The Nation - News from March 27, 1986
A federal jury in Philadelphia convicted George Stewart of violating a black family’s civil rights by setting fire to a house several weeks after 400 people had protested the family’s presence in the neighborhood. Stewart, 23, was also convicted of an arson-related charge in the Dec. 12 fire, which destroyed the possessions of Marietta Bloxom and Charles Williams and slightly damaged the house and several other homes. Vincent Calahan, 20, and Thomas O’Donnell, 22, pleaded guilty in the case and testified against Stewart.
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