The morning call., 1894-10-29

Eleventh street toward Folsom ne saw a
bright flare shooting upward from tn
scene OF the previous fires. lt seemed TO
break out suddenly. which leads 10 the
DelleI mat turpentiDe or gasoline nad Deen
used. He ran toward the scene of the tire.
and when he got there he saw TWO stran-
gers knocking loudly on the door of the
Ghlnese laundry 10 awaken the inmates.
linen a crowd began TO gather and he dld
not see the two strangers again. But he
OLD not think they could have mad any
thing to do with the fire from their action
in arousing the Chinese.
1t was evident from what could be gath
cred that two men had been setting these
places on fire, but as there can be no pos
sIhle motive it would seem as II It mas
been done out of pure deyiltry. Mrs.
Holbach is an old widow, and says she
does not to her Knowledge have an enemy
IN the world or any one who would will
fully DO anything to injure her or her prop
erty.
The neighbors have become desperate,
ana II the firebugS are caught red-handed
1t Will go hard with them. Mutterings of
lynching were heard yesterday.
There is one thing that struck the Fire
Marshal as curious. A false alarm was
rung from box 81, corner of McAilister
ana Folk, about twenty minutes before
the alarm was rung from box 70 1t was
within the range of probability, he
thought. that the incendlaries may have
rung In this false alarm, 80 as to have the
hTemen hunting around in that neighbor-
hood, while the fire on Folsom and Elev-
enth had full swing. There was ample
time for them to reach Folsom and Elev-
enth and set the fire going in twenty min
utPS.
La connection with the fire in the rear of
Dan MalOney's building. suspicion fell
upon young woman, Mrs. Annie Larsen,
who llVns with Mrc Tuits nm l1Ora q
Ihe morning after the fire Maloney called
upon the Fire Marshal and told him that
Annie had been heard to threaten TO burn
down the building. There were Two
reasons for the suspicion being thrown
upon Annie. The first was that Mrs.
IultS had been evicted from the house by
me SherlH for non-paymen: of her rent.
Inc second was that Annie In her drunken
moods. which were Iot rare. was in the
haolt OF declaring that Maioney had
swlndled her mother, Kate Dwyer, out of
the property, and she would have her re-
venge. This charge has not the slightest
foundation, but Annie believed Ii.
The Fire Marshal made inquiries. and
was assured by Mrs. Tuits that Annie was
asleep III bed at the time the fire broke
cut, and as he could find no one who saw
a suspicious character around the pre- ises
he could do nothing.
Two or three DAYS afterward Annie
called at his office. She was drunk and
became very abusive. She repeated her
charge against Maloney, and was begin
ming to give the Fire Marshal a tongne-
lashing when he sternly stopped her. He
told her tnat she had threatened to set fire
to the building. and if. while laboriDg
under 'jss {" she carried out her threat,
be would at once arrest her. This had a
salutary effect upon her, but ever since
when box 70 has been rung the Fire Mar
shal has jumped to the conclusion that the
lire is in MaIoney'S building.
There is tough gang hanging around
this corner. Ii was there at an early hour
Friday morning that Daniel Tobin was
shot twice during a row among a gang of
toughs who were quarrelng over the
merits of candidate for State Senator.