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M ii rder(Continued from Page 1-A)The “statement was several pages in length and each pagewas signed by Susie In addition. Roush submitted as evidence a paper signed by both children that thev had beenwiii JP”'notified of their constitutionalrights. IDale Pringle, city fire inspector testified to early suspicions of Mrs Bailey's father. Obie Bailev. 63, when thev de-termined the fire was arson The dead Bailey couple were third cousinsObte 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 adjoining building But 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 at 6:30 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 house ^Police said gasoline siphoned a from a truck was used to saturate the house and burning t paper was tossed from the out- t side through a window aEugene Knotts, an ambulance , operator who picked up the 4 bodies, testified to his observa- |; tions at the fire scene cOnly three relatives, including Ruth Bailey, a sister of the f father, were among 20 persons ^ who jammed the small room t which served as a courtroom ^ Some sat on the floor and a others stood in the doorway of j, the hot, stuffy room cThe hearing was continued ^ until next Tuesday because the (|grandfather Obie Bailey was 0not present to testify because of j\ a mistake in sending a sub- jpoena from Wirt County. He r lives in Wood County. cThe children were returned to the Wirt County Jail at ^ Elizabeth. 17 miles east of here a Testimony presented at the p preliminary hearing will deter- w mine if the murder charges tj should be bound over to theWood County Grand Jury. 1.
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Morgantown Dominion News
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Tue, Jul 01, 1969
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