Putnam patriot., 1919-01-24
IS SENTENCED
TO STATE REFORMAToRf


Harold. Didn't 20 to fire because Of
the suspended sentence. He met Har-
old near Russelis restaurant on the
sidewalk He said he told Harold
that if ayone asked about witness to
gay he sas with Harold but said
Tsothing about the fire.
He was arrested the next day and
put in a cea County Detective Jack
son talked with hm all afternoon
about the frs. Next day suspended
sentence was revoked and h. was TAX
en- Ia Jail.
About two weeks later Jaekson
came TO see hisn, saying he was gong
to help him. The talk took place IN
the js1l Office Jackson told nm ne
ought 10 plead guilty in regard to the
fire if he was gailty. Hsee told Jack
son he would not plead guilty as he
was not guilty. The officer said that
Steve Brady told him Howartls set
the fire and that Town Clerk Blagg
and Irving Miron had heard him talk
ing about the fire He then went back
to the ceh
Howarth said he saw Jackson on
ten or twelve other occasions asd
talked aboat the fire. Jackson SAID
he went toFthe scene and saw rhe Wit
ness's foot prints back of the theatre
but he denied he had ever bees there.
Officer Hickey also called on him. He
identified a statement exhibited and
said Hickey showed him a badge and
said he had Joseph Harold locked up.
Hickey talked about t1e fire ana told
Jackson to ttxrn him over to lam as
he would make him plead guilty
Jackson said Hickey was mad at the
witness but Howarth said he didn't
care. The officers went away and
eaute back and Hickey said Steve
Brady had heard him zaiking about
the fire. He said Hickey swore at
him during the interview
Jackson asked him to sign state
ment and he sad he would Jackson |
dictated the statement, witness said, !
and witness wrote as he was told. /
Jackson wanted him to write some I
more. but witness refused, Jackson T
then saying that he though. he would /
get him out
Howarth said he knew Marks, hav-
ing met him IN jail Witness said I
Marks said he was arrested in VII
limantic and didn't know what the
sentence was. Marks asked MIN I
about the fire, witness SAID. The man |
said his name was David Marks ard I
he belonged N Providence. MARKS
occupied the cell next 60 Howarth. |
The witness dsnied that he made any |
of the statements attributed to him !
by Marks, witness saying that Marks |
asked him how he acted when he was |
drunk and Howarth said when IN |
that condition he wanted ia lay down
and go to sleep. Marks, the witness
said, told him chat if he was anything
like him when intoxicated he would
be in trouble all the time.
jackson came later and said ne
had served warrant on INN. Wit
ness got up and Jackson hit him, say
ing that he was the boss and that he
couldn't get away from him. How
arth said he made no statement in
relation to the fire to anyone and
denied that he had set the fire or
knew anything about it. The witness
said that when Marks left the JAM he
told him he ought to go see Jackson
if he was guilty as the latter would
make it easy for him. Witness said
that Marks told him he had been ar
rested in Providence and sent to
Cranston Howarth denied saying he
set a fire in Cranston but said Marks
talked about a place in Rhode Island
and the witness told about places he
was familiar with there, havirg work
ed in Cranston several months
Howarth's direct examination, con-
Quoted by Attorney Torrey, lasted an
hour and Is minutes and the witness
gave his story in clear. straight
forward manner.