Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1913 — Trial of Ben Kahn for Arson Proceeds at South Bend. [ARTICLE]

Trial of Ben Kahn for Arson Proceeds at South Bend.

The state will close its ease against Ben Kahn, formerly of Remington, at South Bend, today and the defense will take up the case Wednesday. Kahn is charged with arson, it-being alleged that he burned his stores down to collect the insurance. While in business at Remington he had a fire and collected a big amount of insurnotwithstanding there were many indications of him having set fire to, the stock himself.

A former employee of Kahn’s while he had the store at Remington, testified for the state Monday. He told of finding a bladder containing gasoline in Kahn’s store after the fire Was extinguished.

Abe Franklin and Ben and Dave Rosenberg, indicted for causing a fire at Fort Wayne, were called to South Bend to testify for the state against Kahn. The Fort Wayne men confessed having set fire to their store and it is expected'will make a clean breast of what they know about Kahn.