Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-15
A CHARGE OF ARSON.
Isaac Greenapple and Wife Arrested on
Suspicion Of Firing Their House.

Isaac Greenapple and his wife, Rosie Green
apple, were arrested yesterday and taken to
to the first precinct station, where they were
charged with arson. The husband came here
from across the ocean several years ago and
went into the fruit business on Louisiana
avenue.
Some time ago he rented house at No.47l c
street southwest and insured his furniture in
the Norwich Union Insurance Company for
1900. One week ago there was fire in the
house, but the flames did not do much damage
because of the prompt work Of the fire depart
Isaac and his wife appeared at the Office of the
insurance company the next morning and en-
tered their claim :or the damage done.
INVESTIGATED BIZ DETEcTvEs-
Mr.. Simon Wolf agent for the insurance
company, sent an employe to the house and S7s
was allowed for the damage, but before il was
paid over to Greenaprle Detectives Rsff and
Block had investigated the fire and
decided to arrest both Isaac and his
wife. The officers had concluded not TO make
the arrests for some days, but yesterday
they were compelled to bring their investigs-
ton to close because two Of their witnesses
were about to leave the city. They were Chas-
kiel Flaumenbaum and Simon SwartZ, who
were living at Greenapple's house when the
fire occurred. The detectives had been shadow
ing Greenspples house and were also watching
the witnessed
THE ARRESTS
The latter were about to leave the city yester-
day, 1t is alleged, when they we're taken in
custody and escorted to police headquarters
Mr.. Wolf was soon there and then the officers
started out to arrest Mr.. and Mrs. Greenapple.
While Detective Raft was watching the house
Mrs: Greenapple left her home and was
in street car and the officer
followed her in q furniture wagon. She got
off Belt Line car at llth and streets and en-
tered a small store not far from 18th and
streets. Rosie did not remain in the store long
before she came out and went down the
city. When she returned to the store
Detective Raft decided to make the arrest, as
he suspected that Greenappls was also IN
there. A police officer was sent for and when
the place was entered the officers suspicious
were found TO be correct Both Isaac and his
wife were arrested and taken to the STATEN.
THE TWO WITNESSES
already mentioned boarded at Greenapple's
and Saturday night before the fire occurred
they were removed from their room on the
first floor TO one on the floor above. Faum-
enbaum saws that he awakened by the
smoke Sunday morning and hearing noise IN
the lower part of the house he got out of bed
and opened the door to see where
the smoke was coming from. When he got out
in the passageway, he says, he saw Greenapple
and his wife coming up from the dining
room. Greenapple, he says, discovered HIM
and threatened to kill HIM if he gave an
alarm. The boarder kept quiet and remained
there until the fremen extinguished the flames.
Flaumenbaum says that he impaired the secret
to Swartz and the latter told Greenappe. The
result was, he said, that Greenapple offered to
furnish them with tickets to New York, and
said he would also send them some money
Both men claim that they accepted neither the
tickets nor the money.
When the case called in the Police Court
this afternoon Mr.. Tobriner, counsel for the
defendants, was not present because of other
business and the case went over until to-
morrow.