Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-02-28

anu gcAoukiuk W ucEs Wnicu baO h'o
structed me to bring to her when / went
to San Francisco again.
By Tste-Have heard Of . mattrsss
being taken out saturated with coal oil,
but do not know how 1t came 90.
By Stous-There vere . number OF
old oil cans around; some In the store
room and some outside OF the building
in the alleyway.
>. W. RICHARDS.
The insurance agent, vas next sworn.
He testified that he had insured the
burned property for $4,000. which was
divided between the three buildings
owned BY Hill. the furniture. some
plated ware, and Q piano; he had always
understood the piano belonged to Mrs.
Hill; a. Il did not, the insurance on
that, which wa $500. would be vitiatsd;
Miss Hill had informed him the plated
ware was In San Francisco; the policies
would expire In May.
D. c.. suxEHAN
sworn: I am o police officer; was on
Main street ct the time OF the fre; heard
alarm OF ERE o few minutes before z
o'clock; I rushed up street; opened the
~enRine-houss door; told Q man with mo
to ring bell, then went to house; IRE was
breaking out through the transom over
the hallway door when ] got there flames
wets also breaking through rear house;
I ran there; found Miss Katie Hill there;
she was just getting on the porch; no
one else was around the house; saw
Mrs. Mulligan outside the fence boiler.
ing for her boy; there are about welve
or fourteen feet between fence and
house; I asked Mrs. Mulligsn where her
boy was and she said in the house; Miss
Hill left about that time; did not see the
boy; Mrs. Mulligan was fully dressed;
her house is about $50 yards from Hills;
Miss Hill had on O dark. colored dress.
no hat; she said her clothes were all
burned; that there was no use going to
her room; she did not know whether
the boy was in tho house or not; I went
to west end OF house; kicked In Q door
where some one said the boy was; went
in; had q dark lantern with me;
threw a'light around and saw . mattress
saturated with coal oil; NO bed
clothes there; there was q strong smell
Of coal oil; the wall aud carpet had coal
oil on: I thought there was q great deal
scattered around; It appeared to be
fresh; Billy Redmond was with me; there
were no lamps In; / went through the
building after the fire was out; / picked
up In tho second bedroom from front
door clothing that had coal oil on; ladies'
boots and q shirt also smellsd strongly
OF oil; found q piece OF carpet in parlor
with coal oil on; there was o broken
lamp in tho parlor; went through sittine-
room; 1t did not smell Of turpentins; II
Is not much affected by Are; not as much
as the rest Of the house; judging from
the burned wood work, / should think
the ERE broke out In the two front bed.
rooms on the north side; found coal oil
can lying near the pantry; 1t was strong
with coal oil; went into the rear build
ing; found there q piece Of cloth satu.
rated with coal oil.
Commission adjourned until today OF
1890 O'Clock.
W. REDMOND,
A miner, was the first witness called this
morning. He testified that he was at
the fire; no examined but n room. the
west room. and could not swear there
was n coal oil In Il; he looked at the
mattress, which appeared to be freshly
wet for about two feet square; did not
examine 1t closely, and would not swear
II was or was not coal oil or 1t. (The
mattress was produced in court, and the
witness said IL was coal oil that was on
it,
JAMES BUTTERFLY
Reached the ere very soon after the
alarm; he did not examine the building.
and knew none OF tho particulars; be
had, at the request OF Officer Sbeehan,
helped take q mattress to the jail IL was
doubled up when he got II, but he found
at the Jail 1t was saturated with coal oil;
he did not think the FIRE could have
originated on the outside. 1.-THE mat.
tress, which was produced In court to-
day, has SO much coal oil on II that IL
left marks where 1t was placed on the
Hoor.-RIP.]
HENRY CONRAD,
An employs OF Chris. Zieglsr. the butch.
or. was called. His testimony was to
the effect that he was passing the house
and was the first to give the alarm Of
ere; that he saw the flames break
through the south window from the In.
side.
AMo MERRITT.
Gold Hills Chief OF Police. identified
the mattress In court o the q deliv.
cred to him by Sheehan on the night OF
the ere aud said it had remained in the
Jail ever since. He said coal oil was
dripping through tho mattress when IL
was taken to jail; that he was satisfied IL
was recently put on the mattress; other
articles had been taken to the Jail all
covered with coal oil; In his exAmina.
ton Of the premises be had found coal
oil In all the rooms and in the hallway;
there Was more in the kitchen than else
where; he thought the middle room was
less affected by the FIRE than any OF the
his opinion was that the two
rooms were most burned; had
found NO evidence Of coal oil in the rear
building; but had no. examined II close
"; saw nc sheets or bed clothing or per.
sonal clothing In Miss Hills bedroom
next morning; only q mattress; could
not estimate the amount Of coal oil used;
considerable had been.
Il
MRS. S~ELLIoAN,
next.door neishbor aud living In Q
house owned by Hill. said herself and
were awakened by Miss Hill
knocking and kicking on the door. and
tire, her husband opened the
door and asked Miss Hill how
Tho house came TO be on Ere at
time Of the night. Miss
Hill replied; ~ was there oil aloue;"
Miss Hill was close 10 me; she smslled
strongly Of coal oil; there was no GOAL
oil smell in the room before she came 10;
have not used coal oil for years; could
not tell how Miss Hill was dressed; next
morning went through the burned build.
ing, kitchen and hall; both smelled