People v. Fox

Plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of burning goods, wares and merchandise with the intent to injure certain insurance companies. It was charged in the indictment that on March 7, 1912, plaintiff in error, David I. Felsenthal, Moe Rosenberg, Nathan Spira and Benjamin Fink, (otherwise called Ben Finkleberg, or Ben Franklin,) unlawfully, willfully, maliciously and feloniously set fire to a certain lot of woolen and cotton clippings, goods, wares and merchandise in a building known as 902-904 South Morgan street, in the city of…