The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-25

the neighborhood had not been disturbed by
the Sunday evening soirees some ire
sponslble person had written the threats.
The first postal-card received read as fol-
lows:
Bfr. Martin: II you do not cease allowing per-
sons 10 have your hall for sunday night dances
viii set the building on fire or blow il up with
dynamite. A CHRISTIAN.
Several days later another postal card
arrived. 1t read as appended:
VIII take the chances OF burning up innocent
people TO prevent vice. A CHRISTIAN.
Then came a letter written in the same
hand, which Martin inadvertently destroyed.
In ii threat was made that the hail would
be blown up If the Sunday night dances
we're not discontinued.
Why should the Mission Turn Verein AS
ISOLATION or Martin have incurred the en-
NIFTY OF the writer Of the threatening
epislle?
That is the question The Fire Marshal and
the police are trying to solve. 1t is said
that several young roughs living In the Mis-
sion were backbalied when they attempted
to join the verein. Suspicion points toward
the fact that one of them may have made
The threats and committed the incendiary.
Every rumor and theory is being inyesti-
gated, and it may be long time. IL ever,
before the guilty person is captured.
Now for the confagraton. The first
alarm was sounded from box 14S at 2 :55
o'clock yesterday morning. So rapidly did
the flames spread that Chief Engineer Scan
nell caused a second alarm to be sent in ten
minutes later. Many human beings were
sleeping in the adjoining structure, but they
were aroused in time to escape and to save
considerable of their personal effects as
well.
Appended Is list of the property de-
strOyed or damaged, as given in the official
report Of the Fire Marshall
1wo-st0ry frame building, PLY and 2f19
Mission street. owned by The Mission Turn
Yereiu, and occupied by Joe Martin as a saloon
frame building, 2109 Mission, occupied as q
market by &. +. Keller; two story frame build
Ing, 21o and PIP Capp street, owned by &. w.
Marshall and occupied as dwellings by Lang
Sachs aud Mrs. Swales; tTo-story frame build
Ing, pa Capp street, owned BY L. Doran aud
occupied by A. Schultz as dwelling; two-story
frame building, 2lO Capp street, owned aud &C.
cupfed by }. Helpin; one-story frame building,
223 Seventeenth street, owned and occupied by
James McNuliy; one-story frame building, 225
10 233 Seventeenth street, owned by T. Haw-
thOrne and occupied as dwellings by n Staples,
s. WllterbottOm, f. Stork and e. Holt; two story
frame building, 2l05 Mission street, owned by
E. Hawthorne and occupied by ]. Reed as a
dwelling; two-story frame building, 2l2I Mis-
sion street, owned by 5. Jones ana occupied by
ID. Carroll as grocery and by S. Jones as
dwelling.
The damage to the buildings is estimated
at $4,000 and to the contents $1,000. An in-
Surance aggregating $1,000 was carried on
the property destroyed.
The verein was operated as a stock COM
pany and was fully covered by insurance.
Several fraternal lodges met in the build
ing and these lost their furniture. Among
these were: Fraternity Lodge, United En-
d0wment Associates; BarTOmean Council,
Young Mems Institute; Court Mayfi0wer
Ancient Order Foresters of America. and
Triumph Legion, Select Knights of Amer
lea.