Show TELLS TELLS TRUE STORY OF RECENT REGENT BLAZE BLAZEI I- I I Harold Arlington Arrington at Last Las Comes Through With Final Confession STARTED FIRE HIMSELF Electric Light Bulb Ignited Bed Clothes Explains Clothes Explains Shooting and Bruise Harold Unroll Arrington who claimed robbers robbers rob rob- bers hers shot at him last Sun Sunday nr night in inthe inthe the lie grocery grocer store of or Westwood Sons Sous struck sti him lIim over the tIme head with witha a blunt instrument nt an and then dragged rae him to the rear of the store last night made ma o a n signed confession to Detective Dick Shannon that cleared the mystery mrs mys- ter tery and resulted In Arrington's Arlington's being promptly released from the city cily jail JUl Just t as th the tue detective c supposed ose Armington Arming Arming- ton accidentally set fire re to the store and concocted the stor story of oC the time robbery robber to save ave himself the tho chagrin of or explainIng explain explain- lag Ing ng the tho cause O of the time fire firo About 6 G o'clock last night Arrington stated that he wanted to see Detectives Shannon and Wilson lson who have worked work worl ed on the case cas from tram the lie beginning By B Byway Va way vay of or preface Arrington said Mr Mi Shannon you arc aro rl right ht I accidentally acci dentally lh set fire Ore Oreto to the time building t tin lie Hull Arrington ton explained that he caine came home ionic from his call a n. little bit before midnight and amid went Into time the store He lIe tool took off his shoes an and amid stockings s rind and down own on the s side ide of or tho tim bed began to pare his toe nails It was rather chilly in fn the store so he made madea a sort of a tent out of ot the bed clothes amid nd placed the tho electric light bulb under uner uner un- un der er the tho covers co In some manner the bed ed clothing caught lire tIro from the heat o of f the time globe He lie tried to put the time fire Oro out but was unable to do so In stamping around on oil n the time bed ho Imo burned his right toot foot amid nd ankle le Seeing Seeing- that he ho could not put ut out the tire lIre he ho jumped up and ran Into nto the yard ard In his haste to get out ot of f tho the burning building he struck his head cad against time the casing of the time door Once outside he replaced his shoes mill lid stockings s on 0 his feet and then Tolled oiled over ocr in iii the grass and weeds an and feigned unconsciousness lIe He said he lie knew new when he was picked up and who picked him up lie He sal said he lie was thoroughly thoroughly thor- thor conscious all of the time The bruise on his head he hc said did not pain ain him much S Fire Fire- Exploded Cartridges S After Alter the robbery and burning of tho 10 store was thus thul cleared up the de- de asked him about the tho shooting that hut took place In the store Arrington Arring- Arring ton on explained that ho lie tool took the revolver vcr ver cr from the trunk of bi John Westwood and nd placed place it It under his pillow in the store tore When the Ue fire was the time revolver r became becam s superheated and tho exploded The first shot was time the iio loudest The rhe four shots that followed fol- fol owed lowed were In succession At the tho time of oC the affair when Arrington Arrington Ar- Ar rington was Wag as r feigning more or less un- un he Ime claimed that on only three shots were tired There Ther were those Inthe in inic the ic neighborhood however hoever who said the they ley heard hear 1 five shots Arrington ad- ad he hid lurd a a. purpose In being of ot hnz lazy hazy memory on the time proposition of shots lots I The Th last thing Arlington explained w was s the 70 iO that was in the runic in the Westwood home The trunk runk was owne owned jointly b by Arrington and nd John Westwood The rho 70 iO belong belons- belonged el ed d to them joint Jointly Arrington Airington says that nat he lie did not steal the the tho mon money but simply imply put It In iii another place that he thou thought bought ht would be safer Tho The l police say the tIme action a of 01 Arring- Arring that has ton was the most peculiar ever vcr come before the department ArIngton Ar- Ar rIngton Ington stuck to his lila original story stor like a n veteran vet The rhe store was burned Sunday night Detectives Shannon and andI Wilson In interviewed Arrington Monday I morning and then formed the theory theor that hat the bo boy had not told an honest stor story Tuesday afternoon Arrington was vas locked up He lie told the same story on n Wednesday again on Thursday a an and again yesterday morning The story was vas the same rime all the time lime that robbers rob rob- hers bers fired at him that flint he lie was slugged drag dragged c out and that his Ills memory lapsed After Arrington was rel released last night light the time cat cal case e came to an end as Carns far Car faras faras as ns the police pollee department Is concerned The Tho police believe the last story related related related ed by Arrington is time the true version erslon of ot the he affair |