Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-07
MONDAY MoRN1Na,s FIRE.
MILESTONE Block Damaged --- Barber
sevegny Suspected OF Intendiarism---
Some OF the Suspicious Circumstances.

milestone Block Damaged 49, Barber
sevegny Suspected Of Intendiarism---
Some OF the Suspicious Circumstances.
A fire was discovered by Charles ST.
monds, one of the night hands at the Brat
tleboro Livery company's stable, in the
northeast corner of the second floor of the
Milestone building at about 1890 O'Clock
Monday morning, and an alarm was pulled
in from box 80 by Chief of Police Hall In
very few minutes both steamers, hose
carts, the hook and ladder wagon and sew
eral hundred persons had arrived at the
scene, and in a few minutes more the fire
was extinguished. When the department
arrived a dense volume of black smoke
was Issuing from the building and a serious
fire was anticipated, but, as it turned out,
it had been discovered just in season to
prevent a conhagration. The fire was To-
Gated in a room adjoining the one occu-
pied as a barber shop by Mr.. Sevegny.
The steamers were set Just below the Brat
tleboro House and were connected with
the brook, and lines of hose were run from
the hydrants in front of Galvin's store and
on South Main street. A hole was cut in
the partition between the closet of the
room where the fire was and the hallway
and a stream of water was poured through
the hole with the result that the fire was
quickly subdued. An investigation showed
that nearly all the clothes in the closet
were burned and the door and door casing
were considerably charred. The damage
to the building will probably amount TO
about $500. Patrick Flemingis store,
which is directly under the barber shop,
was deluged with water, and his stock
damaged to an amount estimated at $500
to $500. The building is owned by DR.. c..
II. Sholes of Boston, and both he and Mr..
Fleming are insured through Sherman d
Jenne. Mr.. Sevegny carried an insurance
on his supplies and furniture of $500
with A. W. Childs d Co. His loss will be
about 500.
Monday forenoon Chief Hall, who from
what he saw the day of the fire and several
days previous, probably knew more of the
circumstances of the case than any one
else, exchanged opinions with Engineer
Turner, with the result that Sevegny was
summoned to States Attorney Fitts's Of
flee, where private interview was held, and
Sevegny was placed under arrest on the
charge of setting the fire. hearing was
set for I o'clock Monday evening, at which
Anthony +. Schwenk appeared for Sc
vegny, who waived examination and was
placed under bonds in the sum of $1,000
by Justice Newton, and in default of bail
was taken TO Newfane by Mr.. Hall Tues
day forenoon to await the action of the
grand jury in September. 1t seems that
about month ago S. W. Edgett, who has
charge of the block, notified Sevegny to
vacate the rooms by August II. Sevegny,
according to the statement of several per
sons, said 'when he got out they all
would"
1t also appears that the fire. which at
first was supposed to have been caused by
the explosion of a kerosene lamp. which
Sevegny says he left on a stand near
the closet, started in the closet and appar-
emily burned through the closet door from
the inside.
Mrs. Sevegny was in Canada at the time
and Sevegny was at the house of Nelson
Gonyer, whose wife was also away. These
are the main grounds upon which suspicion
based.
Sevegny's friends think he did not fully
understand what it meant to waive exam
ination," although it was explained to him
by his counsel.
The loss of DR.. Sholes was adjusted yes
terday by L. S. Hayes of Bellows Falls at
S175. An adjuster from Boston, who
came to settle with Fleming for the dam
age TO his stock by water, was unable to
reach an agreement with him, and return
ed home leaving the matter in suspense for
the present.