The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-04
FIRED By BURGLARS.
They Rob : Residence and Then
Start Z Blaze.
OTHER HOUSES pluMDeaeo.


he rssidenes ~ MA c. ). BruseAks. q
Si1 Tenth ssTssl was ~ allrs yesterday
morning besussa 4 snd S o'eioek BY
eorgiafs. Who threw mssehss earelsss,y
sronnd the psrioe. Is d probable that the
noose, together With its inmates. would
nave been burned but for the heroic action
Of Ma. Bruschke
NJ. braschks hes been sn Portland sew
erai weeks. leaving his wife and daughter
Jessie saons. sxceptiue that . Mr.. Baldwin
mas. room there. Ysstsrday mornipg
about daylight Mn. BruscAks was
awakened fsom . light slssp b. noises il
ne front hall below, but esvs che matter
nssse thought. prssuming 70 might b Mr..
Baldwin. She dropped asieep only 70 b
awaksned b. sound - Il some one vas
trying the door 20 her bedroom. On listen
tng che came 70 The conclusioa that the
noSss was due - the vind passiue through
the hall. and that her iirse impression Of .
hand On the door knob was doe 20 nervous
mesa She had been In the dsntiss's chair
AL the aftsrDooa pesvio0s. and on going 70
bed suffered ssvsrsiy from nsuraIGic pains
In the face. IL became impossible for her
% 90 to sleep again. - she got mp and
weae tnto the hall. Al she did % . flash
Of light came from the door below, and
On Looking into the middle room on the
south side a fhe house she ~ that the
gas had bssn lighted. The sisuatioa hurst
upon her mind in moment
For the second time within The past tvo
weeks the house has besn buse,arissd.
Her do lighter Jessie vas called and they
started down stair 70 seo what had taken
N tt~A &C., b. ~ At
caee Mn. Bruschke Was INST b. . cloud Of
smoke coming out irom the paSior. Il
Was % dense that is seemed @ II the whole
house on the lower door vas afira She
yellsd 70 her daughter that the houss had
been ct afirs and then ran 70 . wiadow In
the rear Of ths house looking In the dirsc-
ton Of the 6rshouss. Her cries for help
did not rsach the fisshouse, but we're
heard By G. =. Munday, Who lives next
door.
When hs arrived on the scene he fouad
the plucky little vomsn In the parlor.
fighting the hrs SsaFlsssly and In manner
that would have done credit 20 any IRE
man In the city department. With . pail
full Of water she had gone into the smoke
filled rooms. located the fire ct mantsl
IN the hack pssior and pat Is out The
house. however. was filled from top to
bottom With smoke. which could b seen
coming ont ofths windows up-stairs. Mr..
Monday went through the house 70 80
that the danger wae over and then Miss
Bruschks suddenly called her mosbsr's
attention to the fact that they had mot
thought Of the burglars.
Evidences Of them were apparsat In
every direction. The gas jets In both par.
lors were burning brightly and on the
door lay several burnt matches. Some Of
these lay on the nss-charred mantsl cloth.
whore the fire originated. So far - could
b rsmembered nothing was stolen from
the paeloFs. The front door was vide
opsn, giving the idea that entrance vas
effected With skeleton ksya The burglars
made . thorough search for valuablss up-
stairs, pulling out drawers, turning the
contents upside down. but carefully avoid
ing taking anything bat money. In the
middle room on the south side Of the
house they discovered . pockstbook con-
tanning 80 in cash and q 80 check
made payable 10 Mrs. c. J. Bruschks
or order aud drawn on the Sc
curity Savings hank. They took
the book ont Of writing dssk, emptied il
Of it, contsnts and throw il TO one side.
Miss Bruschks's opsrs glasses could not
b found. but che vas not positive but that
they might have been mislaid. The police
were notified in the morning and de-
tsctiye assigned TO the cas-. He looked
over the house and examined the mantel
closely. In his opinion the burglars had
thrown lighted match carelessiy on the
mantei cloth. II probably smouldsred for
some time before springing into blase
and catching on the wood work about the
fireplace. A water color painting that
leaned against the fireplace vas destroyed.
The burglars did not leave any clue, but
judging from the work done in the same
house two weeks ago tonight. there Is q
gang Of skiilfni men working the city. On
the night last mentioned the front door
was entered by skeleton keys and Q fine
Beetley, who was visiting with his wife,
were stolen. The only reason that they
did not take more was that the barking Of
. little dog in the house scared them
away. The merry burglars then went to
the residence OF Frank Kimbali.
near BY. and stole . pair Of field
glasses and . pair Of shoes. A
window had heen left open in the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Brown At the corner Of Alder
and Tenth streets. One OF the burglars
noticed IL and stuck his arm inside. The
next morning the residents Of the house
missed . fne French clock.
Complaints Of toueh-iooking charactsrs
being found in yards Of the residences
along Tenth street between Madison and
Terrace streets have been common within
the last few days. and il 10 not long ago
that woman was insulted while walking
the street. She gave the man such q
tonsue-lashing that hs slunk away
abashsd.