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Show IXCENDIARLS3I. A Diabolical Act ob the East Bench, i At two minutes p;st tliru o't lock on yttcnlriy inorniiiL'. the tire-aliirm fX'll r.uvj, out, and witliiu thrrc rnin-utt'3 rnin-utt'3 alliT hii.-tily-ru.-lii:!' firemen, roused from thuir sleep, wore hurrying hurry-ing atmig the street, The f Limes speedily :irosG in the e;i-tern side or , the city with an anry Lire that lii;htl up huildins two luilo di-t;int, i and hiindrnls, awakened in the depth j uf ni it, Ir.in'ied to tiie seesic of the eonlLiTMtin:i, tlie noie of nimiing j feet, the hoar.-e eal!. of the fireman's jtnnnpi.ls, and the a:i;rry glare which ' j reddened the ea-tern heavens, ereat- in a ft'elin al;uo.-t aldn to terror. It was over two miles from the City lllallto the peene of the lire, which ; was the n.-idenee of Mr. Hans Clilar-; Clilar-; son, on t'.ie 'J'enth Waul hem h. The I I'irtueer engine company, the Wa-j Wa-j sateh engine eonipany, and tlie I Aiert lioc company made all pos-isil'lc pos-isil'lc peeil to the niund, hut he fore they arrived there, making all I the exertions that men could make, the entire reconstructed tire depart- j mcnt of Boston could not have saved j the building, which was burned to the ground, the tall brick ehiuinevs j iilonc standing. A eon pie of Hi:i;-U) reporters were on the ground among the lir-t, but when they arrived the Jlanies had made the building a tirey mass, and huge . tongues of tlanie leaped front nxf, door and window, I licking up timbers and every eomhus-j eomhus-j ti'tle matter, and prostrating the fabric j in (..inii'aiativeiy few minutes. M'ater j u.is gof to the hose soon after the ar-i ar-i rival of Uie liretnen. but ln-yond ex- tint:.".ishii.'g some of the embers, and throwing down the chimneys, which weie rhakey ar.d dangerous, the men iNjuld do but Utile. Tlie adjacent buildings were saval from the lire by keeping the rooTs covered with wet blankvls and the use of buckets of water. The residence of Mr. Chlarson, with its entire contents, exeejit a Ubfe, a rock ins chair, and i little bedding : and clothing, was laid in ashes. The 1 hcuse contained fourteen roonu, was rifely funiishal with black walnut fui'iiture, the cstimatoil la-s on honsendconlent, is placal at $10,-000 $10,-000 upu which tliere was an insu- mnve of ! u,,i,rs0"' 111 iin terview with a UiJRALD reporter, pwc tho following infu."'lWl'0J1: Since the beginning of aV.'" tlie family has been on the .'iC' 'i evciy night for persons attempting to fire lhc house or do other damage to tlie prcnu'tes, many threats having I been made that the premises would be burned. Thursday night, two of the family remained up and on the j wattrh until 1 a. m.. when Mr. Chlar- n thought, as tin night was clear and moc-n light and everything was quiet, tbey might safely retire. The watch was accordingly given up and t the two members ot the family went to bed. lietween two and three o 'clock Mr. C. was suddenly awakened' awaken-ed' by a "great noise," as he expressed express-ed it. in the upper story ot the house, where one of Ins wives slept with her chUd-, a few days old. lie hastened out of ms own room, and upon opening the parlor door was nearly su fluent oil by a cloud of dense smoke,, lie at once comprehended compre-hended the anise of alarm, and upon reaching the t.'pper st ry lie found the same conaition of ailairs there, his wife being greatly frightened and having raised the alarm which awoke him. Descending to the ground rloor again, he stepped ontsii'c and discovered Hamcs bursting from both the north and south wings of .'-he. house. The occupants had hurrieA out after Mr. Chlarson, and they all t at once endeavored to save some of ' the furniture, but the smoke and llamcs rendered this impossible, and nothing morwlhaii the articles named above were secured. The water had been shut off iu the sects so that, even had there been time to attempt to suppress the llamcs, it could not have been done. Two policemen upon patrol near the City Jlall noticed th fire, about 2.5o a.m., and hastened to give the alarm, the hand engine reaclung the house at about il.JJO, after tlie building was nearly in ashes. Mr. C. swshe has no doubt that the lire was the work of an incendiary, incendi-ary, aud he has suspicions as to the peron who kindh.il it. A few weeks ago, he reported to the HKtiAU) an attempt on his life, some one having tired a revolver at him, and he says threats of revenge have been frequently fre-quently made against him, but he was very reticent yesterday as to the reason lor the threats, or what difficulties diffi-culties he had had with anyone that would lead to such a dialwlical deed as that of Friday morning, when, in addition to the crime of arson, that of murder was so nearly accomplished. accomplish-ed. While we are not anient nuvo-cates nuvo-cates of capital punishment of any kind, especially of hanging, there arc times when a judicious application of hemp would not como amiss; and could thescoundrelly wretch who perpetrated per-petrated this crime be discovered his would be ft suitable east;. |