Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-10-23
LAST EDITION
ARE THESE FIRE-BUGS5
THREE SUSPECTS HELD IN $l5-
900 BAIL, EACH.


Joseph Clark, Edward Clark and
Anna Clark, who live at the Columbus
Inn in Christiane hundred, were
arrested, examined and committed
to the county jail this morning
in default Of $4,000 bail, each
for conspiracy in burning the three
barns belonging to E /. DUPONT de
Nemours Co.. ia Brandywine hundred
last year
About 10 o'clock this morning passers-
by were al ractad to the Office of Magis
trate Sasss ia front Of which stood two
coaches driven by liveried colored men,
and crowd Of eager spectators from
the vicinity of Christiena hundred
that complete ely packed the sidewalk. The
crowd, filed with morbid curiosity, could
get no nearer than the doors and win
dows Of the Office and the latter were
darkened by scores of faces.
The only sight that rewarded the
strenuous efforts OF the spectators was
that Of Magistrate Sasse, Attorney-Gen-
eral Biggs aud their clerks busily
engaged In writing evidence and
commit ments, six detectives from
the city OF New York, representing
Wilkinsons agency, the three prisoners,
State Detectives McVey and Witsil and
representatives Of the newspapers
Every body was moving around as
quietly as II at funeral The detec-
tives were dumb to all questioning. The
attorney general had been asked to sup
press the matter as much as possible, for
reasons best known to the detectives
Only two witnesses were heard. These
were John J.. Brady and Arthur Hitch
cock Of Wilkinson's agency, They
confined their evidence to very
few words, only telling enough to
Justify the magistrate in demanding
from each prisoner $4,000 bail for each
charge (of which there were three
court
The important arrests we're the result
OF years work on the part of the New
York detectives, many Of whom
have lived in the neighborhood of
the Dupont residences for the
past three months Nearly all of
them went through that neighborhood
as statesmen or travelling agents,
but none OF them began active
work until after the excitement
of the barn burners have died away.
One Of the most efficient OF
the detectives was a woman, Mrs. Noble,
who is said TO be one Of the most success
full detectives in the agency,
She had taken up her abode at the inn
and became quite friendly with The
Clarks and. Il is said, possesses sufi-
Gent evidence to ruin any defence
offered by the prisoners.
All the detectives left the city except
Brady, Hitchcock and John j. Foley,
who were deputized by the attorney
loft ha 60 : !.
commitments on the three prisoners
after they had been given a few hours a
the City Hall TO secure bail.
Edward CLARK Talks.
Edward Clark. the father, was in
terviewed in his cell at the City Hall thil
afternoon by an EVENING JOURNAL re
porter he talked eheerfully aud stoutly
protested his innocence. BE said:
II was born in Ireland. | do mo-
know my age. nor the age of my boy
Joseph, bat think he is about II years
old | was not aware that | was to bl
arrested until this morning about
o'clock, when nv partner, Lynch, walked
into the house with four or Eve men
was fixing stove. Thel
did not say word simply
got around me and put the nippers oil
me They also arrested my wife and boy
and put us all into carriages and drove
us to,the magistrates Office in this city
when we arrived there we were In
formed that we were arrested ON tn
charge Of sonspiring to burn the build
ings of the DuPonts. We denied II
Notwithstanding this we were place.
under bail, first So, 600 each and thel
$15, 600 eseh-snd brought here to tn
City Hall, My wife and boy are now III
ekafw F~r Hairf Sc n.,I
sons name is Joseph,
81 came over to this country wher
quite young and nave been here twenty
six years Since that time I WORKED
twenty-one years for the Duponts.
have nothing against them and do moi
believe they have anything against me
/ left them about two years ago. | wa
not discharged / left of my own az
cord. When the mills blew up and th
barn was burned up, / was work
ing at Jackson and Sharp's, an
lived first on East Sevent
street and then at No 734 Yves
Eleventh street. had worked for seve
years in Hsgley yards and fourtee
years on the DUPONT farms. The Du
Points have nothing against me. Will
Dupont will give me recommendation
"On March 25 the very day ] move
from seventh AbF6eb 70 GAcNeubA slEbbl
the detective Boughton came to me an
told me had bought the good wi
and fixtures OF Columbus Inn froI
Dnniel Melaxky for $1,000, he had
man named Lynch, who was another de
tective, in charge Of the house. He toll
me he would like me TO go into partner
ship with Lynch, and ofere
me good inducements. agree
at lust. The papers were mad
out in the firm name of Clark 4 Lynch
put all my furniture in the house
After we went there Boughto
and woman, whom
called Mrs Boughten. came thel
occasionally. This woman was also
detective. All three did good deal Q
quIzzing and talking about the DuPoI
fires. and we talked In the usus
way. One day Mrs Boughton Q
Miss Noble as she now call
herself, remarked 10 us that she woul
like to lsee big FIRE on the DuPor
place. We did not pay any particuls
attention 30 the remark, because we di
not believe she had any motive fo
making it. Once l went down I
Baltimore with her to see Boughton an
there he passed her off as his sister.
mau named Trsynor, another detective
stopped with us at the inI
Ha came there on Bough !
,..ouo n,andAtion He WAS taken sick an