Eichen v. State

This claim is for damages to property, a sawmill in Macoupin County near Carlinville, owned and operated by the Claimants, Harold and Charles Eichen. The complaint alleges that, as a result of a fire set on October 7,

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1968, the sawmill, including a storage building, logs, lumber, tools and other material were destroyed, total damage being in the amount of $25,000. The fire was allegedly set by Ora Hash, a ward of the Respondent, who escaped custody.

Ora Hash, at age 15, became a ward of the Department of Children and Family Services by order of the Circuit Court of Peoria County, entered on…