Arson as Propaganda and Examples
One article specifically talked about arson in a list of crime statistics dealing with lynchings. A few of the other articles in the newspaper used arson as a tool for propaganda rather than as a crime in and of itself with a specific target and arsonist.
Two articles specifically talked about arson in a list of crimes being used as propaganda against the Irish government, specifically the Irish government in 1920 during the troubles with England and their government control. They called it a government of arson, murder, and terror to justify their actions and legal reactions against Ireland.
The final article that talked about crime in this way was a strangely written article that was written as propaganda against the concept of Bolshevism. It talks about how Americans were great during World War I and how without their soldiers, the war would have been lost to the Germans. It uses arson, murder, and other crimes as examples of the reign of Bolshevism in Eastern Europe.