The Crime of Arson
Seventh Article of a Series Which Will Cover Outstanding Cases of Incendiarism and How They Were Handled
Too many electric flatirons, and the receding tide on a nearby beach, disclosed a clever attempt to have an incendiary fire appear as having been accidently set by an overheated flatiron. The owner of a summer camp purchased a cheap electric flatiron for the purpose of allowing it to overheat to set fire to the camp, but this particular iron, although left turned on for several hours, failed to get hot enough to set the fire.
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