Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-06-15
The Bangor Silk Thieves.


The burglars who stole large amount
OF silk In Bangor this spring were arrested
.fter 3 sharp dght At Greenpor,, L. l.. on
the LIST inst. on q charge Of burglary com
nitted in New London. c., on the 2ath
ult- The Hhi9 gives the following in
tsresting account Of their operations
Detective Walker soon after the Affair
interviewed" an old man named Smith
living in Baskerville, and succeeded In
gaining from him the information th.,
smiths son William, (whe had been absent
rom the city some years. had been on n
visit home. aud that = fellow named
Cnsfies Hamilton. with hslf-dozen aliases
accompanied him. Both these chaps bore
hard reputation. and further iny,sfiva-
ton showed that they were without don't,
The silk thieves. Their movements have
been traced. and il was found tia, ,hev
came TO Bangor Friday night. Nav s,h.
ana stopped IT Smiths fathers until Non.
DAY On that day one Of them hon rhf a
piece OF steel Il Schwart's hardware store
and taking II to 5. 4. Fellows black smith
shop on Clinton street, wanted . Jimmy"
made like . wooden pattern which he
brought with the steel Mr.. Fellows did
not exactly understand what the mar
wanted, 50 the burglar took OF his Goa,
went TO the forge and did the job Ia \ very
worknAnlike manner. On Monday ni1ht
the burglars broke int the stores OF
williams q Getchell and J. +. Rin.s a
Co., and stole about e4.5OO worth OF sI,l
Is We have before noted. On TUESDAY
tesy iald IN bed all day AZ . house near the
old B. o. & N. railroad depot. That even.
ing At about 10 O'Clock they bouoi, !.
trunk at Hayes store on Broad 60,
took II TO Thurston's single shed on tn
same street, and pulling the pspers "a IN.
silk. slowed the fabrics in the trunk ana
Dag IN which they were found. Early
Wednesday morning they took the trunk
ana Dag TO the steamer City Richmond
where short time Afterwards they vere
discovered and seized. The burglar, in.
teaoed leaving on the mali train NJ a
O'Clock. but the presence of = policemen
~ the station disconnected them and ,hev
made for the woods back of Rarkerv;Iis
where they remained until SATURDAY. niyh,
May 18th. That night they wen. to Brewer
village and stole = sloop yacht, In which
they went down river and along the coast
to the Westward. On the 10th Of Nav thew
broke into the store Of q Mr.. Foss ~
wesleyan Grove, xartha's VINEYARD. and
stole large quantity Of goods, which thew
.ner"afos landed At Newport for trans.
shipment to New York. Amer thew had
gene. one Of the Newport police found an
empty box they left and feeling : li,tIe
suspicious. wrote description Of the box
to Mr.. Church, the owner of the stolen
shoes; who identified il, and the roorl.
were found in New Yerk some DAYS 20
and Will be returned.
IN the ~, they committed burglary in
New London, Conn. and the ofYicers th.r.
getting traces Of them followed and a.
rested them at Greenport, Long Islsnd
nndiny in their boat portion Of the rood,
stolen At New London. Sheri6O. III Rsv.
m0nd Of New London, with . Gre.nnc,,
ondcer. accomplished the arrest. One n
the royues fred twice II Raymond hs,
missed. when he wrenched himeeis a., ~
Raymond's grasp and ran, the other hre.S.
ing away from the Greenport oflcer n the
same time. A running lght essued. In
which pistols were freely used. and
Hamilton (wh0 now calls himself Hamiin \
received . charge Of buckshot in his ~
which brought him down. Smith (vho
calls himself Anen,) finding his partner
was captured, thought L best TO surrender.
On Friday thsy were brought into ~
Police Court Of New London. but OWING
to the severe wounds that HamIIton ha3
received the exAmination was poefnoned
till the 18th inst, and they were com1ist~6
for want Of bail In the sum OF ol0 am
Zach.