Show ARSON the newhall ITe house rire positively of incendiary origin georee george scheller schaller held in custody on suspicion by W U to th the a I ferald MILWAUKEE jan 16 nearly one week reek haa has elapsed bince since the fire and the wildest reports of the first day are fully realized up und to six last night 28 bodies had been recovered three more were found today to day by noon all tho the girls in the laundry doubt le less ss were struggling to reach a IL passage out into the bank building when the flames and smoke stopped them this afternoon a large heavy man was found at the foot of the old entrance for the ladies etwas doubled over the foundation wall face down lie he bad found the head of the stairway on fire and bis his retreat cut off oft when he lie made a tremendous leap through the sea of names flames for the pavement ement and struck over the wall arh there era are no means of identifying the body the excavations extend the court where it ia is expected to find many bodies not yet discovered and it is now believed that most of the inmates of the bouse house cot to the out bide side and the worst is known crowds about the house are ine increasing in as the weather moderates erab and they y as e even en beguile their watch wit with h coar coarse jest and merriment MILWAUKEE jan IB 16 geo scheller proprietor of the newhall house bar was arrested this aate afternoon n on the charge of betting the fi fire rno which ich destroyed the newhall house the arrest was made at rotha quiet house us scheller did not sm very much surprised made no statement but looked pretty badly broken up i as if be bad been drinking heavily since th the afire fire his ilis face shows the effects of a spree aspres the pr prisoner idoner i was transferred to the county jail the boffl cera cars are very reticent about the detail details of the arrest it is reported that schaller Sc beller was arrested principally on th the a tat of LI behan and adoth another er employee who claim they saw scheller in the wood room where linehan says the fire originated and that he was wm there after a in the district attorney refu refuses set to t let any one see schaller beller Sc the excuse being be he ii is afraid an attempt will be made to lynch him t linehan engineer of the newball New lall liall house today to day states the various tales about the fire originating in the seek ond or third stories are all bosh linehan when the announcement of the fire was made went into the wood room in the baso basement ment and the there found a pile of wood burning in a corner the brick walls blackened which was caused by the lire fire burning against it for some time as will be been seen at present and that there was no other fire above and below nor in any other part of the room the smoke ascending through the doors above and spreading building bui klinc ia is a further proof that the fire originated in that spot there can be no other blackened wall from the same or other cause in any part of the basement or el elsewhere seere linehan accuses no one else of lighting a torch but he be does not hesitate to euy y the ithe are fire never came there by race accident ld ant althere as there was no fire anywhere near and there was no boeti j ability ef its originating by pa combustion b u t scheller waa was spoken te to shortly before his arrest and eaid said there was some nome talk of a warrant being out for his arrest he ila eaid said such surely could not be the case I would rather drop down dead than be b so accused P he ile aid said there was wm talk that scheller schaller set hit his house on an fire at north point which was burned two years ago and ana it was afterwards proven that he was not at home at the time of the fire scheller schaller has his always borne a goo good d reputation uta tion but his unfortunate connection with the disreputable mascotte mascot to saloon caused many to lose reap respect act for him tonight to night messengers reported at the sheriffs office excited knots on the streets with a talk of lynching lunching lyn ching it is feared there will be trouble when it comes to be generally known that Se scheller belleris is in custody the police and sheriff are prepared to defend him an extra guard will be kept at the jail all all night scheller schaller has been in financial straits of late an attempt was made last friday to raise M on a chattel mortgage from chas sholes gambler but failed A liquor dealer furnishing the barroom holds a note for against Scheller which he offers for loc he ile claims he left the barroom in the tle hotel at the morning of the fire but there is conclusive evidence to show ow that be was out until a m half an hour before the fire the fifth days dys search through the ruins rains of the newball newhall house resulted in the discovery of the fragments of eleven bodies making a total of thirty nine since the work commenced in the afternoon the safe of the house was got gotaut out and rolled upon the sidewalk and opened it waa was hoped to find in it the th register showing the names odthe of the persons in the hotel at the time of t the he fire the contents of the eafe safe were badly tumbled and tossed but not the least trace ol 01 any book or r p paper a gerof of the th a slightest importance in in showing owing who ware were in the hotel bote lono one week ago last night was there there were numerous papers and documents and three blank books but no register no transfer book no memorandum um of the guests or employees the thi authorities advanced vane as to the cause of the disappearance peara bearance pe arance ned cfall of all important volumes are numerous but none satisfactory in view of the fact that books and papers of every ize size and kind are found in every direction only partially consumed evea all m d and the vanis vanishing ing of such solid books as the register and its companion is re regarded do ad as m mysterious asteriou and unexplainable othy other r books book known to have been in the office are found in part but nothing to show that the two that would be precious prec ioui beyond all price ever existed reward rewards the most searching investigation |