FIRE RAISERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21579, 25 August 1933, Page 11

FIRE RAISERS

CAPSONI AND HIS WIFE PENNILESS IN LONDON (Received August 24, 5.35 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 24 The Italian Capsoni and his wife, who turned King's evidence in the recent fire conspiracy case, called at the office of the Daily Express and said they wero penniless as the £5 a week paid to them by the prosecution had ceased with the end of the trial. They intended to leave tho country as soon as possible. The woman said slio was born in England and served in France as a V.A.D. during the war. She married a Canadian soldier, who went back to the front line and was killed, so she was a war widow at the age of 2-1. She lived in Italy 18 months and returned to England, where sho wet Capsoni, whom she had known in Italy. Mrs. Capsoni admitted that she had lit a fire in Oxford Street. She said sho had not realised what a terrible thing it was. Her husband received £IOOO for one fire, but they were never able to live in luxurious style. They could not endure tho suspense and broke away and went to an insurance company and told everything. Capsoni said he served in the ■war and was wounded. There was nothing against him until he became involved in the fire-raising conspiracy.