Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-09-19
From Thursdays Daily.
HOUSE ROBBED AND FIRED

csndiary attempt to burn her house
AMI attempt to burn her and her
inmates alive is the startling series
Of events which have been enacted
in the house of Nettie Thurman
in the red light district within the
last two weeks.
The climax came at three o'clock
this morning when her place was
discovered in flames By one Of the
night employees at the Western Pa
ci6c depot. The night men in the
livery barn across from Miss Thur
mans place were asked to give
what assistance they could. Officer
Sisco was on the seen a minut" OF
two later and he rang the FIRE alarm
calling out the 6remen. The struc-
trre is built Of the most infiamable
material and By the time il was dis
covered the northside of the build
ing was in flames. The firemen
hurled torrents Of water upon the
blazing huilding and in about half
an hour had the flames extinguish-
ed. In the meantime the whole
house had been deluged with water
and the valuable furnishings we're
smoked and soaked so badly that
they are now almost worthless.
The building and contents is the
property OF Mrs J c Wilson Of Car
lin who says the property cost her
$4,000. She said she only car
ried about $4,000 insurance and
roughly estimated her loss at S3,-
600. One Of the high priced pianos
in the place was ruined by water.
The whole house will have to be re-
pspered and reDainted and a large
portion Of the furnIshins greplsced.
The FIRE was Of incendiary origin
beyond a doubt as the house was
fired at both ends. The blaze on
the northside of the building was
started close to the ground and
burned its way up the side of the
building and through the wooden
walls. The wall is burned the most
nearest the ground. In a bedroom
on the second floor at the other end
of the house a bed was set afre
and had gai0ed considerable head
way before discovered. The room
vas unoccupied last night, the win
dow was open and a ladder from
the ground to this window was
found in place.
The events of the past two
weeks, the two fires in the opposite
ends of the house, the ladder at
the second story window and the
$1,000 diamond robbery of the pre-
vious night and tho falling of a
man who is accused of previously
attempting TO burglarZe the place
causes the inmates to suspect that
Milton Abbey now in Jail on the
burglary charge ma. have had pals
who sought 10 o Miss Thurman's
place, and then set FIRE to it, burn
it down and roast her to death in
revenge for the failing Of Abbey.
The Ulcers are at work on the cas-
and may in a few hours produce
some startling Equipments. The
independent is aware of the steps
under way to bring the guilty
parties urdcr arrest, but this paper
believes the publication of what
they are doing would at this time
defeat the ends OF justice and there
fore refrains from publishing What
line of work the officers are doing
at this time.
To show the suspicious onnec
tion Of n event with another, the
climax of which was last nights
fire il is necessary TO go back To-
the Rodeo. Some of the houses in
the restricted district are Known
to have thousands of dollars worth
Of Diamonds. The Rodeo was a mint
for these houses and the SUPPOSE
tion was all these places had large
sums of money concealed in the
vsriuus rooms. On the morning of
September q, the day following
the close Of the Rodco, two of the
inmates of Nettie Thurman's place
captured Milton Abbey on the bed
in one Of the rooms. The r
bad been torn away from the win
dow and some Of the cash and prop
erty was stolen. The circumstances
seemed suspicious and Abbey was
arrested and charged with bur
Rlary. He was given a preliminary