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Arson Confession Ties Fire to Local Property Burns
A suspect confessed to setting a series of fires in Wayne township and Corry area. Police, state motor police, and fire officials pursued the case, arson charged against the farmer Kolstee, who pleaded not guilty and was held without bail for a hearing next Thursday. Officers consider further arrests and possible related fires as they pursue the investigation. Two men were arrested in a separate Erie numbers racket case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Paulson
M. Mathias
Lawrence Pak
W. Inwin
Corry
State Motor Police
Policy
John Flanigan
Paulson
Merrill Hoolestee
Kolatee
Erie
Flanigan
D. C. Hoffman
Kolstee
C. B. Porter
Walter H. Scott
Porter
Wayne Township
G. D. Heath
West Pleasant Street
Mathias
Irwin
George Christoph
Dublin
Ireland
Chinelty
Bantc
Keister
Charles ¢. Monon
Franklin
Bred Hall
Jerry Huey
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Mellitus Schamberger
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Auditorium
Creel
Hazel
Wicked
Washington, P. T. A
Guy Brown
Marion Street
Lawrence McCray
George Patterson, Jr