The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11
BANKER ACCUSED or
ARSON SHOWS CASE
Perry Will Undertake to Show
That Hegewisch Shelters
a Firebug.
MORE EVIDENCE FOUND
Discovery That Carbon Bricks Hav.
Been Missed From Stable Where
Perry Kept His Horse In
lures His Defense.
MORE EVIDENCE FOUND

Eeen Missed From Stable Where
Perry Kept His Horse In
lures His Defense.
Chicago, Nov. s.-Two of the deep
laid schemes of Attorney Moritz Ros-
enthal for the defense of 1. n. Perry,
charged with setting fire TO the plant,
of the Chicago car and locomotive
works at Hegewisch on October 9.
came to light yesterday.
The lawyer, it was learned, will at
tempt to prove the turning of the
buildings was in line with numerous
other incendiary fires in Hegewisch
within the last si,: months. and that
there is 4 pyromaniac in the village.
He also Will attack the character and
credibiiity of the chief witness for the
prosecution, Police Lieutenant Crane.
who started the investigation.
Rosenthal was visited yesterday by
o. T.. Nelson, an eXpressman, whose
son was arrested several months ago
by Lieutenant Crane in connection with
the firing of a store in Hegewisch. Mel
son and his friends asserted that the
policeman had threatened his son into
a false confession. 1t is said the man
and his friends AVE offered their serv-
ices to the defense in the attack Oh
Crane.
Between twelve and twenty fires are
alleged TO have been started in Hege-
wisch by firebugs within the last six
months. The last n was last Friday
night, when a barn was destroyed at
One Hundred II Thirty-third and Erie
streets. The police found evidence OF
incendiarism, but in no instance vas a
fuse and carbon used.
Towels saturated with oil have beeL
thrown against the sides of barns ond
horses nod l;uht.l Thn ,,nliDa sI,c.,ect
a young man in Hegewisch, but are not
able to prove a case.
Crane Says He Is Satisfied.
The attempt to question Lieutenant
Cranes motives in the Perry prosecu-
'tion is regarded by him with interest.
II will be satisfied if they do not
prove 1 am a firebug," he said last
n1ght> II suppose they will bring up
my alleged declaration that my su.
pe1ior officer and the states attorneys
Office We're blocking this investigation
wish to say now that it is absolutely
false. / never made such accusations
and never have believed that such was
worked in harmony, and it is no more
than right that a nan should have a
hearing before being convicted"
Frank Book, day Waterman for the
plant, who was the only man in the
factory when Perry made his Sunday
WISH OH lne Gay or tne IRE, VIII say be-
fore Justice Callahan today:
II let Mr.. Perry into the grounds that
day. After walking through some of
the buildings with him he noticed l
was ill and told me to go to a doctor.
He old me that he had something to
say to me and to meet him at the Erie
station at train time. was there
shortly before 5 o'clock, and as he did
not appear l became uneasy and re-
turned to the factory.
II met Perry coming out of one of
the buildings. He acted in n peculiar
manner and appeared nervous We
went to the station together, where he
took the 5 o'clock train to Hammond
When l started to return 1 saw the
smoke and flames bursting from the
wrecked building"
Fire attorney Thomas j. johnson an
nounced that carbon bricks, resembling
those found by Lieutenant Crane in
the Hegewisch plant the day after the
fire, has disappeared from the livery
barn of Martin Farrell, 201 Thirtietb
street, where Perry has stabbed his
horses for he last twenty years. The
fact was discovered after a visit ot
the anker to the barn four days before
the fire.
This evidence. coupled with some
which has not been disclosed. is in.
controvertible," declared Attorney
Johnson. Il have facts to connect him
with the fire, and 1 believe he will be
Indicted no matter What the justice
court decision may be-"
Missing Bricks Are Traced.
The bricks We're stamped witE an
L by the Lehman Carriage company.
which manufactured them. Five or
ders have been sold this fan. Farrelrs
livery is near Mr.. Perry's residence.
at Tw~enty-ninth streets and Prairie
avenue. The banker is known To all
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the place.
On October 3 Farrell placed an order
for two boxes Of the bricks. which are
used as warmers in carriages. On 9c-
.tober a they We're delivered. one l,oX
,containiL~ 100 carbons, was opened ana
put on the windowsill of the office.
I On the evening of October 3. il i
said, Perry called on the livery man
and sat within three feet of the box.
Farrell was called away. TIL next
days ten carbons We're missing. Tie
box was moved into the basement next
day.
The bricks are two inches square and
on inch thick. They were tested IN.
the fire attorneys office yesterday and
burned readily with a steady ilame lel
fifteen minutes. ~ simila, brlcl5
stamped With al L." Was found in tn
foreman's Office of the machine slol
the day after the Hegewisch fire. anc
one in the pattern room of the WOOD
mill. Both were saturated With oil ana
attached to a fuse which also MAS
soaked.
New evidence. it is believed. will be
Developed before the hearing in Justice
iCallahan's curt tomorrow. Fourteen
witnesses have been subpoened.
w. c. Hunt, superintendent of The
plant. said he noticed a falling off il,
business shortly before The fire.
"A number of bids for work | an
swered ! since have learned neve,
reached the parties addressed" he said
"They We're stopped by some high of
fetal"
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