The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-20
VANDALISM RAN RAMPANT
THE PRoPRlETORs. MEssRs. BOYLE,
TELL OF THE FIRE.
Water Supply Criticsed-A System Of
ThieVery and Vandalism Hitherto
Unheard OF in Houston.

Messrs. w r. and j r. Boyle proprle.
tors Of tho uutcbips b,,,so w, -
pctber NV post ror,,,.l,,,.,I.I 'V,u ~, 70
- ~ "St representative MT w.
L Boyle, the senior member of the firm
did the most of the talking. Ie soid. ..,yo
L., ~, ''' '"'"'l - NJ eHl'' we
'"u 'ne uul'"'ns leos'u TOT three years
with privilege Of continuing IL if we do.
sired a the expiration Of that time We
toot nossossi,, f., r.i-. 1000 Luz "e
'''h P''S'NSIoh IN july lS7v Inc house,
when we leased 1t, was supposed to ne
thoroughly furnished but n ,yos ro+ oaa
-, ~, "''u'"' 'u' IT WIS nor ana
old and broken down and In had shane
The Hutchlns House company. which owns
the property has put in $4,000 In I'M
provemcnts for us, and We have becn con
tiuunlIy buyInr and nutti,c f., -.
meme o,,,. t,o.a, u Pp''l'F IN improve
10000. ! could not tell the exact amount
hut II will amount 70 tbot A. Ioas+ . -,
'' '''''' WIS
awakened by the smell of something burn.
irg md getting M went out of ms, rom,
and there discovered tho er, =, ,b [,. l',o'n
""u 'u,'' ,iS'o' eltu inc ur' IN the Kitchen
near the door When saw IT, il was 2
very small blaze and could h,,e bce, o,-ii,.
e,tipprIsbod AZ ro bod 49, 80
lhere Is no question about that WHY
the epgr Ger thought If could no NM ,,+
with a hp,kot ~ v.,,ar P1' 'u'
., NJ vi ""'e'' IL Is an outrage
mat we have no better fire protection In
the wa, OF water than we have n y,.,s
fully half hour before the u5stcr ,o,,Id IL rs
secured with sufficient for" t ~ we
stream to the second sto,,, v,i,l,,t'''
the water pressure been anyfbiWy Ii,e NAY ot
fl should there WINS nrrcr a,1 ~ Nli i
for tho Ore cvrr Cytandin,, "r' +Hoeesnliy
building After learning tbc me, mn "
smoke and smell / ret7,rnnd o., 'ov 't w
uhat of NV son and Nj ,rtr,' ~ L"v.u
and notified NV folks thai tho Lit,'it,,",,,n II.
ON fire. and John and / M ,nc "'o
urouSiuc the guests ana loolinr r., "g-un
snfcty The hotel was Glled ~ ~ ut5 rU,st
capacity last night We MIA w US uttiloNt
TO our personal propertV %iyin NO T''e s
time to looking aftPr the sucsts vi yb vi r "ua
In our house. even ieft nv ~ M" VIE
which | had worn fnr o,.er - MIIyn
years. ana which / MIC 49,, tMeH{E- i've
the mantel in my room II ,!os ",sni iS, on
wen as everything else the tbic,os 1917, ,,i aS
dals could Law their hands ON - t,uu nnu-
NV. T. BOYLE. 4" is engrnVc6 in ~ I iile
Of the case Nv son taHNr IN me back
watch on the dresser Ina his roor, ana VIZ Is
was stolen John caught ono nm M anu II
out Of his room with icNci., H I'M soiAE
longed to John and his yifa IL ',i,u u'
the rewclry, but did MOI toto 49, N'tu
cppturc the man I think n is mo hi,,,,,'t'
hotel fire ever known where 60 MN, U nC,I
were In tho house and INC 'bn MIA pg'pie
one was even hurt AS To- tbc orI I mn ns 10
fire, we have many Ideas hnt We S'u VI me
ready TO talk. rs there is nntbiM Ils nor
and we know nothing certain "vuH!i',
intention OF the owners az no ,,r,,, - '.y
rebuild the Hutchins house 81 oncoP 10
much larger and mere eytonst,. "H . Gu
than the old house. The oWncrs sc5le
given MS ~ ioas+ ,.. ,Nit'u Moulu nave