Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-20

latter discovered light within, and upon
such an investigation as the young gem
tlemen could make by peeping through
the cracks of the blinds, their suspiclons
were aroused, and they forthwith started
TO Mr.. McCarty's residence to get the
key and ascertain the true nature of the
light. AT GaGRterro Il Jones' corner they
met Marshal Weldon, who had seen Mr.
McCarty 81 into Walkers bar, but while
the gentlemen We're imparnng theit in
ormation to the Marshal, Mr.. MCCarty
came out of the bar and started home
ward. Mr.. Cohen overlook him and in
formed him that there was a big light in
his store, TO which McCarty replied, that
he guessed not as he was the last man
in the store, and be had cooked some sau-
sage in the fireplace earlier in the eve
ming but had carefully extinguished the
fire. MIR. Cohen insisted on his returning
to the store, but Mr.. McCarty feigued in-
difference and finally gave Mr. Cohen his
key. Mr.. Cohen. impelled by a peculiar
Intuition OF impending danger, hastened
back TO Marshal Weldon and MIR New
man, who accompanied him TO the store.
AS they entered the door footsteps attract
ed their attention outside, and they dis
covered that McCarty had followed them.
inside, they soon found indisputable evil
'dence of a cool and determined effort to
burn the town. A few inches from the
partition wall between McCarty's store
and R0ughtOn n Smiths store stood a
quart oyster can In which whole candle
had been placed upright and the can filled
with Kerosene oil; a handful OF lightwOod
splinters stood with one end in the can
and the other resting against the wall at
a place where the plastering had been
knocked of and the barred laths stood as
finder over which the flames would have
leaped with lightning rapidity. When
the discovering party reached it the can
die had burned within q half inch of the
surface OF the oil, the pitch had oOzed
from the ightwOOd, and in moment
more, flash, and Sandersville this morn
ing would have hanging over her ruins a
black cloud of circling smoke.
Every circumstance pointed to Mr.. Nc
Carty as the guilty party, but Marshal
w eddon thought II best to consult the
Mayor before arresting him, and leaving
Messrs. Cohen and Newman to shadow
Mr.. McCarty, he went to the Mayors
residence, who ordered him TO put MIR.
McCarty in prison. Returning to make
the arrest, he found that Mr.. McCRrty had
eluded the watchluiness of the young
gentlemen, who in keeping their eve on
him, mietOOk a barrel Of hay for MIR. Nc
Carty, aud watched it till Marshal We'd
dOn's return. After "A futile search OF halt
I
| numbers OF excited citizens, proceeded "a
| McCarty's residence aud found him there
in bed. After much trouble and cOnsid
erable resistance, he was arrested and
! safely lodged in the calabOOse, but after
ward as a precautionary measure, the
| Mayor had him transferred to the county
| lail, where he spent the night and is there
| this morning.
The store occupied by MIR. McCarty as
/ a nnnfnaffnnapy unI fnrnflry l.
| owned by Col. B. ID. Evans, and is one o
! three in the same building, with rooms
| overhead, one Of which is occupied by
| Mr.. lsadOre Newman. The building il
| about the centre of a wooden range Tex
cept W. A. AcCarty a Co. J. in which the
buildings are all within three feet Of each
other, and are occupied as follows: W.
A. McCarty S Co., dry goods, brick house
Mrs. j. Cohen, dry goods; W. h. w Watkins
Il CO., dry goods; Sparks Bros. & Co., dry
goods G. G.. ROughton & Co., notions
ltought0n q Smith, groceries; n. w.
McCarty, cOnfectiOneries, etc.; j. ID.
Newman, dry goods; Sparks Bros. a. Co.,
groceries; Happ's son a. Co., dry goods
b. G. Harris n Co., general merchandise
VIM. Gallaher, groceries; DR.. A. Mathis,
drugs; a. Y. Haines, general merchan-
disc.
The streets dividing this range from the
other business houses Of the town are only
80 or 40 feet wide, aud the burning OF the
range would probably result in the
burning Of all the others.
Mr.. McCarty, it is reported, has been f.
nancially embarrassed for some time, but
it is genearlly thought and believed that
the direct cause OF the trouble was whis-
ky. He was intoxicated when arrested.
All over the streets this morning were
knots OF men talking the matter over