The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-31
THOSE WALKER PLACE FIRES
iRRi ron ' GTTTI\G EiRIFD
~ VA. ~ FIRF Gii;.
~ FITs, Tap oT th- RrIl the NhOIe rs~n.
InrIIHIin= the lio'N AMI Ladder
nvrsrs. Just start Naturally Gar the
Walker piarr EnoFt, Ia uurn %


finish what .. hIN to -.sv uu - Iirr'tpNr
nuNaI,v, just a. som = thu H-,t p'l.
rings oIt on the still nIyht Al. ur "a" noon
uls guict q tn. "a ." .nty b. Chi'f Herb
Villains auoWs that he'll find Do, rr"w
waiting for hIn up AT John Walkers Old
pla.r Vulcan and Violet. tho rlnocrs
Of hook and ladder tonuu"rpr, Just natur-
ally light night out m that direction
All m shows that Il you do "a thing uIten
enough It will finally get YOU
Mr. Walker himself. John 4 Walk ~
his whole nam" and he's been oommutinE
20 Tarrytnwu from his contracting hnsI-
n,~,~ IN this city for a great many year..
has sold the place whore nothing hapIs'rled
so much as fires and has moved a~Ty up
on castle Ridge WHERE n" IAN get a in"
view - IN" smoke when the hout" hrailN
get, tho better 81 the volunteer -gnokeul''r.
urd a cC,dly Percentage al larrytuvn =
population - watching IN" hnu-" tu"
What they want to know. though - what
makes tho fires start and ~" answer 20
that question - getting very much on the
rural nerves
No one goes past the place without
sauinting over the lilac hedge and SlanC-
Ing into the thIcket Of weeds thar marks
IN. site Of the stable In an East Sid'
tenement /, would ~ easy Black Handlers,
tat along the arrhed highroad % this
ueighhorhood. where the houses are set
IN breathing spaces its different. They
want Co get something tangible and until
they get him Police chief Bill Bow.S
isn't going to let that house stand nm
watched
II began with the stable The house
stands hack from Broadway about fifty
yards Up on the knoll across the way
u Cr,.silavn. the home of the late Il
Clark Next door on On" side J. Joseph
Eastman's place and on the other that
OF George i.eRge Directly behind IA
Robins Nest place where crippled LIT e
children can get well
one night last February Mr. Walker
said good night to his wife and daughter
and sat down hy she window Ia smoke a
little while He glanced over toward the
stable ia the corner II his place and saw a
dull glow on the inside that was giving
Il the look Of Jack o lantern. az course
the owner did what would be expected
there was a fire alarm ipoH on the corner
ChisI Herb and his men found the way
TO the Walker place for the first time
little showing what well worn way this
WAS Ia to for them. and u didnt take long
To lead out the pe, Jersey, Grace. gently
by the halter and 20 put out the fire tOTCi.
bly by the hose.
What bothered the rremen even ~
this first blaze was that they stumbled
over an upturned kerosen" can m IN"
bla keusd doorway. and stuffed into
CrrViCes m the wall they found nuts "
oil soaked cotton waste
-Hummmmmmmp phi" exclaimed Police
chef Bill Bowles Who had come along
20 keep -. lines hack. looks like Il pre-
meditatad frchuE
II worried Mr. Walker some. tins DIS
~overy and h" was decidedly NOR"
worried n month later when q second
dun glow appeared Here again were
IA. -lSn- ~ some one intent Chief
Rowl-s assigned himself 20 ~" ro'. bJ'
there wasn't a clu" - b" found
\ couple 81 months wer' ~ and Mr.
Walker had only a f"w Dha-rei SIDING
nna-cis a. remind HIM 81 his pair Of fires
Then ono night a glow appeArrd hut this
was IN tho say and ~ wasn't n dull
glow Tn. ; NJ ~ II kept oven VA" volun
fee-s A. a ro-ractftIl distano" and when
~ ND sif'"d down ~ lts own accord
the" were chunks ~ black "mt-ars along
tho ground and that WITS all evca'i ~"
twisted soap ~ n TN S"ros"n" can.
About this tim" The Walkers logan
: To think = moving NJ Nalke- had 4
business arrangement with Frederick
Lludlng"- and about N" first nj this
month 'he tcal Wa~ 'lo~rd Last Monday
W,~.N IN" IHSf vAuIu0N - fIrf..ttro
wound 80 ~" nr.! 20 ~" Walkers new
rln.a on C.s'.r y iEr sud - Nr Nalker
followed 10 ne. i.iuiiTR"- ard went hook
rn take I'm or'- ~" n0fIs' --d g.v" him
-" Eeys F"H~vth,rg vps = right
Ti." rex In4rad'" n.g1' 'Na IRE
aal, raug .as' 20 dIsS n taup.ad oIt
- n" ,lsug for 70" w. rs ID house
Tho mon ..rtr,l 40 sirn.' ND Rad ms
a .-ga "A q 4 rHI "a avT
~ IN. Hor!s" ~ = y'uugstc- PLAYING ~ m"
,or"iv vtri Wien 30 uiw-od NJ he steps
"a Ito f'r. - cloud b" 6.iT' h1v" 20
I-ea, .g IA" . .D' II vas Swi- riu.
geu'iv m -" .s.l.ws - -rrok" Just
. lnsIi' Itv ri .iy ui ." 'r-i1 'rd DO y 81,
something black 'hst iorNsd iIt" sudden
dssih
-Dvr 1'r!t.'- yelled lII~ man a~d D."
got - ~" roHd ~ Tire" iuriG- and bold
~ ru'grrC' b. I'd 100 ~ from, both 4
r".'ipns When 49, volGr'e'-S zane 49,
found thsir toughest I1H f"r many DIV.
and ~ wash any "a-I"r when they 'Tied
a. usa III" hvi-rft On the corner ard - ~
, that b. Wa plugged
II took couul.. - hour 20 stop -" o."
: strtiction ard then ~" iuve-tiga'i z
p Bill Bowie went lpsid"
just h"voud the bh,e ha-in ard IN
der the sno.IlderiUE ~tairNay ran a
. line ~ waste vet with nil Nor" ~ ~
was lard On each step ~ tho s'ilryvav and
~ IN. foot IN IA" basin NsT" handful ~
tnperS .till -ylut'ering Gars had been
chny-ot ~ tho walls and hnntfuls ~
/ dripr,nC waste we're stuffed N ~ over
The hous" th~v found tho SST" sor' y
vork Two oT 'ho"" smaller cans thar
had contaiEri kerosene. On" ~ thorn half
full = or" ~ no ends If v -te rains lead
ING MO The other rooms on tho floor
near tho door was ~ empty second
hanG Yellow suit Ease
1azing these bits ~ evidence Nth hum
chief Row l.s. wont back and sa' himself
f4r'h.r rnstTiCtioHz Nothing hRJU.ned
uniIi N" fplluSIug ~ enInx when tho sar-e
Gro number. ~ WAS turned ~ lu-r ~
dVss That vas a "TRIP ~ which The hoo,
and Ladder ConIuerpr doesn't care -
speak The difficulty was that the high
Way nd Just h"en taTred With a view ."
imprp, srneutS ~ ia, ing and N" danger
lights protecting the sticky strip wer"
not se"n bv Vulcan and Violet Not until
The. sp.e-i ~ tho cart was 'e-, eTtib
slack cn'-i and then u 0ei ont altogether
by the adhesion beneath did chief Herb
realize that hs vas stuck Men Vhp hsi
/ nm ahead wAdsd back through the tar
- toll hun that n was n false alarm, I'M
Ialtagahls a that "a from Iphp Mall ar =.