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LNmAjNArULIS, JLWJJ, TldUKSaflEarlt;5.-1 Spll-exists here*.borers em-r are an uglytor severalnumerous, wn number i third was Thursday quarters ia thoroughly rn the placeoaed to forFE.eetir activelditiona! rathe destructions were s heavy.ime.d, and the a here pro-y stable on. for a drive.at the policethe rig, hut I Thursday a Anderson the stable, mfitted, but ut evidences ng to show odtime. Itlat they hadro LIFE.LITTLE, BUT A FIREBUGSTARTLING CONFESSION OF ACOLORED BOY.He Tried a Cbareu ana a Livery Stable, ana la suspected or Other Like Acti-Llkes to See tlte names,Judge Sullivan had to elevate himself Thursday morning to peer over the edge of bis police court dock at pigmy John Hampton, a Q-years-old colored boy,W8ap* tag and walling, who was charged with theteiriblecrlme of arson. Johnny is a stepson of a Mrs Hampton living on W. Fourfch-8t., near West-sb, and only a stone’s throwircm the Antioch colored baptist church. Monday afternoon this church was discovered to be In flames, fortunately before they had secured much headway, and the evidence showed that the fire was of incendiary origin. Detective Thornton began work on the case and Wednesday had fixed the crime upon young Hampton, being accused of it, he boohcoad, but3adinltted his guilt and reiterated his admission inpolice court. He said that he crawled under the church floor, where scarcely a cat could venture and lighted a bunch of excelsior that he took in with him. Much to the surprise of the detective the boy also admitted setting fire to Frick’s stable last spring, wbich burned completely down, and moreover, although he didn’t admit it, it is believed that he set fire to the Excelsior factory. He has a mania for seeiag fires and hearing the apparatus of the fire department run, and these motives prompted his incendiarism, fie is not believed to be very bright. He was sent to the grand jury.COX B S8SIGNAL Clt;1.11tie Jackets for TallHon.Washington, July [Spl. men In congressional life evii nesB for short coats of the sLove and a piioto.Next to Speaker Reed, the tali of the hense of repesentat Mansur, of Missouri, who Is 61 in height and large in propi predilection Is for a suit of the cadet gray being his favor! and the loose eack coat aSordi opportunity to use his arms ii ing when addressing the horn from the seat of Mr. Mansu Representative Barnes, of Greoi not only one of the tallest hat heaviest men in the lower beam tlonal legislature. Over hie hi loose, lightweight black sackct sent in his make-up, and the. s are generally weighted down papers, Representative Tillm? Carolina, Is another big man t Back Coat, which he usually fc around his stalwart form, I Lodge, who expects to win h United'States senate througlf ta of the federal elections bill, Waa est coat of any pnblio man at In fact, it la sometimes refei boy’s jaGket, and on his tall fr. Ecrlption is not illjt applied, that Col. Tom Bayne, who recar notoriety by declining a reno his Pittsburg constituents, app lie without a tweed suiti a Back coat i3 a pror ture. Big, jolly Charley the Rochester, N, Y„ district, the seat of the late Judge Kal eack coat ail the year round, th lion being the weight ot t tien. Ben Butter worth never ; better advantage than when i pepper-and-salt suit topped off coat, and in these warm dan
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Indianapolis Sun
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 03, 1890
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