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THREE CONFESS TO ARSON PLOTMen Arrested After Fire Destroys Home in North Racine.Burning of a home in North Racine, owned by Ray LaMotte, 40, on Aug. 15, after the place had been damaged in a previous fire on May 31, led to an investigation on the part of William A. Green-wald, deputy state fire marshal, who today swore out warrants for the arrest of three men. All are charged under Sec. 343.01 with arson. Those arrested and who ar« said to have confessed are:George Hall, 57, 2205 Racingstreet, charged with actually burrvSentencedThree men who admitted I staging an arson plot were I taken before Judge Burgess I in the municipal court at 2 I oclock this afternoon where I all were sentenced to serve I terms in the state’s prison at I Waupun. George Hall, who I admitted setting the fire, was I given from two years to 25 months while Ray LaMotte, owner of the house in North Racine, and Phillip Tour-ville, who suggested burning it, were given from two years to two and one-half years. They were charged with hiring and procuring Hall to set fire to the place in orderto collect the insurance.ing the place; Phillip Tourville, 50, of Lake Park, and Ray IaMotte, 40, lately of North Dakota. The last two are charged with being accessories befor© and after the fact.According to the stories told tc I Marshall Greenwald and contained in signed confessions of the three, • | Hall, who was staying at the coun-ty transient home at Lakeside, was approached on April 15 by Phil | Tourville, who asked him to occu-| py the LaMotte home in North Racine for the purpose of burning it. Hall was to be given $50 after the | insurance was collected.Met in North Dakota.Tourville and his wife were drtf* ing through North Dakota last | spring w hen they stopped at the | home of Eugene LaMotte, where they met the son, Ray. The younger LaMotte had gone to his father’s home as he was out of work and had closed up his own home In | North Racine, Raving all his furni-ture there. He told Mr. Tourville ! that he was hard up and would like(Turn to page 4, column 7)
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Racine Journal Times
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Sep 08, 1933
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