The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-25
FIRE MARSHAL GETS SUSPECT
Party Arrested May Have to Answer
in Another Serious Matter

ELluA Fd1l5-EIAl1 F1ES MATS a. IfdIb
of Mitchell, in Sioux Falls yesterday.
caused the arrest OF Cha les BagInola,
either az Italian or a Sian, up n a
charge OF arson, and the D oof OF
gull I, now in the possession of the
fire marshal. Is so strong tnat the
convi-ton Of the accused man is con-
sidered &c tain
And another charge, which might
be laid at the door of Bagunola is that
OF alternating the affections Of the
wife OF the man for whom he wcrkei
and whose buildings he is accused }.
ignit ng in order to promote his own
suit for the love OF the woman In the
case.
Mr.. Craft has been at work on this
case since the 2eth OF August last and
a devious trail, which he had consid-
cradle difficulty in following. fna ly
brought him TO Sioux Falls, rs the
home of the bait VIII b fate rad WOW
en- into a web for Bagrnola, md
where. yesterday, he Ca ght Eagu y
GA. who had come all the way I m
New York to see the woman, W o e
farm home he is suspected of having
wrecked.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Hanson former
ly lived On a farm near Loyalton, FL
munds county.
They rented the plaoe and were get
ting on famOusly when Pag-n Ia ap-
peaTed on the scene WAITING " rk.
He was employed and was { eatef
with that hospitality and ho elv
courtesy, which has given rise to the
frequently used expression { at EN-
rloyes are treated Ike meEnEeTs OF
the family"
Bagunola discovered his infatua-
ton for his employers wife ve-y socn
after he accepted work at TIE place
and with the chara-t re Isle II pc u-s-
ity of his race. decided that 1t was
intended in the divine risn that Trey
should belong TO each othe-.
And State Fee Mars al c at a.
serts that IL was in fu therance OF that
plan to have her all his own that
Bagrnola set a e to the ia m build
ings, feeling that IL the buildings On
the rented farm were DESTROYED. the
Hanson family would be troFen u,
and that he and the woman would find
fewer difficulties i'm the path. he felt
he could persuade her to tread with
him.
On the night OF the 2sth of August
last, Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson and a.
Bagunola, attended a dance two miles
from the Hanson farm.
Mr.. and Nj s.. Hanson left tfefr
place before pagunola did, leaving
him to reach the dance late- ard itas
believed that after thew 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 barn and shed
were found to be hea-s OF glowing
embers and smoking ashes.
State Fire Marshal Ora 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 - wat TO-
his success.
He went to Hanson COUNTY and
found work as a farm hand and Is
there o picking corn
Mrs. Hanson came to SIOUX Falls
and found work in a restaurant
Bagunola went TO Chicago and then
farther east, from which points he
wrote letters TO the woman. urgirg
her TO join him in the east, but she
would not 20 and that was what
brought him back to this state.
Marshall Craft learned of the infat-
uation of Bagunlo for the woman and
felt that earlier or later the mas
would come to Sioux Falls to see her.
He posted sentinels to watch her and
day before yesterday was advised.
while at Mitchell that a man answer
ing the description of the accused, had
reached this city.
Bagunola early yesterday morning
presented himself at the Benton res
taurant on North Phillips avenu
where Mrs Hanson was employed.
They were TO have gone for q ride,
but something interfered and an
other appointment was made TO occur
later in the day.
In the meantime Mr.. Craft had AZ
rived and located Bagunola, whose ar
rest he caused
Then he went to Mrs. Hanson, told
her what he knew and she agreed to
tell him what she knew of the alleged
arson.
She was taken In an auto 70 the
home Of her parents. who live n the
west part OF the city. there she made
a statement, laying the charge OF ar
son against Bagunola, admitting her
w connection with the affair and as
serting that she had been frightened
into her associations with BagunoiA.
by. a fear that he would kill her and
himself. unless she acquiesced In his
desires
Letters from Bagunols, re eived By
Mrs. Hanson, were turned over to the
state FIRE marshal. Bagunoia Is I'm he
Mlnnehaha county Jail, AWAITING the
arrival of Edmunds county omcsals
and Mrs Hanson is at the home OF
her parents. She Is the mother OF
two children