Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-09 | Page 19 | Ice House Burnings Traced to 'Arson Trust'

ICE HOUSE BURNINGS TRACED TRACED TO ARSON TRUST T Employed Also Aho It I I Ta DISo DIS- DIS cli o d. d l I by r Manufacturer r to Fire Competitors Competitors' Factories Chicago Feb S. S Ice S.-Ice Ice house house burnings s g Illinois and Wisconsin In recent years day l were made the tl subject of ot a n. now new to bo be hI started here in the Invest Invest- atlon of ot the arson trust Assistant h ant States State's Attorney Frank Johnson John ald al that he lie was In posse possession llon of or Information that Ice Ico house tires flies had been boen arranged for b by time the arson plotters plotters' plot- plot I I headquarters in iii this tItle city A iother phase of or tho the arson trust j activity was wae developed today according to Mr Johnston who hC said that he had hadI evidence c that a t prominent manufacturer er t specialties had employed tho the arson I gang to dynamite and fire tho the factories of ot competitors to such Fuch good effect t ho soon noon had virtually a monopoly