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and Dalrymple then "lost hi.
head little bit" and slugged the
witness.
1t. Hartnett said the only
statement the detectives made tt
account for the testimony against
them was that the operator oi
the rooming house. James (Cad.
illac) Brown. had threatened tt
get even with them after they
raided the Lamont street address
and arrested 13 persons or
charges of disorderly conduct.
Raided Four Times.
Police officials described the
premises as a place where whisky
is sold after hours and some dice
and card games are operated
Brown is currently under 8
years probation on three charges
of keeping and selling whisky
without license and permitting
gaming.
The Lamont street place &C
cording to police records, has
been raided at least four times
in the past year. mostly for lille
gal whisky selling.
Police quoted occupants of the
house as saying when the detec-
tives showed up yesterday morn
ing they asked if there were any
whisky around. Police were not
clear whether the witnesses
meant the detectives were check
ing on illegal sales or wanted
some for themselves. Capt. Clarke
emphasized that it is not unusual
for detectives to work during
their off-hours.
The f1re-cracker episode. po-
lice said, came from a witness
who said one of the men play
fully tossed a firecracker between
his legs. Inspector Flaherty dis
closed that a box of firecrackers
in a wooden box was found in
the back of Dalrymple's car. The
detective, according to 1t. Hart
nett, said the firecrackers had
been there for a long time.
Fires Cause Not Found.
Hugh Groves, who investi-
gated the blaze for the Fire Mar
shal's Office, said he had not yet
determined the cause of the fire
or its point of origin but had
found no evidence of arson or of
any violation of the fire safety
rules.
Asked if it were possible to
start a fire with a fire cracker
he said it was impossible if the
f1recracker were simply thrown
on the floor but might be possi-
BILE if the firecracker landed in
something inflammable.
He also was asked if cutting
or pulling out the wires con-
nected to the doorbell might
cause fire. He replied that the
wire involved carried only six
volts and did not have the power
to start a fire.
Jumped From Second Floor.
Brown told a reporter he was
in bed when a roomer knocked
on his door and told him the
house was on fire. He said he
rushed to the top of the stair
way but flames were shooting
up. Then. he said, he tried tt
escape through a back window
to roof but again fire engulfeC
the exit. He finally jumped from
a second story window. He was
one of the four injured. He was
treated for cuts sustained in the
fall and released.
Also injured were Charles c
Church, SO, colored, who jumped
from a second floor window ano
was treated for arm and leg in
juries; William Broadnax, col
ored, 43, of 1401 Girard stree,
NV, who kicked out a door and
jumped, injuring his leg, and
Alec Saluskay, SO. who was
found unconscious in his room
and admitted to Gallinger Hos
pital for treatment of first
degree burns. Police said Salus-
kay also was booked for investi.
cation at the Tenth Precinct.
The dead woman was found
burned to death in a second
floor room. Fire ruined the Sec
ond floor of the house.
Row Houses Connected.
A delicatesSen operated by
Brown is on the first floor of one
of three row houses which are
connected by a common hall
way on the second floor. Police
said about IA persons occupy
the second floor rooms and two
children, aged IL and IA, were
among them.
1t. Hartnett said a case OF
half pints of whisky, a case OF
f1fths of wine and a gambling
table were found in the ruined
rooms.
Police listed 16 witnesses, in
cluding two Tenth Precinct po-
licemen, who will testify at the
inquest. Among them are the
three who made identif1cations
in the line-up-the cab driver;
Dorothy H. Harris. colored. 80
of the Lamont street address
and Louis Washington, colored
%, of the 1900 block of Eighth
street NV.
Dalrymple and Dawson were
released by the coroner in the
custody of their attorney, H
Clifford Alder, to appear for the
inquest. Dalrymple also postec
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