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JY1 ii rcler(Continued from Page 1-A)The ’•statement was several pages tn length and each page was signed by Susie In addition, Roush submitted as evidence a paper signed by both children that they had been notified of their constitutionalrights.Dale Pringle, city fire inspector testified to early suspicions of Mrs Bailey’s father,obie Bailev 63. when thev de-! 1 ^ _ • . -v. wKtermmed the fire was arson The dead Bailey couple weretWrd cousins.Obie Bailev was the onlv one in the house who escaped The boy was staying with a relative and -usie was supposed to be sleeping in an adjoiningbuildingBut Roush said relatives were not satisfied with answers to questions they asked the children about the fire, and a statement was signed by Susie at 4 30 a m and by Roger at6:30 a. m, June 9 after relatives called authorities Roush said the statement testified that Susie had told Roger the day before the fire she was going to set fire to the housePolice said gasoline siphoned from a truck was used to saturate the house and burning paper was tossed from the outside through a window Eugene Knotts, an ambulance operator who picked up the bodies, testified to his observations at the fire scene Only three relatives, including Ruth Bailey, a sister of the father, were among 20 persons who jammed the small room which served as a courtroom Some sat on the floor and others stood in the doorway of the hot, stuffy room The hearing was continued until next Tuesday because the grandfather Obie Bailey, was not present to testify because of a mistake in sending a subpoena from Wirt County He lives in Wood County.wThe children were returnedto the Wirt County Jail at Elizabeth. 17 miles east of here Testimony presented at the preliminary hearing will determine if the murder charges should be bound over to theWood County Grand Jury.
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Morgantown Dominion News
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Tue, Jul 01, 1969
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