[dogbyte12]

What's going on in New Mexico???

We have personnel coming in who are desperately needed from New Mexico.

Death penalty for arsonists on the spot.

[FITZ]

I just posted the link --- full story tomorrow --- it came up about 3 hours ago on news here.

[petuniasevan]

An Alfred Hitchcock short story dealt with an arsonist - young guy who set "thrill" fires. You know the type. Set fire, retreat, watch fire department respond.

Well, the happy firebug graduated from burning barns to torching homes. Second one he got was occupied; they didn't get out.

He was caught and put in jail, and high bail was set. To the judge's surprise, the townspeople showed up en masse to pay the bail up front. So they released the arsonist.

Another fire soon started, this time in an oak-studded field. Fire department responded to find a gruesome scene.

There was a charred body chained to a scorched oak tree.