Show HOTEL AGAIN SET ON FIRE department CALLED OUT BY AN EARLY ALARM conclusive evidence that central hotel had been set on fire from tuesdays standard at a m the fire department an a call from box 24 turned in by officer malancy Ma loncy the fire was la the central hotel it was beyond doubt of incendiary origin that the attempt to burn the structure to the ground failed la due to the watchful ness of the officer and the quick response of the firc department when the call was sent in the chemical and hose wagon made a rapid dash to the building A wll developed blare was found on the root of the back part of tho hotel and in the corner near the ground chemicals and a stream of water were used in smothering the fire which burned with persistency after the flames had awn reduced to a combustion in a pile of chief graves noticed a peculiar odor coming from the old clothes an odor pregnant with the fumes of coal oil and baroline ga roline selecting some of the he struck a match near the heap which immediately flashed into a flame it was coal oil and gasoline for a certainty the pile of castoff clothing had been saturated with the con tenta of two five gallon cans one of coal oil and the other of gasoline the chief of police and hie cla detective were called to them information was furnished that will lead 0 o the arrest of the party who in the opinion of chief graves is he perpetrator pe of the attempt to destroy the building twenty davs ago a fire broke out inthe in the central it was checked with slight damage at that time the origin of the arc was shrouded in mystery but later investigations pointed to the cono luston that it too had been started by of incendiary designs had the last attempt been successful not only the central hotel but many buildings in thai section would have been in the wake of the clams |