The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-12-22
TRIED TO BURN
TRUCkEE
Three Attempts to Start Fire,
Though Unsuccessful, Cali
ed Out vigiIantes

A special to the Examiner from
Truckee says that about clock Sun
day morning nres were discovered in
til. ee places In the man business
block OF that city. Persons who by
chance happened to be In the vicinity
discovered the blaze in time to save
the business portion of the town from
destruction. mat the hand of an in
cendiary started the fires is beyond a
dcuDt, and Truckees famous six nun
di ed ond one committee" seems likely
to have work tor its members in the
near future.
Men unaer suspicion have been order
Ell to leave town, and startling devel-
opments aIe expected any time.
Everything was quiet during the
evening. About three o'clock a hang
er-on at the saloon of William McDou-
gaId went TO the rear of the building.
wnere the smell of smoke and the giare
OF fire caused him to make an investi-
CATION. he found two biazes just get
ting q good start. One was in the
MIDST of a woodpile and shed connect
ed with the main building. and the
other was across q hallway. The fires
had been started less than a minute
before discovered, and an alarm
brought several other men, who ex-
tirguished both blazes before any ma
.ellal damage was done.
1nose vino started the fires had used
quantity OF cotton waste, which was
taken from the railway
saturated WIN oil and quickly set the
pine wood blazing, nearly accomplish
ing the oesigns oI the nrebugs.
soon aIter THESE nres were discoy-
ca ed an alarm tor greater blaze was
sounded. Inis was III the woodhouse
OF W. Il. Wikies store. three doors
from the McDougaid place. and the
UiaAe was coming through the roof and
SIDES OF the woooen structure wnen
discovered. Alter nafa ngnt on tie
part OF those IN the neignoo. mood wno
t.lad asaru Iae aias IA. ttle~blaze was ex-
| tinsuisned, aIler consIGeraoie damase
nad been done. tlreDugs mad thrown
Duncn OF blazing vase through an
aperture over IAe uoor oI the puIiding.
These nres caused great excitement
in 1tuchee, anu Iouay, wnen more OIL
the business men ana citizens learn
ed OF them, there was some spirited
discussing of the incidents.
Suspicion rests upon one or two
hard characters, anu its IS believed
tney sta ted Ine nres Tor the purpose
OF ropolng THIS ana cash REGISTERS
mnlIe cItilens were nghtIng the names.
Several arrests are 10 be made, but
this is not expected to deter the Wig
nantes from tnelr purpose of riddIng
the town of the tough element tnat
has Ueen cong egating mere recently.
Ii is several yeas since the six
| hundred and one committee" trans
acted business. AT that time a num-
| ber of men were punished with coal
of tar and feathers tor not obey
! ing the order to leave town. For
more than a month Constable William
McDougald has been in a san Fran
! cisco sanItaiium on account of iii
health, and this has made the police
force in the town snort handed. AS
a consequence the criminal element
has gathered in force. Recently there
have been instances of burglary and
pocket picking, despite the efforts OF
the authorities to keep order. This
! last outrage. however, has aroused the
citizens, and it is expected that some
drastic action will be taken.