Did cougar kill spark arson at Daley's Mich. home? Mayor Daley's Michigan summer home was apparently the target of an arson that badly burned two of his neighbors' homes last month -- and was possibly set by someone angry over the recent killing by Chicago Police of a wild cougar on the North Side, the Sun-Times has learned. The April 24 fire was initially believed to be an accidental brush fire. Police reopened the investigation after learning that a threatening note was sent to Daley's City Hall office.