Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-27
PROMINENT MEN IN THE TonS
One Under Arrest is Chicago Whole
sale Clothier.
SEARCH FOR THREE OTHER MEN
D"njRmin T.. Fink, said to he I'm
Indiana, is Supposed 90 Know
Something of BiE Can
Plant Fire.

CHICAGO. Aug 26.-six men are IN Gus.
tody and the arrest of another has been or
dered by the police in connection with the
operations Of an alleged arson ring which
is said 20 be responsible for fifty incendiary
fires which caused a property loss OF 1000.
900 during the last twelve months in Chi.
oaEo.
Three other men. including a former
policeman. are being sought by the police
in connection with the alleged conspiracy
This men under arrest are;
David Korshak, former saloon keeper
slnd leader OF alleged arson ring.
lCharles Bloom, merchant.
.ttAIax Fellschmidt, a fire Insurance ad-
ulster.
Isaac schaeffner, a real estate dealer.
Ellis Duberstein, shirtwaist manufac-
turer
Lazard Dreyfus. wholesale clothing manu-
Looking for BENJAMIN Fink.
Tht police have ordered the arrest Of
Benjamin f. Fink an employe of the
Northwestern Can company believed to be
Bra II, Ind, In connection with a fire
Alat originated at the eompany's plant in
chicago on May 26 which caused q loss
81 S2OO0O0.
Three barrels of gasoline are said to
: have been used in firing the plant OF tke
can company. While being brought back
to Chicago from Vancouver, 3. c.. Kor-
shek is said to have admitted to Detective
Lotus that Fink asked him to set fire to
the plant and that Korshak wanted IS. 900
for the Job. Fink is said to have refused
to pay this amount, declaring that the
price WAS more than Il was worth.
Several weeks later the building burned
and evidence of incendiarfsm is said 10
have been discovered by the police. Fire
Attorney Sullivan declares that charge
Of arson will be made against Fink when
he is found.
Bloom. who has been booked by the
police. is accused of having hired KorshalI
to set fire TO his store on April 80 The
stock OF goods is said to have been insured
for $1,000, while the actual value did not
exceed $500. according to Korshak. Fell
schmidt and Schaeffner lave. 1t is said.
\been partly implicated in the alleged in
cendiary fire at the plant OF the NORTH
western Can company.
David Korshak Isaac Schaeffner, Max
Feiischmidt and Ellis Duberstein were
booked. Korshak was charged with arson.
Schaeffner and the others were charged
with arson and conspiracy. Later they
were arraigned before Municipal Judge
Dioker and the hearing OF the cases con-
tinued until next Monday.
search for Duberstein.
Ellis Duberstein, a shirt maker, is said
to have induced Korshak to set fire to his
place of business November %, 1910, causing
4 loss of $4,000. The building was heavily
Insured. Search is being made for Duber-
sNein.
The police also are said to be looking for
Daniel Perry. brother-in-law and business
partner OF Bloom.
Korshak fled from Chicago after he was
charged with having set fire TO the plant
OF Leopold Dreyfus q Co., wholesale
clothiers. June s. which resulted in loss
of $4,000.
Both Leopold and Lasard Dreyfus, mem
bers OF the firm, were taken into custody
by the police on suspicion Immediately after
| the fire. Three days later Leopold Dreyfus
made a statement duplicating Korshak and
then committed suicide.
Lasard Dreyfus was booked for con-
spiraoy and the case against him is still
pending.
Korshak told the police that rs per cent
OF all fires which have occurred In Chicago
in the last five years were Of incendiRry
origin and were either the work OF the
proprietors of the buildings or Of profes-
slonal fire bugs" He says there are more
than 100 men IN Chicago who make a good
living by setting fire to buildings to en-
able the owners to collect large sums Of