The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-28
ARSON.
Some Fiend Sets q house on
Fire at Midnight. While
the Occupants Slept.
The Dastardly Deed Discovered in
Time to Save the
House.

some house on fire somewhere in East Sc
dalia' Inquiry resulted in locating the
alleged arson in house on the corner of
Fourth and Centre streets, East Srdalia,
the house said TO De the property Of Mr..
- Stanley.
About 10 o'clock this forenoon . man
was sent 10 the locality designated. Ii
was found to be a large two-slory frame
house, on the southeast corner OF Fourth
and Centre streets. Lifting the rope fas-
tening TO the ricketv gaze, the reporter
entered the yard and knocked at one of the
two front doors. A languid voice babe
him enter and once inside he found the
of whom was i'm bed. with the appearance
of being i'll. The latter did all the talking,
and is intelligent and pleasant spoken.
keporter-Is this the house OF Mr.. Stan
ley?
Yes, sir"
81 heard it came near being burned last
night. Is there anything true in t?'
The sick woman SMILED slightly and
readily replied in the affirmative.
"What time in the night was the tiIe
discovered %
about } o'clock this morning, believe.
l was scared SO bad don't recollect exact
iy. l was awakened by them crying,
Fire and there Was SO much smoke In
the room could hardly get my breath,
and at first could not find the door"
"Where was tine fire."
in closet, in the dining ROOM"
"WhO discovered it"
any father"
"What il your fathers name"
"Morris-Robert Norris"
"What is his business? ?"
He kecps few boarders, but he is n
cripple aud amt able to do much. This
is double house, and father and mother
live in one side and We live In the other. "
"You are married, then ?"
"Ies, sir my husl and's name Is Scott
He will be home before long. and can tell
you more than / can. All i know Is,
that somebody tried TO burn US
out, though l don't know who could be SO
mean as that. Mr.. Scot; or Mr.. Morris
can tell YOU all about il at noon
When the reporter did return, about
when he stated his business, Mr.. Scott said,
go into the other part OF the house and
the women will tell you all about IT,"
Upon entering the next room, pleaaant-
looking middle aged lady was met, who
admitted her name was Mrs. Morris, and
that she knew all that was known of the
attempt II arson.
will YOU please tell all about it?"
"Well, last night late, Mr.. Morris said
he smelIed smoke. l told him / guessed
il was from the engine, and he then paid
ho more attention to it for awhile. Then
he again said he knew something was
burning and it smelled like coal oil. He
got up and opened the door between our
room and the dining room, and saw blaze
in a corner where there was a small closet,
by a stairway. He cried out that
the house was on fire and, then
everybody got up and ran into the roo m
and commenced bringing water and throw
ing il on the flames, and We soon put it
out. Here is the closet" and she led the
way to the dining room, to a small door In
q corner, which she opened The whole
insii lie vas burned and charred to q depth
of half an inch, and still had the odor of
coal oil
ibid you loose anything in the closet!"
was asked.
Everything that was in it-clothing,
boxes, hooks, an unfinished carpet-we
don't know what there was in it at the
time"
"Did you find any evidence that i: Was
done by an incendixry?"
"When Mr.. Morris looked around the
room after the FIRE, he found the coal oil
can had been taken away from its usual
place ard was set in the middle OF the
room, empty. When We used it last there
was some oil left in it. And
when we were putting the fire out
we pulled some half burnt clothing and
rags out and found them saturated with
coal oil. Oh, there is not . bit of doubt
that somebody tried to burn US out"
"Do you suspect anybody :"
Ms. Morris hesitated, and finally said,
"No, I have no good reason for suspecting
anybody of such terrible thing as trying
to burn rs up"
swell, it was said by one of your neigh
bors that it might have been the man
whose wages you garnishead," said the in
terviewer.
"Did you know that ?" exclaimed Mrs.
Morris. "Well / was not going to say
anything about that. We did garnishee q
man who owed us a board bill, and he
told Mr.. Morris he would lose more than he
would make by it, and was very angry be-
case he was garnisheed. But We have no
evidence that he did it But it was some
body who knew the house. Our boarders
sometimes come in at any hour If night,
and We would think nothing of it if We
should hear somebody walking around the
house"
The police we're notified early this morn.
ing, but can find no clue. Mrs Morris
Gays she il going to hide the coal oil alter
this.
Burglary at Ooncordia.
Sunday morning about l o'clock, it is
snnnoaed burglar Gained an entrance To