New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-25
THREE FIREBUGS INDICTED.
TRUE BILLS AGAINST HOLT. LEM AND
FRIEDLAND.
THE CHARGES AGAINST THEM-wITNEssEs BE-
FORE THE GRAND JURY-TO STRENGTHEN

THE CHARGES AGAINST THEM-wITNEssEs BE-
FORE TIE GRAND JURY-To STRENGTHEN
THE FIRE MARsHALs BUREAU
. The Grand Jury yesterday heard number OF VIII.
nesses against members of the Infamous paha "a
frebugs Samuel Mich. the seii-cohiesseu '0.
diary who has been accepted as witness LOT ',o
e,a,a ,o,d a mart OF his story TO the jurors carry
IN the forenoon He was followed by Shire hose'
baum one of the hired ncendiaries OF ~ =,
who performed some of the Work OF se''i''e M
buudjnes Gustave Meyer was ano'her "i'i'''' 80
number Of the nrebugs. now that Mich i''
fessed are anxious TO be accepted as WINES 10
tho STATE bu, Assistant District-Attorney DAVIS
who Is handling the evidence In the arson -
has no need for more nformers d. p'e ,
Marshal James Mitchell was before the "'a"u 80.
to tell something about the reports "h0' s.,,a5
10 him by Policeman LEM when LEM was " -
a, o.. rrre Marshal's office. George H. Fearohs inc
attorney for the Western Union le'es'ap"
pany was witness and produced hu"iDi " -.
eerams which had been sent to Mich ny "eo'e
Holt, the adjuster who was empio!eu ''
OF the IRE insurance companies.
Indictments were found by the Graho jury "s
1,aoro. w Holt. Policeman Charles f. lenz anu
J<onpe Friedland, tie three men VINO were ''"e
in the net on Friday and saturday. IL Is 'e"so
h,v certain also that an indic'ine'' was 49,
against Henry Cohen. Fredana iofi'e' pa 90, 80
vvho recently fed TO Europe. The three men WIN &c
VIZ" WV" ,,a.a % the indictments In the District
Attorneys office to-day ,
Cyrus W. Clark, foreman OF the ura'.' 49,.
handed the indictments to Judge r'Htel" " -.
=, tho Court of General Sessions AT IL" T. H. ~
,r,av Holt Is indicted for arson In the secohd us
cree for completely In the incendiary IRE al NO ~
Svn.,,s, on July A. 1894 and the Wilmer hre al
No OF Eas, Thirty-third-st. LEM is hule'eD io'
bribery for receiving 500 for suppresshs inc ,O'
thu, the fire In Cohen Frisdlands factory IL W.
70 White-st., July "a. 1894, was ihcen',''' S"e
,in0
=, ,h. character of the fire In Gordon's FACTORY
AZ No q Wakcr-st. Friedland lie indicted lot a'so"
In the second degree for aiding ana aoel''ns '"e
coraon FIRE Cohen doubtless is indicted for arson
In the second degree on the same charse'
Assistant rct-Attorney Davis said that nj
later time he would ready 10 present 10 the 'ahu
Jury a mass OF evidence against number OF hre
insurance adjusters some Of them employed by well
known companies Mr.. Davis began an hVesusauoh
OF the story told by Mich that ne was informed OF
his indictment some months ago before warrant
for his arrest had been issued and that the nforma
ton came from an official in the DistrictAtorneys
Office Mich said that the information was sent
TO him through Charles l. Schampain the lawyer a'
No 25S Broadway. who was his counsel al 'he ''me'
Schampain was called TO the District-Atorney
Office and examined yesterday afternoon. lie uen,eu
that he had conveyed any such Information TO Mich
or had received any such Information from per-
son connected with the Dstrct-Attorney ONCE
The investigation was not finished
District Attorney Fellows vii! sail Tor Antwerp
tomorrow on the steamship Fresand He said
Yesterday: THE chances are that VIII not stay
long on the other side. ! going more to get the
benefit OF the sea voyage. and have no plans LOT
travel" Mr. Davis will be the acting District-A'or-
ney In the absence of Colonel Fellows
The Fire Commissioners yesterday took no step
10 force Fire Marshal James Mitchell out OF once
although there reports that President La
Grange intended to make a move In that direction.
There will be meeting OF the Commissioners to-
day. Commissioner Sheffield. who was at Fire Head
quarters yesterday made this statement:
We have for several weeks beer looking into the
workings Of the Fire Marshals bureau with view
TO strengthening The Board is OF the opinion that
for the safety Of the public IL should be strength
ened. We believe that the bureau should be a de-
tectve bureau and will endeavor to make II such:
In the of Policeman Lenzs case. and that Oh
Frank. men who were employed In MT. Mltcheis
bureau. and who now are charged with being in
collision with hrebugs, am now trying TO nnd lust
what the relation of Mr. Mitchell 10 the previous
Board was II ne had the power of appointing his
subordinaes then he is responsible for the presence
OF the men In his bureau. 1t may be that the pre-
vious Boards blame for LEM and Frank
being in the Department.
In the afternoon II was stated by a wel-informed
official AT Fire Headquarters that the force In MI.
Mitchels Office would be strengthened. and he would
be allowed 10 keep his place long enough at least
to show what he could accomplish with good
force Of detectives.