New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
FALSE ALARMS RUNG.
FIREMEN SENT ON WlLD-GcCSE ChAor''
A LETTFR-CARRIER ARRESTED WHO SAID lie

WAS TpyrNG TO CALL AN AMBULANCE.
r,r. t,,so alarms Of fire were rung in this city
eorly Yesterday morning BY some malicious person.
who thus caused serious annoyance to tho firc w.
partmcnt and The police Anoth'r i"i', ~
WAS rung In the afternoon BY let'er-cariier ""V
WAS arrested but denied having rung the "''i"'
earlier In the day. .,. ho,
II was thrty-ivc minutes after miahien' VIM"
IN. first false slarm was ung at the sishai Don
., Lcyingtnn.a ave. and Fifty eishtli-st. IL ciieu
fn,r COMPANIES OF crcmcn who were not abe u" us
cover any fire. The ilremcn barely h"u ''"o
rot back 70 their quarters when they "eic '''
ou, ocoln LIZ another false alarm which haa o'''
runc II Thirfavc. and Fortyeiehtn-st. Inc ""'
crcon, ocaln escaped. The police at the East fn'y
,..., s.o.p ,,I,cra phed u the Central Office that
.n,,oh,ev vos ringing false alarms In the CITY.
c,n,oin TLomDson who duty NJ 'hc N'"'"i
once. sent ont a general alarm. directing 'he p'",'
I'm all precincts e. look cut Tor tie Ha''ioA' 49,
and arrest him II possible. In spl'" VI '"o r
cnutions However three NOR" bogus ''''r"'S " ~
were rung and the police did not ca'eh NV ~
,rho vas mahlng all the trouble Az 10 u u"
~, third fal 80 alarm rung nj slx'haNc' "".
uor,,o,h st The call summoned I'VE 'ompa"'s VI
nr.mcn The next lSgu, call was ht "o q. W. "
Fichth.ave and Fifiy .hfth-st. Inc '"'S.
,rnrrd -, his bad work In the morning by se"o'ns
= s,,h false alarm at broadway ana forV -io"' ", '
oo - m Tho nremcn In the district were oo's
nu,rt.r, sent a truck company from "ho'ner VII,
,,, ,o ,.orp ~ there was fire In broad""s' -
, s,.coy.rcd that there was no IRE '"-'e' >,
w., na.h ccse the men who had sent The tiie cuhs
for ,hc rrcm6n had opened R"yicSs "'A W -
the handle and ringing the gong ut'h NV 'V'A ,,
rsIoo.,-l The police wern annoycu Dc'""s0 "''
80, boon ob,e to catch the man ut his Work. ofae.S
to Keep harp lookout for the man "''o ''i'
superintendent Byrncs yesterday -,
,or, r,inu,cs nftcr y. m. lctier-ciir'er VIM
"a coinc his rounds and collecting ftt'rs rom ',.0
stree, boxc, stopped at the nre-har'h "'N u" 49,
,ve and Twenty -thir!-st., and began 10 '"" ~
handle The gong inside the box rang io"a'. ~
man I'm plain clothes stool tcsiae inc 'eu.'
who wa In Uniform. Ifts'nty '' "o'' vi VIZ
box few open. 49,, o.rior
." wonder how you WORK '"'S '''"s Wv
asked. ,,.. ,oo. warn
.u,sr,r,.nlent Trln OF tire Twenty thlrd-st Raroau
Iohn t,ordy ard John Tt.simmons. IL new'boy' i"ey
nuc.a that the number on the lercrcarriers cap
u,. $50 The ncwsloy, thlnAng tlat 'hcrt "'S u
fire In the height tod the carrier to pun Gown
,n. hool, In. de the box. The carrier followed drre
lions, and sail TO the man besiic MN Inc! VIII w
herc in Il minute Then he went on with MS WORN
~ collecting letters AMI was out OF ssght peioTe "'
| .,,,n,s arrived The in plain clothes cisaP
,.,r,d bcfor the ar.men reached the boy. AZ ter
.o, -, fin. I'm the neighborhOd the hremen Thought
that IN. same man who had sent false alarms In tle
|
! morning had begun his work again
battalion C'irf shaw end Policeman Gillespie went
| . r,.,n,,cc station T. at seventh-avc. ana Twenty
| ic,,h.st and there they found the let'erc"F'er
| VINO had sent the first alarm. lie was Ihoh'"S r.
r,ne m unmarried man twenty-siN years oid' VINO
-, bs.r a carrier for about three years ana hau not
| ,,n known TO be fond OF pr,ct cal JOKES lie sala
no thought he was sending for an ambulance when ne
| uulled the box A bow legged man with gray mus
,oc,. n,i ne, him NJ Elrvcnthavc. AMI twenty s'S-
| ,dst h. said and bad asked him TO call an anbu
,,,cc sntiug that A man had fallen on iuWDrr P"'
an, h,d broken bis leg. lie had advised T." man
IN call an ambulance from one OF thr hospitals ne
said but the man had declared that an alarm ior the
,rhul,nc. might be- sent at OF tie signal boxes
I, t,c street IL one had a key. Kan" SAID he to'd
| ,h. man that there Wa keyl"ss box at NinhaVe.
| and rwenty thIrtl.st and later had met the man
| ,rr. Al the mans request he had opensi tue DON
| and pulled down the lever .,,.,.. ,.o,, ,,,,
anu 70 declared mat lie knew nothing aboat ,he
.,nc,nr ~ false alarms IN the city in inc morning
n. l.lt the station where he was enpoNei sooh ".
midnight he said and went . us nome AZ no. coH
,el Ii,-siNtn->t. lie %td he Thought Hc 'o'ti'
| rnd the man who hal asked him to scnd Tor IN"
r g policeman took Kane to The po.ce station n
! charge Of malicious mischief There was no report
I Of a mans being hurt by falling from pr, oi
| lumber I'm West rTenty ST.. ana th' Piii'..
| dnu,tri Tho iruthflnrss Of the explanation wien
| Kane had made They we're inclined To believe last
| evening that Kane the p"rSon who had sent our
arragncd AT TIE Jefferson Market Police court 'h's