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rsTOAyc iJLU I ilW I fJ1i-*• /f- -■ '* IhW W« ** fc--* % .•’*#’ »£. .tea* wiWI }ppmw inpwV iiw a \ £l* i A £ i \jr Z.XX iVBla 20 Discovered After Practically Entire BuildingWas In FlamesSUSPECT TAKEN BUT RELEASEDi:, VaQu !Z Determines Thc-.t He Was Undoubtedly Innocent!*: ta1:4t »ecnoCinThe pupils and teachers of the Jefferson school avvcke Wednesday morning to find that all the efforts, time and money spent by them and by the Parent-Teachers’ ^ Association had been all set aside and at naught by the demon fire during the night time. The district arose to find that the thousands of dollars appropriated three years ago for the erection of .nis building had gone up in smoke.About two o’clock in the morning some one of the people in the neighborhood discovered flames bursting through the roof of ^he south end of the building. The alarm was spread and the fire department answered. A long train delayed the arrival of the truck so that before water could be applied effectively the entire building vvas In flames and the blaze was beyond control.Chief of Police Charles Rinehart, who was working in the place of Night Police Carl Killion who isconfined to his house by illness, had just retired when the alarm was sounded. Constable John W.weiCslljcaiirhaiTaimmShadowen was among the first to arrive at the scene.eiM J( aiWhile the firemen were prepar-1 q ing to do battle, Officer Shadowen d investigated the premises. He saw ^ that the plate glass on the door (j. had been broken out. Entering, jA he saw muddy shoeprints leading qj up the stairway. He followed1 ai hese until driven back by smoke and heat. He followed the same ^ shoeprints on the return trip to the igjexit. jMThese things showed beyond ^ possible doubt that the blaze was r the work of a firebug. But the identity of the firebug was and is yet unsolved.
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Christopher Progress
Christopher, Illinois, US
Thu, Apr 03, 1930
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