Again Arrested For Arison

Cuyler J. Barton, waiting trial in the circuit court on the charge of burning the barn of Stephen Hadley in Lyndon a year ago,is again in the toils of the law. This time it is on the charge of burning a dweiling near Unadilla. Stephen Hadley, of Lyndon, lost a barn worth #4,500 by fire a year ago last June. The origin of the fire seemed lo be incendiary, the circumstances pointing to Cuyler J. Barton as being the incendiary. The case was put in the hands of Marshal Peterson, then a deputy sheriff, who with the aid of Detective Flynn, of Chicago, arrested Barton on Monroe st. in the latter city. The examination was had before Justice Turn Buil, of Chelsea, who bound hitn over to the circuit court, his uncle, Loren L. Babcock, of Chelsea, going on his bond in the sum ot L1,500. Hon. A. J. Sawyer appeared as his attorney. The case was adjourned from the March term from time to time on account of the unaccountable absence of two witnesses. Since the arrest two more barns, valued over $7,000, have been burned in the vicinity of the Hadley fire. In all the cases the buildings seem to have been set fire by a peculiarly constructed machine in a little box. It was made up of a bottle containing combustible fluid, with a f use. The more recent cases in which Barton was suspected and which have caused his re-arrest were the burning of the barn of Mr. Bangs, of Unadilla, and the house of Gilbert May. Barton helped Bangs thresh and after it was finished his barn was burned. Public sentiment was inclined to believe Barton was the incendiary. An important witness in the case was Gilbert Vlay. He moved into a new 'house but before he was settled the house was burned to the ground. Barton s under arrest for this last fire.