The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1869-09-11

/ House Bunsl hHsslsd.

House Buner ansst.i
STARTLING DISCOVERY.
From the N. O. Picayuns.l
Sunday morning Wa discovered one OF
the most diabolicxl atiempts 1t houas
burning ever made in this CITY. Fos
6endi.h"eas of design and utter disregard
of the probable .scrifics Of human life and
vast property il 10 without exsmpls.
The facts in the caas arc AMPLY th~ss
Some mortha since the lower story oi
the large brick dwelling. NJ l27 Cs'on
dslet STREET, between Lafayette sad Poy.
dras, wss rented to Dr.. N~tayG and NJ.
Fortier. Of A'giess, in which 70 erect their
medical bsshs. The uppss stories Of the
house were used - boarding establish.
ment while the ground door was speedily
con vsstsd into bath rooms and . sort Of
water cure dispensssy. In one apartment
Dr.. Metay4 and bis wife resided. An in.
surancs wss Effected on h;s apparatus BY
the Doctor for $4,000. and also IN insuran.
% on his private fa sniturs for $1,000.
Saturday night the Doctor discharged hia
servant, and informed the rest Of the
domsstics about the place that hs should
20 across the lake early in the morning.
He was then observed to b. busiIy engaged
about the bath- rooms until about -
O'Clock. The next morning be loft th.
house ssd went over to Aandsvills.
About 9 o'clock, one Of the patients
accustomed to taking the baths c.ms over
from AIgisss and With him NJ. Fortiss
Arriving st the place they found every.
thing locked up aud the Doctor gone.
But not to b. disappointed they looked up
the servant, and With bic aid bussesd op.n
The door of the bsth room. Here it Wa
discovered that the wires leading from the
chsmieal apparatus in the adjoining room
we're cut This sscitsd surps,ss, and NJ.
Fortiss and the servsnt opened the door
Of THE apartment aiso. Here eight met
their eyss we'll calculated 70 astonish and
sppsl.
The room ;s very small. . mere closet,
three BY six fese. Il had shelves frum the
door to the ceiling, Tor holding bottles
coataining chemicals. These b,ttIss w~Fe
taken down and pu.hsd into one corner Of
the room. The shelves we're. literally
packed With splintsn Of fat pine, sseur.tsd
With camphins. BuadIss Of pspes aud
cotton saturated with The came 0uii wes~
also cast shout the Aoos. Over, through
and around all this was . fuse, . smaii
yellow chord, used by miners - . slow
match. This fuse had bssn Get on 6ss aod
had hu,nsd up wish the sscsptioa cf pr
hsps foot 10 length. The closing u th-
cloa~t door had INSIDE the room air tight,
and thus prevented bl-s.. Pieces OF the
pitch pine ovss which the fuse had passed
we're burned through, matches, nearly .
thousand Of which we're slso distributed
among the fat pine, were also partially
consumed, but ihs 6ss did not kindl-
prevented BY the air.tight room. Near the
centre Of the closet was beg containing
several pounds Il powdss, and 20 disposed
thst il would explode = soon - the Gre
got fairly uade' headwsy. It must not b~
suppos-d thst I'll this was discovered at
once, but after careful investigation BY
ths Chief VI Police and Special Ofic.s
Marks. A soon ~ the cIoset wss opened.
NJ. Fosti~s cent for the Chief. and on thu
arrival Of that Official and Oi1iner Marks
the case WAS surrendered to their care.
The 6sst thing " b. done ~. 10 f",i
ont the guilty party. The Officers s~t to
work With energy. snd they next discover.
ed that d.. Nst.yA had purchased the
fase on Saturday from NJ. r. 0s'cia. M,
81 Chastres street that the fat pine VA
obtained By him in AIgisss. and ibst the
KY With which the closet was locked wss
.sill 10 bic possession hoodsy morning,
showing thai no one could have entered
and aseangsd the material after It VA
locked By The doctor.
H.d The 1ss kiadlsd y va designed
il wosld have resulted in the destsucs;oa
II aoe only the dwelling No. 1877 Cares:
dslst stsesi, bot ths two adjoining bdijd
inGs. For the a. originating in the real
of The csntss building. togsthAr With III
|sxpioding powder. would have created
such coadagrasion = our city hss rarely
ssss. Tho explosion, too. mast hass
torn all that past of the boilding to atoms
laad killed ths slsspise inmates 10 the
lsooma above, several Il whom occupied
Iapsrtmssts immediaasly orr ths bath
Isooms. That il did sot kisdis b almoat I
Imisasla end seems 10 hays tesa specis
Iiatespositios Of Psovidseoe.
j The circumstances dssives additions
|lsieniaaancs rom tho fast thst M. nslavl
ocespied The upper story q Heashs baild
Iiag o. Camp stseet, when the thrse stose
vsss basssd there 10 the spsiag. the fr'
~ that occsaioa or;9isat;e1 II d.
keseyis part q ~ Ss;ld;sy. He upo,
that occasion had h~avy Insurance. sa'
} he police thsa sslpsctsd hin, bat u
proof could be obsaiaed.