Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-26
OTHERS Implicated
By ARSON F|E|D.
CHICAGO MAN ARRGoTGo OoW
srARTiNo MANY P1Rlo ooeis
FEss9s TO poLioG.
;REE susINEss MEN
ARRgsrEp As RGoU17
David kershsk Believed - NsNo 0ooN
head Of Band OF lnesndlsrieo Who
Caused Lossss oS 100000 In pssQ
Ysar-conspirsd 10 celIsot insuansseo
Photographic Nova

FORMER sAloonkeCpef ana An eIlO0O0
leader OF the arson ring. said to havO
been responsible for nifty incendlar3l
nres involving q loss OF 100000 wishs
In n year. Is said TO have made ad1nJss
sions to the police duplicating fou1
business men, three OF whom have
been taken into custody. The men In
custody are Charles Bloom. msrchantN
Max Feilschmidt, insurance adjustee0
Isaac Schaerner. real estate dsalsr.
The police have ordered ths arrest
OF BENJAMIN F. Fink. an ernpaoyo 81
tho Northwestern Can Company. -
lieved to be In Brazil. Ind. in connoos
tion with the nre which occurred %
the compauys plant In Chicago. AAy
2S. which resulted in q loss OF e2oQs~
900.
Korshak was idantired BY more tha4
dozen men as the starter cS nu.neFS
Gus fires. He :nnde tho statement that
10 per cent OF the annual fire losses II
Chicago were the result OF inccndiarA
fires and that he himself had been b..
hind the destruction Of 81. 0OO. 900 worth
OF property.
Brought Back From vaneouvsr.
Korshak, who Is a former saloons
keeper and torch bearer" OF an alleged
larson ring" which In tho last two
years has caused nifty incendiary drea.
was brought back from Vancouver. b
c.. by Detective Sergt. Lotus OF Fire
Attorney Sullivan's office.
On the way Korshak made admis-
sions which resulted In the arrests OF
tho other three men.
Charles Bloom. who was taken into
custody at his homo. In charged with
having paid Korshak and others TO set
fire to his store. 1850 South STATE
street. on April 20. Bloom insured hio
goods for $4,000. but Is said to have
had only $500 worth in the place ae
the time. He Ia charged with conspir-
acy To do an illegal act.
Max Feilschmidt and Isaac Schaeff.
ner are held In part responsible for
the fire In the plant OF the Northweet-
ern Can Company $50 Orlean street.
on May &c. where property worth $25.-
600 was destroyed. Officials OF this
company are also accused by the men
in custody and their arrests arc cx.
pected today.
Seek Blooms Brother in Law.
Search in being made for the BROTH
er- in law of Bloom. Daniel Perry. who
Ia a partner In the store destroyed BY
korshaw.
Korshak. who lives at 1911 Cham-
plain avenue, fled from Chicago after
he Is said 10 have set fire to a build
Ing at 2s2 South Market street occu-
pied by Leopold Dreyfus & Co. cloth
ing merchants. which was set afire on
al not1,
Leopold and Lazard Dreyfus. members
OF the firm. were taken into custody on
suspicion Three days later Leopold
Dreyfus committed suicide at his homo.
1926 South Michigan avenue
Lnzard Dreyfus was charged with
conspiracy to do an Illegal act and tho
the case is still pending against him
In the courts.
Korshak. while being takcn about
the west side In the autom obile Of
chief OF Police McWcey, jokingly ask.
cd.
What kind Of Job Will get down
at Joliet"
He said more than 7b per cent o<
all fires in the las: flve years were
"touchoffs." or incendiary. According to
Fire Attorney Sullivan, Korshak has
been a paid lncendiarv FOR twenty
years.
Six Under Arrest.
Moro arrests were made this aft0Ps
noSn ana six men are now in custody
and the arrest OF another has been or.
dered by tho police In connection with
the operation OF the alleged arson
gang.
Three other men. including q former
policeman. are being sought by the
police In connection with the alleged
conspiracy. The men under arrest
are:
David Korshak. former saloonkeerer
and loader OF the alleged arson ring,
who IL said 10 have set fre to nfty
buildings in Chicago within year.
recently brought back to Chicago from
Vancouver. Il. c.
Charles Bloom. n merchant.
Max Feilschmidt. n fire insurance
adjuster.
Isaac Schaeffner real estate dealer.
Ellis Duher n shirt waist man.
utacturer.
Lazard Dreyfus. wholesale clothing
manufacturer.
The man whose arrest has been o..
dered by Fire Attorney Sullivan -
! Ien!a min f. Fink. said to be an official
of the Northwestern Can Company.
who is wanted for arson In connection