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Band of Ohio Firebugs Brought to Justice
Northwestern Ohio endured a 30 year reign of arson and robbery by a secret gang led by Homer Morrison in Williams and Fulton counties. Investigations exposed dozens of fires, indictments, and prison terms as Page, Ely, Shipman, and others confessed. insurance payouts exceed 1.5 million dollars.
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Band OF Ohio Firebugs
Toledo
Ohio
Williams
Fulton
Jack Page
Freddy Bowman
Stryker
Firebugs
Homer Morrison
Morrison
Samuel Ayers
Ayers
West Unity
Williams County
Ely
Kansas City
Jim Ely
C. Waldo Ely
Jack Taylor
William Schwartz
Page
Columbus
Secret Service
Fire Marshall
Walter Payne
Clyde Persing
Persing
Winifred Adolph
Payne
Frederick Miller
Miller
State Department
H. H. Hollenbeck
Bryan
Michigan
Michigan Penitentiary
H—M
Jim Saunders
Saunders
England
America
Widdell Hotel
Jack
Fulton Counties
John Keller
Keller
Waldo Ely
Wesley Shipman
Frank Colon
Shipman
Harry Kirkendall
William Bohner
Freddie Bowman
Charles Smith
William Davidson
William Matthews
Newton Omey
Jackson Swisher
Charles Hultzberg