The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-24

Detective EdWafd Cu11aeA accom- plisoeo
one OF the cleveress pieces OF work record
ed in local police circles for several years
yesterday afternoon when be Obtained
from Tommy Smart fun confession OF
the robbery OF Henry Jones'. house. ga
Fcntenal street. Monday evening. Novera-
Der IL.
Smart net only said that he committed
the robbery himself instead Of the big
man and hts pal mentioned In his story
Just after the robbery. bat he brought 10
light The missing pistol and Sc 81. Smart
says that Notwithstanding the claim that
there vas So IN the little hank taken from
Ars- Jones' trunk. he found only asa
IL win De recalled that the Post-Inteili-
gencer printed the story Of this robbery
wednesday morning. November Is. At
that time IL was impossible TO more than
intimate that young Smart was not falling
the truth. Last Saturday morning the
announcement was made that Chief OF
Police Reed and Detective Cudihee, after
Q careful investigation Of the alleged rob-
berry. had been forced to conclude that
Smart was an out and out liar. Under this
belief he had been arrested and was held
q prisoner In q cell At police headquarters
Al first Smart maintained his innocence.
He said that while he might be wrong
about the scratches on his face having
been made with knife In the hands CT
have stood outside the door, yet they were
made after he ran out OF the house al the
point OF the pistol held by ths big rob-
Der"
Il am sorry. Tommy" said Detective
cudihee. .'but your story does not verify
with the facts az We have found them"
Tommy went back to his cell. Yesterday
afternoon ne sent for Cudinee and told
him that after thinking the matter over
h 81 krao
Of the whole affair.
He said that he was the son OF . we'll
to-do retired contractor who lives at
Luten. Bedfordshire. Eng, q town about
thirty miles out Of London. eSome time
ago his parents sent him money with
which to return home. Instead Of doing
as he ought he spent the money.
While he was at Mrs Jones house once
she told him about having $40 or $50 in a
little bank. He said that he learned from
her where II was kept. His story clouded
somewhat at this point by the introduce
ton OF a side story TO the effect that Mrs.
Jones once said that even IL burglars did
get the safe they would get fooled. because
the money had been taken away.
About two weeks before the fake rob-
berry. according TO Smart, man went TO
tho Jones house one evening, and when
Mrs. Jones went to the door he refused 10
slammed the door in alarm. Smart said
that he Went to the house . short time
after the occurrence. and Mrs. Jones told
him What had taken Place. He immedi-
atsly took a pistol and went out Ia search
OF the mysterious man. he found him
behind some logs and brush. The man
ran. and he fired three shots at him.
Smart said that when he went over TO
take care Of the Jones' house Monday
evening. November l6. be got to thinking
over the matter and came to the conclu--
son that he could steal .-e money in tho,
bank and make the Jones people believe
that the mysterious man had dons thu
work. His special reason for wanting the
money was tina, 1t would furnish him
means 10 return to his home In Luten.
Bedfordshire. He took the bank from the
trunk and also the pistol, and left the
house. He concealed the goods behind q
fence q short distance from the house. up
the alley After fixing the things so that
IL would be = difficult matter TO discover
them, not knowing exactly where they
were, he started back toward the house.
and started 10 walk. ne clipped and fell.
HIS face came in contact with some
bushes and was scratched. This unex-
pected occurrence compelled him TO intro
duce bhe second robber. who was supposed
to strike him with a knife.
Then ne went 10 the nearest uCus0 ana
tried to awake IN Italian girl. intending
TO tell her about how the house has been
robbed He said that she did not hear
him. Then he returned to the house and
gave the children some water to quiet
them. The little fellows had become
frightened and were crying. After this
he went TO the house of an Italian FANNY
not far away ard awoke them. They
came over to the house and remained
there until the family came home. Later
In the night Smart took the safe and pistol
to a new hiding place near his own hons.
went out to herd cows he took an az ana
broke open the safe To his disapposnt-
ment he found only $50.
Detective Cudihee questioned him close
ly on th.s point. but he Insisted that he
got s3so and no more.
He took the safe with him to the pas
ture and threw Il into a bog. Then he re-
turned 10 where he had left the pistol
and the money. He went 10 the residence
Of Attorney Emmons. on Beacon i'll, and
hid The pistol liz the basement. The money
he put under board al the head Of stan
IN the stable.
After finishing his story. Cud.hee asked
BIN IL he would 90 cut and turn up the
goods. Smart said ne would, and a few
moments later the detective and his pris-
oner left headquarters They went 30 the
bog where the safe was supposed 10 De.
5ut owing 10 water were unable 10
ana n. Then they went 20 Mr.. mnons'
house and found the pistol and money,
inst as Smart had described
Smart was taken back 10 prison. and II
now remains 10 be seen what Will be done