Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-09-21
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There has been conside,.tt.
various papers IN regard 10 m printed 10
Hpout mere some Just ana so,,'-y En-.
comments, as there ALWAYS a. uniBa
GREETED that there have been ~ ~. y Is rs-
In so short time. ~ many ira
The first was that OF Geo,o.
randolph Center village. wbict DAY a,
June I'D al the close Of m -. oee.ufisa
NAL school. This lire was m,s - y q Aor.
j mas been generally accepted ~ ~ 1ai
The next fire vas Of some ol5 80.
belonging 10 Hiram Hanks -. ti.1qings
Randolph. This was an Iprsn,5l ~ sogih
set by Ernost Deering a tWenf,.-'ly lis
boy, who Is considered Of uns6Trss ~. "a
lie was arrested for the crime sn- A ,.,
pleaded guilty and ives commltfs5 iliA
70 await the action u the conf al
case. 1tt 10 BIS
The next fire occurred Aug 2a.h
Alfred Bowers barn on the seyn,o1,,' y lsa
that Bower had lately purebazei arm
burned with large amount al ~, ss
ZOO or $50 worth Of farming tai. s sla
nfc was mysterious, aud the seIeot5,,. " 4,
the town ordered an inquest. Wb.ab n. u
held and a large NUN Der Of witHe..ess ~
amined. After considering the wboie ~
timony, The selectmen and ststa's 80
ney were OF the opinion that ~ egi5 80
pointed IN the direction OF FFapk By.
narski, PolandCr, who works ~ d h
LAMB, aud 50 strongly that be shori5 =
arrested. lie vas arrested on Tia esr-
plaiht ~ the states attorney and bforgs,
before Judge Nichols sept l8lh IN
waived examination and Judge NteA.I
ORDERED bal IN 1900 Tor bis appearance n
county court II. NJ. Lamb. bis rr..s-
employer. and Wallace Morrill,. q f1rnt,
emrloycrr Became surety for him. s5tt,.
matier stands Ia status quo Al prs.sr,
with more hereafter.
The next fire occurred The marBipg nj,
sept 18th. Il being the barn beInBsiss y
Elwin AouBg and occupied s. F-srt
Young, and & the last place IN Rsna9irt
on the read leading from East RsBeo5s
20 funbridge Market. Mr. Young an X.
chores as usual the night OF the ltfb ~
retired about o'clock. not having bsd 4.
tihcial light 10 the barn that nIeht h,
was awakened about two O'Clock he BeTt
morning By some disturbance in ths am
and arising found his barn on lre. Tbgrs
were two horses aud three coRs r. ~
basement % the barn that be succeeded n
rescuing, although they were sumeWht
scorchcd. Nine cows and four bog. |,
another part 81 the barn aud a lsrPt
amount Of produce were burned. ne
barn vas insured FOR 600 aud produce
.i00 The barn had been Thoroughly y.
paired tins summer and the loss vii K
quite large above the insurance M
Young j. a Young man just starting 10
life, and the loss falls heavily upon BIN.
The fire was undoubtedly iucendiarr. tui
II there j. any clue il Is not made public
The last FIRE, occurring Friday, vas o.
one % the roads from Randolph Ceuttf 10
south Randolph In a house known A. ths
Harvey Pember house, owned bg Geofu
r. Penn Ter and occupied br Arthur Con.
stock and wife. Mr. Comstock and wife
had both been away that day. Mrs Com.
stock claims that she went home some
time in the afternoon. and as she dfeE
near the house aud after she got in she
smelled smoke and looked around iH di.
fercnt places, but could lind 10 hn
Later, a. she Wss out doors, she saw smoke
coming out ~ shed room that she Old
not occupy. She ran and called q neigh.
Dor, Mr. Miles. who came quickly 20 be-
assistance and found fire in a small heap
Of Old carpeting ana other rubbish ID ths
room In the shed part % The house Then
was no flame. but FIRE was smoideriug lld
SIR. Miles got pail Of waier and the On
was put out. No serious damage 20
done. Mrs. Comstock went away and ~
husband went 10 the house Ia the evening
with two other men. and Il Is claimed that
as hey drove into the yard a man cane
out OF he woodshed and ran. The thfs
made pursuit, but it Nas dark and iha
man reached the woods and was 20, over
taken.
In all these fires and attempted hFe,,
here Is sufficient incentive 20 iuducetve3
rue man % assist IN finding the tirt hags
q neither few or many, Every ifue ciiteh
should give his best efforts % probing
.hcse problems 10 the bottom and en- ~
rcstigation should be had Of every SUE
lectcd person.