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tOIL SOAKED RAGS FOUND AT SCHULTZE COUNTRY HOME.Blood Hounds Used in Effort - toITrack Incendiarlst.The country homo of August Schultze. southeast of Troy, which haB escaped destruction by Are ot Incendiary origin a number of times during the past six weeks, was again threatened Thursday when a large quantity of cloth was found saturated with coal oil in various parts of the house.As a result of the discovery, blood hounds were brought here from St. Elmo this morplng In an attempt to pick up the trail and locate parties coming-to or leaving the farm. The dogs took up the scent and circled the house a number of times but didnot leave the premises.Mr. Schultze Is of the opinion that the oil soaked , rags had been carried into the house from the outside as a screen had been. removfed from one of the windows, when the discovery was first made. jThe repeated attempts to destroy the Sckultzp home is. a mystery yet to be solved. In April Mr. Schultze received several letters in which hie life was threatened, then followed a series of fires at the farm. The% 4 *first Was on Memorial Day and was extinguished before much damage was done. On June 21st there was a half dozen fires at the Schultze plbcedn one day and both the house and barn were threatened. All of •th® fires were caused by beds, ctbth-l»g and'rags being saturated with coal oil, . A deputy-state fire marshal .Bumntoned antt made a 'thorough' th^ratlgatlon but - Was unable to place 'tW -responsibility for the fires., The damage at tttd: Schultze homo -far;’'due: to- theflres, Is- said; Td a Wilt $2,00(1. , ' . 'Jwftt how long the relgh of terror Witt Wntinue and what Will be the wtoome is a matter only o'f speculation. Far more complicated matters; have' in time been unraveled and i£ «eems that here is a.Job for some ®Wd detective or an ameteur seeking « reputation in that ItW. wlt; ■lt;■ in.'-. -I' i....,-
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Troy Call
Troy, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 15, 1921
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