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(rHiyii and the boys were there. Was too iruuk to remember anything, fslept out-s'de near the sidewalk, and the*alarm of tire woke him up. Got on the roof of the back kitchen when told there was aofman inside, hut could give him no help.Sergeant Thomas stated that Danroth came to the barracks on the morning of hih Mb, and made a statement concerning the (ire. Placed Danroth incus-i *tody. Later on defendant made a secondices■ restatement, on several points contradictj ing his previous one.I. i Placed in the witness box, Danrothred ij stated that alter the fire he went into aI s neighbor's house to sleep, but could not through worry. Got up and went down to the police barracks, where he informedtargt. Thomas that his house had beeneSItlrt(bstroyetl by fire, and a man burned to UP' death. Thomas asked him for a state-o»terfttlment of the facts, which he made. Before he had got lar tram the barracks on .ho his way back he was overtaken by a con- . ^ th, stable and arrested. After some time he j a| led i concluded that his statement was wrong, u. ier and tried to think further of what hadhedienithappened before and during the fire. . m Was half drunk when arrested, and was j tj,not sober when he made the second statement. Did not lemeudrer what time hetere-1 went to bed on the morning of the fire.Mr. Campbell, defending, said there was no evidence given that would causeng-,tr the further detention of Danroth, and nit asked that he he releasededhehetod-artoMtitalleitScrgt Thomas emphasised suspicious items in the evidence, pointing out the fact that Danroth had taken the money which his son was keeping and put it in his pocket, on the afternoon of the 24th; also the lact that Danroth’s three state-1 anm•dntents were contradictory and at variance I Frwith that given by the other witnesaes.usHiMagistrate Clapp took the ease under consideration until the following day, when he held that there was no evidencefroe.it1SOIbo;planought forward to show that Dunrotb J K*'*had been guilty of any criminal intent orj hetact.Maj wit
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Pas Herald and Mining News
The Pas, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Aug 06, 1915
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