CASE OF ARSON

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 91, 29 November 1928, Page 5

CASE OF ARSON

, ;i 15QUJKK MTO FIRE, DETECTIVE'S , ; l ,<. ■..,- •'■,: METRODS. „,' PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28. ~': * ,'i-ftnd. that the hous e was set' } afire by some person or per r sonW'^was • verdict of Mr R. : ■ ' W Tate, S.M.v following; an in- : (ldiry:intK> the cause of a fire on•- • • ■■■ GctOher 12. -• -"' v '.;'_ '"'!..J The evidences showed ' that when ' <■': the fire was extinguished three dumpj " of inflammable material were p$M f in the. cupboards.; and sitting rppnV each'with a piece; of candle, whiciL ha»d;;beep /lighted, standing in }fcffi&j . material bad been jsoaked. with kerosene;'- .-ir-'r. ■ ;■'■ ■■■,,'-' :'■'■ Z'l'-:. ■ Mrs Mary .Mather, owner cf the;. house, v/hieh .•was.-insured tor ,£750 and to which the. damage was abmit ■ £200,* had <been to enter the house previously; with a bottl e of kerdsenefbiit thiC'she said, was. to , clean tnfi windows'' of the house; whi<rh had been vacated by a tenant twci days earlier.- '•? Bags had been tacked o'ver the windows, but 1 m£s ',j.Ma'thfer ■ said that ■was to keep, neighbours from looking in. ' ', '' ..MrsMather, age-d 68, and her grandson, aged 18, were.closely 'examined. Sensational i-Uegations were by witnesses concerning the adopted by Detective Meiklejoh n in the course of'his 1 inquiries,'and re r garding these the Coroner added to hie; 'verdict*: i"I • do ' not 'believe tb*i staWmehts-inHhe • depositions ■ Car&r fleeting on' the ■metheds ' of the teotive;"'" ■'""":-n" ! ;•''';_ _,;./ '