The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-30


tint Keber was inside and that he was
gbnk back TO get him.
E'Yh1 stay here" said Dowd, and
70 go In"
lsAifhough the room, which contained
IT, Hn~nster e45ne Wiaehinev VA > JNg
tlfat time a ~seething caldron, powd
pluckily made his way inside and
esoped around amid the smoke for the
missing hoy, He was closely followed
by Manning, who seemed determined to
rescue mis- companion without any re-
gard for his own safety.
Tries to save eomrade.
A fresh outburst of flames, almost In
their very faces. drove them both back.
but they. stuck to their heroic task.
and. awaiting a favorable opportunity
imperlled their lives by entering a
sseond time. They were again driven
back, and Dowd gave UP in despair,
but young Manning remained undaunt-
ed and entered what had now become a
roaring furnace for the third time the
flames by that time had reached the
doorway through which he entered. and
he was beaten back foot by foot, un-
It'd he reached the open air again. In
his third attemqt he was badly burned
about the neck and arms, and was
prevented by his companions from
making any further effort to- rescue
Keber. 4
sBy thai time the police and fir men
had arrived on the scene. 1t was
clearly apparent to them that young
Keber had persisted in the fire, and all
their efforts were directed towards
bringing the flames under control and
Getting the body as soon as possible. 1t
was not until $40 a, m. however, that
tie lads remains were found. The
Head. arms and legs had been burned
ffom his body and the trunk was
charred to a crisp. Lieutenant Ham
bacher, of the Salvage Corps. and sew
eral tremen tried time after time to
locate the boy with STREAMS of water
playing on them. Several policemen
also risked their lives.
1.-THE lads brother, George keber, ag
30 years, was very. much in evidence
about the building soon after the flames
were discovered. He was seen by
Policeman Christian Teschke, OF the
Third Precinct, to enter the burning
structure and to emerge a few moments
later, carrying under his arms two dogs
which were housed near the office.
Teschke, remembering that the youth
had been released from the Railway Re-
formatory only two.months ago, where
he had served fourteen months on the
Charge Of incendiarism. placed Keber
under arrest land he was taken to he
Third Precinct station. There he was
closely questioned by the police, and
Is said to have told a conflicting story
as TO his movements last night. He
was questioned by Captain Christie.
Policemen Brex, Adubato and Teschke
and Prosecutors Defective Ducky.
said 10 Be Firebug.
He said tina he went to- Hillside
Park last night and returned to his
Epme, at f2Sg JOSEPH street about ii
4clocN -Ha vas awakened, he said by
EnginR Company No. 10 on its way to
the fire. but the police. assert that they
Mve positive proof that he arrived at
The mill Before. the J engine company
reached tAeES. lHeawas an employee of
the mill. wof4sings insths finishing room,
md was working on the day shift this
GEEK, while his brother was employed
6n the night shift. Y On February .,
1908, he is alleged to have set fire to a
stable in the rear of theilarge tenement
bouse at 96l102 Chapel street. The fire
was started early in the evening and
Would have proven; a holocaust had 1t
occurred after the 160 tenants of the
building had retired To the police he
confessed at that time that he had gone
into a stable at the rear of the building,
lighted a Cigarette and then threw the
match into a quantity of hay. The
sight of the flames. he said, so fasci-
mated him that he stood and watched
them, riveted to the spot, and failed to
give any alarm. For this offense he
was sentenced to the Railway Re-
formatory.
Another fire in which he was sus-
pected of having been implicated &C.
CURED about five years ago in the plant
of the Lister Leather Company. He
was arrested at that time and a stick
Of dynamite was found in his possess
sion, but he explained this ava by
saying that it was given to him by a
railroad brakeman. Another fire of
mysterious origin occurred last week in
the stable of the Illinois Leather Com
pany. directly across the street from
the Downturn plant. and the question
Of whether or not he was implicated In
this blaze will be fully investigated by
the police.
William Dowd's story.
william powd, Of "a Waydell street,
the. night foreman. who first discovered
the fire, gave the following version of
q TO a STAR reporter today:
I'VE had been stuck for water be-