, 1866-10-25
THE BOWDOlNHAM BANK ROE
BEKY.
Arrest OF Three Desperate Burglars.

Arrest Of Three Desperate Burglars.
from tho Boston Advertiser, October at.l
David Bartlett, Edward Watson. alias Ed
ward Mcclure, alias - Fairy'' Me(;uire. aud |
Osen Sinus ! alius "Rory" Simms, iii Of i
whom arc notorious burglars, were arrested
in New York on Friday, on . charge Of lav-
ing robbed the National Village Bank Of Bow
dointam, Me-, onthe night q the I'D Of June
Yesterday morning, in charge Of the officers,
and will start in the urst train this morning
fur Bnth.
The facts Of this bold robbery have, per-
hars, not yet escaped the recollection OF onr
readers: About midnight Of the I'D ofJunc,
field, cashier of the National Village Bank
Of Bow lu1nha1n. Entering tho bedroom, the
burglars struck Mr.. Buttertield heavy blow
on the head With slMny shot, and then
bound aud gagged both himself and wife.
Mrs. Buttertield had q young babe at her
an alarm wns given. By such threats they in
tfmidated the cashier and compelled him to
give them the keys Of the bank. They then
went IL that institution, but were unable 10
ccmbiration lock. Returning to The house,
they forced Mr.. Butterac]d to 20 with them to
the bank and to open the doors, not even
! giving him time to put on his clothing The
burglars succeeded in stealing about seventy
| i've thousand doiiass in bonds and money.
i
| wife and child, werc tied to the bed with
cords. In about an hour Mr.. Buttcriield
freed himself and Eaye au alarm. 1Ie WAS
ycry weak in consequence Of hts wounds.
! and from the effects Of the sas..ng. Mrs
Brttc1tiel1 has not get recovered from the
excitement Of her rough treatment, aud is
said to he in i critical condition,
When all investigation of the robbery was
made. it was asccstsined that the rreviols
AFTERNOON four nen had hired conyeyance
BowdoiuLam), returning The same night,
bad left the team at the stable, aud taken
the early train for Bt'ston. After three
weeks lisd elapsed, this was the only clue
found to the peypetratess of the outrage !;
Alderman Perkins, Of Eath, advised that an
experienced detective be employed, and Ae
was authorized to engage Que. He accord
ipglr came to this city md secu:eti the ser
y.Ses of private detective Mcses Sargent.
Mr. Sargent, after obtaining 4 thorough,
and consulted with Superintendent Kennedy
in the matter. Alr. Kennedy promised NIL tht
assistance his department could furnish, and
offered 10 call en- any Of his detectives fo,
assistance, Mr. Sargent laid his case ont be-
tore detective Elder ot the Central Office nd
Captnin Jenraon Of the Sixth Precinct, and
| tic three went to work with will, tllell
knowledge Of dcsperldues Of that class he
sr@ so extensive, aud thu description SO aecu
rate, that they were moi long III fixing on III.
men they wanted. Word was thcu scut II
Bowdciuhain anu Portland to have such per
sons as could identify tho bur
glnrs Gene On to New York. TIL,
cashier was not able to come III conse
qEcncc Of the dangerous Illness Of his wife
but the stabtc-lccpcr and several other per
sens who 1lsd seer the suspected men, visitet
New York and were shown the burglar
without tho knowledge Of the latter. The.
Welc positively identified as the men wt1t
lad been seen III the village in the carly pari
Of the evening, and who hired the team a
. Portland. The witnesses went back to Maine
and made atlidarits in the local court.
against Sin,1ns, Bartlett and Atctiurc- Ths
burglars were duly indicted and t;ovcruo
Cohey is: ued n rcquisItion on Governor Fen
. ton, Of New York, for their surrender.
Armed with this document, Mr.. Sargcp
repaired to New York, and Superintendent
Kennedy. aware Of the desperate chaacte
Of the men With whom they had to deal, dc
tailed three Of his best men, Officers Ha.rar
ty, po'an and Dunn, In addition to Jo,irtlol
and Elder: The party snllied forth on Fri
. day morning, and met Bartlett and McGuirt
in Eighth avenue. The arrest was made il
Abingdon square,. Wilbur t!l.y were fol
r lowed. The burglars made !; desperate re
: sista! &c, and 3icCuirr tirt'' II dirk knife
t with the intentiG.. oi stall .n!, officer Dollar
hut he was quickly disarl.ed and secured.
At about nine o'clnc.s Friday evening tn
same officers met Simfns ut the corner I
West Houston and Farick streets, fu con
. rapy with u crowd of notorious thfcve:
! Fearing that if they delayed his arrest ,Sinlu
i would hear nt tie arrest OF his accom- olice
: and make his escape from the city, the OH
/ GERS resolved to take him intu custody iu til
i | presence Of his comrades THIS was don't
c hut desperate effort was made tc rescu
;. linn. Reyolyers ond knfyes were drawn, an
n ouly the pluck Of the officers OF the Inv pr,
G vented the escape Of the prisoner. Stmnl
i, was pretty roughly handled and finalIy su
n rendered. lie was taken into a Sixth AZ
r me car, when another dash was made by h
e friends, aud but for the aid Of two 1oliccme
Of the precinct, he would probably llave z.
n away. as it was, he was safely taken tv Il
,r nearest station.
d In order to avoid the trouble Of answcri.
= to Il writ Of hootas euypus, which was said
J. Lave been Issued, the prisoners were tax,
i up TO Harlem in a carriage and an arrane
= nleIt made for the Boston express train
stop for them there. Thinking it quite pa
stblc that a resort might be again attcmpte
}. Messrs. Elder. Jonritan, Dolan. and Dn,
v came on TO this city with Mr.. sarscr
% Elder and Jourdun will gn through, Al
It the other two New York officers will rctu
~ | htYup.