Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-04

NEW YORK, December 3.--Charged with arson in the first degree, Mrs. De. laney, a prepossessing widow of Park avenue, Corona, l.. l., was held without bail by Magistrate Fitch in the Flush. ing court yesterday morning. She was arreste dshortly before Friday midnight together with Anthony Tramutolo, IA years old, of Locust street, Corona, who was also charged with arson in the first degree.
 I Detectives McGratten and Enright of the Newtown precinct, charged that together with three other boys, have been responsible for the series of fires which has terrorized Corona residents for the last two weeks, in which four teen different places have been fired. Mrs. Delaney appeared in court att tnred in Persian lamb coat, wore dia. mond earrings and carried a soetly hand bag. She denied the charge made by the detectives and through her attorney, Louis Galucci, entered a plea of not guilty and the examination was set for next day. She was later taken to the | Queens county jail, while the Tramu- tolo boy was turned over to the Chil- dren $ society.
 | Among the places fired were the Union church in Grand avenue, Cor ona; John Rogers hotel in the Shell road: NJ. J. Rosters house in Summit avenue, Corona, and home at No. 3s Locust street, occupied at the time by three families
 A large quantity of kerosene was used in setting the fires, and in tho course of tracing the firebugs the detect ives had their suspicious drawn to Fred Grimm of No. 46 Railroad avenue; George Natts of Locust street and John Gerbe of Summit street, Corona. The three boys were taken to the Newtowr police station Friday night where Detective McGratton says they made confession in which they said that Mrs. Delaney had supplied them with money to buy kerosene and fire. works, which were used in the ineen. diary work
 | The firing of the home of Mrs. Mar. garet Gray, No. 10 Summit street, Cor. ona, is made the basis of the charge against Mrs. Delaney and the Tramul- oto boy, and, according to the police the three boys under suspicion said they Mrs. Gray's house at Mrs. Della ney's direction. The fire occurred on the night of November 7, and in talk with the newspaper men after her ar arraignment, Mrs. Delaney said she was | i'll in bed at that time.
 l 1.-The boys all known me, she con | tinued. "l somply took motherly in terest in them and this is the thanks 1 get for treating them decently. know nothing about the fires in Cor ons On the night of November : was sick in bed and the boys wer, around the house. They were up tC some mischief, but what tlidn t know All I can say is that l did not go out of the house that night.
 "When I get hearing I will be ac | quilted. l am alone in the world ant that is why they are bounding me- have always borne good reputation and this is the first time 1 have evei been in trouble. What good would il do for me to get those boys to set fir, to buildings'"
 "How many children have youin in quired Magistrate Fitch during sh, hearing.
 "None," she said -iThe onl, things about my house are a cat, dog and eight canary birds.
 Answers to other questions would seem to indicate that she was not il a morbid frame of min,i and when Dep uty Sheriff James O'Erien began put ting handcuffs on batch of prisoner, she begged not to be liandcuffed. Sh, felt releived when informed that tho \ handcuffs were not for her. The three boys who made the COT fession wer not placed under arrest, as it is the inten tion of the police to- u'e them as wit nesses.
 Nothing is known in Corona concern ing Mrs. Delaney and the police will | make an investigation between now anC