and was occupied by Mr..
Joseph SsH Narden, who kept a restaurant in
the basement, ana had IlteIy fitted up th, mn
per portion for hotel purposes. \ portion of
the hrst floor was OccD pied By the LuIly Broth
ers as an auction store, and by the Richmond,
fredericksburg Potomac Railroad Company
an Office. Mr.. r. h. Finley had about : 4 vFJ
worth OF cigars stored in the building.
II has been ascertained this mornIny that
Miss EmTlch was unhurt. aud the colOred mau
escaped oy jumping out a window. Capt.
Browning Is a merchant next door west of
Emr!ch's. and through las night he felt no
inconvenience from The effects OF the debris
falling upon him. HE'S this morning confined
70 his bed, beiDS somewhat injured.
IabOreTs have been engaged to-day in re-
moving the bricks from the place where the
bodies were supposed TO be, and ar SIS O'Clock
recoyed the body Of Charles Lully from under
The debris IN the west SIDE OF Enrich's dining
saloon. His right cheek appea-ed 10 have
been bruised or broken, and mis- face was sur
fused with bleed. He had apparently died
from sufccstion. The bedy was removed 70
the Fourth Ward station, and placed IN the
losser's room. His brothers, Anthony and
John We're confined IN an adjoining cell, hay-
ing been arrested last night oy officers Glenn
-nts aud Thompson, on the order OF Major
Richards, on suspicion of setting fire 10 their
store, ard thus causing this ia -dStreus contia-
grafton. They Were taken 10 headquarters
and released ulOn their own recogujZt uca for
hearing by Justice Walter. The fact that
they were SO discharged shows that there ,gas
DO evidence 10 implicate them Upon being in-
formed that their brother was living deal in
the station house. they went there TO see him
Is md
brother The scene was u distressing one aud
the anguish OF the father was particularly so.
AbO't 300 O'Clock the body of Mr. Enrich
was recovered from the east side OF tba ION
where the floor had gwen way, aud n was
ionEd that the unfortunate man had been pre-
cIpliated into Il pit, aud that bricks were
hSaped around and over him He d,d n,t an
pear 10 have been killed instantly, AS m.
hands were elutched together. as il 10 draw
hlmself up from the burning mass. The body
was badly crushed, but the face waJ not dis
ngurec and was easily identified Ii vas
also taken 10 the Fourth Ward station 81 far
FOUR bodies nave been recovered, and IL may he
mat tbey are all that We're killed This morn.
Ing MAJOR Richards telegTaphed to Coroner
woodward 10 hold an inque>t
The CeDtraI Hotel buiIding was the proner
~ OF Hugh GelstoR, OF Baltimore, Nd, and it
- salo ls insured for Sl2OOO, its full value The
less oy the restaurant and lodging Rooms was
about $50 or 500; no nsurance. Mr.. Finley
loses about $500. The loss To the Old south
ern Line Agency is comparatively nothing
there being nothing there except railroad tick
cts. which were destroyed. The LuIly Broth.
ers were insured for $500, we are in formed
which they say will not cover their loss and
The policy was destroyed in the fire
Two young men, Jacob j. Larner and Geo
Mcdaniel were arrested on suspicion of arson
oy Detectives Kelly and Bisley, and are held
At bsadq uaTters for a hearing
MI Eyrieh was found 10 De- cons iderabIy
mashed. and Is supposed 10 have been suffo-
Gated. Mr.. Ostermayer was taken to Canaan
MeCarthys restaurant, opposite the Metro
polItan, where Drs. May, Dexter and Others
ole All IN tneir power Tor him, ana he was
THIS afternoon, bat Rr. May, the attending
physleian, expresses the opinion mat ne Is VET
In great danger Should ne in PROVE during Inc
night. he fOst will be amput lated to-morrow
MI. Chauncey, foreman of Hook and I,sddsr
Nas overcome Win TIE smoke while endeav-
oring 10 get some OF the persons out and was
brought ont senssle>s. He was taken 20 IN.
American House, wheIe he subsequently re-
covered.
Insurance agents estimate the entire los.
from view of the premises AT about an 40
THE IN1lUEST.