The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-09-05

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fifteen yoan 10 ii6 aiBfg prison
lle xaf parlonel. h5Bcysr, alter o
sefv.fndo of Eve yeIfs. and o. row
said to bc engaged w lho liquor busi
ness
Afer Pessas appointment 70 the
]teachcrstip iu Parsippuy fIe dia.
puto between Judge Cobb nad CIc
trustees beumg icrcer ani hefcgr.
though Tho Jadg0 s1 far reloutc1 as
10 show nsiicrublo attention ~
and tho trustees hogan to en-
terrain "a suspicion Of n plot.
Ono night jbut II o'clock tho
house was discovered to he Oh +,
ire. Pcasc himstlf ~ls among theI,.
irst 10 give tAo alAp 10 when the ~
neighbors arrived The flames had g
lined such heNd way that it was i'm az
to app zach the building. ST
very oxortion was made to save il, RI
It the school house was burned to :.
G ground, and there seemed to be o..
tie doubt that it was the work OF VI
i~ncendiary. OF
While the fire was raging q singular ey
scoyery was made, A short dis. in,
nee from the building, packed Sc
rely against q fence, a small, yalua' ~
Q clock, q nun Der of books, aud 10
yeral other things belonging to the TIN
hool teacher were found removed ro,
t of harms way. They had been al.
ken from the school house to save n.
EN-, and everything else in the ~
ilding was destroyed. wi
ARREST OF PEAsE. thu
A hasty meeting of the trustees III,
Is called, and the morning after the -,
Pease was arrested. 1t was soon -"
ident, however, hat nothing mate ne
Il could be proved against him, and pr
was released. As the trustees sht
nld only claim tie ground on which he,
school house stood, the destruc- mL
N of the building dispossessed WI
EN-, and Judge Cobb at last ob. gu
ned the land. 1t may be added in
at at the hour of his death, which up
cured a few years a%fterwarG, he I'm,
rried out his fathers wishes and =,
stored the land to the trustees. A
ndsome school house now stands oil
on it. on
Meanwhile the strictest investiga~ do.
n was made as to the origin Of
/, fire which consumed the first ioc
An old resident, John ant
Hart, interested himself in it, wa
] expended money in carrying on Wis
inquiry. The result was a dec
alton on the part Of the trustees
It they were satisfied of Pease's lea
lit, and had sufficient evidence TO DO
Id him. He, however, had dis sew
peared, and the case was allowed kex
lapse. Very few if any of the old
are now in office. John poc
Hart, the most determined of the The
'estigators, has for years been a ent
pless invalid, and should Pease dol
urn 10 Parsippany, it is not prob ,rf
that he would now be interfered
b.. ize'
When the war broke out he enlisted, sire
subsequently appeared in Morris doy
vn as an officer. 1t is said also
/ he was in Morristown some IN
months ago, but the people of
rsipDany and Whippapy received