The morning times., 1896-05-25
Nit Be 1 SIXTH VICTIM
Mr.. W. {. Morgan Thinks a Boy
Is in the Ruins.
WAS NOT SEEN TO COME OUT
CoIored Lad Entered the Blazing
B.izanr with Two Men and They
Then Lost sight of Him-Thcught
They Heard Groans as the Fla mes
Forced Them Back.

There iss,good reason to believe that the
mangied fenIstins of a sixth victim lie
beneath tine ruins OF last Mondays big fire.
This belfefi has some confirmation in an
incident which was related TO The Times
last night og Mr.. w. Il Morgan, who lives
at 567 TealaS5cec5 uorUhwes5. Mr. Morgan
and 4 sFiendS who was with him saw a
Calncci youth go into one or inc burning
buildings, but they did not see him come
back.
Mr. Morgan and ArtiHeryman Davis of
the AIscuGi were at the salvation Army Hall
when the iiie broke out. They " ent To the
sccae, and after some time spent there the
report went around that there v ere EoiScs
in the building known as the Bazaar. He
aud Mr.. Davis determined at once to Ito
what they could to fCledsc the ANIMALS.
Mr.. Morgan seized Il table that was athGnd
aud battered in the door on Louisiana
avenue. When the door I!cw open clouds
of smoke issued, but they could see The
horses, some OF which lie said We're tied 10
Wagons 1t was impossible TO be OF much
service without light.
HE HELD THE LIGHT.
He called for a light ana some one Offered
a bicycle lamp which n colored boy vol
unteere1 TO hold in front of the men who
were toenter. The boy wentin ma nfuiiy but
so eagerly aud rapidly that he was lost, and
In lact Ne went 10 Tile ieII NHlip Tile men
wanted TO go to the right. In a few seconds
the smoke became 50 thick that the lamp
was. eNlnguiShed or otherwise became
invisible.
AT any rate the boy was lost in the dark
ness. The men worked rapidly and released
The horses and then came out. The strange
aud more interesting part OF the SsoryIS tndt
when they Reached the door they distinctly
heard sounds of distress in the room, but
nah talt NHtI
from Il horse or from a haman being.
Il impressed Mr.. Morgan, however, is
that OF 4 human voice So sure was This
conviction that he called to a policeman
aud TO several firemen who were passing
to stap anu investigate, bat they were
evidently under orders, and there was "a
general belief that there were 10 liveS
in da ngeT in any OF the buildings.
By this time the flames had reached the
interior, and all chance OF further investi-
cation or possibility OF rescue ii 1t were
a human being had passed.
MADE A VAIN SEARCH.
The circumstance made deep inl-
preston on AIR Morgan, for he went
down to the building at 8 O'Clock next
morning TO see if there were any traces
OF the boy; ir he had been taken out alive
or dead. Mr.. Morgan said that lie spoke OF
this 10 one OF the policemen at the time
were still in such confusion that inquiry
would he III vain
On Saturday report was published that
possibly a boy, who had been missing from
the Premises of Mrs. Moore, at 522 Sixth
street northwest, might have been killed
at the fire. as lie WAS last seen there.
Inquiry last night, however, showed that
while this Toy has not returned to Sixth
street, he was seen on Tuesday in Tire
northwest. Mr.. Morgan thinks that the
boy who lighted the way into the burning
building was about sixteen or seventeen
years of age. while the boy WHO ran
away from Sixth street is about twelve
or thirteen years Old.
whether there is anything in the story
OF the boys death in the manner supposed
or not. it is certain that he was q youth
who acted very creditaEly by leading the
way into place OF imminent danger. II
is some hat rema rka ble that the boy did
not turn up after Mt. Morgan and Mr..
Davis came out after releasing the hors.S.
Ii seems natural that had lie come out he
would have looked them up, as they GER
tainly looked for him.
Neither Mr.. Davis nor Mr. Morgan knew
the lad, and very naturally in view OF the
circumstances they are unable TO give
description of him.