The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-20

The Fire MarshaHs RepTimand TO the
Hangers.On Of the Shinier Hose Com


The Fire MarshaHs Reprin1and TO the
Hangers.On of the Shimer Hose Conn
pany.
Early on Sunday morning. the Sd instant, IT
will belremem bered that q fire occurred In the
% iishment of Mr.. Baugh, on Corn street, above
Reed. The place was consumed; Win M its con
SolIars' also perished in the flames, Every
thing Indicated that an incendiary had applied
The match and sSe CITY, sno had
hastened to the scene. set to work with his
arrest him. Unfortunately, through the cri-
minal screening of the guilty parties by others
and the person or persons who lit the fire still
remain al liberty. In the course OF his inyesti-
cations be visited the mouse oi Lhe Snlller Hose
and steam Fire Company. The reasons which
induced him TO go There were amply sufficient.
In the exercise of his duty ne was after the
rogue, He most aSsuredlY has the autho'
rity TO seek him anywhere and every.
where. Yet as certain members. or Ger
tain persons claiming TO be members, of the
company named, with an exuberant display OF
wounded feeling. and hot Indignation at Mr..
Blackburn visit, have published card in
which they not only misre present and falsiiy
the facts Of the case, but most meanly attack
the character and efficiency Of the Marshal, Il
and the public at large to set the matter in its
true position by an honest statement of the
purposes. 1t will vindicate man than whom
none more worthy holds a public posi-
what sort of gangs ipfest the houses of some of
our fire companies and induce us to credit
budJ lACbI sO iISQuSnAly HbhSIlSUs JuhI III many
cases fires are lgnited by the very men who,
when the names are destroying property and
,life run with clamor TO the scene and make
much ado in Ill directed efforts at eXtinguishing
them. The facts. then, connected with the
burning of Mr.. Baugh's stable and the subse.
quent investigation of its cause by Fire Mar
snal Blackburn, are simply these. Thew are
given just as they occurred, They fatty CON
IradicL The statements contained in the card
published over the names nf what purpoft ia 10
be a committee of the "Shifiier Hose and Steam
Fire Com pany." Perchance, however, this con.
tradiction rs hardly necessary, for the spirit
which speTVades the "ShlfheI's" card IS so
plainly unjust that any reasoning man would
AZ once discredit its every statement
The fire occurred at O'Clock A. MIN the
dead of night. Not long after it had been put
out, Mr., Blackburn, while making inquiries as
10 lis origin, was told that parties in Corn
street could furnish clue to the detection of
the incendiaries. He repaired differentiated
up the man who possessed the knowledge he
wanted--afsd was informed by him that shortly
before the breaking out of the hre somebody
Baugh's place into the street, and their foot
steps were heard in flight The gentleman who
nesrd these suspicious noises raised the win
noW OF his room, and saw persons-two or more
run out Of Corn street into Reed, in the direc'
lion 1i ,Moyamensing avenue They ran
koWaiIS t the new house of the Shiffter Fire Conn
Pa.ny, wv ~ were not seen to enter IL. Upon re-
oeiyipg ~ gii nils wore, Mr.. Blackburn, in company
Will r1ilco SeIkeant Mutt, went to the Shlffier
hose house' VI rather to the small building