. . . residing at Elliottsvillle, Staten Island, recently applied
for the place of night watchman of the town.
Being refused he set fire to several valuable buildings, to induce people
to think that a gang of incendiaries was at work, and thus render his appointment
a fancied necessity. He only succeeded
in getting arrested.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 29, 1862, p. 3
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