Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-07
STARTLING STORY
Told BY I. .aaa - Jfia - Afses
at taheastsr, eA
Properly Valued Il $500, 900 Destroyed y
an 0sgsai1sd 6sas Of fis esgs-
Serious Negro Riot h
South Carolina.
BRIEF MENTION OF OTHER GRIMES.

LANCASTER, Pa, November 6-Thls city
has been agitated to-day by the confession
Of George, alias Ted. Brimmeh the barn
burner, on trial this week In the court Of
the quarter sessions for setting hre TO
several barns, and WHO plead guilty. this
forenoon to burning the large county barn
at the almshouse in the suburbs OF the
city. Brimmer In his confession has I'M
plicated eight persons, showing the exist
ence OF regularly. organised gang ot 10.
cendaries, whose oft.repeated acts and the
struck terror into the hearts OF all our
citizens The evil had become % great that
scarcely night passed without an alarm,
and the insurance companies represented
In the cits had threatened to withdraw all
business. The utmost vigilance on the
part q - Dolioo torOA NsaQ( no avail IN
securing the guilty parties. Ine os&o.'
ton has had Its existence for some time.
but Il 10 only since the voluntary hrs de-
partment was abolished that
The Gang Became EnbslAseeA
and carried out their dssigus with the
greatest effect. Brimmer was convtcsed
yesterday Of firing the barn OF SsTrsl
gust 10, and was Immediately put on triA
Tor setting fire to the poor house barn. The
latter was destroyed the same afternoou,
with its contents, entailing . los Of 80.
600. The evidence wss % conclusive that
Brimmer determined last night at late
hour not only TO plead guilty but to make
a full confession, duplicating oil OF his &C
completes in dozen or more fires. Upon
coming into the court this afternoon . plea
OF guilty was entered by his counsel In his
behalf, and notice was given to the court
OF
HIS Ceafssaisa.
A paper was prepared and sworn to,
charging the following cases OF arson: That
John Wertz and John Drschbar fired the
cork factory on Locust street, which was re-
Gently destroyed, resulting In loss OF
10000; that John Daily fred Whites house
on Church street; that George Bair set hrs
10 his own stable In the rear of his proper.
ty; that Harry snider fired Kaufman's sta.
bic in the rear Of Larence Knapp's saloon,
and also made several unsuccessful At
,enlpts TO burn Mrs. Kelley's barn on Ship
pen street below Orange: that John Drsch.
bar and Harry Sniden fired the old Ssh
factory on Plum street; that Harry Snider
and Christian Schwartz fred MacGonigles
harm on Middle street; that John Wsrtx
fired Hikes warehouse on Tobacco avenue,
Less $4,000,
that John Drachbar fred william Rots'S
stable; that Louis Reedenbach set fire 10
Reardon's blacksmith shop; that George
T. Baer and Charles Miller fired Bcnder's
harm on Plum street; that John Daily
fred Joseph Whites barn on Church
street, near the American engine house;
that Charles Miller fred McGonigles stable
between shippen and Plum streets. and
that John Drachbar fred Adam A. Bars
stable At Mifiiin and Church streets. These
fires extended hack over o period OF
four yesrs, and OF the parties CHARGED with
being the incendiaries. Wertz, Daily and
nyder have been arrested. Several others
are known TO be implicated, and ths arrest
OF the whole gang will take place. The
entire loss by the fires WAS something over