London, Oct. 19, There has been a sensational sequel to the great fire conspiracy rial last Jyear when Leopold Louis Harris, fire assessor, and nine others, were sentenced to various terms of im-Jprisonment on charges which includ-fed arson and fraud.
Two men, who gave their names ay Frederick Edgar Richards and HHtenry Joseph, were arrested to-day Jand remanded for one week in Bow [Street on a charge of unlawfully with Harris and the others defraud insurance companies by making fraudulent claims. Bail in the sum of £50,000 was fixed for leach of the accused.
sensation was caused here last July when the trial of Harris and the other nine accused opened before 'Mr, Justice Humphreys at the Cen-trot Criminal Court. One of the charges against accused was that they had conspired to set fire to diverse warehouses, shops and other build-Ings with intent to defraud certain insurance companies and Lloyd's underwriters, Another charge was {hat of conspiring to cheat and defraud these insurance companies and underwriters by making false and fraudulent claims as to the amount and value of goods and merchandise which had been insured by them and Which had been the subject of damage by fire, water and smoke, There Were also other specific charges of arson and obtaining money on false Dretences. Tt was. stated that the money, obtained by the accused amounted to hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling.
On August 18, the jury brought in a verdict of "guilty" against all of) the accused and, on the following Gay, which marked the seventh week fof the trial, Mr. Justice Humphreys Sentenced the accused to various terms of imprisonment or penal sertitude. the death of two men mentioned in The gs were marked by the trial. One was found asphyxiated in his garage and the other was found dead on the line of a tube-station in London.
Harris, the leader, who pleaded guilty to 25 of the 34 charges against him, was sentenced to fourteen years' penal servitude—Reuter.
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