The evening world., 1912-03-05
Dozen FIRES SET
IN BIG TENEMENT
/ AS POLICE GUARD
Tenants of Big Harlem House
in Panic and Twelve Fam
lilies Move in a Hurry.
ALL AFRAID TO SLEEP.
Every Entranced Watched, but
Man With Oil Can Works
l. Undisturbed.
ALL AFRAID TO SLEEP.

Tue nos persistent and daring nre-
tug that has operated In some years
has the police Of the West One Hun
cred and Twenty-fifth street station
simplicity baffled to-day. and has left
~ Few remaining families in the tene-
msnt at No. 80 West One Hundred and
ThArty. fourth street In a panic. Be
tween dark last night and daylight to-
AAy twelve families vacated All the
tsnants are colored. In thirty-six hours
therc have been a dozen i~ncendiary
1rss In the house. some kindled right
under the noses Of the police.
me only theory Of the Fire Marshal
y that some insane negro has been
eeaStiug baa1es through vindictiveness.
~ none Of the negroes In the house
kDsw q any quarrel that might have
treught about such results.
T0o nrst hre was discovered Sunday
u1Uht and was put out by The ~janitor.
WBnlam Hunter. Rubbish had been
Unsd toCsther and with nearby wood
work aprinkied with kerosene.
Aktsr the hrst blaze others were start
- With amazing frequency. Most OF
sbom were In the Railways Of the Ave-
story building. Finally the police were
nstinsd.
POLICE ON GUARD, BUT siRes
ARE kiNDLeo.
A. 9 O'Clock last night the sixth blass
vas put out by the tenants. Assistant
y1ro loArshal Prial and Detective 0isry
q &hs West One Hundred and Twenty.
nfth street station were sent around TO
Investigate and when they LEFT they ~
shgned Policsmsn Kutssr and Truman
10 guard the building. The policemen
made hourly tours and It was not long
until xutssr smellsd smoke. He traced
h TO . vacant nat On the second noor.
NJ door had bsen soaked with oil and
IL woodwork Of . Of the rooms was
buuing. Il va the second IRE In un-
eoeuvied rooms. Kutssr put \ out With
several buckets Of watar.
- about IN hour Prial end O1ery
having heard a moro arss. returned
Tray rot there Just In time - hsaS
Kaiser put out . ars IN the rooms Of
Mode Anderson On the third aooe. Ths
sanlly was away.
8OIO W. 980Nb~ - SOO0 ~
Wos1 In . daxk hallway near the head
Of the stairs. The policeman was bend.
~ ever With ore s~xtinguishsrs. several
a Whjeh had bssn brought around q
GAogt tine before. when . woman began
screaming downstairs. There Wa an.
eehsr ars there . the stairway.
ooo1G TgNANTs MOVE, REST OFT
UP ALL NIGHT.
1Wo hours later Policeman Kutsss
1snaA another blaze on the NTH moor
~ such . small quantity Of oil hat
besn ussd that this was put out with
utk1e trouble. In this instance. - IL
~ Of The others. . bundle Of rag,
- rubh1sh had been piled up I Civ,
- flames . start
~ police made another tour Of tn,
houee then and aSrestsd . negro named
Hseohsg. who ~ sleeping on the Afti
0ooe. % . charge Of vsSrancy.
Another policeman was sent around
ealing three. One stood guard con
G1natiy In front OF the house whilc tn,
etAses made tours Of the halls. The ten
ootD wandered about or remained wild
evoke In their rooms. During most o
~ night . guard was kept CONSTANT,
Ne scuttle to see II the pyromanla
~ slippinS In by the roo.
~ tenement II owned by the Buiow,
eDeAta. with of1ces al No. Is Libert.
o1vooG During the night two incendiar.
~ were discovered In the fve-stor
tonomsnt at No. i+0 West One Hundre
- Thirty fourth street. They wer
ooaSto1 IA much tho sAms way - tn
eeos n No. 10 had been.