Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-01-18
SCHILLER, THE ALLEGED
MILWAUKEE, IN
CENDIARY.
TERRIBLE STORMS In THE
EAST.
PRINCE NAPOLE0N'S DE-
MAND FOR THE
CROWN.
CHARLEY CROKER DRIVEN
OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
The Alleged lnccnaliary.

The Alleged lnccndiary.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. l7.-George Schil.
Ter, proprietor of the Newhall House bar.
who was arrested Yesterday on a charge
of setting the fire which destroyed the
hotel, did not seem very much surprised
when arrested. He made no state
ment. He looked pretty badly broken
up. He has been drinking heavily since
the fire, and his face shows the effects
of the spree. The prisoner was
transferred to the County Jail
The officers are very reticent
about the details of the arrest. 1t is
reported that it was made principally
on the statement of Linehan and an
other employee, who claim that they
saw Schiller in the wood-room, where
Linehan says the fire originated. and
that he was there after 3 o'clock A. NJ.
The District Attorney refused to let
any one see Scheller, the excuse beiug
that he was afraid an attempt might be
made to lynch him.
Linehan was engineer of the New.
hall House. He says the various tales
about the fire originating in the second
or third stories are all bosh. When the
alarm Of fire was made he went into
tho wood room in the basement and
there found pile of wood burning in
corner. The brick walls we're blackened,
which was caused by the fire burning
against it for some time, as can be seen
at present. There was no other fire
above or below, nor in any other part
of the room. The smoke ascending
through the floors above, and
spreading throughout the build
ing, is further proof that the fire
originated in that spot, as there can be
found no other blackened wall from the
same or other cause in that part of the
basement or elsewhere. Linehan &C.
cuses no one of lighting the torch, but
he does not hesitate t, say "the fire
never came there by accident" as it is
known there was no fire anywhere
near, and there was no possibility
of it originating by combustion,
Schiller, when spoken to shortly be-
fore the arrest aud told that there was
some talk of a warrant beng out for
him, said "Such surely cannot be
the case. l would rather drop dead
than be so accused" He said it was
talk that he had set his place on fire
at North Point (which burned two
years ago), but it was afterward proved
that he was not at home at the time of
the fire.
Last night excited knots of people
we're on the streets, and great deal of
talk of lynching. 1t was feared there
would be trouble when it became gen.
orally known that Schiller was in Gus.
tody. The police and Sheriff prepared
to defend him. Ezra guards were
kept at the Jail all night.
Schiller has been in financial straits
Of late, and an attempt he made last
Friday to raise $500 on chattel-mor:.
gage from Charles Scholes, a gambler,
failed. The liquor dealer furnishing
the bar.room holds note for $500
against Schiller, which he offers for ten
cents. He claims that he left the bar
room in the hotel at l:30 the morning
of the fire, but there is conclusive evi.
dence to show that he was about until
$3.50, half an hour before the fire was
discovered.
Besides Scheller's well-known fiuan.
cial troubles he held high insurance.
Nm. Hughes, head porter, relates that
two weeks ago, going up. the mail en-.
trance at 6 in the morning, be smelled
gas very strong. He opened the bar
room door and was nearly knocked
down by the overpowering edor. He
asked bar-keeper Mccormick. who just
then entered, what the trouble was, and
Mccormick said he left Scheiler IN the
bar.room the night before. Examinat ton
disclosed that all the gas was turned on
the six chandeliers and one small it
burning away back in the room. Schei-
ler did not come around for three
days after, and tEen said he was
sick ; he said some one must
have key to the door and have got in
and turned all the jets on. A little
boy who worked in the bar.room SAYS
tat he left Scheller there at 5 ,'clcck
that morning. Fl
Another unrecognizab'e Dolly was
found to- day. Il was not ascer5ainable
whether u VAS u ui1I VI q HOUiau. l his
makes 40 bodies recovered, and the
loss Of lite 50, and 90 still missing.
Terrible. if True.
NEW YORK, Jan. II. - Charles
Croker, the Pacific coast railroad
maguate, is here with bis family party.
In conversation he denied the rumor
that he was about to remove to New
York, saying that the superior climate
Of California would be enough to de-
eide that question. He continued
Out in San Francisco they mind other
peoples business too much. The news.
papers must be bothering you all the
tim would have been compelled to
leave California two or three years AGO
if they had collected the taxes they i'm
posed on me. Why, they assessed me
for Sl5. 100000, and although l
paid $5O,O 600 taxes. they wanted
to collect more than 500, 600. l could
not have stood it. That was the result
of the new Constitution that was
adopted. The Assessors put high
valuation upon the property Of myself
and my associates to satisfy the sand
lot clamor. am now paying more