, 1877-01-04
ARSON
James Mccahe Is Too Liberal in
the Use Of Kerosene.
His Accomplish Turns States Evidence,
and Tells the Whole Story.
Lucky Escape OF the Occupants
Of the Building.

"e eAn'n1atou 80 y. ~, Ns.s..s's.
caafRe OIL arson was oc!a ycs.cfaay Aterh"oh n
lice Court. The charge was Tint bfcCabe set
0rr to liz seldom NJ, Of neen1.tnce. atout midi
,,trht - r,',,r.1,. r,cc % fs7a rbe facts. a.
n'snt OF 4hufsaa9' nce. - leto. ~. 'ae.'' . 40
1af as they hau bccn descloped up 70 tnat tltne,
we're set forth In The TRtnu1E's description Of
Bun1ny morning Inst. In yestcrdsy's cxa,nina-
fIon H. Kittcli anncafed for the icfcnse. and
~ ~ NJ 80, .,,s -. a., .,....a.,,i,,,
Justice ecuflY and Assistant Superintendent
1Dtxot, furn!sl]fpe tho brains for tho occasion.
:Follovfnr ID q rcst,ma NJ thc test1nopy:
Nv nn.wpn
- e. "A"s''
Aof NO. 147 Lasaie street, beIhg eWorh, satd he
WA boakkccpcr for tho Altemania Insurance
4,omnany Of ptttsburp: tint said COMPANY had
,sf. .ooD rfsk on No. Of Dc.p)aincs street; the
;!smpisn nan ~ xsuo on tne oullu'nE' tEo faisae'a
'lad also 81 ECO on furniture and building; had
seen the property since the t1rc; It WAS cl,atrel
and the furniture was burned; saw tho property
the MONDAY after tne hfc.
RohfnF B. cn1TcuELf1
sbtInE sworn, sud that he was an insurance
arcut at No. tGU LaSa]lc street: Nav Inst he
ae. a. non W .us ~. ~ -
Ltas!'cs stteet; sl'"o "as III 1ne opt,nsncsn VI
Springfield, Masa., anu u ,ooo IN tho Enterprise
OF Cincinnati; he knew also OF s1,6oo in tho
Fafrncld; would call the building worth e, ooo
ee -, tano =, ooo ,onro had @
Inspected the building, and 1t would bc his
opinion tt'at the nro originated in tho closet IN
x.no ro,n1 ~ ,hot n1nsc+. would con.
ras ao"no ~ 1nas sloses' MING eoa-
sluef Inc damage 10 Tue oai'a'ng from Slbo 70
$a0-not more; on examining the fooms found
everything taken out Of tho bureau drawers,
and tbc carnct was saturated viii, kcroacnc:
@,,,nJ w. nnor,nrr an.,oro, H. arr - ~. ron-,.
nn, sou n" ~" @ ~ ] an5 ~ ~ IT, 'oGe iano
unI uiu afsar "Gmo H. IT. ~ 11Is .1Is
moss aaen past o. .o nosG 9n erossx r,;r:
saatpn snna ta "tnesa ~ ~ eaNep N ttas ~ RJss
me.g taSea IT o .ns u ~, IT, H.
NJ Ivy hrni,er. tho ~ pt"n,;nn,a
were collected irom' on sicca6e; the - provision of
& ~. i,tsnod t iv II eo " ~" pou1 tar t,
tt % W. H. .a.,s ~ sPpi5 u tnc o'"'f po''e5
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Assistant F!5e-siarsilai, said thas ho WAS Mt The
", w. ~ '.,S ~ tnG nlsi Sert er
~ ,auG1 hnu i. H p.pe ~" ~ ~
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1,ed qIn quar-. eu4 .or 50 T oi Kerosene @ oil; aiso
n'o,,.;n um eul. m.n H. d,naat 1ut ,,roo, W.
pent'no or 9cnzans; ~ ine close. oet"een .nG
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