Show FIREBUG LEADER Sensational Trial Acw on in Jievr York New York Feb 25The trial of Max M Grauer the fire insurance adjuster alleged t be the leader of a band of fire bugs wa continued today in the court of general sessions Simon Rosenbaum was again placed on the stand and crossexamined He denied that he started a fire in Lynn and then admitted that he was present pres-ent when the fire referred to was started and had his hands burned at the time He claimed that the gang of firebugs fire-bugs there tried to burn hlm He I knew that a man named Max G Luck I man started s fire in Walker street He got 30 for his work Witness then told of a series of fires that he had started or helped to start Some of the houses were tenements full of women and children He recounted I five fires whose origin could be laid at his door Some of the fires he had set for others and was paid for the work others he had set because he lived in Insured the house and had his effects heavily Lawyer Friends counsel for the defense de-fense worked hard to shake the damaging dam-aging evidence but did not do s In important particulars The witness related lated how he had signed xa contract with the elder Grauer In the presence of witnesses engaging him to obtain a man to burn his store 4n a building where lived six families The case will be continued tomororw |