The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-12
FRANK TALMAN ANDSECRETARY
 STILL MISSING
Hartford President of Big
 Finance Co Is Short :. ( Over S25O,OO

s 11AEtAOEug COtins- SCS T tE---NOAV" Search for Frank A tTillman, pres Go, and his private secretary, Miss Baetrice Kaufman, wanted In con- nection with an alleged shortage of more than $250,OO0 in the firm s accounts, today turned to Mexico.
 Tillman, formerly associated with Edward L. Doheny in the Mexican Petroleum fields and with the Att lantic Gulf and West Indies Steam ship company. disappeared last Sat urday as authorities waited to question him regarding. the com pany's financial conditino.
 Two other officials of the con cern, charged with conspiracy to defraud the stockholders, were held in $f0,000 bail each after their arrests on bench warrants. They are Louis A. Gerand, director, and Thomas J. Loveday, treasurer and assistant secretary. Mexican and Canadian border of- flcials and steamship lines have. been notified to watch for Tillman and Miss Kaufman. . Tillman came to Hartford in February 1882 and the following, month became head of the cont pany which had been purchased. from the Wakefield Morley Co, prior to that he had been associ- ated with finance companies in New Jersey and New York. He originally came from St Louis, Mo-, where he was born in 1892 and at- tended the public schools and St Louis university. Authorities knew litie of activities before coming to Hartford.
 The investigator which resulted in issuance of warrants for arrest of himself and Miss Kaufman fol- lowed a dispute between Tillman and an officer of the company, po- lice said.
 A receivership was petitioned and a complaint registered with the staet's attorney, Tiilman, it was said, promised full cooperation in examining the accounts and was to have met with his attorney and County Detective Edward J. Hickey last Saturday. Failure to attend the conference led to disclosure of his leaving the state.
 Miss Kaufman was employed at the United Thrift Go, eNew York city, said to be an affiliate of the local company, and came, here sev- eral times week.
 Sought In New York New York, October 12 = (UP) - (UP) - Frank A. Tillman. president of the Underwriters Finance Company of Hartford. Conn, and his private secretary. Miss Beatrice Kaufman. the Bronx were sought here today as fugi- tives from justice.
 Bench warrants for their arrest on charges of participation in conspiracy to defraud the company which specializes in automobile fi- nane. of $250,000 were issued at Hartford at the request of States. Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn.
 Later New York police an- nounced they had learned Tillman had dented an apartment here.
 Tillman. a native of St Louis and once an associate of Edward L. Doheny in Mexican petroleum in- terests, has been the object of a police search here since Sunday. when his wife announced she had received at her home in Bloomfield, Conn, letter from him at the Hotel Commodore, New York.
 The letter said Tillman had suf- fered financial reverses and that his body would. be found in the East River. Police went to the hotel and found Tillman had checked out Saturday night. Yes terday they reported finding the apartment.
 Police also announced they had learned Miss Kaufman had gone last Friday night to the office of the United Thrift Company. 9 sub sidiary of the Underwriters Fi- nance Company, where, she had recently been employed. and re-
 Bail for Thomas J.. Loveday, treasurer and assistant secretary of the Underwriters Finance Com papy, and Louis A. Garand, a di- rector, who were arrested in Hart ford, was set at $25,000 each.