The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-25
FRI MARSHAL GETS SUSPECT
Party Arrested May Have to Answer
In Another Serious Matter

Sioux Falls-State Fire Marshal Craft
Of Mitchell. in Sioux Falls yesterday,
caused the arrest of Charles Bagunola,
either an Italian or a Syrian, up n a
charge Of arson, and the p oof OF
guilt. now in the possession of the
fire marshal. is so strong that the
conviction of the accused man is con-
sidered certain.
And another charge, which might
be laid at the door OF Basunola is that
of alternating the affections Of the
wife of the man for whom he worked
and whose buildings he is accused OF
igniting in order to promote his own
suit for the love Of the woman in the
case.
Mr.. Craft has been at work or this
case since the 26th of August last and
a devious trail. which he had consid-
cradle difficulty in following, fna ly
brought him to Sioux Fails, as the
home Of the bait viii h fate had WOW
en- into a web for Bagrnola. nd
where. yesterday, he ca ght Pagu7-
ola, who had come all the way f m
New York to see the woman. W 0 e
farm home he is suspected of having
wrecked.
Mr.. and Mrs, II. NJ. Hanson former
ly lived on a farm near Loyalton. Ell
munds county.
They rented the place and were get
ting on famously. when Bagun la ap-
peared on the scene wanting work.
He was employed and was t'eated
with that hospitality and no civ
courtesy, with has given rise to the
frequently used expression t at EN-
~1o1ac ono %,oa&oJ ill., :, rs, loyo of
the family
Bagunola discovered his infatua-
ton for his employers wife very soCn
after he accepted work at TIE place
and with the charaote istic iTpe uos-
ity of his race, decided that 1t was
intended in the divine rlan that they
should belong to each other.
And State Fire Nars'al Gait as
serts hat it was in III therance OF that
plan to have her ell his own, hat
Bagunola set f'e to the ia m build
ings, feeling that il the buildings On
the rented farm were DESTROYED, the
Hanson family would he troFen "
and that he and the woman would find
fewer difficulties in the path, he fe't
he could persuade her to tread with
him.
On the night Of the 26th Of August
last, Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson and a''o
Bagunola, attended a dance two miles
from the Hanson farm.
Mr.. and NJ s. Hanson left tNeir
place before Bagunola did, leaving
him to reach the dance later ard it IL
believed that after they let the farm,
he set fire to the structures.
At any rate, after the country dance
was over and they rea he'd the rented
farm. the house and harm and SEED
were found to be hCa of glowing
embers and smoking ashes.
State Fire Marshal era t was notified
of the fire and began an investigation
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson left Edmunds
county, he to get a new start in the
world, and she. Ostensibly to wa t TO
his success.
He went to Hanson co nty aid
found work as a farm hand and IS
there now picking corn.
Mrs. Hanson came to S u Falls
and found work in a restaurant.
Bagunola went to Chicago and then
farther east, from which POINTS he
wrote letters to the woman. urgi &
would not go and that was what
UF0HgHI MN IuCN u il 4 o.
Marshall Craft learned of the infat-
uation Of naounlo for the an and
felt that earlier or later the man
would come to Sioux Falls to Sc her
He posted sentinels to watch her and
day before yesterday was advised
while at Mitchell that a MAJ answer
ing the es'ript'on of the accused. had
reached this city.
pa,,,~@la ao,txy ync$ne6aV morning
presented himself at the Borton res-
taurant on North PHILIPS avenue,
where Mrs. Hanson was emp yed.
They were to have zone for a ride,
but something inte fe ed ard an
other appointment was made 20 occur
later In the day.
In the meantime Mr.. Craft had ar
rived and located BagunoIa. whose ar
rest he caused.
Then he went to Mrs. Hanson, t0ld
her what he knew and she agreed to
tell him what she knew Of the alleged
arson.
She was taken in an anto TO the
home of her Parents, who live in the
west part of the city. there she made
a statement. laying the cha &c Of ar
son against Bagunola, admitting her
own connection with the affair and as
serting that she had been + i~hten"d
into her associations with Bagun0la,
by a fear that he would Kill her ana
himself. unless she acquiesced IN his
desires.
Letters from Bagunola. re eived BY
Mrs. Hanson. were turned over to the
state fire marshal. Pagurola Is in he
Minnehaha county iail, awaitin1 the
arrival OF Edmunds county ofhc as
and Mrs. Hanson is at the h"me OF
her parents. She is the mother OF
two children.
Had Close Call