Bernoli Sotomayer attempts arson of five story tenement
- Title of event
- Bernoli Sotomayer attempts arson of five story tenement
- Type of event
- Fire
- Address of event
- Bernoli Sotomayer attempts arson of five story tenement Happened Primarily at 6, W 112th St
- Report on event
- Bernoli Sotomayer attempts arson of five story tenement Main report referencing event Bernoli Sotomayer attempts arson of five story tenement
- Start date / time
- May 8, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Unknown
- Description
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After an altercation with a building superintendant [Joseph Hamilton]
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After an altercation with a building superintendant [Joseph Hamilton] – who accused him of attempting to “persuade” his wife into leaving him – the defendant [Sotomayer] attempted to burn down said building by piling empty cardboard boxes around a baby carriage in the rear end of the cellar and setting them on fire.