Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-16

Precisely at l:1O A. NJ, the stiffness of the
early morning air was disturbed by the re-
verberations of the fire alarm turned in from
Box Is. The department responded with
surprising alacrity, and found the scene of
the fire to be at the residence of Joseph
Lick, 50 West Tenth street, which, in the
upper part, was one sheet Of seething flames.
A GLOBE reporter was on the ground
simultaneously with the fire apparatus, and
discovered Mr.. Lick among heterogeneous
mass of furniture, in the act of
dressing himself. He stated that
he was awakened by neighbor living i'm
| mediately in rear of him, by the name of
Sam. Quivio, who was pounding at the door
and shouting Fire The police were soon
present, and corroborated this statement
When the family was reused, the house was
filled with dense volumes of smoke, which
both blinded and choked all of them.
The eldest son, Joseph, in his frantic Of
forts to escape what seemed immedi
ately impending death, thrust his hand
wildly through one of the windows, being
either unable to find the door or to
open it. The Licks, with the few
then present, commenced hustling out what
furniture they could, the Licks still in their
night clothes, and Joseph, Jr., lending a
helping hand. All at once, however, he be-
came conscious that his right hand felt
numb, and a closer inspection of it
revealed the fact that in bursting
through the glass of the window, he lacer-
ated his right forearm and wrist in terri
BILE fashion. Hurriedly donning pair of
blue oyeralls, he proceeded to DR.. Board
mans, corner of Exchange and Wabashaw
} streets, where The GLOBE man found him
lying prone upon the surgery floor, the
steps of the house and the sidewalk in front
of the gate being plentifully spattered with
blood. The profuse hemorrhase, un-
der the hands of the surgeon,
was stopped, and the wounds
which were not serious, were quickly dressed
3 and the stalwart young fellow walked off to
st. Joseph's hospital with his father, both OF
them in their bare feet, and the
younger blood stained from head to foot
Young Lick confirmed his fathers state
ments respecting the suddenness of the out
break of the flames, and each was equally ig
norant of any possible cause within theil
knowledge of the fire. Both declared mos
emphatically that every thing likely t.
cause combustion had been carefully looked
to before they retired.
Mr.. Lick stated that the building was in
sured for 800, and the furniture for $500
None of the contents of the house wert
g saved except few articles il
one of the lower rooms. The hous.
was pretty thoroughly Quilted, the flames
, being confined to the building in which the,
originated, and being completely quenche
in about half an hour.
;, There seems little doubt that the fire wa
r the work of an incendiary. A year ago Los
fall, at about the same hour of night, tn
Lick residence was found to be in flames
Y and the family narrowly escaped with thei
e lives.
d 1t is now about three years since that ter
e rible deed of blood, the murder of Mrs. Lick
e took place. Three persons supposed to b
); the murderers are serving life-sentences il
: Saltwater, and ever since that fatefu
= night, when Mrs. Lick 80 mysteriousl
. . yielded up her life, fatality appears to hav
J. followed both Mr.. Lick and his premises
= Sickness and death in his family, fires in hi
/ his house, vexatious and e1pensiv
d litigation, have all been showers
: upon him, and now he is again turne
:. C out. The history of this family for the pas
d four or five years has been strangely sensa
e tional and affective