, 1881-04-16
ARSON.
Arrest Of n West kldc sA}oonkeorer for
Firing tKls PFonliao4.

Arrest Of n West hlde saloonkeoper for
Firing tEls Preniao4,
John Weidert, ,27 years Of age, was ar
rested at an early hour yesterday. morning
By SsrRt. John Kehm Of tho West Twelfth
Streut Station, and Is to 10 arraIgned to-day
beforo justics Ingersoll upon charge Of
!,lccnuarlsn. Tie prisoner Is the proprietor
OF q saloon, or rat or a Cheap liquor store.
on tho ilrst-hoorfof a t" o-story brick build
Ing ut No. BIS West Fourteenth street, and It
Is charged that he yesterday morning made
buuglIng attempt to tlro tho premises. but
extlngaisllsd tho biaze witlloat .necess!tatinx
the sounding Of all alurm. We!ttert lives III
an apartment III the rear OF the store, with
his wife, whom lle brought out from
occupied Il, front by, tho landlord, ST..
Brown, and III thu rear BY Mrs. Duehtn. The
latter avuks ut LAO yesterday tnnr,sing to
tl4,! hor room rapidly filling with smoke,
through . hole In. thu looF, Into, wlioI, the
water ana waste pines aFo eet; She at, once
loon below Yrs atifs. ~ rushed down stairs
i i"oked aI hs rsppsd ind called loudly fsr niii,
to aAyo hinsaif: !Ie soon henrd Wsllert
rushing to and fro. a,,tl, ,!l, deas!ln,E water
aa;e M% fils' Ill., "p' tss &c h. wsaae5s aigs. a'a
l,iln in exttnguIshing ths blaze, the door was
not ope,ctl ai,,tl tts dre was all out: Weld
ett was greatly exSitetf' ~ Az pretended to BE-
originated. IIa said tasrs was no, fire either
III the atoYe orplsHwliara in tic saloon, and
clalmed 10 have been awakened iron, Il sound
sleep BY the smell Or stnp1ke 1f an4 .the crack;
Tilt keroseNs iia!l been snilied III consider
ablu quantities IN three different places OH
lhe tlntir boneatha rack :qpon .wh!cl!, lt9nor
barrels are ranged alongst1e the wall. Ihc
Of the woodwork of tho tloitsc, had
been considerably .charrel, and the blaze
!nust llave buun under good hea!lWay Wlle!t
Wss;t W. sysnt at ffa Wedss at'1s si m
Ind siot been to bs. ~ IL sait. aMd al! these
circumstances, taken tdsatncr with the fact
tilat Ito owed three lnontt.s' rent, convinced
A[r: nrown tlIat !s .ea4h',t !.a! dsl!oeratsIy
nutlaed the police at at,ce.
speeaIiy Sest sstlstIed isslf thst the ts WIS II:
sssay ssa hs ss9'ss fens& @ s'Y s1 s!sss i
Wsiu worth not to exceed $500. whereas
Yeldert eleI'ued ttey were worth
si,@a, md fsoslS!,ned ols!,a :. tha. =. le
sa is .rrssl ws4e1, aSa aud upon sssiaa:
!,ul found hfB insurance policy, not atnolgst
his other papers, but sa1e III .'!s inner c9At cAt
pocket IL was !ssllstl Fao. ~ Ivy. by W.
VI " pUut sNtlgk}N Eb0 ~ AtOk &V"lk AhSAAAeAiQ
Company Ut New lnrk.' and covered store
and fixtures valued nt, $lh0s liquors and
wlncs, 9. 800; aid household furniture sa0,
Mrs Vsidsst was not 10 s arrested, - stis l,ad
with 4 atO0thac'le, and WAS awakened by her
husband en.eNyorfnx to oxttnkalsh the hra.
II WIS ascertaineh yesterday TINT .Weldegt
upan moving In .u1d commencing business
sonle three munths ag9- purchased several
hundrel dollars w0rth Of liquors from Juhn
sg!wtyeF. a West twelfth streat dealer:
This together wltl, sI1a ~ nxta1es e haM ieit
tle corl,ur Ut l'weMty.sixtt, STRUT and Went
worth ayenus anu No4 4oa s;ata street, made
ills uulils worth 1T the 4tltsIts S4O0 To $600
Experts WIN lpnked uytr ths Rouda yhxtet-
day tttiInatetl the value Ut everything 1T less
than ssn 1hs tloos shows vs., Rlslnly, %l'sre sr
d hey TIE z ~ s aFe
W0ltert at1ects denav Ignorance concerns
Ing the Ire, aud has no Idea u TO how 1t