ARSON AT WAITAKI.

Evening Star, Issue 4284, 18 November 1876, Page 1

ARSON AT WAITAKI.

tfeil M'Qowan, ,pf the /: Waited>&',-•: whose Wed down aliewid^ai a f °> been oommittei for trial onfc chsrce i' ■, of arson The evident against him is c&. oumatantial .It seemsWkwas separated from -his-wife, and was Uvinginthe^ouse" m Question wath; his bro&irlin-law and' ■ family Oa Friday evening, November 3? *- he returned fronr!Gamarn,-whe»^jer*adr-made arrangements to sellhis houseaadland, quarrelled with the inmates of the house, and SS 'lb. "~ Blackwood, saw a I§hJ|yps d about an the place was on fire; TOffl&fiie house was beteg bnwed to and looked on, ~and,made no >«fif6rt to save anything. He applied at OamaraJor the insurance on tiie building, but it was not i pajdi and a constable was sent to anurias jfhe' scene of the fire, .Inspector Pende^ ot llmaru, ?l«o scene, -- which MCWatr reared' they found the' and surrounded:-by two or three heaps -■■ of ashea-from japer, and som* remains I of strawco* 'hay, ! wbicL i'Appeared-to be a portion of a mattrass. FM'Cowan told the constable in. Oamaru that .he Aved nothing from 5 thefire but what 4 ne stood upright ni,4>ut in the stable'at theWai&kV sP *°fere was found a;hew snit of his ■* -s£'^K **** Blackwood,stated in M^CcritVa box ih'-his house" .thpdayW forethefire...; She'aft.said«EUsomebf &' : papers. that yere.fpund in when he was arrested in. Oamarurby Jta-' . spector Pender were in the sameu box,™**, previous to the.fire. TherefarevynxmibeW f other matters in connection fire - which are supposed to make: the case look more suspicious. • - •''* ' i - "■-■:-;- ; ■?■• :.:,t r. .v