New-York tribune., 1883-12-18
THE MILWArGiE "BID B0TS"
THE C0NFU-~IDN oF NOCNG MorFETr.
from me R..riHg T,sronsin, H-c. II.

tg0tu Jif y HHiHg UtfrDnFfu. DO. II.
OneaitrlnoOn Last September while AillaId and
Vrr inc ourin ward SrnoI. Oat ou-c w. agreed tont
Al ou fre ul- the fan O Tie unE We then told Ntsi
"nd Finch and they promised &" hcpus. n the evening
ANA Iucb struck match and VI IN" hre We thrn ran
on,yn Grlud-aNc. to .,iJud- store until the engines
C,,,,n ,yu,n yc returned the fire. Amer that Finch
ed tia wanted ~ start nnother lire To let hn
LuoH n and Ecd hgnt ID. Ii!dd. fnch and started
te Gr az Eott's barh. Three Oi uz it matches, but
Finc- went and the other two were played against
th, barn. We ran down 10 tlith-si,, aud heard men
hollerin fire and others pull the hoG Another pnc
We were walking around AMI Game across BOON barn
wncu Finch said, Here's eood one ictS rum IT, dh
men III match and set the hay on irc. We ddit want
the buildings H. burn cju.t done I" have some iuh
ana Ia opf tbr Are department ont.
We a0erysarI, fired Bulrs and Caswel barns. hut
West had nothing to do wtn either OF them proposed
10 burn Landmarks feed ni6'c, corner Of Hiand ave
and Thirlst. One evening ~ November, cahl
remember Just the date, Finch Miard ard met on the
corner when Finch went hr0lnu brk ana df@coNrf'1
bale Of hay rgut back o the hydian AMI struck nutch
t0It We hrn went up into The library until the alarm
was sounded, and then ran 10 thr mc. una y" ret
Wl-ou Bl.ck'- house. Grand ave. On fire by placing
bag lighted hay IN shed a'U'mihy, snt tho lfo "is
In time OF tue nre al Becrs stable on SecOndS We
inst made up ninds only three innntcs bcorc the
lire was started flnch ny nat"h ana lnrcW II III rind
h1r az the stable. Another time we get hrc t0 stable
In the ahcy between scvrhh s anu highn S,1' ana anu
Graud-aVe. and Wells Whi'h was pu1 OUT .! Nn :.
Notbomm Mllard and planned the burning oi TIE
Harrison barn, on Iwrllhst hiarn ] S1t ti, mr. ss'
/ set fire to an old box IN wagon, but KNEW nothing
would burn II had wouldn't have done H." -.
Tbe st,Ty is gwen abont told by the lad, and dates
arr, nuittd Iwng 10 his bad memory the large number
"a, reu,ri,ber The reporter inquired
"Why didn't you boys let up when the whole town
became aroused e $1,000. ,,---,--- A. -.
eve dd decide 20 quit right after the Harrison hre hut
diin that's all. Only for MlaTd we would never nav,
hcen 1onyht lie took about fourteen Kids around wltl
him every night. Every one he'd yet hold of hed el
them about setting tire t0a barn tod By, the bikcf-
W1a,,, kospnbann. He told me Jansen "A relative
| and N he asked about ii he wOud have ~ tell But
never thought ned tell. Millnd told Billy Rosenbain
th rst ,uc lust the fire at the rchoolnOuse IL
ran right straight To ROsenbduns aud told Blly Blil
sad ed he Obliged to tell Jansen n he asked about IL
ynnre s,ou The worst ia the lot, are you nott'
"N0 Flncn Is the worst one. He lit nearly every on
what made you he 50 impudent TO the officer when
arrested your . .,,..,,. ,,, ho ooull,
conn, IN over me. Al first when thcy brought us H.
tbn,ght they were Just a-fOolng and only tryt 10 hh
~. ,eli someLhug never would nave sluehied on "a
ohers first ia have gone to PRISON hySeh anu hc''
would have given them away" -, A., a., ,,
had untbiug 10 do win that. Was ne uir1ldf
mo he Bad NOR nerve than Ma IA uy Il F Foou ~
mi he A. nlto-etntr innocent Inc boy commence
weeping bitterly, aid tne reporter Lett Aii !" h y"