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wilmette police on September 4, the day be surrendered, and to Chief Brautigarn, Chief Zibble, T. A. Gree- ley and George P. McNally, spécial agents of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and P. E. B3ertýrn, first dep1uty state lire marshal. After advising the prisoner of bis rîghts, anld seçuring bis statemnient. that .bh, had not been abused or. given any promnises o f 'imimunity, Mr. Bertran proceeded to the examination, which brougbt out the following- story of the. inception of tbe crime, the incen- tive for commnitting -it, and the details of itsacopimet Crimo's Confess;1on,. -My name is James Crimio. 1 am 43 years old, single, and live witb my siste, on South Second street, Highland Park. I am *an all-around workman-piumber. painter, carpe nter, laborer. I arn flot now employd adhave had no work for a 19 h st ire ta 1the Russo bou.se?"» Mr. Bertramn asked. ~Weil, tberè were threeý of us. The others were Anthony DeMonte and Vin- centt Accardo, alsô kinovn as JihI the painter." (The prisoner referred ta De- Monte as "Tony," and ta Accardo as In reply to the question as to wbo instigated tbe crime Crime said: Involves ]RUSSO "The instigator, as 1 understand, was' Russo, tbe owner af tbe bouse. Jim came to me one day and told mie 'l got a Job, I got a little job ta do. Do you think we can handie a tire?' I said sure. He said he was golng ta humn up Russo's property. 1 asked, if he (Russo> was giving any rnoney and he -:aid, 'Sure.' I asl<ed bini bow much. He said, -1I am broke and I got a fa.rily.' Jini sald be would 'let me kflow ini about a jnonth. Aftem about two months he came Ito me again and said: 'Well, na-w, he je readýy. I-e ies ouit of town now but hell caine back. 1-e gave us $300 ta start. with.' 1 asked Jini what the 'price was and he s:aid '$2,500 o- ~$ ,000 We .divided the $300. 1 got $100, a $100 bill, paid to nme b>* Jiin in theý ice creamn parlar at Chicago avenue -and Milton ,Étreet We bad told hlm (Rusbo) thatWe-. -needed ,that mtich ta buy the s9tuf- thé. gasolin e and dyniamite. Set, Stage for Crime -Wè baught twenty-tive gallons. ef gasaidieý t Toc "ny p Ad for iLt. ony had :.a Ford coupe andi1, told hlmi and Jim ta take the ga.s up there and leave, it 'they put it in laundry tubs and took - oerore mis 4SJ onU anaI im U DVI.UZIJ ie unconscious from tiChe fumes of tlii fgasoline as we poured It. 1 was upstain -and they were downstaIrs. 1 calléd tg teand then went down and dragge( .1 er out. After they were outsidei ewhile they were all rigbt. W. liad ' , Ford ýcoupe parked right ln front of tbi rbouse. Russo bad a, car justIlike .LWf got ln and drove around to get somn air before we would start the tire. Whei e we came back to start lt the tire depart. Sment was there." 'To the question as to whetheër h hhad ai any-*time talkedwith Russc f about,,the fire Crimnoans'wered"N. -Asked if be got, money later he said: s "Well, lie'gave us $2,500 or $3,000, and we spllt. I got an equal share, a little at a time. The last I got Jini gave me( $75. ,Jini handled .all the mroey." Tc 3further, questioning he explained, thal he got bis fullI share and a littie more. That Tony got les.9 than. he or, Jim, and *that tbere had: been no quarrel among vthem aàbout the money. *Best Furniture Rémove d?' Crime denied that-he had ever' served time' in 'any penitentiary or *institution, 'but adm itted that he had benarrested on suspicon, and dis- orderly charges. He sail be had nev- er before been guilty of arson. Asked to describe the interior of the 'bouse and furnishings be told of the roonts and added: "There was flot much friue Tbere was a red mug in one room, a baby grand piano, pictures, a marble s;tatue and other thing-s. There was alsÔ some green sumnier furniture on the Porcb. Jlm said, 'They mnust have taken out aIl tbe good stuff and left the bad." Asked whether gasoline had been poured on the rug anid the stairway he replied: "Certainly. Everything tha+ was there,~ even the dresses, was ,satuirateri.". NIMr. Russo :is in the macaroni busi- ness in Chicago. He was taken to the state's attorîiev's office following Crimo's confession and asked if he %vould sign a compflaint against the me.which he refused to do. RETURN TÔ BRYN MAWR Miss Marjorie Starr Best of Evans- ton, forinerly of Wilmette, and .Miss Esther Bassoe, also of Ilvanston, left last Monday to niotor east to resurne their positions on the faculty at Brvn te Among the citations which com- sprised the lesson-sermon was the fol- Slowing froni the Bible: " know that, a whatsoever God doeth, it shalbe for a ever: notbing can be put, to it, nor îe anything taken. from. it: and God do- eeth it,,that men sbould:fear before 'e himn. That.,which hath been is now;ý -and that which is to be bath already: been; and"God required that which eis Past" (EccI. 3:14,15).. The- lesson-serm on, also included ~he, following pas sages from the Christian Science textbook, 1Sience Iand. Health ýwith Keyi to the Scrip- tures" by- Ma ry Baker Eddy: "To .grasp the reality and order of being t mn. its Science, -you. must, begin by reckoning- God as the divine Prin- ciple of aIl that really is" (P. 215). HOME FROM NORTH WOODS >* Mrs. Wfilliam, Whittier, 51. Kenil- worth avenue, Kenilworth, returned 1Fiiday, after a two weeks' visit at lier sunmmer home, Idiewild,, at Sawyer, Wis. Mrs. Whittier had Miss Marion Dunlap, and her brothers,1 Lawrence and Richard Dunlap of Columbus, Mo., and ber nieces, Geraldine and June Peacock of Wil- mette visiting ber. }ler son William bad Miss Marjorie King Ellis of Ev-> anston as a guest. William returned a week before bis motherin corder to register for bis senior year at North- western. HAVE OUTING Agroup of nortb shore women in- t cludi ng Mrs. Herbert Mesick, and MI\s. Louis Bouchard of Kenilwortb, . Chrs al Smith of Wilmette, INÏrs. 'CalsLaw and Mrs. Curtis SteenS of Winnetka, and Mrs. Howard Pitts of Evanston, motored Tuesday to St. r, Joseph, Mich.,, wbere they were guestsA of Mrs. 0. B. Westphal of Evanston t] at ber summer home. Mrs. Westphal b 1ti returned Wëdnesday with ber guestà si who are al members of a bridge., club. . T LI ** ui*** 5 OUU oirIJJy iia al- ,ready attracted so many city people. The firm recently sold 97 acres on Tower Lake road in this district to a Mr. Peterson of Chicago wbo is plan- ning to divide the property into smnaller tracts. . Part ý of the land is icely Wooded and has lake. possibili- ties... This is in the 'section north, of the Biltmore Countryr club wbere' there hsbeen ,considerable building t.his' vear.. Thomas H. Robinson, swim- ming coach of Northwestern univer- sity, to whom the firm sold 30 acres on the saine road, has just completed' 64Ironwood Lodge." This is a uniique development of a large barn and silo into an".artistic six room' lodge.* The interior is entirely paneled in knotty pine, a treatment which is very effec- tive, in, the, country. The. massive stone fireplace is éonstructed f rom houlders col. le 'cted on the farm. The silo has four, floors and a, winding' staircase, with shower baths, toilet roomns and on the top floor an obser- %,atôry' with v'iews of the surrotinding country. The basement contains a four car garage. Nexýt ta "Ironwood Lodgeý," Mrs. Co- rinne E. B. Booth of Highland Park is creating a beautiful eàtate on the 50 acres s3oid ber by Quinlan. & Tyson. During the summer, she has. heen con- structing rusýtic bridge,; over the strearn running through a heaviiy wooded ra- ,vine, building several lagoons and other-; wise beautifying the grounds. Exca- vating for the fine colonial residencee has been started and a large green- bouse is al-so planned. Half a mile Up the sanie road, Wil- !iarn H. Bell of theWestingbouse Elec- trie Manufaeturing company, has Just r-nved from.t his Evanston 'apartnient nto, a remodeled farmhouse. The firm sold Mr. Bell this property with 20 acres in the early sumrner. The old stucco covered .farmhouse has been transformed Into a white, clapboard, garly Afferican home witb irregular roof lnes and many charming features. A. duck, pond is being dredged out at lhe Tea r of the house. The baàrn bhas been chaniged into ani attracti.ve strui- ure with quarters for help and a pos-M sible future reereation roomn. Wýitbin two miles of this property. J. E. Lies" of Evanston has this yea r xtensively remodeled a farnihouse nverlooking Indian and Gassy Lakes. Re bas added several interestingou ot-, -S ÀL Es CO. St., Evanston, Lnd Dorothy Hanley, the -0- of Mr. and Mrs. J. T..Han- Mms. C. T. Smith of Spokane, ' hestnut avenue,. wbo grad- WashI, is visiting ber son and daugh- me from Marywôod Scbool ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. Roland n Evanston, are entering Smith cf 1728 Highland avenue. Mrs. college this fal. Smitb is moving te, Los Angeles.