Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-19
WHO DID IT?
ry.rr Ar CIRCUMSTANCES CONCERNING TIE
ATTEMPT TO BURN
...,,, G FE5rrgsr'S StJre-Mr. julius Jacobs
r...r-s All Knowledge Of the Afair-His
Partner Even More in the Dark.
NJ. jacobs Story.

Tho singular circumstances concern
..rs attempt to burn the well-known
~ Goods store Of Jacobs & Harbur-
-, nm sunday night, as reported in de-
,..sH in Mondays REGISTER, created
siderable warm comment all day yes
.-4,r aud loEd were the denuncia-
.,-.rf the guilty party, whoever that
ary .S
rr order 20 arrive at the situation a
~r-.rrr reporter called at the store
....-rav afternoon. Al the time Mr..
,-,-, was out, but the junior partner,
az, lee Hamburger, was in. He eX-
....sf himself as totally ignorant OF
.-rrH.nE that transpired about the
..,-. ra sunday night, that he lived in
,,.--.r.- Ferry, aud knew nothing
lever Of the affair until he came
.-.- Do the city yesterday morning. He
o., utterly az loss 20 account for the
.-1s.0u OF things.
~-r,s4ueutiy the reporter encOun-
....r Mr.. Jacobs az the other store be-
..--s-- 90 the trm, az 1871 Main street.
r. ..rasred to be thoroughly aston.
.s- when he learned of the affair.
.Vrr.~ he said, II knew no more about
...r YOU did. did not hear a thing
..r-- ft until I got up this morning.
r..,s-iry Sunday afternoon l went
.-s- 20 Martins Ferry, and visited
.-s.s-a-. came home on the Termi-
81. -,ad about eight o'clock, and as is
-r-..r5u, dropped into the Mcclure
r.-.a 20 read a bit, then walked up on
Min street, and went into my
..-s next 20 LaSh'S jewelry
-s and liz one OF the
"a. .s-s I'm the back of the store, as al
r.vs DO. 10 burn all night. l noticed
a.. .sr time that the transom was open,
..-r remembered that l opened IL early
Ia .-a morning, and / concluded TO let
. ..sy omen, 50 came away with the
..--s I'm that condition. At the time l
--.-rare 1 smelled no gas whatever,
"a -rare was uoevidenCe that anything
wrong. / went back to my board
-yr.ara. in the Reilly block, on Main
.-g.. and went TO bed. In the morn
-- arose az a seaSOnable hour,
al the first intimation l had
hat anything was wrong
IA. when some one remarked some
...-- about ia 10 ME az breakfast time.
rrr, Mortified, and Immediately hunted
ma REGISTER TO see what had happen
d As soon as read it l Immediately
listened M 10 the store, without stop
--- 90 finish breakfast, and examined
.-s PREMISES. j saw Ia moment evil
sa-es of what had taken place. There
mas, no one more surprised and startled
.sg- was. know that the affair does
.-, suspicious, but am perfectly limo
.--1f any charge the people may make.
How 10 account for the escaping gas IS
q. ,rrrTe 10 me. The only way 20 do IL Is
r,-r-f1rte 10 10 some unknown enemy,
.-- who that is l am at loss 10 tell.
r-.-Hre how such a plight initiates
s.s.rst me, but 10 is indeed unfortunate
ana I, hurting me badly. l only wish
,rs.the mystery could be cleared up.
r. seems TO be a question whether or
--Es trapsOm was closed. CHIEF da-
a7 avs 40 was closed at the time Police
nan Herbert and Fireman Shanghnessy
rived. and that IL had been opened an
rb when he, the Chief, ordered it
.-sra5. hut Mr.. Jacobs holds unswerv-
-,rr IN the statement that the transOm
vas nren and was open all day, and he
.,. IL omen when he last left the store.
Yesterday afternoon the firm con-
ssssf Judgment to Jacobs Il Isenourg
s- s4.-5S.s5, and outside OF this sum
Gle fru is said 70 owe no considerable
sun. and has been doing good ouSi-
-s
Chief Healy was busy investigating
IL. sFafr Yesterday AFTERNOON, but no
r..0n has yet been taken In the matter
I-y.sw Of these facts, the question
l.u-a.ly arises
Who did ffp