The Portland daily press., 1894-08-16
WHY "PAr" LASH WAS ARRESTED.
The Suspicious Circumstances of His Con-
nection with the Loss of $17OO-His
Chances..To Prove an Alibi are Good,
However.

The suspicious circumstances that led to
the arrest of Henry " Lash at Old Orchard,
Tuesday. are as follows: Lash is well
known sport of this city. and proprietor of
the Cor ham house at Old Orchard. A. b.
Tice, whose S1700 was stolen, is another
well known sport of this city. He was run
ming the faro bank at the Gorham house
and living there. He admits that he is a
gambler. He had a partner with him, also
his wife. 1t was his custom to go in bathing
before dinner every day. He usually
left his money, of which he had about $1s0O
in bills in the care Of his partner or wife,
while he was bathing. On one occasion
when both his partner ard wife were absent
he left the money in the care of Lash, who
therefore knew how much he had.
The stealing of the money was between II
and IL O'Clock in the forenoon. He went to
his bath and was gone but forty minutes.
He left $150O under his clothes in the bottom
of his trunk and $3.50 on top of his clothing
inside the trunk. When he returned the
money was gone, the trunk and door having
been forced.
The suspicious circumstances against
Lash are that he knew about the money
and that during Tices absence. the cham
bernlaid. called his attention to the TACT that
the room had been broken into and that he
went up and repaired the splintered door.
and not once looked to see if anything had
been disturbed though there was the trunk
in plain sight, with the lock forced open.
Both he and the chambe Imaid testify to
this.
Also when Tice came in from his baths
Lash said nothing to him about the broken
door. Tice went up stairs, and when he
came down, before he had said word, Lash
said whats the trouble?"
Also the door was forced open from the
inside, by some pry or jimmy, that
splintered the wood. The appearances are
that.if the door was opened from the out
side it must have been done with a key. as
all evidence of force is on the inside. This
would show that the burglar came in
through the window But that is highly
improbable, because he would have been in
plain view of many people in broad day
light. Besides, if he came in the window,
why should he force open the door. 1t looks
as if the door was forced open from the in
side on purpose to indicate that the burglar
came through the window. Also, unless the
burglar knew aboutthe amount of money he
WOulu most llKoly nave Deeu sdtlSuou Will
the $3.50 found on top of the Iothes in the
trunk. and not stopped to hunt through the
clothes for more. The above facts are the
rea sons for Lash's arrest.
On the other side, Lash claims that he
was on the piazza talking with two ladies
during the entire time of Tices absence,
except when called up to the room by the
chambermaid. If he did take the money he
must have done so Immediately after Tice
left for his bath. 1t would have taken but
a few minutes and he could then have
joined the ladies on the piazza. Lash also
claims that Tice didn't lose any money at
all, and that it Is all a bluff game. for which
lhere are sufficient reasons. -,s-
The above suspicious circumstances are
exactly as narrated by the detective who
worked up the case.