Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-09-25
lNCENDlARlSM,
MRS. SLOSSCN AND WILLIAM q.
SEAMANDS ARRESTED ON
THE CHARGE.

some OF Their Wearing Apparel a.d
Clothes Were Removed . Few Hours
Hours Before the rire-Mrs. Slosson,s
Antecedents.
Mrs. E. NJ. Slosson, the keeper of
the clearinghouse over the Kansas
headquarters, in which the fire origi.
mated, was arrested by Sheriff Furey
MS IN '''''n= and locked up in tn,
county Jail on a charge of incendi
ar'sm. Two men who opened the
street door Of the clearinghouse i'm
mediately after the alarm was given,
say that the Nor of c.a, oil was very
strong in the house, and that they sus-
pected at once that the place had been
Intentionally So On i'r Lodgers in
t &c ''"us. say that the fire broke out
at the same time in two rooms, the
one front room, and the other back
room. There is also said to be other
material evidence, but the officers re.
fuse to disclose it.
Mrs. Slosson has been burned out
twice before, in Deatwood, Dakota,
where she lived before coming here,
and her losses are said to have been
fully covered by insurance. When
she applied to E. B. Lennon for in
surance here, his companies refused to
insure her, saying that she had burned
out twice before, and was a suspicious
character; they could not insure her
at any price. Mr.. Lennon finally
got here i-'s>red for $1,000 in other
companies.
Mrs. Slosson came here from the
Black Hills about a year ago last
spring, and has been keeping the
kingsbury clearinghouse ever since.
She owns sheep ranch in the Black
Hills, and is believed to be worth
about $1,000.
William u. Seamands, an old pros.
pector, who has been very intimate
with Mrs. Slosson, was also arrested on
suspicion Of completely with Mrs.
Slosson.
The accused will have their prelim.
mary examination before Judge Par
sons day after to. morrow.
LATER.-About l o'clock this at.
ternoon Sheriff Furey, assisted by
George Kohlepp, 5. b. Kingsbury,
and District Attorney Bruner, dis
covered two trunks, one large box, a
large laundry basket, gunny sack
and valise full of ,,u.l. .ne "a, k
contained a handsome. new saddle
which had been lost by the Kansas
Headquarters people a couple Of days
before the fire. The valise contained
IA lot Of jewelry and fancy goods, and
one of the trunks and the basket were
full OF wearing apparel belonging to
Mrs. Slosson. The other trunk and
the box contained some clothes and
things belonging to William Sea-
mands. These articles were discov-
cred in the small house formerly oc-
cupied by Mrs. Jordan mo " Mrs. Gus
ler) on the lot adjoining the south
west corner Of River and Bullion
streets, ...d Which Mrs. Slosson
owned.
An additional scrap of evidence
against Mrs. Slosson is obtained from
the driver of the wagon who hauled
the goods from the lodging house to
that where they were found. He
says that Mrs. S!osson told him to be
sure and 60 around by the back (River)
street and not go along Main to Bull
ion. Also, to be quiet about it.
Other arrests will probably follow
WHAT THE ACCUSED SAY.
A TIMES reporter called at the jail
and asked Mrs. S!osson if she had an,
statement to make? She said Judge
Brearley, her counsel, had advised he'
to say nothing, She then burst inte
tears, and exclaimed: ~ am as limo
cent of the crime of incendiarism a.
you are. l was awakened like tn,
rest, and had barely time to escape
was insured for only $4,000, and IN,
furniture and things were worth all 0
$4,000. l hope you will be my fiien'
in the paper, and won'teg the peopl