Leopold Waldo Arsonist

Leopold Waldo was born 15 Nov 1881 in Chicago, IL (Some records say he was born in Germany, I believed he lied) to Katherine Threwilder and John Waldbillig.







On he had set several fires and the newspapers dubbed him the "Firebug".  On 19 Apr 1913 in San Francisco he started a house on fire that happened to have a man his wife and two children asleep. Mr. Vassey got his family out of the house before harm came to them. 







2 May 1916 he was working on the State road "4" as most convicts at the time were put to work on roads they were called "Chain Gains". Leopold escaped.




He lost all his credits (Good time). 

Here's his prison records and mugshots.




















When he got out of prison he worked as a carpenter and a contractor. He married Mary Meyer and they had a daughter named Rosa.

I didn't find any other criminal records so he must of gotten his act together. I also did not find a death record for him or a Findagrave memorial. 

I tried to search the Vassey Family and found nothing.



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