Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-30
A FORMER RESIDENTS MISFORTUNE.
]. W. 0linger, Well Known Here, Loses
Heavily in a Denver Fire,

VINO became insane as the result of the
hold-up of the Kansas Pacific train near
dugo two months ago, set fire to his
| own livery stable, at 2217-19 Fifteenth
street, Denver, at O'Clock last night :!
asks the Rocky Mountain News.
This is the question the police, the
hre department, and those who lost by
The fire, are asking. They suspect that
MI Olingers mental condition led di-
rectly to the fire, but they cannot prove
IT.. Although the origin of the blaze is
4 mystery, it cannot be positively de-
clared that Mr.. Olinger was RESPONSE
bic for the loss of $500 which the fire
caused. Mr.. Olinger is well-known
former resident of Santa Fe, who still
mas some property interests here.
Olinger lost five horses, one hearse
and five buggies; loss, $2,5OO, fully in
sured.
The fire started in Olingers place.
somewhere, somehow. 1t seemed to
those who first saw it that the entire
building became a mass OF flames at
once. With great difficulty eleven of the
sixteen horses in the place were saved.
One hearse and a number of carriages
by people who were attracted to the
place. The flames consumed one hearse,
killed the five horses and burned five
puggies Of different kinds.
Continues the Rocky Mountain News:
Soon after the fire started j. w.
Olinger, the undertaken, whose place of
business is at 24O9 Fifteenth street,
rushed frantically among the crowds.
He was utterly beside himself and
friends We're compelled to use their
strength and speech to quell his excite
ment. Mr. Olinger is at liberty, but he
has not fully recovered from the condi-
ton in which he was left by the shock
Of the murder committed upon the
the highwaymen.
''Those who are familiar with the cir
cumstances know that the undertaken
would not commit crime deliberately
They fear, however, that he may know
more than is legitimate concerning the
fire of last night This opinion Is
strengthened by what Mr.. Goulding
says he saw a week ago.
81 was in the barn here said Mr..
Goulding. One of the men came to me
and said that Olinger had built fire
against his part of the building. I look
ed out and saw small blaze almost
ready to communicate to the frame
boards at the rear end of the building.
1t looked odd, and rushed over and ex-
tinguished the blaze. Olinger protested,
saying that he was burning cookie
burrs because they caught in the tails
of his horses. That is the only suspi-
cious thing. I know that he has not
been perfectly sane, and it looks dan
gerous.'
when the Olinger barn caught fire
last night Bert Salisbury and John Apt
We're inside. After the fire Salisbury
could not be found, and 1t is feared that
he was injured, perhaps burned. The
theory that he was killed is not much
credited, however, because Of the early
hour when the fire started.
1.-The firemen were delayed in begin
ming their work by big bull dog who
was in the Olinger barn. This animal
rushed from the burning structure and
grasped the leg of Captain Delaney, of
engine No. Z. The fireman disposed of
the dog before he had done much dam
age.
while the fire was at it's height the
entire bottoms, railroad yards and fac
tories were plainly visible by the bright
light. People crowded the Sixteenth
street viaduct and the Fifteenth street
bridge. Crowds filled all of the streets
in the vicinity and the services Of the
police were required to make room for
the firemen."