The weekly soliphone., 1915-10-08

merce rooms. It was not known last night that an attempt had been made to fire that building, but this morning the wallpaper on both sides the door leading into the Chamber of Commerce room was found to have been burned and eight partly burned matches were found under meath the burned sections.
 Chas Lytle testified that while standing in front of Grayson's liv- cry barn on West Main street be- tween seven thirty and eight o'clock last night, while the lodge was in session on the second floor of Che Mack building, he saw Frank Threlkeld enter the stairway. City Attorney Cecil Shane, Wal ter Potter and Ben DeBons, who had hidden behind telephone and light poles on the east side of North Pruet street near the Paragould Trust Company, saw Threlkeld go up the stairway of the building oc- cupied by J. B. Mime and almost fire to the paper on the wall. Threlkeld's apprehension and arr rest immediately followed this at tempt at arson.
 Sam Pruett testified that on the Sunday afternoon of July 4, when an attempt had been made to set fire to the Mime store at eleven thirty that morning, he overheard conversation between Lynn Eaton and Walter Cooper while the latter two were sitting in front of Mines fluke of burning the Mime build | ing that morning, "but, by God, l will make a better job of it to- night, and Joe Langdons building, too" Pruett testified he told Eaton he had better look out or he would get into trouble.
 When Cooper was placed upon l the stand lie was reluctant to testify as Pruett did, but after constant prodding by Prosecuting Attorney Huddleston he finally stated in substance that Eaton had told him he had made a mess of his effort to burn the Mime building. Cooper said he himself was almost drunk and his memory was bad. In Pru- ett's testimony he further said Eat on declared work was dull in Para gould and he would give some of the boys something to do.
 sherman Combs testified he heard Frank Threlkeld and J. ". Eaton talking in the Paragould Paint and Wallpaper store one day recently and they were growing about work being scarce in Paragould for the painters and said Cit looked like Combs also testified he saw Threlk cid walking north on Pruet street in front of Bertigs store last night short time before the Mime fire,
 w. F. Copeland saw Threlkeld go| into Crowell's store last night at seven o'clock when he made the purchase of box of matches.
 The testimony of City Attorney Shane, Walter Potter, Ben DeBons who saw Threlkeld enter the stair way of the Mime building was con firmed by J. E. Paris, prescription 1 ist at the City drug store, and by J. Thos McHaney. McHaney and c. E. Waddell were standing in the stairway leading up to the offices over the City drug store and saw Threlkeld go up the Mime stairway.
 Jim Horne testified as he was coming down the stairway from his office over the City drug store about seven thirty o'clock he overheard two men talking on the stairway leading over Nime's store. One of them told the other he was damn ed coward"
 Esq. Chas. Grooms stated this morning when he went to his office over the Mime store he found a quart bottle containing a small quantity of gasoline or kerosene at