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September 23, 1924
The Dawson News
Dawson, Terrell County, Georgia
What is this article about?
In New York, pale-faced dressmaker Miss Jennie Latimer, deluded by a call to 'burn down the world,' set fire to five tenement houses near St. Columbia Roman Catholic church. She was caught, questioned by Fire Marshal Thomas P. Brophy, and sent to Bellevue Hospital for observation.
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WOMAN WITH CALL "TO BURN WORLD" FIRES FIVE HOUSES
Figure in Black Slips Through Church Crowds and Sets Tenements Afire.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—A tall, pale-faced woman dressed from head to foot in solid black and laboring under the delusion that she had a call to "burn down the world" was caught early yesterday after she had set fire to five tenement houses near St. Columbia Roman Catholic church.
She was identified as Miss Jennie Latimer, a dress pattern maker, of 427 West Twenty-fourth street. After she had been questioned by Fire Marshal Thomas P. Brophy she was sent to Bellevue hospital for observation.
"I had to set the fires," she told the marshal. "I was told to do it, and I've got to burn down everything!"
Figure in Black Slips Through Church Crowds and Sets Tenements Afire.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—A tall, pale-faced woman dressed from head to foot in solid black and laboring under the delusion that she had a call to "burn down the world" was caught early yesterday after she had set fire to five tenement houses near St. Columbia Roman Catholic church.
She was identified as Miss Jennie Latimer, a dress pattern maker, of 427 West Twenty-fourth street. After she had been questioned by Fire Marshal Thomas P. Brophy she was sent to Bellevue hospital for observation.
"I had to set the fires," she told the marshal. "I was told to do it, and I've got to burn down everything!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Medical Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Madness
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Arson
Delusion
Tenement Fires
New York
Jennie Latimer
Bellevue Hospital
What entities or persons were involved?
Miss Jennie Latimer
Fire Marshal Thomas P. Brophy
Where did it happen?
New York, N. Y., Near St. Columbia Roman Catholic Church
Story Details
Key Persons
Miss Jennie Latimer
Fire Marshal Thomas P. Brophy
Location
New York, N. Y., Near St. Columbia Roman Catholic Church
Event Date
Early Yesterday
Story Details
A tall, pale-faced woman in black, Miss Jennie Latimer, set fire to five tenement houses near St. Columbia church due to a delusion to burn down the world. She was caught, questioned, and sent to Bellevue hospital.