On the same night the Commercial saloon…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

it not been for this, doubtless the entire block would have burned down, as the many barrels of whiskey would soon have been in flames, making it almost im- possible to put out the fire. It was a fortunate escape from what might have been a very serious blow to the town. On the same night the Commercial saloon was entered and an overcoat and five or six bottles of whiskey taken. Two darkies by the name of Montgomery and Benson were imme- diately arrested for the crime, and acknowl- edged that they were guilty. It has been common talk for some time that the town was full of thieves and hard cases, with no visible means of support, and had they been ordered to leave or put on the chain gang and put to work, the attempt to burn the town would not have occurred. Several arrests have been made for vagrancy and others will follow. The Enterprise has several times referred to the gang of toughs loafing around town, and hopes that the officers will see that they get a move on, and that at once. TREMONT HOUSE ARRIVALS R. A. Greenfield, F. R. Wood, Trinidad; W. W. LaMoure, Denver; A. P. Wallach and wife, St. Paul ; J. P. Goodlander, A. J. Gerhard, Victor R. Gibson, Phil Prager, Wm. A. Lewis, J. I. Wright, St. Louis; L. Salomon, San Fran- cisco; L. W. Mitchell, Los Angeles; Charles Lesinsky, W. R. Sparen, L. J. Huking, New ( 34 )