, 1896-11-19

AhoLhef sensation has developed
from the case in which the McGill
building was burned and old Nose
Reeder was poisoned. says the sun
Leader.
The present sensation grows ont Of
information secured through George
Lines who has been in the county Jail
since October 18th. charged with arson
in setting fire to the McGill building.
Lines was arraigncd yesterday and
his trial set for Monday next. That
fact had the effect desired by the couu-
ty attorney, who has all along believed
Lines was not the culprit. but knew
more or less of the matter. Lines. as
soon as he was arraigned, lost his
h%ravadO. and sent for County Attorney
Baird. TO whom he gave important in
formation that led to the
ARREST OF JOHN MOLLBERG
on the charge of murder in the first
degree. for poisoning old Nose Recder.
the fisherman, on the night of July 18th
last.
Mollhcrg was arrested at noon to-
day and placed in the strong cell of the
county Jail.
Tn" information was filed before
lustic" GlafCkc. who remanded him.
charged with murder in the first de-
gree. without bail. Mollberg seemed
rather Indifferent at first, but upon the
findings being read to him and realiz-
ing that Lines had been talking, Moll-
berg showed considerable u%neasiness
learned of the
RELEASE OF GEORGE LINES
Upon his W recognizance until Mon
day. the day set for Lines trial, when
it is thought "A nolle prosequi will be
entered in the case and Lines held as
a witness, hut under bond if necessary
pending the trial of John Mollberg.
1t had been learned that the boy,
Leroy Wright. who gave the informa-
ton leading to the arrest of George
Lines. had told too many tales to be
relied upon. and that he had distorted
the story told him by Lines while
working on the ranch zeal Fort Rus
sell. in August last. thus
BEARING OUT THE SUN-LEADER
lr its local some days ago when it re-
peated the story that young Wright
was Enthusiastically and had told sew
eral different stories.
The history of the burning of the
McGill house at the junction of the
boulevard and Fort lane. on the End
day of March. 1895, and the subsequent
developments up to this time. while
the death by
POISONING OF NOSE REEDER
On the night of July 18th last. and his
death in the greatest possible agony at
9 O'Clock the next morning, is still
fresh in the minds of Cheyenne people
through the exposition of evidence Civ
On before the coroner's jury held over
the remains of the old colored fisher
man.
The burning of McGill's building has
i"'HS pNNil Il NY SlNlS , Stt lit tNl-
dence adduced at the different investi-
cations that have come since directly
or indirectly relating to that occur
renee together with the latest informa-
ton secured by the officials. has de-
termined County Attorney Baird. JUS
tice Claiche and Sheriff Fredendall
that the right nan is at last secured.
While it is not yet determined it
looks as though Nose Reeder fired the
McGill building for a consideration
paid by John Mollberg, and that
MOLLBERG POISONED REEDER,
Who was bleeding" him for whiskey.
provisions and money and whom he
feared would get drunk and tell on
him.
The Information tends to show that
Mollberg, who had the monopoly of
the soldier trade at the Chicago sa-
loon, was jealous of Pat McGill. who
had moved a building from near the
lake to The junction of the boulevard
and Fort lane and hired Nose Reeder
to burn the building the day before
the place was to have been opened.
Charles Smith. the one legged col
ored man. testified at the examination
that he heard Mollberg offer Nose
Reeder $25 to burn the building the
night before the fire occurred. George
Lines evidently told the b oy. Leroy
Wright. something about the occur
renee, and it is evident that he knows
more han he told at his recent exam
i%nation. else he would not have been
released. True. he said at his examin-
alton that he vas innocent If the
charge, and
WOULD PROVE AN ALIBI,
which seems credible: as other evidence
has come to light.
AS to the death of Nose Reeder.
there was no doubt but that HI died
Of arsenical poisoning. and from every
evidence it was administered to him in
the Chicago saloon on the night of July
18th. or early in the morning of July
18th, as he came home and told his
wife that he was poisoned" that he
had been fixed by Mollberg.' and that
/ MERCAN IN