Boy Confesses To Arson In School
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) CHICAGO. January 16
A 13-year-old boy had confessed to starting a fire at his school in which 92 children and three nuns died in 1958, the "Chicago Tribune” said tn a copyrght story today. According to the “Tribune." the boy signed a confession in which he said he set fire to the Roman Catholic school of Our Lady of the Angels. Chicago, on December 1. 1958 The confession resulted from a lie detector test given at the request of the boy’s parents, the report said.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29724, 18 January 1962, Page 15
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