The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-08

whom has reached his majority bairy
being 90 years Of age and Reid IL
years. have Acknowledged conducting
daring campaign Of incendiarism. the
property loss resulting from which ag-
gregaiing more than S2,jO0,OOQ.
During the past seven months the
puburbs Of Boston, particularly the
cities Of Cambridge and SomcrVille and
the outlying residential ward OF Brigh-
ton. have been afflicted with a veriia-
bic scourge OF inccndiary fires and the
effect produced has been almost In the
nature OF reign Of terror. The per
slstency with which the fires were set
and the success with which the porpe-
traitors eyadcd detection were q source
Of great concern to the residents, and
the authorities found themselves BAT
fed In their efforts TO apprehend the
incendiaries.
Method showed itself In all the fires
and various we're the theories ad-
yanccd as 20 the miscrcants and the
material used by them. Fire after
IRE took place and IN most OF the cases
had secured such Roadway when dis
covered that efforts at saving the prop
crty were without avail and In some
cases the departments had more than
hght 10 keep the fires from becoming
Of the general connagration class.
! buildings OF almost every class have
been attacked. aud even church prop
erty has not been sacred from the at
tempts OF the inccndiaries. In this
connection the are In the Wood Me
mortal church Ia Cambridge was Sc,
while services were being held In the
yestry. and In this Gaze. had the Gre
bugs been az successful as IN others
great loss OF life would have been
likely 20 occur The rounding mp OF
the two youths. however. has ended II
all and nov what we're purely natter.
Of conjecture are established facts.
The fires for which these two younl
men are responsible. as detailed 10
their confessions. number siXty-tNo
and have continued uninterrupted,
from Aug % to May T. and. besIdei
the innumerablo fires IN Somcryille
include the abattoir and stock yard
fires at Brighton. the Allen a Endicoit
the Wood and the Gale lumber yar'
fires. the Wood Memorial church Il
Cambridge. the stearns. Washington
street and Allston schoolhouses. Som
erville's Masonic building and seyera
houses and barns In watertown an'
waltham The property loss has az
srega,ed $500 900. and the INSURANCE
companies have paid upward Of $500,
O0O insurance as a result. These AZ
urcs include the 100000 IRE whlcl
wiped out the Holt a Bugbee lumbe
yard In Cambridge two years ago, IN
setting Of which Daley h said TO hay
confessed was one OF his first incendI
AIRY acts.
In their method Of starting a blaz
the Gre bugs we're generally consistent
they used a candle To Daley was al
WAYS intrusied the Office o. lightin
the candle. Reid assisted in IN, pr,
limlnarlcs. Nor we're the two entirel
devoid Of the inventive genius. q
one occasion. fnding themselves with
out a candle. Reid improvised one b
placing together two pieces Of beeswa
: and running a piece Of rope throug
them. Their custom was TO take
y candle. cat Il round near the top an
. q, on It paper collar. usually aboJ
, one inch from the fame. The candl
was then placed on or near oombust
y BILE material and the flame was con
) municated TO the paper and thence
y the material upon which the candl
:, stood. In the grain store Ares In Son
D eTyille they used oily waste from u