Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-23
HOW A BURGLAR OPERATES
Interesting Revelations of Carroll
Sanborn.

Interesting Revelations of Carroll
!, Sanborn.
How Rutland was BUrgiariZed.
We are under obligations to Captain
Henry B. Anterior, formerly of Ludlow,
now lawyer at Nashua, N. H, who
| visited Carroll Sanborn to identify proper
ty stolen from his residence, for the fol-
, lowing account of bis visit. Capt. Ather-
tor has recently had second interview
with Sanborn through the courtesy of
Sheriff Herrick of Lawrence A.:
Sanborn was quite communicative talk
ing readily about his different 'jobs." He
seemed to think too much ability in his
a particular line was ascribed to him and
A insisted upon it that there are others who
/ could do job as neatly as himself. Hav-
ing first inquired if any of the plumber
/ taken from Mr.. Atherton's house had
J been identified among that brought from
O Albany, he stated that he had none of it
and was not the person who took it, add
ing that if he had been, he would admit
it as three or four instances more or less
against him could make but little differ.
ence. He seemed under the circumstances
hardly to expect to be believed, but as
serted that if the watch and other things
: were ever found it would also be found
that what he said was true. He felt
enough interest in the matter to inquire
in what part of the city the house in
t question was located, and said, in answer
TO a question, if he bad been the intruder
: and his victim had awakened in season,
and had gone for him bare handed, to- re-
, cover his goods, he should have been en-
tirely out of the way before the other
. could have got upright in bed. He said
he never shed drop of innocent blood,
and never struck man but once and
that was fellow workman. He said be
always picked out suitable place fer
operations in the early part of the even
ing, some retired place or back street, and
0 then when the time for work came be
would take of his coat and leave with it
' everything not necessary to use, as for
5 example, any previously obtained plumber
p his shoes, aud very often his revolver.
When he began his career of crime be-
. fore his arrest at Concord, he regarded it
rs a very dangerous thing to enter a sleep
ing room, aud said be was afrai1 to do it E;
that no money would have tempted him
to run the risk. Upon bis return from
= his years absence, after his escape from
the Concord officers, he was without q
cent and desperate, and began to enter
sleeping apartments for the ready money
and watches Of the occupants. At first
he took silver spoons, bat on considering
a the matter concluded that in most in
= stances they were heirlooms, and on that
F. account valued more highly by their own
ers than ten times their weight in solid
. silver, so he thought be would let them
e alone.
+ On its being suggested to SAnborn that
r Mrs. Proctor of Dunstable thought she
, was awakened by the light shining into
her face, be smiled and said he thought so
too. He said bird in a cage gave him q
great deal of trouble at Mrs Proctor's by
fluttering every time the light struck it.
Dogs be considered of not much account,
if a person were only perfectly silent in
his movements. Generally, however, he
avoided visiting houses where he knew
they had deg. Ga one occasion be was
put to his wits end by dog standing at
his masters bedside, but throwing the
, light OF his lantern into the face of the
= astonished brute, he quietly retreated un-
der the bed and remained silent, while
; Sanborn finished his work
r On being inquired of, be said there
were many laughable incidents connected
with his various burglaries, and be had
seriously entertained the idea of writing
to the Boston Journal to invite an offer
: for letters to be written by himself de-
scribing his jobs. As reason for so
doing he alleged the poverty of bis fam
= lily and illness of one of his children. He
complained that City Marshal hilbrick
, had not carried out his part of the agree
/ ment upon his return with the plumber
from Albany, which agreement, as be
said, Yves to permit Sanborn to identify
each stolen article and arrange them in
parcels With the name of the owner at
tached ; that he said be could easily have
done at the time, but doubted whether he
now could. He was assured that he
might possibly yet have the chance. Mr..
Pbilbrick is regarded as perfectly up
right man and an efficient officer by those
who know him, but be has bis own way
to hunt rogues and stolen property.
Sanborn asserted that he didn't know
burglar in the country, that he never had
accomplices and was not in Nashua upon
the night succeeding the Dunstable rob-
berry. On baing asked where he was that
night, he said he would rather not tell.
and smiling, remarked to his interlocuter
that he would probably go away believing
d he came to Nashua all the same. He ex-
hibted his wounds and remarked that
the one through bis right thigh about ten
inches long had given him no inconven-
fence whatever; the one in the other
thigh was painful and the doctor told
him it would probably result in his death
by means of aneurism of the femoral ar
terry. He seemed to take hopeful view
of his situation, however. He said be
bad never used Intoxicating drink and
his wounds healed readily. He was
wounded in the foot while member of
Company K, in the 9th New Hampshire.
during the war. Mr. Philbrick saws that
Sanborn has earned by honest labor at his
trade in Albany, during the past year
and half, about 81 200
Upon his asserting that he did not come
to Nashua, Capt. Anterior, who has made
study Of burglary in general for the
past six weeks, and of Sanborns' STYLE of