Show I COUNTY OFFICIALS FACE ARSON CHARGE HARRISBURG Ill jan Jan 14 Newt Newt Cox sheriff of ot Hardin county and his deputy Harris Fletcher who is la also county clerk have been arrested In connection with the burning of the Hardin county courthouse six w weeks el s ago The arrests followed statements alleged al alleged alleged al- al to have b ben been n made macic by Bill Blackhawk Brown of at Elizabethtown the county seat A few weeks prior to the fire Cox was indicted by the grand jury for embezzlement of county funds amountIng amounting amount amount- ing lug to between n three and tour Lour th thousand usand dollars |