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The Wichita Daily Eagle
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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In Brooklyn, New York, on April 12, police discovered a band of firebugs and Anarchists responsible for most tenement house fires since January 1. Two men arrested; one confessed to arson methods targeting insured furniture for profit shares.
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NEW YORK, April 12.—The existence of a band of firebugs and Anarchists in Brooklyn was discovered today. Two men are in jail. One of the gang has made a full confession to the specific charge on which he and the others are under arrest. The police and the fire marshal are convinced that they have at last caught the incendiaries who are responsible for most of the tenement house fires in Brooklyn since January 1. The confession obtained describes in detail the methods employed by the firebugs in setting fire to dwellings and other buildings. This description shows that the arson was the work of men who not only are familiar with strange combustibles, but are intelligent enough to lay their plans with a degree of circumspection which long defied investigation. They would go to dwellers in tenement houses who carried proportionately large insurance on their furniture, and propose to burn the house or rooms of such persons and take a percentage of the insurance money in payment for their work.
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Brooklyn, New York
Event Date
April 12
Outcome
two men are in jail. one of the gang has made a full confession.
Event Details
The existence of a band of firebugs and Anarchists in Brooklyn was discovered today. The police and the fire marshal are convinced that they have caught the incendiaries responsible for most of the tenement house fires in Brooklyn since January 1. The confession describes in detail the methods employed by the firebugs in setting fire to dwellings and other buildings, showing familiarity with strange combustibles and intelligent planning. They would propose to burn the house or rooms of dwellers in tenement houses who carried large insurance on their furniture and take a percentage of the insurance money.