The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-12
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Henderson Accused Of Setting
Fire to MitChelIS Barn.
NEARBY DURING THE FIRE.
Sold One Of The Horses That Was Taken
Out Of The Burning Stable.
| MADE A CONFESSION OF THE CRIME.
D.tsc,w Pollard Testified That Henderson Al
mirsd He Started the Fire and Had no Accom-
plcss The Defendant Tells His SIor.
Sold One Of The Horses That Was Taken
Out Of The Burning Stable.
MADE A CONFESSION OF THE CRIME.

Before Judge Wilbur and jury was d
tried today the case OF State VS.. ROD Z
ert Henderson. The Indictment charg-
ed Henderson with setting fire on the
night OF the 18th OF last June TO the I
barn of John Mitchell in Lincoln. There
are three other indictments against
him. One Of these charged the DEFEND
amt with setting fire to the barn ot
Preserved w Arnold in the same town
and the other two charge Henderson
with breaking into the barns OF Mitch
ell and Arnold.
John Mitchell testified he owned
barn in Lincoln and IL was set on nIe
on the morning Of June l9 last. ne
could not saw the exact hour the nte
started There were horses ana may III
the barns on his place and three parns
and an ice house were burned. In ono
barn there was about SO tons OF nay
In another besides the horses, whlSh
were taken awav before the nre reaoh-
| ed them were harnesses and wagons
| The third barn was the COW barn
| Mr. Mitchell said his attention. sa,
called to the fire by his son anu uUs,
| II was in the center OF the nay M parn
| that the fire started. When wlthess
| first went into his ward after tne O.,
! ing only the hay barn was nre' ,,on,,
| COW was injured badly ana oIie ON 49,
L
was blind OF one eve Mr.. Mftcheil hrst
| saw this horse after the fire I'm pan
60, Ahern's stable This was ABOUT
three days after the hre
PROPERTY INSURED.
Tn c,,oss-examination Mr.. Mitchell
said he had six horses at the time or
| the fire and property burned was IN
sured He could not tell how much the
| insurance was. He admitted he oHereu
Il A.
| of the reward was first s2O0. put IL was
| afterwards reduced to slOO.~
William j. Mitchell. son OF the pre-
vious witness testified he heard his dog
ma rl< and getting out of bed he and ms
brother rushed out of the house ana
with dificulty got the cattle out of the
barn Witness had his hand burnt and
the heat affected his head. 1t was
, about three-uuarters Of an hour before
/ | the fire was under control ana nara
1 work had to be done TO save the dwel,
| ling house Mr.. Mitchell said he had
| known Henderson. the defendant, about
Ave years and saw him near the burn
ed buildings lust as the fire was got
ten under control.
. on cross examination, witness was
. | asked by Joseph Osfield, Jr.. II witness
. had any conversation with Henderson
o | after the fire, and the reply was yes.
Q Asked as to what Henderson said. wit
a | ness was about 10 reply when Assistant
Attorney General Stearns objected and
the question was ruled out. Henderson
acted rather shy and did not go into the
ward. Henderson lived about mile
q from the burned barn.
n George Mitchell testified the fire broke
s out between 1.30 O'Clock and O'CLOCK
Is in the morning He assisted his broth
a or Robert in turning the horses out O
T. the harm After the fire he collected
" the horses and found that blacl
/. horse was missing. Witness followed
IN the horse by its tracks quite distance
ON cross-exam nation, witness sai'
ID he saw Henderson about the premise
er after the fire Witness thought !
G. strange that Henderson who lived
n mile away should be at the fire 60 soor
10 r2,,t.- -,.l4-,--s-e.s wen a= his brother. nj
" rnitte1 there were nmn1ber or peopl
Is about the fire besides Henderson.
e. Frank j Hughes testified when h
NJ arrived from his hCrne AZ the MItche
at fire no one except the Mitchell tamil
en- was there Soon after he saw Herder
de son coming up the rnad from the But
is. tory village. where Henderson lived.
~ SOLD A HORSE.
parsel Ahern testified he saw Her
derson the defendant between o'cloc
ana 6 o'clock the morning or June W.
ed TJenderson told the witness he nad
ID bo,,sa for sale and wanted $50 FOR J
Us Mr. Ahern testified he looked TN Iud
pe over and asked where he ca'p' i.or
OF ,nd the reply was. the boulsl ulSS
IL pike. Next witness 50 l'hders'
Ie c;aimel he drove MIX NaEIn
Us pawtucI,ot and Mr. Ahern vant'i re-
VII erences First defendant gave the nan
~ n bank cashier. and then aI,'rWor'
that Of q horso auctioneer Nter S,.'
,ipe the defendant returne' WIN
-, | n,te from, the auctioneer. saNin" lie
20 20 derson was O. X Mr. Aheru called =
~ ottenttcn of Detective Mcrrlll 10 u
@ @u,l COCO hut tho detective did NOT 500 ~
80 reason 20 hold Henderson and Wltne
nr rhereupon gave Henderson checS
md $50 Later Mr.. Ahern gave up the hoy
any 20 Mitchell
the MADE A CONFESSION.
trenrv @ Pollard testified he was
nottce of7cer and ccns' able of Llnc'
- md that ne hunted al NJ thr Wv
1une las, TO fud Henderson ana foh
him In Fullers road house near "a
tucket the morning of June pom.
q ness had y conversation Win h'
derson after arrestnR him ana hth.-
-. son ADMITTED poing with a STRANGER
oh- Muc,heTs niacc Later Henderson 2
ON mltad i'm the presenre ~ pe,'C'
,od rraborlin that ne. .IIenderson.did ihe
-. alone
the 4, crnss-examiuattou witness -
,Ls ,hora ,vas y reward offered by both "
cheu and tho town ~ Lincoln.
amour, wac si00 but wfrcee demo-,
had ciairnel IN. reward. W.. Fo'i
IN th,s rase hut after much questi'
. inc admitted he woiiif ciaim the rew'
N rhere was convlction. -.
ps,ec,ivs ITahsrlin testified that
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