The Portland daily press., 1867-10-23

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u rs1lnn ~ M us nMSn was entered on the 10th
OF JT,Iv and nropsrty consisting of clothing,
Spoons, forks, notes, checks, cash &c, 10 tne
value OF several n4,a ter arrested lad resid
,, Il, - eirhporhood on Suspicion of hav-
ing committed the deed, and after being taken
to the loe a a9srosed ~ fiSe nindar Snn,e ~
Il was recovered, and the lad is to have an ex
animation in the Municipal Court next week.
Such is the paragraph which apnears Mr.
Editor, in your paper of the 9Th inst hv which
the impression is given to the nubl;c that tha
person who committed the robberv in Mr. Col.
lays house has been datao,ad N.Y. 20 the
facts in the case. s.l 49, iaal.t4
A boy eleven wears old VINE sent "Wednesday
afternoon Sent. osth A tba n n. Railway
Bridge ut low tide Ia Gather aome tiny Holsters,
about the size of the and of ones thumb, for
the purpose of ornamenting baskets OF sea
MOSES. While there, on the flats under the
bridge, he found fork marked Cooley which
was stolen from the house of Mr.. Colley on the
corner of Moth ana Qnebec streets, July 10TH
He brought Inc iofk nome with the Holsters
showing what ne hi'd iohhd' ana stated that he
thehgh' ne s'" more spoons OF iorks III the
wafer whicil ne coelu hot reach' at any rate he
sa" soniething SHINING IN the water, and the
next low tide he meant to go down and see if
nc co'iiu not ma some more. The fork was
returned 10 Nlr. Coiley late that afternoon.
ouiioas, oopt' N9th, iate IN the afterhoon-it
peing an extremely low tide-the boy, in COM
pany WIN stu younger lad, who was on a
. yisit ~ ms iatheris house, went down to the
oridge again OF his own accord to look for more
iotks. Inc TIDE being extremely low, he was en-
aplea TO hni near the channel, one fork, five
spoons and one butter7knife, which he carried
W MIS- ~, corey tnanaed'dtefy dtter cafhom carry
pt9 u'ens nome. /, ..@,..,l ..t .-, s-
Il. "eeuhesuay night, oct. "a, FRED Coiiey
memorandum DOCK, tsaid TO contain between
@'o ana @fo' 'ud whicn was taken from the
mousse Oh the iiiSht Oh the foDDery win MT
Nohey coat anu oudef' COATS, pants ana vest
together with notes taken from trunk,) was
found by lady after dark on the sidewalk
near the house where the boy lives. On this
evidence Friday evening about O'Clock The
boy was arrested by Policeman Foster and hur
ried on TO the Police Office, locked up in one
OF the cells, there to lie on plank during thu
night without any article of bedding, and thu
next forenoon taken into the Marslial's office
anu 'nere tod by the Marshal that he coult
prove u against h;m aud II he did not own VI
ne would put nm IN the Reform School tina
afternoon. The boy having denied all knowl
cage OF the larceny to the officer and Marsha
On tne evening OF his arrest, and also the mex
d1ay; put having been thus confined, passing a
sieepiess hlght-being constitutionally ner
vous-throush terror, told the Marshal afte
Deing stIil fufiher pressed, that he committee
that oifehce and adhered to that story until HI
was released from the immediate control of tn,
| Marshal, and then emphatically denied it t,
the Sheriff and Others at the Jail. i.a
BE- AT dissemination it was proved by govern
inent Witnesses, that the boy passed Colley'
| mousse on ms way home to his fathers house
minutes before ten and reached there within
Two minutes as was proved by disintereste,
wi!.heess'-ahd dld NOT pass from the sight OF
'iiis witness until ne went into the house. A
Ton oeiock he went to bed, as was proved by
heighbor who was spending social evening a
MS fathers, -also by several members of tn,