The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-05
SAFE ROBBER
CAUSED FIRE
This IS Theory Of FuTni-
'urs Dealer
MR.. TENNILLE's IDEA
Merchant Believes Burglar
was in His Store.
cana,tion Of Burned store showed that
Burglar Had Been IN hts
oalce--Losses asa
Insurance.

The finding OF lever broken from
the safe in the ONCE of the Tenniiie
Furniture Company and the fact tina.
the rear door of the store was found
partially ajar. has led to speculation
concerning the cause of the fire which
Friday night destroyed the furniture
establishment at ~ South Court street
and badly damaged adjoining places OF
business.
During the progress of the flames.
when excitement ran high, there was
little or nothing known OF the. origin
of the fire. Developments yesterday.
aagaration was Of incendiary origin.
probably caused by burglar who made
an attempt to enter the office safe !.
f. T. Tennille. the senior member 2.
the Tenuille Furniture Company, saiu
yesterday thar he strongly suspected
his store was set on IRE. He based
his opinion on the finding of the lever
OF the largest OF the TIVE iron safes, "
the smaller safe. Mr.. Tennille express
ed the theory that burglar might have
tried to enter the safe and while at
ed a cigar or cigarette, Internationally
ignited some infiammable material and
seeing he could not put a stop 10 the
fire, made his escape through the rear
Discovery Of Fire.
T. G. smitha. employed by the w. M.
Francis Horse and Mule Company on
Ls street as was w s wers at I'll
o clock. According to his statement
he was getting out a car load OF stock
when a negro woman came screaming
into his place of business. Going TO
the rear entrance Of the Tennille Fur
uiture Company, he saw there that the
door was insecurity closed and It
seemed that enc aa gon the
trance He saw IRE in the once on
the ground floor of the building and
rushing back to his own ONCE tete-
IRE department. few minutes there
after he went again to the burning
building, saw that the fire was grow
ing larger and sent In the second
alarm which brought the fire DEPART
g The cireiimstances surrounding the
discovery OF the fire and the discovery
OF the broken lever of the safe had
ment at a late hour last night.
Although the IRE was under controi
bw 1 o'clock yesterday morning. the
flrenen kept steadily at work pouring
was nearly ! o'clock before they left
the scene and went to their respective
sta''ohs' r.oxae. ana Irsuranee.
The Tennflle Furniture Company is
composed OF F. T. Tennille, II st; e.
Tenrilie and s, b, Tennille. They lost
their entire stock which they valued
al $4,000 and they carried insurance
to the amount of $4,000 In fthe follow
irg companies:
Pennsylvania .,,.....k..... .$a,YYggo
Indemnity ........4a.... .s...'.' z,ovv
Providence 1883. .....s...,','. ivVV
Phoenix 1850. ...... .'''.... 2XX
Hartford Fire ................. !,uov
Glens Falls ..............'. a'vvv
Niagara ...'...ss...'. z,vyv
German Alliance ................ 1000
There has been no statement yet as
to the loss on the building owned by
Mrs. z. I. Bragg and insured for s6,-
600 in the following companies:
Scottish Union and National. S4,5g0
indemnify. 49,. - LOW
The adjoining. store at 26 South
Court Street, occupied by George B..
Wragg,l a furniture dealer, was dam
aged by water and smoke. The loss
on the contents has not yet been com
piled. Mr. Wragg carried approxi-
mately $4,000 insurance. divided among
a number of companies. The building
is owned by the Roquemore estate but
the damage to II Is slight and Is COW
cred by insurance.
The cellar Of the store of Gallagher