Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-17 | Page 6 | Finch is Found Guilty of Arson

FINCH IS FOUND I GUILTY OF ARSON Provo Man Set Fire to Realize Insurance on Furniture Mercy Recommended Special to The Herald Provo Oct 16 After After over three hours hours' deliberation a jur Jury found Wll- Wll 11 lIam lam S. S Finch guilty guilt of arson in tho the second degree the tho Jury jur recommending the he prisoner to the mercy of ot tho the court Sentence will be passed at 10 o'clock Saturday morning The Time case has been followed with much men interest and when the Jury filed Into nto the court room at 5 fi o'clock this afternoon a n large crowd was present God help me crl cried d Finch when the verdict of at guilty guilt was road rOld His Ills wife and nd five children who were In the court ourt room all nil began bogan to sob when FInch Inch was led awa away to jail Finch was charged with setting fire tire to o the old Haines residence which he head had ad rented In order to realize the tho insurance in- in on his furniture Th The Th tire fire occurred oc- oc on the thc night ht of August 31 31 and andie the ie house would have burned down had hadIt It not been for the thc prompt work of ot he the the fire tire department