Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-01

TIE O.tumSa Courier gives the following
additional particulars in regard to the burr
ing Of the chil lren and house of the Hon.
Chas. Dudley. II Agency City, Wspsilo
county. or Friday night last:
The rssaience Of Hon. Charles Dudley
was situated SPOUT three-quarteFs Of mile
cast Of Agency aswo-storv frame house,
with two rooms. k,.chen aud pantry on the
sround Il gr, ard wood hruse attached t.
the kite en-; the front rooms were used,
one for n psrior AID the ether asa sitting
ream, the kitchen te.ng in the rear Of the
lstef. tps.a'rs consisted Ct ihrso bed
rna5as fr. q lal4tef room 0Tsl Sic kltchsa.
es4e oa Less occupied tie west
~, trt sister, tus cas- room and tue
tLfes younger syns, Charles, Thomas and
Ots, the room adjoining and in the rear oi
the eldest. A hall ran between the two
fret rooms mentioned, upstairs and dosn.
Lewis bed stood in the southwest correr OF
his his room, the boys in the northwest oil
their room.
STATEMENT OF CHARLES
was sleepin: with ny younger brothers,
one three and tho other / years Old. ana
about midnight WAS aroused by the SMOKE
rtrar Cling me Jumped out OF bed aho "e".
to and opened . small door mat iesds ou'
10 tho rooms over the Kitchen. "nen 'ns
smoke lrst through and almost stiiied me-
81. SNAKE came up over the kitchen, sp-
,'.,.n,iy from the wood house. ran back
md aroused lssiS; he sat up in bed, when
/ Told him to bring down the boys then
ran down and told mother, who alept in the
-. al har kah
and catching up some bed clothes, ran out
she LETT the babe in the yard and ran back
to tho house now burning rapidly, to try to
rescue the boys, but il was too hot. tried
to get in the room up stairs Six times but
failed | got out the melodeon and desk
With the valuable papers in it. At this
time Mr. Dave Sterner came.
Here the boy was removed, and we had
to get our infor nation the best we could. 1t
seems hat the sisters, aged about 20 and
10, csc Pei unharmsd. II is reported that
Mr. Steiner took the leg Of a table and
burst open the door to Lewis room, and
tusd to call him up but could not, then
threw the stick ~ and struck him, but he
did not move AT this time the house was
snveloosd in flames. Everything was con-
sum-d excepting the meiod-or, desk, and q
ie- bed clothes, which the ladies had TO
wrap about them in lieu of clothing. The
loss in property IL estimate cd at between
$4,000 and $4,000.
TnB REMAINS.
We were particular in describing tho sit
uation Of the rooms and beds in order TO
lot the reader see why there 10 no certainty
- to how the boys lost their lives-in try
ing to escape. or whether they were strang-
led in bsd This u mystery. The char
red remains Of Lewis were picked out Of
tho debris in the southeast corner, while
his bed stood in the southwest those OF
the younger ones out Of the southwest corn
Or, imms lately under the spot whers
| Lewis bed stood Various are the conjec-
lures, SONS think Lewis was trying to get
tho boys out some that they went into
| Lewis room just rs the floor and walls gave
wsy. TINS will fore, or remain . mystery.
Mr.. Dudley has been most unfortunate
with his family ten deaths having occur
red and only two Of them from disease
eight tragicaily or suddenly. Only last
spring, in May or June, his Oldest son, Ed
ward, was killed by fractions mules.
| CAUSE or Tns rlBB
This is not known. so ne think il origl-
mated from ashes which had been taken up
in kettle and left in the woodhouse bul
| this is denied by those whom We think
should know, rs they say there we're nc
csals in the ashes besides, there Was moi
enough air stirring to fan the Goals into lf,
had there been any.