Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-09-23
CHARGED WITH ARSON.
Joseph A. Phillips Believed to Have
 Fired His Store.
The Flames Discovered Before Damage Was Done BlOOdhOun ds on
 the Trail.

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 Shortly before four o'clock this morn } ing as policeman Bailey was passing shropgh the alley alongside the J A
 Phillips ice cream psriors he noticed
 bright light through the window and on closer inspection found that fire
 was burning on the floor of the rear
 room. Re at once broke in the door and exsinguished the flames and then
 ran into the paFiors where another fire
 was burning on the floor. He also ex-
 tinguished these flames and then made
 an investigation which showed that the
 fires were both incendisry and had been
 started with gasoline, 8 i've gallon can
 having been emptied on the floor of she
 two rooms and paper and wooden boxes
 placed over she oil. Fortunately he
 had seen the flames and extinguished
 them before they had done more than
 to consume the paper and char the | wooden boxes.
 MT. Bailey trade en investigation of the doors of the store and found that they were all looked, meking it evident l shat whoever had set the fire was pos sessed of 8 key to the premises and after setting the fire had gone away and 8 hack for the proprietor, MT. Joseph A. Phillips, who lives OF North Fourth avenue, and also messenger for tbe city marshall The marshal made his appearances in few moments and she hack returned shortly with Mir. Garrett Phillips, 8 son of the proprietor, who said that his father was not ct home. The hack driver said thst ss he was driving past the corner of Third avenue and Washington street man had jumped into olump of bushes in the stone yard, where be remained until the hack passed, and that when returning | ne passed the same man, wao might | have been NIT. Phillips, on the corner | of Fourth avenue and Van Buren streets. |
 The police brought out the blood 1 hounds who took soenb at the store and followed it south of the city short distance where they loss It. They were then taken to the stone yard where they took up scent ss the bushes be- hind which the hack driver hsd seen man hide and thIs scent they followed to the residence of MT. Philips on North Fourth avenue. Hers they found Mr. Phillips at home and placed him under arrest, sskinR him before Justice Kinosid where he was placed under $500 bonds on 8 charge of arson.
 The police claim that they have snough evidence to convict their prisoner of the crime and say that when arrested his eye brows, moustsche and the heir on his chest was aiDeed and that when esked how he had siuged it he could give no satisfactory explsr- ation.
 To HERALD reporter MF. Phillips said that he left his store shortly after midnight and had at oGce gone home. When the hack had called for him he was in the yard, not having been we'll for several days and his clothing was yipG near his cot and that he was in his night robe and shoes. He disclsim- sd all knowledge of the origin of the fire and said is would have been folly
 
 place which had cost him over 5000 md which was insured for little over 3, ,o00. Mr Thos. Sloan, tickeb agent for the }. F. P. & P. road, who rooms at the Phillips residence and has been sleep ng on cot almost alongside the cot by Mr. Phillips, stated tc the
 l. Phillips come home last night but that liter he had been arrested he mad gone 10 the rear Of the house where be saw he imprint of his shoes going to and coming from the outhouse in the yard 1e measured the tracks and knew thst hey lad beer made by MT. Phillips ? md that he must have first entered the louse and then went to the yard and pack again. Lsst year the accused man insured lis stock of goods with Mir. E.J. Bennitt n the Niagara Insurance Company foR I 800 which is che only ineursnce that VI sn be found to have besn taken out on be store, the building not being owned y MF. Phillips but by MT. Geo. Loring ' All morning the prisoner was about 0 be city with an officer attempting to p eoure bonds, but withous effect. One f ,opdsman was secured but 8 second ' ould not be found, and about noon be u Vas locked up in the county jail, where le now Is. The case has been set for trial tomor- C ow morning Hs 10 o'clock before Justice Iiucsid and the oonstsblee are SCOUTS i' ng the city for witnesses for the Ter Q ttory. When Justice Kinoaid called the case o
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