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Show ATTEMPT TO BURN ABE ATTELL'S SHOP NEW YoRK Mny 22 Awakened by detectives from it late Sunday morning slumber, in his fashionable Fifty-fourth street apartment, Abe Ai-tell. Ai-tell. former featherweight boxing hampion of the world, was taken to a police station and iiestioned regarding re-garding an attempt to burn his Broadway Broad-way shoe shop Ming Toy Bootery After a vatchman had found a slel prpte Uon door leading to Abe s bootery. boot-ery. unlocked, policemen discovered Ka'ohne-.-ouk'-d rags and newspapers atuffed in shoe boxes and shelves and corner The carpets had been saturated satur-ated with gasoline. Attell wm astounded when he hnd been told of the attempt to burn hts store. His partner, E M. Tnuzend, J also could shed no light on tho mystery. mys-tery. Attell and his partner were releas- ' ed late BUnday afternoon. The police said no i bargee would be placea ' agamM them, but that the lnvesttga- Uon would br continued. |