The Washington times., 1920-08-10
ARREST BARESPLA
TO STEAL $4,000.
Detective Says Prisoner Sohem-
ed to Fitch Payroll With
Aid OF Paymaster.

BALTIMORE. Aug. 1o.-Ai.egsd 20
have planned the theft OF a bag con-
tsining $4,000. the weekly payroll
of the M. A. Long Company. contrac-
tors employed on the construction OF
the Columbia Graphophone Company
plant at orangeville, John Franklin
Keystone. thirtyNtwo years old. alias
! G. Il. smith. a native OF Berryyille.
Va. whose home is In st. Augustine,
Fla, was arrested yesterday by Head
quarters Detectives kahler and Por-
| ter.
No formal charge was entered last
| night on the docket st Central police
station. where Keystone Is held. Only
the entry, held for Marshal Robert
ID. Carter" appeared. Detective Kah-
| ler said that a conference will be held
with States Attorney Leach today to
draft the specific charge.
| According to. kahler, the case was
brought to the attention of police Of
hcials yesterday by executives OF the
NJ. A. Long Company Marshal Car
ter, he said. was informed that Harry
Il. Woods, the company's paymaster,
had been approached by Keystone
with a proposition to Woods for the
theft OF the bag containing the
weekly payroll The plot named next
Saturday as the day Woods should
be held up by negroes. and robbed Of
the money"
SAYS WOODS ,.sUPPORTEDn PLAN.
Following a conference at police
headquarters 1t was agreed that 1t
would not be. wise to permit the
hold to happen. According to
kAA
week ago and introduced John A.
Grahe. a special official employed by
the company. to Keystone as Mr..
Winters" and as one "who would Join
in the proposition because several
men would be needed" Woods and
Grahe maneuvered SO that Keystone
is alleged to have unfolded all the
plans to both OF them.
Kahler was introduced to Keystone
yesterday as "Mr. Scott" Keystone
was told that "Mr. Scott" would "ac-
company him to Washington after
the bag was seized and would look
| out for the interests of Woods and
Grahe." Keystone never suspected
kahler's identity.
when we were talking over the
plot" said Detective Kahler, Roy
stone. who was thoroughly enthused.
suggested that we had better go to a
hotel to talk things over. We agreed
and on the day down he told me how
easy the whole thing could be
worked.
"'Well. you have got a good head
I said, how did you get the idea
need money and when We get that
roll we can go to Florida and open
stock office he answered. l asked
him whose suggestion IL was and he
al
that he had let Woods in on it. He
told me he had registered at a down
town hotel under his right name and
checked out Saturday, but that he
had given the name OF Smith at the
Madison avenue address. This. he
said. was to show that he had
ostensibly left the city a week before
the job was Scheduled to take place.
ARRESTED ON THE STREET.
HE said we could get the 9.15
train to Washington Saturday morn
ing, switch the money from the pay
envelopes and then take the Dixie ex-
press to ST. Augustine. And you
thought this all out? l asked
Yes, it's my idea We walked a few
steps further and / stopped him.
You're not going to St. Augustine
| get the 9.15 with the payroll. You're
| going to police headquarters!
Kahler. seized .Roystope and Porter
ran from the opposite side Of the
street and took hold OF tho men.
/ Keystone almost collapsed. An auto
mobile was called and a few seconds
| later Keystone was taken to the
| detective bureau. Down the corridor
to Captain McGovern's office went
| Keystone and the "plotters." The
whole thing was so sudden that
Keystone just continued to talk OF
his plot" He told Captain Meow
ern the whole story over again, de-
claring that he wanted to get a
lot of money quickly"
Keystone has wife living in st.
Augustine. he said. She was a widow
before he married her. Keystone was
employed by the M. A Long Com
pany until four weeks ago, when he
| was dropped from the payroll