The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-20
EXPERIENCES OF GUESTS
WHAT THEY SAW AND DID AND
HOW THEY ESCAPED.
barrassing Situations, Waiter Girls
in a Bad Plight

Special Deputy Sheriff John De Long Of
Auburn, Neb., who Is here for the purpose
of taking TO Nebraska the prisoner. Noel
Martin, confined in this city, had the mar
roweSt escape OF any one in the hotel and
1t is only owing to tho nerve and presence
Of mind Of officers Lehey and Newhofr
that he IS now alive to give the following
story II occupied room No. 2o4, on the
third floor. If any one called me they did
not awaken me. l was awakened by the
Sitting smoke which filed my room |
grabbed what clothes l could. amoug them
my pants, in the pockets of which was $50,
and dashed out into the hallway. Here
the smoke was, If anything, more stlalng
than In my room, and being almost in
stantly overcome, I fell unconscious TO the
floor Officers Lehey and Newhoff, who
were going through the house with lighted
candles in their hands, saw me and dragged
me ont into purcr air. where l was soon
revived. had nothing on hut my shirt,
and did not recover anything, as it was
then too late to attempt II. I was taken
down stairs, placed In carriage and taken
10 the police station, where | was decked
ont as You see me In Chief Blackhurns
pants, Deputy Chief Thompson's hat and
Clerk Kesslers shoes | lost all had, hut
am farinG very well, and as the police have
told me that / am the gues> of the police
department while In Houston am not
am not hanEering, however, for another ex'
perience similar to that of last night.
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Or Il. s. weislger. real estate agent,
who boarded at the Hutchins house. was
also reported missing for some four or
Ave hours, but he turned UP all right. When
nr, Wesger was seen he said: MY room
was on the second floor. 1 was awakened
by Il number of pistol shots on the street,
but | thought 1t was trouble over at the
theater across the street, and paid but lit
ne attention to II. soon heard the, peo-
pie In the hotel running up and down
was, and learned that the hotel was on
hre. hastily dressed and went down
stairs, but did not save any Of my belong
lngs' with the exception Of what have
on. "
Judge W. L. Willie and Dr. J. l., Short
occupied the same room on the third noor
Judge Willie, in speaking OF his experience,
said: II was awakened from my sleep by
some one knocking on the door to my room.
Dr. short and myself dressed and got out
without any difficulty. DIR, Short saved
as wei as my own, were out Of our truh~7.
The doctor saved what few things he had
In his trunk but l lost everything
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Mr.. Charles Cheeseborough travelling
for a Louisville. Ky. house, oc
cupied room No. 2l9. He accidentally
awoke after a short nap, not having retired
until after midnight. The light from the
fire shone through the window into his
room Seeing this he arose and saw the
IRE In the kitchen, Realizing that the build
Ing was on fire, he hastily dressed and
then packed his grip and went downstairs,
II was just as he reached the office that
a negro ran In and told the night clerk the
hotel was on fre. Then" said he, know
ing the FIRE was in the detached portion OF
the building, | went upstairs again 10 as
sist in giving the alarm and arouslng the
guests In the house. l suppose l was in
the office ave minutes or more before I re
turned upstairs. as did not then think
there was any real danger NJ the IRE
reaching the main building when I went
upstairs the halls were filling rapidly with
smoke. ! met a lady coming down with
nothing but her night dress on and With
a long halr switch In one hand and
stocking In the other ! tried 10 assure her.
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