, 1874-07-25

l1 VEVIulEQA III klf0 laAu AD& 4AtAVt o
Ihblo nobody had TALKED to, hor. s!ice
sl,o seAtifcd; her m1tflct Lid not thlked 70 her
Binco ti,en nor lor father; mover told hlybouy
&llht shn Ind sworn to- did dot toll hhSbouy that
what ale hatl sad vah all falao nor M ta. , tneso
body aa,out It; how could aho know how tAeso
men found out about it2
Atr. Story-No found ont that one OF thoso
porBans WAS arrested for snbornhtion OF thls
t,osseramtnation continued -Know TINT peo-
plo woro punished forlyinB II was not her fa,1ls
MosEu nLuh1EST1IAI,s .. ......
sworn Know tho lsaacaona tvo or throo years
liyod at 81 and 62 Taylor atroot was half
blooh from tho fro WHOM 1t hIoho out was
standing ut lIa window aud thought. tt cnmee
from tlao oil-faotoryi mot Mrs. Droginski and
Mrs. Iaaacsoni saw tie barn 'Sas burning, Rsld
tred to navo the horsos ana ioia sn snn 1,tns uool
together; noitlor tsaacaon's house or barn wero
on t.ro wilon ho Baw tho tan!os:
had toTolry sa csn'a s,a
cont and Irish u sho bad nothing IL hor ears;
noticed oyery woman lie mot who ther sho had
ear-rIngs lived at No. 51, and his bus'ioas waa
at No. 52; vas con, eonfeettoner TO- ,;;,,osa Taa
tfo smoke ,Sas black; could not 500
wiloro IL came from, barn or dwelling; askoa t'.o
boyp, .iWnat il that 2" wcnt down llrBt and sa'd
It 10 various porsona; WIS tho iirst rnan to an.
noneo tho ro r f. TIC Ts anu aar nar ~ :n x1
Fourlh ayonue.
Witness was now called upon to look as dla-
gram drawn by AIr. Cn1ncron,. bue preferred to
draw one fol. .limsolf, protesting against upset.
ting tie house OF having Alr. Cameron move 1t
without = permit.
Who,, lu casne down tue flame was in No. 272;
could not toll from his winlon where tho Bniolto
oanic from; the first building he saw Oh fire Fas
q barn in No. 272; IsancBon'B housn was No. 27G;
t,otu,o ,pnf oy1 fra fnh hit HntnHEOGT
olso's barn, man 11ashod Klenescly; tho
flro whs III = cornnr OF the barn; Tits
barn NAB soparatcd from 1saaceon's bJ a
barn. and fetco; won't from his AouBo uo"n
Taylor btroet to Fourth avenue, md thcro were
no hougos burning when atrs 1Baacson casno out
without any ear-riugs; ttcrn waa ouly fcnce
ootwnen lsaacson's barn anu tho burning barn
witucsB waH Pole; had been sitting In bis room
book tho nnrr,o Of tho book wna Que Thou.
sand and Ono NiGhta y; It was In 11obrew ; could
read Hpbr0w.
recalled Tho fire started from hotiaos corner Of
Yayloy street aud Fourth ayessua; it started
tween tie o-factory mud fsuncson'b; the fire
rom,.tehrcd nortiiwest-onat Of 1haacSons house.
Louis IHAAcsoN,
sworn: Remembered tho !ire; was In 1anacaon's 9
house ut tho tin,o wns thcro at u O'clock. aud
remained till .; was asleep when thn tiro brokc
ont; did not sec Mrs, lsaacson just before tho
fire; burned his haud nt tho fire tho IsaacsonB
aayed Only three p!!loY-cascs; lost hts own
trunk four houses wore burning At tho timc.
Cross-etdn.ined-Nas q brother to Nathan
1saacsou; peddled rags; canae homo about MOOT,
Mrs. Isaacsou WAS washing; thore nero Bteps to
tho llouHc went right aloe anu Blopt till tho
fire broke out tho clothes were. hanging out
side; 1trs Drognsky was tlcro; sllo waa sitting
Oh TIC step; there was d boy III tlc house; wont
out Of the front door, aud saw MIN running through
the Rtleet Mrs. lBaacson was sitting i'll tue hall
all the llouHos were On lro sle WAS sitting in
tho hall whon thore was little hro III the alley.
RACHEL. 1sAACsoN,
| vito Of defendant, sworn, testii!ed through al
| Interpreter Nna tho wl[e Of Nathan Isuacson i;
| was washing That tlay till IL o'clock; sho Ind
got through acruhbiug at o'clock, when shc bat
I FL tho hnll with her child; Mrs. Drogsky waA
with hot, and boy was sleodng on tho lounge
| lin ammo WAS Louis Isaacson; tLoro WIS no
| body olao III tito houae; did not know tho
| young man LiueHich did not know who was
meant; thoio ~as d boy tllero between
soyH Of tho stable; waiting for her iuaaaud who
Ind loft the house sllat tay about o'clock in tho
! morning with par,nor named Monea, to podda
| blackbcIries; EaW him again Tor tho tlrBt tno
aftor that OH rhird ayonuo. "ien thn ire hst
Dvoken out; sllo was ironing till aNlf-paet D;
WHOM tho tlro bruko ont, sbo nstca nil Eng'isl!
lady to tako caro- Of hor Child while she saved
tl,rao pllow-siips; hud Gomo jewc1ry aua watch
al,d chain which lilo 1ast; waH not i'll tlie stable
EHAk EAy HtLu IlHkSlicSS hCul4 d3uNA oAA2 WAT AN'
iu tic ntablo at all lssaesoa Ind two houses
in front, Nus. vi and 27G, aud one
in a!lo rear. IIo had slo5 "a month
rent for thobe houses. lie 1easod tho land fol
arrested llor, Hail. tEat 6ho not fire. to tho barn
| with cando; remembered nothing about this
nnd 10 did not soy anything ahont 1t to Tho ofi
ccr; whom sho heard Of tho fro all four houBos
| woro on tre; When she went down to tho Cen
| trail Station sho did not understand what tht
| o1tr IA I. m En1(i n11rti11nr otlnT1
burning down Fourth avonse, because h!it
| wanted to buy grocery aeroHa the Htrcct; tnt
! first iiro broko ont hotweon her' honao mi
her brothor'H-lsaac schnaar II WI
| EulInnar'a house which wns rem0aclod frol1
stable, aud belonged to him. She neyor sa1d
| iu tho prosonco Of Jacobs that Hho would burr
down tho house; was not prcsont Wlion Wnsf
| Bohn asked her husband to wlitewasl tbs holse
Grass ss-elanlined-Whcn Bho trat dscoyorot
tho fro, three or four househ wato burning,
| NATHAN lsAAcsuH.
Bworn WAS defendant !; previous to tho fire IL
owned throo 4onacB, NoB. 274 nld 27G and ON
iu the ronr there waH ono barn for six horsoa
No. g74 was worth S1,8U0 1t had twonty-oit
! rooms 27G had twelve rooms, and was wortt
81 500 tho little pines Yas worth $500
about six weeks ago ho put up q root wortl
s124.G0; weok before he put mp other improve
ments; on 274 ho had 81 200 Insurance, IN tll
littlo house, $500, md on 270, $1,000, with 31o
Oh tho barn; he rocoivcd IN rent from 27l, 80
q mouth, $40 for hiA stable, 9l1 for tho littl
house, anl 438 for 27G; thoy were Gu lonse'
ground; they woro in tho 1ro-limita. aud b
would hayo to repair th0m by building brio
houses; renewed hiH leasa April !, 1874, from
May l, 1874. till A[ay l, 1877; there was II
mortgage OH tho property; July Il 10 M
| poddlHg all day; started out at z oolock, witt
Moses; Ind pcG1ied With him onco before, Boll
ing blaukborriaa, WIS not homo al
tayi Btopped hiB wagon at tho oornor Of Iaylo
aud Fourth ayon!lo at t o'clock; ca,no lookin
for his vito; run to StRto street; at tho ooruo
Of Taylor le found hor HittIny with throo pillow
cascs, and crying for hor cLildron; looked 70
his children oil night, aud found tlcm nox
morning; did not Bayo auy property; had abou
$375 worth of iowclry III tho house: did no
know anything about tho first fro, because Il
was with tho Fire. -alaraAal, complaining Of hi
brotLer-in-law putting up achimney; this chin
ney waA incheH from hls barn; thi
WIS at No. 278; Wolfsoln had aai
! ho Woull pay lis rent next week, and cor
planned TINT tAoro were bedbugs Ia tho house
had sunt man up to Wolfsohn about white
| washing tho houAe, but Wolfsohu WAS not roady
mover offered Wolfsohn s100 to sot fire TO I'll
house, after the fire Wolfaoha asked lin fo
tic 50 he had paid linn for ront, and furthe
denaudol 5l00, saying TINT II lao did not got
: he would Rwear ont warrant, and haye him ~
rested for offering Linn lsHolfsohu) S1O0 to pur
down his houao.
, Oross-e1amined-Th first he know Of tho fiji
| va. whom q man Camo aud told linn Ills parl