New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-15
WEST sIDERS STILL NERVOUS.
A LITTLE BLAZE YESTERDAY IN AMSTERDAM
AVE. ALMOST STARTED A pA%ic-Po,icT

ur-sY WITH THEIR INVESTIGATIONS
The unexpected clang OF a gong on a cable-car s
enough 10 cause the residents Of That portion o.
the city lying between Seventy-cighih-st ana one
hundred-and -fourth-s,. on the West SD, 10 starr
anxiouslv and ask where the fire IT, The ponce
are doing all IN their power 20 quiet tie hpire-
hens.on by CRYING down the story ~ an organized
gang Of rrchugs but even they are beginning 20
think seriously OF these repeated Arrf. AMI from
the unusual efforts they are cs"rtlnS 10 NM ne
exac, causes that led ~ 10 the unusual conlaSra-
tons ); is apparent that they do not themselves
believe f. is entirely accidental Yesterday was a
o1let day IN the district. a score 0; Central once
de,ectlyes were visiting the scenes u The various
arcs and ur,bng fully the stories u looiiHg mat
have become current. Their investigation was miie
as quietly IA possible, and report VIII D" turner
in 70 Superintendent Byrncs. They Individually ana
collectively deny that they have been able 10 ma
any authentic case OF robbery which occurred dur
ing th. excitement incident upon the fires. The
barkenei ruins Of Ii dozen apartment houses where
flames have played havoc during the week proved
OF unusual interest to the throngs OF people on the
streets Yesterday. These curiosity seekers proved
OF no interest the detectives. who have been bay
fed In their attempts 10 locate any one upon "ho"
tho slightest suspicion might DE cast.
Absurd Il may seem, the scare over the h'e7
Ga so genuine and so general that In that district
many OF the young folks have formed ''watch par
ties" TO Sit up and wait FOR s'me one to set fire
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in circulation. These stories cause the detectives
M end of trouble 40 IS usual when general scare
is on every little incident IL snatched at, diiated
upon. and pulled any way to suit the Imagination OF
the excited principal who tells the story. Most Oh
these stories are generated In the mind OF some
excited individual, and by repetition become eNas-
gerated 10 an alarming extent, 49,. M. ,o, ,.,s
No arrests have been made yet one man was
taken into custody ot the fre Saiaraay hSh, V .
not upon suspicion Of knowing anyihnng s about IDca s
the hearing In the police court yesterday morning ne
Peter Garfahan. one OF the tenants Of the fiat
house No 80 West rav w"i th T Say
after the fire. that he had lost GLADSTONE bag
containing 'te deeds morsagSs ana 2'hsr Pnpors
Mira Mary rr!mble the janress Of No. ~ W"et
Ninety -sccond-st.. next door to MI Garrahans nav,
on peg in the basement. She turned the bag over
Policeman James C3steilo VINO IS on Post ,mTt c
and he took II 10 the West one hundredth-st ponce
station. Mrs. Trimbe could give ~ explanation az
to how the bag came where II was found. Shs
had not any suspicious characters in or about
the premises and dia not think there had been any any
there during or since the fire Mr.. Garrnhan hai
account for the presence Of the LOST bag there AS
believe that some wel-neaning individual had
hung 1t in the adjoining basement for safe keeping,
%hep sm1 hrg 2fe%fsa IN at yes
noriicnlariy noticeable Lille girls ran cxcitc1y
tthrougn the streets. ana older people showed fully
as much CONSERVATION The tenants of the NAT.
OF their rooms and for a few minutes the ponce
though, they had panic on their hands. .,,-...
small boy ran ny Amsterdam-ayc' yelling;
signal for a general rush The fire really had no
significance. II started in the apariments occupied
in the south fiat. front. on hc second floor of No
COS Amstcrdnm-ave. 1t was causel by Pouas smok
diG soo worth of damage 10 the furniture but were
extinguished before the engines arrived.