The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-27

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Burn the House and XIII Herseif-The
Old Lady Was Well Armed-Released on
Bonds and Taken Back Home.
Considerable interest has been arous
ed about the city relative to the case of
Mrs Magdalene Shuster, widow of the
late Fabian Shuster, who was locked
up at the central police station Thurs
day evening, charged with setting fire
to the barn which was burned Thurs
day at the rear of the house where she
resides. The fact that the old lady
was locked up in the evening, a time
difficult to secure bonds, and was
obliged to spend the night in the lock-
up, caused much adverse criticism.
Shuster, who is a stepson of the old
lady, said last night that he felt that
his version of the case was due the
public, and that the reason he request
ed to have the old lady locked up in the
evening was because she had threaten
ed to burn his house and to do injury
to his children, and he considered 1t
necessary that she be taken care of.
He said that after he had seen the city
attorney about the matter and had
laid the facts before him he had not de-
sired to have the old lady arrested, as
he was undsr the impression that the
barn was insured, and concluded that
in such an event the insurance COM
pany could act. Later he ascertaned
that there was no insurance on the
barn.
Fabian Shuster died in May last and
in his will left the use of one-third of
his estate to his widow and the other
two thirds to be divided equally be-
tween his two children. Shortly after,
Franklin B. Shuster, a grandson, pur-
chased the one third interest of one of
the heirs. The will was probated and
it was found that there was mortgage
on the property and a large amount of
bills against it. John Shuster, son of
the deceased and administrator Of his
estate, in order to pay these bills, for
which the creditors We're pressing. ap-
piled to the probate court for an order
to sell the property. Such an order was
granted and the property was adver-
tised for sale.
Franklin B. Shuster owns the house
at 1874 View street, and in order, as he
saws, to prevent any Objectionable
parties from buying the estate and To-
eating next to his property, he pur-
chased the estate at a price consider
a b]v more than the appraised valuation
He saws that trouble began as soon as
the order TO sell was asked for, and
that Mr. Magdalene Shuster opposed
tba order through her counsel Attor-
nov Wolfe
According to Franklin B. Shuster. af-
fer the estate was finally settled he and
his father endeavored to have the old
Iadv consent to go to some old ladies'
home as she was unable TO take care
of herself She was at that time living
in the house at 212 View street, part of
the estate left bv her husband and she
refused to consent to leave that place.
Franklin r Sinister in making this
statement incidentally remarked that
he had desired at that time to rent the
house in which the old lady was living.
He save that the reouest for her to
move out increased her ill-feeling to-
wards him and she said that if she left
tho house she would have to he carried
o,t
FINALLY Franklin r Shuster desired
IN move the harm from the rear Of No.
30 to his lot at No 1o4 View street but
the old ladv said the harm should not be
moved Thursday the harm had been
nlaced on ia acl1s ready to he moved and
inst before noon Mr. Shuster saws she
was seen to come from the harm with a
non in ber hand Shortly after that he
etartad from tho basement to the din
ing room unstairs and saw smoke issu-
mo from the roar of the harm He sent
o how ont TO sec II the smoke "a me
FROM tho harm or from, a house inst tha
o+ber s;da of tho harm The how had
iust started whom old Mrs shuster
col,ed ooross from bar bouse that +ba
h.r,, VOC on fra ua sta+ed that +bis
voc before +hera was enoupb smolse
to indicate that tbe harm was on FIRE
After teII;ne him that the harm was
h,,rni,o tho old ,ady wont be ck in+c tbo
bor.e ond d,d NOT come out again while
+ha e.e I.sted
NJ sbus+er a1so savs that later Il,
tho dow tho old 1adv acknou,adeed 70
+ho 1.d,, who w.s living u,ith ba,, +bot
sbe hs6 sat fire to the harm and s.id
+,,o+ sho ,,,o,1d h,rr tho bous. l., ,,,hio1,
sla ,iyad hefore nieb+ and would tben