From The Indianapolis Times, Saturday, November 27, 1915: Fire of incendiary origin, believed to have been caused by chicken thieves, destroyed a large chicken house in the rear of the home of J. E. Pigman, 126 Linwood Av, early this morning. The flames threatened for a time to spread to neighboring buildings, in which were kept a number of automobiles. Chicken thieves have operated in the east section of the city recently and have on a number of occasions started fires to cover theft. Pigman had twenty chickens in the coop. A brooder kept in it had not been used for more than a week and no fire was burning. Pigman, after the fire, found only four charred bodies of chickens in the ruins, instead of twenty. A fire, the origin of which is given by fire headquarters as “unknown” occurred November 1, when a shed in the rear of 101 S. Sheridan Av, owned by T. J. Glenderning, was destroyed. Theft is said to have been committed before the fire was started. This fire occurred a few days after a similar fire had been reported to the police in the east section of the city, where a shed was burned and twenty chickens stolen.