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The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Allegiance in Alabama. (search)
iary. --A small negro boy named William, the property of Thos. Emmett, was arraigned before the Mayor yesterday on a charge of setting fire to the house of John T. West. Mrs. West testified that the back porch of the house was discovered to be on fire about 8 o'clock last Friday morning, but was promptly extinguished. ShortlyMrs. West testified that the back porch of the house was discovered to be on fire about 8 o'clock last Friday morning, but was promptly extinguished. Shortly afterwards the passage was filled with smoke, and going up stairs, she found one of the beds burning. Assistance was procured and the fire again extinguished. The boy William was then placed to watch the room, and considerable excitement prevailed on the premises. At 1 o'clock Mrs. W. wanted the boy for some purpose, and found e occurred. In a short time thereafter a second bed, in the same room, was discovered to be burning, and they then suspected the boy of setting it on fire. Mr. West testified that after the occurrences above narrated he tied the boy to a table, when he confessed that he had set the premises on fire; that when he went to the