The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-07
'TWASHELLISH WORK
The Fire-bug Of Bountiful is in
the Tolls.
BURNED TO GET INSURANCE.
There is But Little Doubt That All the Bounti
full Fires We're Caused by limerick
A. HOlbrOok.

For some time past an incendiary has
been getting in his terrorizing work in and
about BountifuI, in Davis county. and al
though every effort was made by the OFF,
GERS to capture the fre-bug, they proved
unavailing. The first fire occurred on the
morning If July "a. when Newton Tuttle's
hay stacks and barns were burned. About
q week later a dwelling house, known as
the Waite place, which was uuoccupied,
went upin smoke. Just about week after
that the tithing house and 200 tons of hay,
wards, David Sioker's barns, fifty tons of
hay, buggy, harness, etc, were destroyed
by fire. The last fire occurred week ago
yesterday, when dwelling house belong
ing to the Holbrooh estate, but which was
insured by limerick A. Holbrook for s. 500,
was burned to the ground. Certain cir
cunstanceS which came to the know
ledge of the officers, led them
to believe that this fire and all the others
had been caused by Limerick A. Holbrook,
and Sheriff Wiley DIT once commenced an
investigation. One of the first things he
discovered was that lot Of household
goods, which Holbrook had inventoried to
his insurance agent as having been
destroyed, were concealed on the premises.
A little further investigation brought to
light the fact that of the $751; which he
claimed was burned in his clothes, 500 was
on deposit in the State bank and 800 had
been paid on safe.
MIR. Bateman.ssw went TO BOuntiful to
investigate the less for the Home Insur-
ance company, had his suspicious excited
by the fact that the barn was nailed up
and that it was full of hay. The insur-
ance company probably would have fol-
lowed up the case before paving
any losses, but the quick work Of the
sheriff will render it unnecessary. Further
investigation simply confirmed the belief
that HolDrook was the incendiary, and he
was arrested by the sheriff On Friday night
on the charge of arson and brought to this
d, city yesterday morning.
Yesterday afternoon he went befor
Commissioner Greenman, who set the eX
animation for Saturday next at 10 a. M.
and i1olbrook was then taken to the coin y
jail. The complaint, which is sworn to by
Leon Lacon, alleges that on August 3lst
last, in Davis county, the defendant did
unlawfully, maliciously and fcloniously
with intent to burn and destroy dwelling
house with its valuable contents, set fire to
burn and destroy the same, the property Of
one Hobrook, deceased.
The defendant is thirty years of age, I'm
married, and was born and raised at Boun
tful. His family connections are eminenJll
respectable, and until this affair his owl
reputation was good. His father was The
first probate Judge OF Davis county. Youns
Holbrook followed the occupation of a far
mer, and as before stated, had insured tn,
place for $1,000 1t is believed that h,
caused the fires mentioned so that when h,
came to fire his own place in order to ge
the insurance he would not be suspected
Public feeling is very high against him il
Davis county.
Sheriff Wiley was seen by HERALD re
po, ter yesterday, and stated that lie be
lieved he had q sure case against the de
PENDANT, but declined to go into thu
particulars until the hearing.
Judge Powers has charge of the prose
cution, while w. Van Colt appears for thu
defendant.