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Show ALLEGED INCENDIARY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY . ifl Alex Jennings, the alleged arch-con- ' 0h splrator in several arson cases, covering Pt'l a period of two or three years, was yes- m'l terdny taken Into custody by Deputy .,' Sheriff Cowan and placed In the , ! county jail. Jennings Is to be tried soon Fil on the charge of arson in connection ' j with the burning, more than a year ago. v J of the boarding-house at the Highland 1 Boy mine at Bingham. Ho has been en- .! vH joying his liberty on bail for several v- M'H months past, but the authorities became , l J'H apprehensive that he might jump his' f liH bond, and thought it best to have him U iH in for safe keeping. Jennlngo was brought Into tho tolls last winter by the . confessions of two-Utah county men, AllH who claimed that Jennings hlrod them ! i"H to fire the Lehl creamery and the High- ?' 1 land Boy boarding-house. Theso two ) men wore convicted at Provo of burn- J lng the creamer)', and Jonnlngs was ac- I JJjH quitted of complicity In tho crime. It Is claimed that there la moro concluslvo , , evidence against Jennings In the board- ilVI ing-house caso and many who are con- mII versant with tho circumstances are con- f fldent that ho must bo convicted. j , JH '! f'l |