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ly in-feathn the A CHILD INCENDIARY. ,and pendhere \ Confession After Several Months.vn by 0° August first the residence of W. Th most N. Barkly, agent of the Wabash rail- of G road at Rantoift, 111., was burned ine'the such a manner ^at 110 cluc couWiH y few obtained as to the origin, causing a all slFirst loss of $2,000, with no insurance. Mr. ant.ecto re- Barkly moved to Robinson, 111., and centfiitude became aKon^ the roa(^ a* thatLyfor point. Four months and a half after ^iKl mual the burning of the residenco his none urge. daughter Ethel, six years old, con- effica sxist- fegse(j t0 an flCt which threw TIns light on the mystery of the Peer 1 fire. Going to her mother she meJe secured the promise in a childish way, rn,d5 and for some childish reasons that ! \ what she was about to tell should not\ a be told her brother. Then she said, t.oing “Mamma, I’ll tell you how the house1 caught fire. I was up stairs and a ]n.vt. match lit itself, and I threw it down The* on the carpet, and then I opened a pf wh 0 the _ • j * if bushcwindow to let the wind in to blow it gjgs“/out. Then the carpet caught fire and millh .• 118 I went down stairs and watched you and a.11 am _ . •. . • • von^who get dinner, and after dinner the house ££dCrr.« _ burned up.” . els.? When asked why she did not tell about it before this time, she said shef n “didn’t know.” mcnt»f all__«. early
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Terre Haute Daily Wabash Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Wed, Dec 20, 1882
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Indiana U.
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