The Washington herald., 1911-08-08

door and windows. The milkman broke
in the door.
The flames We're licking the ceiling at
the rear of the office and devouring loose
papers and books. The safe door was
open and the gas was burning at one OF
the Jets in the rear of the office. The
milkman's attention was attracted to
form stretched on the floor at the rear OF
the room. ten feet from the safe. 1t was
the body Of a man and his clothes were
afire The driver rushed through the
smoke and the fire and dragged the man
out to the street, where he slapped out
the fire which was consuming the man
clothing He then placed him in his
wagon and whipped up his horse and
rushed to st. Francis Hospital. where
the man was taken in hand by the doc
tors.
Find Man Unconscious.
The MAN. was unconscious. but he stiil
breathed. The skin had been burned
completely OFF his hands and face. his
mouth was half blown away. and his
eyes were destroyed
Detectives had come to the hospital
and were waiting to get post-mortem
statement from him. Finally, early an
the morning, the man began to moan and
mutter, and before long he was able
to speak intelligently and to answer ques-
tions.
TT was a damn good job" whispered
the man before he quite knew what ne
was saying.
what is your name" asked the detec-
tives.
Prank Walsh" he said.
He said in reply to further questions ms
that he was a peddler and he lived at 81
Central avenue, East Newark, and that
he was thirty-two years old.
While Walsh was being carried to the
hospital a policeman had turned In an
alarm of fire, and the blaze had been ex-
tinguished before 1t had more than
scorched the woodwork and damaged the
books and furniture. Capt. Richards and
Detective Sergeant Curry at once went
to work on the case.
They found books and papers scattered
all over the room and even in the labora-
tory at the rear. Most of them were
burned so that they were illegtole. The
door of the safe stood wide open. The
detectives found spots on the wall and
floor which proved to be Of gasoline and
some of the books. which had not been
burned, were saturated with the same
liquid.
Issues Two Statements.
Brown was arrested when he came to
work this morning and taken to the
ONCE of Capt Richards, where he finally
confessed his part in the crime He
issued two statements. the second little
longer and more complete than the first.
In substance they were this:
"I hired Walsh to destroy the ledgers
of the Long Dock Boat Company because
had been stealing money and wanted
| them out Of the way. The company was
going to have several expert account
ants go over the books to-day, and
knew that they would discover the thefts
although I tried to cover them up with
false entries. 1 did hot know that the
place was set on fire, though, until
came here this morning, and I'd give
anything in the world II could brinE
| that man back to life.
II had been considering this things fol
months" continued Brown, land hat
talked 1t over with Patrick ]. Timmins
friend of mine and an expert account
ant, who has helped me to doctor up the
books"
With this information Capt. Richards
| went to Newark and placed Timmins
who is thirty years old. and living at Ss
Clinton avenue. with mis- wife and 81,
children, under arrest. He took his ar
rest coolly and refused to say wort
about the crime.