In Chapter 22 of DEVIL MAKE A THIRD a traveling preacher has his revival tent burned in Aven and afterwards Buck Bannon confronts the preacher to let him know it was time for him to cancel his sermons and to move on down the line. In real life, the Methodist parsonage was burned in 1914 and Mayor of Dothan Buck Baker blamed it on the Methodists trying to collect the insurance. The star witness in that arson trial was the wife of local screwball and frequent visitor to Mayor Baker's municipal court, Ed Inge. (from the November 21, 1915 MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER)