200 years later, Cokesbury College arsonist found?

(Baltimore Sun) - As cold cases go, this one's a doozy. The world's first Methodist college, one of Maryland's earliest institutions of higher education, burned in 1795. Newspapers at the time said it was arson. The governor offered a $1,000 reward - a lot of money then - to catch the perpetrator. But no one was ever charged. Enter Bonnie McCubbin, an anthropology and history major at St. Mary's College of Maryland, who graduated in May. More than two centuries after the mysterious fire, the 22-year-old from Bel Air tracked down artifacts excavated decades ago at the site in Harford County where Cokesbury College once stood. Continued

Photo: Model of Cokesbury College, located at Cokesbury Memorial United Methodist Church, in the cemetery. Click here for more stuff on the place.