Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-28
MANY LIVES IMPERILED.
Alleged Incendiary Fire at the
 Catholic Protectory.
WAS IT THE WORK OF BOYS :?

Third Attempt in Two Years to Destroy tho IDstitution-One Building Burned but No Lives Lost-Action of tie Mana gers. NEW YORK, March oS The third attempt within two years was made yesterday to burn the Catholic ITctcctorv in Wcstchester county. The attempt w"s lsar1y successful. much valuable property being destroyed, but no lives were lost. Since the inrendiary fires within the last two years special orders have been given the watchnlc.i to Use every pre- cauton against fire, and to sound an alarm without any delay should tho flames be dis ooverrd
 Shortly after o'clock yesterday morning Watchman D, vim ounl the western end oi the sheds in which thirtyfour head of valu- able cattle were housed, fire Devliu, without making any ouic"y, managed to put iout tie fire w.tl several buckets of water. He had sooner finished his work than he saw that the hayloft of the arn which is close to the cowshe,lS, was also fire and burning b,iskly Running to the main hui.d- ing he rang in special fire alarm call and the fire brigade conncc led with the F. otectory aroused.
 A lively wind was blowing towards a TOW of buildings in charge of Sister CcIcsta and i'll which Were sleeping S0O girls and lO0 boys between the ages of , and 5 While ls,r. tion of the fire br ga ie wer. battling the aames the others were orlercl to wake up the sleeping children and transfer them to a point of safety1 The engines of the fire de- partment experienced great difficulty in reaching the Protectory, owing to tie bad A. some distance ou side the city limits
 The children had all been conveyed to safe place. without any excitement, and the 1, 400 boys of a larger growth were sleeping soundly in the main building. When the en- zines arrived and got 10 work the fire soon subdued, but not until it had totally destroyed the building. The loss will be about s, 0OO, which is covered by insurance.
 After the fire was put out Brother James and his assistants investigated the cause, and their opinion is that it was the work of m incsndiary Traces of kerosene were found near the burned building, and other facts have been unearthed to confirm the suspicion that fendish attempt was made to destroy the institution and all in it. The board of managers had & meeting yesterday afternoon to determine some way in which such at tenpts can be frustrated in future, and also to employ detectives 10 apprehend the sco,n drel who did the present work.
 Two years ago a valuable building only 100 yards from the main building burned down, entailing loss of nearly $25 OO0. Two months ago the gas house was found 10 be on fire and was saved with difficulty. In both eases persons were suspected, but the evi .ience against them was not strong enough to warrant arrests
 It is thought that the present attempt may have been the work of boys who have at some timc been confined iu the institution, while others claim that discharged wurknen having n grudge against the Prot-rt,iy otli cals ha employed such means to ,,htai., re >cuge
 4 Wealthy Boys Disappearance.
 CHICAGO. March 2S - Fourteen y,.ur-vl,l Arthur kruschc;iSki. of Brighton Park, IS missing He started for :choo' Moudu y morning. Two hours later he was seen walk ing with cowboy at the stockyards. He has not hern seen since. The kruchenski. are of Polish descent, but the family lived , lissse- Da. su ,tadt for many years. Arthu, .veut To hve with his grandfa ther when , child Three years ago he old man died leaving &S0, ,0OO to Arthur, the sum to be de pnsitcd with tue Rothschilds until the bo, was 2l years of age. The father was 10 re cei~s the interest on the money until Arthur attained his ma jority. Father and son cam, to this country one year ago The former told the police that he believed the lad ha, Dssp abducted and that he would be helu fo