Arson Traced To Halloween Splurge

The series of fires that have bedeviled ^C1 lately have been traced to one source: a local lad, Pete "Pinhead" Pokewillow, broke down in tears today at police headquarters after making a full confession. Pokewillow said that he had gone on a Halloween candy-eating binge, and a voice from a nougat bar had commanded him to set the blazes.

"I really wasn't planning on doing anything bad at all," he said. "One of the gumballs even told me I should give all my money to charity, and I was considering it, until that nougat piped in," he said. The remaining candy was given to the family hamster.