The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-08
CRAFTSMAN GAME
EVEN unto DEATH
Refuses to Tell How He
Received His Fatal.
Injuries.
TWO ARRESTS MADE
Cashier Confesses Bogus Rob
berry in Order to Conceal
Shortage.
TWO ARRESTS MAD

New York. August As a result
destroy the records OF the 1oas Deck
Mills and Elevator Company in Jersey
City. for the purpose OF concealiag a
shortage of $500 IL the accounts Of
Samuel Brown, the cashier. Brown and
Patrick j. Timmons, an expert account
ant. are in jall there tonight under
the charges Of arson, conspiracy and
naaslaughter. The police hold a con-
fess!on bearing Browns signature.
telling of his plans for the crime, and
naming Timmons. his good friend. as
an accomplish. Frank Walsh. known
as Lightning" The burglar who was
hired to do the Job. died to-day OF
burns received in trying to carry out
the scheme.
Brown was arrested when he re-
ported for work to-day. His employ
ers told the police that experts had
been examining the accounts during
the previous week. and had set to-day
for examining the books. Brown told
the detectives h a he had been short
since January /. and that Timmons
nad worked on the books. as a friend.
!or three months trying to cover up
mis- tracks. Browns alleged confess
sion says in part:
About 1890 ?. NJ Sunday met Tim
mons In q saloon in Jersey City. We
mad been talking about destroying the
books for the past two months. as I
was short in my accounts. Timmons
said he could get a man in Newark
TO do the Job. and we took a. trolley
car to a Newark roadhouse TO meet
the man. Timmons left me there. but
returned In half an hour with Walsh
The three of US took an
to Jersey City.
About $3.50 Wa went TO the Office
OF che Long Dock mills. 1 opened the
ooor and the three of us went In. I
then opened the safe door and took
out three check books and the cash
BOOK. Walsh held the books over the
gas jet and set them on fire. I watched
MIN set the books On fire. then I left
them to go back home. did not
know anything about the fire Until
this morning"
The police did not tell Brown. upon
arrestins him. that Walsh had died in
mis- attempt. Instead. they tried to
batter down his defense. and. falling.
one OF them finally said:
ing"
My God" gasped Brown. 81 can't
have a mans death on my SOUL
Then he told his story.
Timmons was arrested near his HON.
in Newark. Enor OF detectives TO
elicit a confession from Timmons has
been unsuccessful.
The safe was found intact, although
the police, at first glance. thought
that Its doors had been blown from
its hinges. There was NO evidence OF
an explosion, the fremen say. but
plenty OF evidence TO show that gas
o!ene had been used literally.
The books. however, although
soaked with the fluid. were only
charred o the edges.
When Walsh was found by the fire.
men with his eyes blown out and his
clothing all but burned from his body.
he said that ne had gone into the office,
the door being open, to sleep.
He was smoking a cigarette. fell
asleep and he supposed the cigarette
set the place ahre. At the hospital he
was told that he o die OF his
burns.
Now" queried a detective. won't
O tell us how II happened?"
Walsh shook his head and straight
ened on his cot. II was his last