The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-29
YEGGMAN SET FIRE
AFTER ROBBERY
Large Brickmaking Plant at Dover, N
H., Completely Destroyed by Fire
Last Night.

Dover, n. IT,, Dee. 2o.--The large brick
making plant Of Tiske & Co, incorporat-
ed, at Dover Point. was burned last night
by fire which is believed to have been
started by two men who robbed the as
sistant bookkeeper, Charles Goldthwaite,
while the latter was sitting alone in the
office of the plant short time before
the fire was discovered
Coldthwaite was knocked unconscious
BY a blow on the head. and for hours
after the occurrence was unable to tell
connected story Of his experience. but
the police gathered from him that be
had been attacked by two strange men
and that his watch and about S25 in
money were missing.
Later in the evening Goldthwaite re-
covered sufficiently to tell a connected
story of the affair. He stated that about
5:20 o'clock he was alone in the office
and had felt his desk to light a lamp
situated on the wall near the stove.
The fire In the stove had heated the
room so that to be comfortable The door
Of the Office was left Open
In lighting the lamp Goldthwaite step
ped up on a chair, and as he was ap-
plying the match he heard voices and
immediately after heard someone enter
Che Office. who saluated him with the
words, How are your" He turned to
see who it was, and was struck in the
face with sand bag or something of
the sort. The blow knocked him from
the chair he was standing on and stun
ned him for short time. When he
came to he was suffocating With the
smoke which filled the room, coming
from brisk fire which was burning on
the floor and side Of the office. He rails
ed himself from the floor, where he had
fallen, with difficulty, and made his way
to the door OF the office. Upon reaching
1t he found II locked and his KEYS were
gone from his pocket. Goldthwaite seiz-
ed chair and smashing window with
it, he made his way through the window
into the yard, falling unconscious when
he had gone only few. feet from the
building.
A steamer. hose wagon and detail of
men from the Dover FIRE department
were sent to the scene, but could 10 lit-
tie to stay the progress of the flames,
and in a short time the whole plant
was pile Of smouldering ruins.
The officials OF the company were I'M
able to learn whether the robbers att
tempted to open the safe. as the ruins
were too hot to enable the safe to be
opened II is said, however, that only
a small amount Of moneynever more
than S50---has been kept in the office
Treasurer Pierce. who was here yes.
terday negotiating for wood for the brick
plant, estimated the value Of the plant
at s350,000 The plant covered about
five acres Of land, and was one Of the
largest in this part Of New England
MIR. Pierce said he was unable 10 say
how much insurance was carried.
City Solicitor Hughes after talking
with Goldthwaite said he regarded the
whole affair az a mystery, and that
there were various features about II
which seemed inexplicable. The gate
keeper at the railroad crossing a short
distance away from the door Of tht
office, snid he saw no one around ther,
at the time just previous to the diseov
cry Of the FIRE, and Mr. Foss, who dfov,
along the stret by the mill toward TIA,
crossing, said he met with no suspicious
characters He also said that he notieet
no sign Of FIRE at the Office when hs
took Goldtbwaithe into his vehicle, ant
did not smell smoke.