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DID EVANS START BLAZE?1 ,f iV* - - • ' • ♦. ** •Investigation ,at .Pernio-, BIG., to Discover Origin, of Fires. “o __ . ,Pernio. Oct. -I.—-An inquiry inUj iho cause of qnn. of Pernio's big tiros which occurred six weeks ago is in progress here.The inquiry arose out ol‘ -a statement made, iip'oii diiYoreni occasions since llie tiro by one of the boarders of the ‘McDonald boarding' house, which stood close to iho vacant house where the* tire originated- T.l.is man Harry Evans, staled that he had hiien ottered SlW to set iho lire. .*?•:(.) in cash and £5U upon doingthe job. • ‘ *Evans, who had been drinking at the time, was arrested on the charge of vagrancy, and. held pending this investigation. Evans was summoned as a witness. but ho refused to talk. Hei * ,is still held, and it is! repot leu I hat he repeated his story to a fellow prisoner.(Mlier witnesses, fellow hoard ers of Evans, were called, and rumors of suspicious statements said to he. made. I\v* Mrs. McDonald Were edne into.. 'The.ill-; • qtiiry into the Iasi lire, whenI'urdy's was saved, is also under way. Tim chief point hingesupon the insurance and lie* value of slock and buildings, which is how being investigated. 4
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Fort Steele Prospector
Fort Steele, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Oct 07, 1905
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