The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-24

OF course the recent explosions and
barn burnings came In Tor general
| conversation.
Miss Noble or Mrs. Boughton was
very anxious to see fire and had q
great preference for DUPONT fire.
The next person appearing or the
! scene was Thomas Lynch q good fell
low who became also very Intimate
with the family. Boughton was taken
sick and went to Newburgh. N. ", and
Clark went along to take care of him.
When they returned IL was proposed
that Clark and Lynch should go into
partnership In the hotel keeping busl-
ness proposition gladly accepted by
Clark. and since then the sign of Clark
a. Lynch swings from the sign post.
These pleasant associations closed
yesterday morning when these kind
friends turned from the genial COM
panlons they were thought to he into
the stern messengers OF law and con-
fronting the Clarks informed them
that they were prisoners. A couple
OF cabs were driven up to the doors
OF the Columbia Inn, and the Clarks
were at Squire Sasse's office soon Of.
ter II o'clock. 1t is said that the
Clarks gave to tine detectives the full
details OF the burning OF the barns,
the 10y joseph himself admitting that
he applied The matches according to
arrangement.
There was simply enough evidence
adduced to hold the Clarks for Court,
the details will then DO related. Detec.
tive William wilkinson appeared
against Edward Clark, Miss Emily No.
ble against Mrs. Maria Clark and DE.
tectiye John Iraynor, the fiddler,
against Joseph Clark the boy. They
1 IA haI q r H.nft -,
Court, $1,000 in each OF three cases IL
appear and answer In Court. Detsc,
tives McV-y and Witsil conveyed the
prisoners to the city cells and had then
locked up.
In the afternoon, about 4o'clock, two
carriages drove up IN front of the City
Hall with the three detectives, Wilkin
son, Iraynor and Hitchcock. They
allghted from the carriages and enter
ed the police station. Attorney Gen
eral John Biggs appeared about th,
same time. and finding that The
: Ciark's had not received bail orderec
! them taken over to Jail
\ Detective Hitchcock was another de
tective employed in working up tn,
1 case who did not appear In making tn,
arrest Clark and his son We're piacet
in carriage with Detectives Wilkin
4, sou and Iraynor, and Mrs. Clark WA
a put III carriage with Detective Hitch
4 cock, and we're driven rapidly over Il
) New Castle and handed over to wardel
= Tucker who assigned them cells.
Mrs. Clark was completely broker
I down, and as she covered her fac,
J. sobbel but was confident she would b,
, cleared. Clark looked very angry anC
the son appeared very indifferent t.
l all surroundings.
- | m tsfn ~ ALL IN Ia.
o hotel business, was at the hotel yester
day after the Clarks had been takel
$ away He suys the partnership be
Il tween himself and Clark was formet
! exactly twelve weeks ago, and they dlt
l q rushing business. He said the Sa
loon would he kept open until he coulI
sell out. Y
5 He declines to give any details, but
$ says the case is all right aud is conf
! dent they can prove their case in
. court. Since the arrests crowds o
men go to visit the Columbia Inn, ant
, the general talk is about the mysteri
. Gus detectives and their good work
] There was a suspicion that the mer
l were detectives and Clark was tolC
OF 1t lest he would not believe it, as
, BoughtOn bad plenty OF money and
was sucba good fellow. 1t Is now
: said that Clark took Miss Noble one
I time 10 Baltimore to see some parties
and still his suspicious were not arous
ed. Now. however, the Clarks blamt
all their misfOrtunes on Miss Noble
! Miss Noble came TO Wilmington Ma,
l 18th last, and registered at the Contra
; hotel as Miss f. Boughton. London
England, and became conspicuous al
ways, appearing late in tho dining
room and took pleasure in talking u
l. the walters. From the amount o
n stationery she used she was suppose
TO he IA book agent In two weeks sh
: lett the hotel snying that her husban
: was Ill at wUerg.
. This was the time Wilkinson wen
n up the Hudson sick, and Clark wen
!. alons to nurse him. She paid her III
= and had plenty of money. While her
u it WIS noticed that her observation
J. We're confined to the western part q
u the city. The other detectives put Il
% at various hotels.
u 1t Ia said that two of he Clal'ks mad
L. straight confessions to tho detective.
. A clue to how these confessions wei
II made Is found in the exclamation {
Mrs. Clark in Squire Sasse's Ollie
p- When the name oil ono of the detc
,r tiyes was called Mrs. Clark exclaimed
e. why that is the man who was mu
ir dered."
it Like other hotels, everything WI
81 not lovely and pcaceable at the Culun
20 lila Inn during the stay Of the dete
81 tectives, but now II is seen thes
n little outbreaks were only part
st the detectives general plan. For Il
Oi stance Il short time ago Mrs. CLAIR
le now In jail went to the office of S.a
u detectives McNey and Nit5il an
lie wanted them to arrest Detect,
Lynch whom she did not know
O. that time. She said Lynch had threa
+. ened to shoot any one who took &c
NJ tain morse away from the tolumh
s lnn The horse belonged to the ma
re known as Boughton. She would II,
d. swear out a warrant for him .howeyo
at Had she sworn out warrant Lyme
ne would undoubtedly have been arres
i cd.
MS The Glarks have two other sons br
~ only Joseph is implicated in the bal
I'd burnlngs, The punishment for Il
y crime Tor which the Clurks are urres
at ed is as follows:
1T III any person shall wlIfully al
IL mallctously burn or set on tire M
ship or other vessel, any mill al
he building part Of a mannf ucturing {
ty adjustment, OF used in carrying c
or any manufactute OF trade, any gran
&c. ~ warehouse. store, shu
IN burn, stahlo or out house, t
ID property Of another, OF shall wi
.el fully and malieiously barn or set ii
nd any magazine. church. chapel, mef
to g.house. academy or school-hou:
% such person shall be deemed guilty
Is felony. and shall be fined not less In
IL, TlDO nor more than $500 and in case
as the destruction of private proper
IL shall restore and pay TO the own
TX thereof two fold the yulle there's