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Show CAR STRIPPED AND THEN SET ON FIRE When ho telephoned to police headquarters head-quarters yesterday at noon to report the th ft of his automobile from In front of the Marion hotel. II Pel s ted of Preston, Ida., was informed th it. the- car bad bean snipped of all accessories anil burned up at 'be in-tcrsectfon in-tcrsectfon of Seventeenth street and Gibson avenue l rlda night Short l before midnight Friday mht the fire department received H telephone call to the effect that a house was on fire in that section ludged by the flames. The man who tell phoned the Information said that he was on his way home when he saw the flames. The fire department responded and discovered that it was a 19J0 Btude- l! er automobile on fire. The fire was put out and an examination ex-amination of the machine showed thut It had been stripped of all accessories Lhd then set on fire. Detectives George Phillips and R. 11 chambers Investigated the theft of the ear yesterday and are following lues, Which, they said, may lead to th' persons per-sons that stole the machine. oo |