The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-08-18

o all in the lower story. There is an openir
| from The main building below to the stair
+ A short white before the fire I saw SON
Sne come out OF the buiainS It Was aho'
Q didn't soc Mr.. Saunders when he went in,
3 the building. was sitting in front of til
. saloon whom he rode up and hitched III
> horse and got down and 1 Went into til
> saloon. He was in his III rt sleeves l ra
around and up the back steps but tn
, smo ke was SO thick and the fire was at til
. edge Of the stairs and could not get in.
; went back and went up the front steps an
! went through tho building. There was
| pair of back steps to that building. Th
'front.' steps lead mp into the front part O
back OF tho building on tho outside. Ate
l Went into The front 1 then went aroun,
and tried to get mp the back stops. Their
was so much smoke was afraid to burs
III tho back door. 1t has been nearly two
years since that building has been occu
pied for commercial purposes. l Gon'
Know OF any other fact or circumstance thai
| would assist tho court in asscsrtaiuinr tho
| cause of tho fire. went up the steps te
near tho edSo of the flames and the fire WAS
| spreading over the floor and l could no,
get in. That was right after l hoard the
alarm of hre-as quick ais l could run
| through Mr.. Heekin's.
STATEMENT OF S. W. SAUNDERS.
| $. w. Saunders sworn says:
Question. Do you own some OF tho pro
perty in tho city of Monroe that was con
su!'od by fro last Friday?
Answer. Yes, sir
Z. What properly was it?
a. Some property at Five Points a .wo-
story house, two one-story houses and an
! was there about an hour before heard
inc alarm OF fire. l am not positive AS to
the timc. 1t was somewhere near All hour
l went down from my store and came back
sometime before heard the alarm. 1 was
riding. did not ride fast. After got
oack TO my store l walked again back AS
iar AS Endom's stable. There were good
many people there. saw T. Eudom ttcre.
g. What WAS the OCCASION Of your going
out To rive Points that evening.
y; Went to he graveyard and coming
back saw the door OF the two-story build
ing open and went In to shut it. / went
hack ana shut one door and tried to shut
tho front door, but could not do it. The
BACK door is a bolted door. There were
heard them laughing aud talking The
house was usually kept locked. There are
some three or four down stairs keys. l
aont Know how many keys there were
o! them. did not have the keys. gave
Mr.. Stevens all tho keys to tho house. l
thlnk L gave him three think zone OF
r rnem wa was an up stairs key aud Went to his
Thought saw Mr. 0,naH ~ ~ ~ Sts.us
his Store when T came jn,,v , III irIn. oi
some ono sitt;no an tba Wv 49,. ~. n w saw
two or three man. part ~ th"t Mo..y =;
was insureI Jna Hnus,a .'.. ptoPet'y
two. story housa wac ;ns,,roi fuNp ortt;A ny,
house d ;1}n5t haionr ia NO mn ny ~. - lay
occupied NV NJ tndr;r. ,,.n. A;suenGe
The McC;innis housa wss NOT 90 ;,,,nai GU;
think the Ovarian h,,,sa ,"as i.
had inst takeu out those ,ot;"; So W. !
rance on tho Houstou ho,ises inc, t,
before tho fire. I did not Ia1.a w" o.rS .
versation with AM, ono ~, tha 10y, 49, ~ :,
the fire as l went out ti,ara 49,. W
bell for tho ninrm. I yent hac, n'1t - ..ie
I rode in a wall, I;,i rct ~. .neie.
that uprninm The donr ,aal;,,str ~ ~ ht"..s
stairs was not oucu ,,,,,o TnnS , ~ ing Wy
the main hail hafo,y was n,Snt.,S W
single door. This two-storv hn;iii,,r go ,n -
nearly burned down when + COZ ti,src'
That building was i,surad Tow :, Zoo III y,
cost of construction OF that h'I;iJi",,, ,, .,e
about So 500 L think it was huilt nhomf o.,
1t was kept in renair II has hea,, ~ -. 49, -,
more since il has meow orcnn;ai az Va
mcrcai PURPOSES II, was MOI H"cn,;nJ -,
ali nj tho emo Cr H. -; NV o.1"i'leo NJ
stevens. Hetlia not n,, .'au uHinp' ny NJ
The nutlgns propertv was ocr,niad 'v
dou,t know az NV, ~ Gn,s t, 20 oTcu
Mr.. Hnnie. A msrrn had ~ Mon 1.II' ~ WIN w
tho McGinnis house. did M, .rn 30, ~ ~ ~
at all that noruiuu 7 Want ;mtS ~ $500
story. There was a back window nnnn
the Inside. did not have any way to close