The evening world., 1913-01-21
FREEMAN'S BAIL
FIXED At $4,000
IN ARSON CASES
Schlichten, Third Member of
Band, Pleads Guilty, Prom
iseS More Revelations.

ssiuOT StelHi uilRr WY INC RAINIER
chief arebug for the Arson Trust" IN
his confession to Assistant District
Attorney Weller admitted that hc asd
Q hand In the firing Of ave stores by
which the insurance companies were
defravdsd Of thousands OF dollars.
ut was very easy" Stein told SIR.
weller and Fire Marshal Prial. ito col
lect big ,oss from an insurance COM
Dany ~ II vas TO collect a small loss.
All the adjuster had to do was to
douele the amount we expected to get
an1 accept q compromise from the in
surance companies. II We wanted to
make 5000 the ndJuster would ailcTc
= loss OF $4,000 and compromise Tor
the amount they set out to get"
Stein has given to the District Attor-
ney's once the date and location Of
each Of these fires. lie has also given
10 Mr.. Waller and Marshal Friai tho
name Of another hrebug who played .
lone hand and operated by himself.
THIS man set many fires In factories
and loft buildings for manufacturers,
Who. IN an effort TO obtain quick money.
defraudsd the Insurance compsnies. As.
aistant fire marshals are hunting ror
this frsbue.
REVELATIONS SHOW sIo sUsi.
MSS OF larson TRUST"
Ths revelations made by stsin. fol.
lowed BY thcae made by Abraham,
Schi'chten. and corroborated by Sam
uel Gold. SHOW that the arson trust
,dh a very lucrative business. Mr.
Weller estimates that from TIE sixty
ares told OF by these three the insur-
ancs companies were sw-indied TO the
extent Of nearly $4,000. stein says
that he can tell Of more tran three
hundred incendiary hres which cost
the insurance companies close to half
q million dollars. Stein estimates that
~ received an average OF about $500
from cadh Of these fires As his pay
for stsr'tinG them.
f1re Commissioner Johnson points to
Ste1n's confession as confederation OF
his statement that III. Insurance com.
psnies. by their loose methods In accept
ting risks. are responsible for the crea-
ton OF the 'arson trust" lie gets
daily reports from Fire Marshal Prial
~ to the progress Of the Investigation.
CommisS'oner johnson has placed at
the dispoaal Of Assistant District.At.
torney Weller a scors or more OF m
vesttgators from his department who
are endeavoring 70 locate many Of the
men nsmed BY Stein and his conieder.
atss.
When Henry c. Freeman. a insuranc,
4d3uster. wnVm Mr.. Weller and Marshs
~ declare Is the real head Of the
arson trust. was arrsigned before judge
Rosaisky In General sessions to-day his
ball was fixed at s35,op. George Gruts.
another adujustor under Indictment. 10
In the Tolrbs In default OF $4,000 bail.
NO APPLICATION MADE ~
RUBIN FOR BAIL.
No application has yet been made for
bajl for Robert J. Rubin. an adJuster
who was arrested Friday us "a result OF
Stsin's confession. Rubin IN TO be ar
raigned before Justice Cot In tao Grim.
NAL Branch OF the Supreme Court to.
morrow TO plead to the indictment
against him.
Abraham schllchtcn. the expires
Who confessed that he was In the pay
VI the arson trust" and hired fats In
which nres were started. pleaded guilty
before Judge Rosalsky To-day to al
Indictment charging arson In the sec.
ood degree. Schilchtcn threw himself
uDon uhe mercy OF tn. Court, saying
tAAt he would aid tho authorities IN
bring ny NJ leas, thirty persons not yet
arrested TO justice.
Judge Rosalsky remanded Sci,!chten
to the Tombs IN order that he misht
assist Mr.. Weller In his investigations.
Schiichten will not he sentenced until
after the trial at the three adjustcrs
now under Indictment