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Show INVALID LIES IN BURNING HOME Salt I-ake. Feb. Z. When firemen were battling with flames in the boarding house of Mrs. Mary Scott, colored, at 224 W Second South. Sunday Sun-day evening, William Scott, relative nf Mrs. Scott and an Invalid, was lying ly-ing in one of the rooms of the building build-ing unable to moe and choking. Ow-111. Ow-111. 1 1 the promptness 01 the fire da-partinent da-partinent flames did not extend as far as the quarters in which he lay on p. bed. He would have been burned to death had flames consumed the house. V hile in est iw;ating reasons wh Scott was left In the boarding house after other members of the famil had gone away, Detectives llliam I Zeese and Herbert A. Leichter declare having ditcoeiecI sensational ei-dence ei-dence Detecthe Zecse said last night that the life of Scott was Insured recently re-cently lor $1000 and that the policy was made out. to Mrs. Scott Yesterday Yester-day afternoon before Justice P- M. Bishop Mrs Scot I and h ?r twn BOnS Carl Scott. 19 years old and Frank Scott, 22 pleaded guilty .0 arson, admitting ad-mitting the set fire to the hoarding hou?e to collect $700 fire iusurance. While he was interviewed by detectives detec-tives yesterday, Scott admitted having hav-ing been Insured V'hen Mrs. Scott and her suis confessed to the police Tut Bday to having set the boarding house afire they said nothing of the insurance policy, nor made any reference ref-erence to the presence of Scott in the bunin: boarding house. Mrs. Scott and her two sons wore taken before Justice Bishop at 2 o'clock yestprday afternoon. The mother wept convulsively as she pleaded guilty. The tons appeared j stolid. The negres? was released on her own recognisance, but her sons were tak' 10 the county jail VI three were bound ovor to the district court According to police officials, new complaints of more serious character ma he Fled against Mrs Scott and her two :01s today, ie to the dlsc6v?l ei . that the Invalid WSs 'n the burn-1 .rg building Scott was attended yesterdav by Dr, W. N Puah, assistant county v. h. ordered his removal to the count) Inflrmar: Scotl froze bis feet tn Og-1 r'.en last December, infection de. eloping |