Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-08-29

containing the kerosene used by the IN
Ct ndisry was found on the premises. As
soon as the eont1gration had been eN-
tinguishei a search was instituted. and
the incendiary was traced to the Crown
Point Rayine Shaft Circumstances led
to the belief that the guilty party was
man by the name of Burlington, who was
engaged in driving the whim. Upon
arriving at the shaft working operations
were found 10 be suspended. The fact
that an old feud has been existing be-
tween the parties working the mine
and Symons, the owner of the house,
lent strength to the conviction re-
specting the guilt of Burlington, and at
O'Clock last evening. upon complaint OF
Henry George, Constable Tom Harkin
arrested Burlington and lodged him In
the station-house Ii was the intention
of the officer making the arrest to bring
the prisoner before Justice Wright for an
examination the same evening. While
[ Constable Harkin was waiting for Justice
/ Wright to return from church, at Few
/ minutes after ., six men. disguised with
/ bandkerchiefs tied over their faces, en-
| tered the station-house and dragged the
! prisoner ont of his cell into the hallway
/ leading to the officers quarters. The
masked men brought with them large
rope or cable, to one end OF which
hangman's knot was attached. The INST
and only question proposed to Bufhng
ton was, 'Who set fire to Symons
/ house?" The prisoner stated that he
knew nothing in regard to the origin
of the fire, whereupon the men who
were masked commenced slipping the
moose over his head with view OF hang
ing him then and there. the other end of
the rope being attached to the cross-tim-
bers OF the upper portion of the building.
Burlington fought like tiger, and yelled
terribly Hundreds of people who heard
his shrieks hurried to the station-house.
Constable Harkin, who reached the place
a moment after the alarm was given, in,
forms us that there were already fifty
men or more collected about the station
house, some Of whom he thinks were in
collision with the vigilanters. The
latter. as soon as the alarm was given,
decamped with the utmost precipitation.
A gentleman who attempted to unmasf
one OF the gang was confronted with
navy revolver. Burlington is confident
of being able to indemnity one of his
would-be mnrderers.
From the Virginia Chronicle. August 25th.l
ABOUT Q o'clock Saturday night, whiI'
the great confiagration in Chinatown wal
still raging, an incendiary attempted t.
fire the Union Iron Works of Tyrrell 4
Cummings, near the Divide. larg
load of wood had been driven. late IL
the afternoon, under the pattern shop
on the east side of the foundry proper
and left standing there. A champaign
bottle full Of coal oil was thrown upol
this wood and match applied. Th
; flames instantly flashed up and licke,
the floor of the pattern shop overhead
but were extipguished before any damag
was done.
As the Has train was passing tn
round-house to-day, little boy. name
Joseph Hanbridge, son of Thomas Har
bridge, plumber in Virginia City, fe
from the cow-catcher of the locomotiv
: Empire, the wheels of the engine pass
e ing over his right hand and cutting it /
o twain. No blame can be attached to an
: of the railroad employees, as but fe
minutes before a crowd of boys about til
age of the one named above, were drive
off by them.