The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-18
THE MILWAUKEE HORROR
Bitter Feeling Against the Al
legged Incendiary.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, January l7.--Noth-
ing was done this morning about bring
inc Schiller into court for examination
The district attorney is examining the
case Ebbets Il NJ Kinney have b Gu
retained by Schiller. Everything was
done Inst night to protect the prisoner
from the mob IN case one was formed
w H. Ehbets visited Cuief Mason and
lebored with him and the sheriff to re.
move the prisoner to Racine to protect
him from the vengeance OF third and
fourth warders. To keep 5 hitler
iu Jail here would be to
place him a. the mercy OF n mob. Tie
mayor was then called IN and visi ed the
chief II was ranged ascertain the
state " feeling IN localities mentioned
aud also arrange or special tram to
carr, Sc lller to Racine in case there
were signs NJ trouble. An eugi e wa,
held IN readiness and n considerable
lumber ~ the day police fore were
kent u hand at police hcadquar crs.
Schiller anne to Milwaukee with Mr..
Auu-d II ON Detroit about nine years
ago when the latter assumed
charge O. the Newhall house.
II. al been chief clerk Of the bidile
house ia tn t when Autsdrll kept
it. IN two men, II Is said have always
leen warm personal friends. Sch Her
learned the printers trade and worked
pt IL f.rsix wears in Detroit. Besides
S,llllrr's well known financial difficult
o. = and his high IN urauCe, another
thing gave rise to the first aus icon
This wa4 no less han an attempt to
blow no the Newhhll huus by y gas eX-
plosiou some two weeks ago. About
this affair. Nm Hughes, head porter
at the Nuwhuu house, saws 81
am IN the habit of going to lie hotel
about a. m. one morning about two
weeks % % went up tue man entrance
a a ~ hen | got near the elevator smelt
gas II s terribly strong and seemed
to come ON the hai room. ] opened
the d or aud was nearly knocked down,
IT was so owe towering. just as open
ed he door, the barkeeper, Henry
McCool, came in the front way. / ask
ed HIM what the trouble was, and he
said he didn't know, but tn ught il
was the gas meter. We rushed in aud
looked at the mete-, but 1t was all right
We came ont in the bar room and threw
oren tn. outside doors. noticed d
small blue flame on one Of the burners
way back in the room, and then looked
up aud found that every one
ui the six chandeliers lad
he gas turned on in full force. | could
hardly believe what saw, and said t.
McCool, "My God, what's his for| He
said he did not know, and that Schiller
was in the place when he left. We turned
all the 2 s off, and | went up stairs.
told Mr.. AM sdel Of it, an be asked mt
If Int a ma ch. | said hidn't, and he
sad did wrong. Schiller did not com,
a.ouud that day at all. 1t WAS three day.
before he showed up, and he said he wal
sick. He was asked about the gas auC
sal some one must have had the key to
the door and < in and turned hem al
ON" Hughes says boy known as Littl,
Pete, who worked in the bar room, sale
that he left Schiller in the place about ;
ucl ok that morning.
Another body was found in the ruins
this morning, but was IN unrecogniza-
bile ma 5, so much so that it was i'm os-
sble t. asceIt in whether it was the
body Of man or woman This make
in al forty bodies taken from he uins
since the morning after the fire, twenty
three being identified. The loss Of lif"
as far as known, foots up SIX y-three
with twenty still missi <.