Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1887 — Official Fire Bugs. [ARTICLE]

Official Fire Bugs.

Seven men who have been hired by the citizens of Plainfield, N. J., to act as firemen, and to constitute in part the fire department, were arrested Saturday night for having carried on for some time a system of incendiarism. Some of the party have confessed having set fire to several houses, for the purpose of giving them work to do and earn their sa’ariea. Great excitement is reigning there over the arrest.