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Show ATTEMPT Ml TO FIRE A BUILDING JANITOR DISCOVERS THE PLOT NONE TOO SOON. Lighted Candle Was Burning Its Way to a Mixture of Kerosene, Alcohol Al-cohol and Gasoline. New York, Jan. 7 If David Barry, the janitor of a six-story brick building build-ing at 335-337 Broadway had not remained re-mained up lato last night it seems certain cer-tain that the structure would have been destroyed by fire. As It was, returning re-turning home, Barry discovered on the fourth floor landing a lighted candle, inserted in a demijohn surrounded by rags and paper." In the jug was a mixture of kerosene, alcohol and gasoline. gaso-line. The candle had been burning about an hour. The police were notified and when they arrived declared that the arrangement ar-rangement was undoubtedly a well-planned well-planned firebug plant. The mixture in tho jug was highly inflammable and an explosion would have followed had the candle been allowed to burn a few moments longer. Pieces of paper had been so adjusted about the neck of the jug that if the flame had been a little lit-tle lower they would have been Ignited. Ig-nited. The building is occupied by a number of factories and business offices. |