Indians Block Efforts to Fight Fire at Illegal Bar
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MASSENA, N.Y. — About 200 Mohawk Indians protesting alcohol-related highway deaths on the St. Regis Indian reservation blocked firefighters trying to put out a blaze at an illegal barroom, authorities said Sunday.
Two hours after police arrested owner Josephine White on Saturday for serving alcohol without a license, flames broke out at her barroom on the reservation.
State Police investigator James Bouchard said police are convinced the fire was set by angry reservation residents. No one was charged with setting the fire.
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