New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-31

THEY CARRIED HEAVY INSrR\ACE-A rIoEMAN
ASD A POLICEMAN IN n RorGII-AND.
TUMBLE FIGHT WHILE THE FLAMES
NOLLED MERRIIN or.
NOLLED MERELY or.

What NAV prove TO be an ncendisry FIRE yes
terlav partly destroyed the building No. Cs9 Sec
ond-sve. occupied by four families. TIL" men
suspected OF causing the blaze are Andrew and
Abraham Smith respectively seventeen aud thirty
years old. and at the Yor,ville Police Court yes
terday they rrnandrd to await the result "
an investigation by the Fire Marshal
The two on June opened a restaurant on
the ground floor OF the building. taking a heavy
insurance on their stock 1t was quickly apparent
that the business would BE- Improbable but the
brothers contrived to keep it running until Tues
day. II just after midnight that the sleeping
people on the upper floors were aroused by the
cries OF Fire Thomas H-ffernan undertaken.
returning home from an excursion with the Shin
Fame club. had seen IA faint hIckering light on
the first floor. and then pun OF smoke burst
through the doorway. Mr.. Heffernan sent out
an alarm and broke open the door August Len
dersirous and his family. asleep on the top floor.
climbed through the sciIttr TO the roof and thence
made their way to the house next door. Heffer-
mans wells he rushed up the stairs, had
aroused the other inmates. and Hans Larsen and
his family lost no time in getting to the roof In
the excitement they overlooked Conrad Larsen.
thirteen years old who remained peacefully sleep
ing until the fire had reached the third floor and
was blazing in the hallway outside When h. at
last awok- 10 his danger the fire barred his way.
Through Il he dashed TO the floor above. escaping
with only slight burns on the hands and face
Downstairs on the SECOND floor. while Hrffernan
was yelling and the flames and smoke We're hlling
the building. a policeman and fireman We're fight
ing ont an outstanding feud. The policeman Was
John j. Conley OF the Twenty-ilrst Precinct: the
fireman was John GOss. Of Engine No. H. Goss and
Coney had gone into the rooms occupied by John
brennan. Mrs Brennan hearing the noise, thought
at first that burglars had broken into the rooms,
and. starting up accused III" fireman of stealing
her pocketbOok containing So. According 10 Mrs.
brennan Goss turned To fOnley and said You
ther. first" The men are old-tme enemies.
and these words all tina needed to start
a fight Inside OF two seconds the men were locked
i'm fierce embrace. raining blows and kicks on
each other. snarng and cursng. falling pell-mcll
over every chair and table I'm The rOOm until, as
they rolled over and on the floor. Mrs. Bren-
cried out that her puckrtboOk was found.
Then hoStties erased
had had time to recover their scattered senses 1t was
noticed that the Smith brothers had piled mp a
heap Of trunks and vallses on the sid walk outside
the house: also that they had been busily remov-
ing certain Of their belongings. This TACT coupled
with the heavy Insurance their stock, induced
CAPTAIN Martens order their arrest. what action
VIII be. taken ly the authorities in regard 10 the
lighting fireman and policeman is as yet unknown.
,ioss denies that he was present ~ IN" IRE, while
Coney lays all the blame OF the disgrace Oh Goss.