The evening world., 1895-05-20
Contents Of Two Coal Bins Soaked
with Turpentine, Then
Set on Fire.
A SECOND ATTEMPT NEXT DOOR.
Forty mysterious Fires Have Oc-
Cured in Uptown Districts in
the Last Four Months.

A darins attempt was made at
o'clock this morning to burn down the
s.x-story fst-house at lo7 West Foraeth
street. Two fires were started In the
cellar. but were discovered before any
great damage was done. That the work
Is the mos, slaring Of any recently per-
pe:rated by .ncend.arie is admitted by
the police and the fremen.
The house Is the third in n row Of six
OF the same build. which runs from lol
to Ill. william II. Malcolm Is the
owner.
The dre was first noticed by q negro
In the street. lie called out to the jani-
tor. Matthew Fsikner. who ran through
the house and placed all the tenants
on their guard before he turned In an
alarm. The six families In the house
made hurried exit and got to the
street without much confusion.
The firemen had little trouble In put
ting out the blaze when they arrived.
for the flames had not spread further
than the basement.
Then the firemen wen; TO work In
vestigating the cause OF the fire. They
had suspected incendiarism. and they
were not disappointed in their search.
In two OF three coal bins that were side
by side on the west side Of the base
ment two fires had been started. One
was In . pllas OF rubbish on the ground.
the other was IN an old trunk piled
upon some wood and about four feet
from the ground, The rubbish and the
trunk had both been saturated with
turpentine. There was no mistaking the
tumes OF the infiammable liquid.
inc Two hres had apparently been
started al the same time The sides OF
the coal Dins wer burned and hole
nau oeen burned almost through the
SWhs ihe lock on the door leading
"%e ceiar had peen forced.
1Hied 81 Fire No. IO5. Too.
Tho arsmsr oo,,,,,,., chat. ,z,,.
t,on and found ,ha, n, NJ ro5 a,s,
the cellar had bs.n forc.d I,s, ins,I,
tho door thsv founa win. ha,ua .ha,,,
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The Fir. Marsha, u.~ ,,,.a,,,o,,
not,fed and snsc,o, ds,sc,i,.., u..-.
n,ac.a On Tho .as.
The ai.coyerv n, ,h, or.
nr,.e N te tsn,,,s ,na ,has. j., -,
vicinitv Manv ,haro bad ohsar,sh ,nr
Ing yesterday suspicious actions on tn,
part of one or two men whom they .au
IN the street ,ba, nres,,od no .ooJ
." '"e street, t"a' presasea no sooa.
lives in I05 saw younp man na,rouin,
~. .taon,.u, On - -,
street, apparently making himself IA
miliar with the arronpsman- ~ M
buildings She told her husband. bu
before he could get to the street tn
man had gone. Mrs. Cobb saws that H.
u,. abo,, ,ua,,,, ,..,r ,,, -.
"e"'' ''u anu ina
wore oarR mustache and iight suit
.ro,har man ,r,,,,,,. ,nn no,a, ,sa,
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siong the row. He followed him an
was about TO notify policeman OF tn
,ro,,s ,c,iors wban ~. ,na, a,.,,,.,I
ae"ohs ""eh 'he man. e'iaehu
seeing mat ne was observed left an
T-bs, tho i,,,,or ,or1 ,ba ,o,ro,
80 '"' No''"a
VINO was Oil post mat ne had bette
keep a sharp lookout during the nigh
a. ,b.-e vers srs,u,s ohou, =, a.
- '"S'' "'eous" a''u'' II III
pStrolman Kept close watch he wa
not around 4, the time that the Gr
- stsc,v,,eJ
The s hot the hrsi tine that the ROY
has been visited by d mysterious fir,
Tner. Mas ore N me basement Of \,
IL about th.e~ years agu, and /,
Orig.n naF not yet yrs p lefcrrn!nei
Mr. Errtngsr, :ry.l 1hgrn the turper
line wa gsnr mas now moy.i
Ia. Bleeck.r s'I=s,, bit he st.ll uses N
Labels ne had In ais 81! gt1.e. u "a,
vhen snow tne horrie - r1e gol.,,
that II had without = 1Cyy, be.
bought ~ ms place. ~, he could u.
real py whom.
N
h'si"r' A""u' 1his fir"
There Is considerable mystery aogu,
dre whIcr Wat dtseuyrr1I i.;,u4i n
Ihis norn.ag ~ a.. Ina = ~. T.
house 21J7 In.rl ay"nu,' The Frou,