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Show A FIRE BUG PLEADS GUILTY. He XAu x TolonUrr Coafettloa Before the Grairl Jnry. It will be remembered that on Saturday, September 3th, Erwch A. Holbroolc wai arraigned before Comtulaloncr Greensiari) charged with being the fiauntifjl incendiary, incen-diary, that h'j plea waa not at the time taken, and that the care wai continued until 10 K.m. tciay. The public aru mUo tamlliar with tiie fct tha on the following day he rSHde a conlesilon, and on Tuesday lait went on the stand and disclosed what ho declared to bo the history of the Bsantiful Ores, Implicating Joseph H. Green of tht place as being equally guilty with hlmfelf. Grecu was discharged, howerc, as the uncorroborated Jcttleiony of an aetompllcc tz of one prlncinal ablest another, will not hni.i - .i fendant. This morning Commis-loner ureenman'aomce was packed with a crowd of spectators who were eaccr to learn further particulars of UoJ. brool'a guilt, bat tbey were dU-2,,r' dU-2,,r' 4.the rnxeJ'nitswere very brief. The commissioner read ;Uie camjitlnt, which des.-rihea the Tiro?i:,I?''1fJr.U''e bur,Ingot whidi Ihedefcalaat was arrested, as be langiog to the Holbrock tttate, and then asked: ' 'Are you ready to plead?" The defendant ronurted that the statement in the R?nlj-l4lut that the property IHonsed to the Holbrook estate was an error. j Jule l'owe, who repreeDteJ the prosecution, stated tliat the propcrtr belangu.1 to Uie defendanl and his brother, but that thtdr mother had a life In'erert la It, but that it made no dlfiermre. The defendant then a-kI If the complaint charged that the burning endangered any lire. The court replied in the negative, aud then read the sections ot the penal code hlch define and relate to the crime of rron. The Court Are yon ready to make you r plea? .Defendant Vc; I plead guilty. The Conn That will do away with any furtlieretanil nation. The defendant's bail will bs fixed at Judge Powers The witness who re present might as well go right in before the grand Jury. At tbiijpolnt the crowd omccnred to more out.aud tho witnesses began to make their way to the room in which tho grand Jury was iu session. ses-sion. ShcriffWilley remarked to Judge I'ox-isi: "I think the defendant hltn-eJf is willing to go before the grand Jury." Judsre IVtfers Just ask blai. Tile sheriff spoke to the prisoner and Immediately informed Judge Powers that bo was willing to go bf..re fie grand Jury. A few moments mo-ments later the prisoner was seated In an ante room of tho grand Jury's apartment, waiting to lw taken before be-fore thai bouy. llolbrrok made a statement, and tlu grand jury found an indictment. ilnlbrook was til J that he might go before Judge Zane, plead to the Indlrtment and Lave theUnines finMied today; but be said he would rather wait a Cay or two. The secrecy of the gramljury room could not be penetrated far enough to ascertain the purport of the statement state-ment made by liolbrook, but persons per-sons best qualified to guess believe that he substantially repeated the testimony he gave at the examina-tion examina-tion of Green, and that lie has tried to throw a share, if not the weight, of guilt urvn the latter. The oOleials who liave had to do with the case do not Iptlieve that Green had an thing to do with the Arts. |