Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-09
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Poultney.
sANBoRN, THE BURGLAR.

HERALD who have had SONS experience
with burglars during the past summer,
or know of their operations, would be In
terested in learning how they prosper. 1t
will be recollected that about the middle
of September last, four houses in Poult-
ney were entered in one night, and from
each money or goods were taken; and at
the same time several unsuccessful at
tempts were made to enter others. I'M
mediately after West Rutland, Rutland
and other towns in this part of the State
shared the same fate. It is highly proba-
BILE from the peculiar mode of entrance,
that the party who committed his depreda-
tons in Poultney, was the same who
operated in other towns in this vicinity.
However, that may be, it is now GER
tain that the burglar who visited Poult-
ney, has been arrested at Lawrence,
Mass He has made confessions of the
thefts and some of the stolen goods,
gold watch, has been returned to the
owner, George W. Mcclure, on College
street.
The facts and circumstances developed
by his arrest and confession, are as fol-
lows: His name ia Carol Sanborn, alias
James 3. Blakely, is about 81 years of
age, has a wife and children living in
Bristol, N. H, is said to be of more than
ordinary ability, and prepossessing in ap-
pearance. He was bred carriage maker
and became very skillful mechanic.
During the past year he hiss been for
part of the time in the employ of Hugh
Mcdonald, a carriage manufacturer on
South Pearl street, Albany. n. Y, and has
been in the habit of occasionally taking
leave of absence for a few days at time,
professedly for the purpose of attending
to business, or visiting his family but
which time seems to have been spent fol-
lowing his favorits profession, that of
breaking into houses by night and steal
ing money and such light goods as could
be easily taken and secreted, while during
the day his time would be spent alone in
the woods, or secret places. His last
work in this direction, which led to his
arrest by City Marshal Philbrick, was at
Lawrence, Mass. About II o'clock Fri
daylight, Oct. 9th, Sanborn entered the
residence Of citizen, made his way to the
room occupied by the gentleman and wife,
and by some noise awoke the man, who
spoke to the burglar, but he paid no heed,
but quietly pocketing the watch and
chain which lay on the table, picked up
the gentleman's pants and retired. The
gentleman arose and followed the thief,
but stumbling over a chair which
the latter had taken the precaution
to place at the head of the stairs was in
iured, the robber in the meantime max
ing good his escape from the house by
the cellar door The alarm was given,
-entinels placed at diff 3rent points on the
outskirts of the town, and on bridges
Leading from either end. These precsu-
tons were kept mp Friday night, ard
about 3 o'clock Saturday the sentinel at
the north end s,w a man leisurely ap-
proarhiug. A. Re came near he was
ordered to halt This he did not seem in
clined to do, and one of the guards ap.
preached him the burglar attempted to
draw revolver, seeing which the guard
fred, the shot taking effect in his leg
The fellow then attempted to escape by
running across +he bridge, but another
shot brought him to the ground, and he
was captured and taken to the 1ock-u .. |
1t Was thought that bis. wounds would |
prove fatal, and on this i'm preston he
confessed TO COMMUNICATIONS burgla-
ries within the past two years, not 40
much for The seke of the plumber as for
the pleasure and excitement attending it. |
Among his confessions he must have
eHoFan of'Nis 'heFts in Poultney, as city
Marshal Ptilbrick Immediately wrote TO
G. Mcclure of this splace respecting the
property stolen from him i'll September
'1sr, which was gold watch valned at
over 500. The watch was identified and |
returned on Tuesday of this week in as
good order apparently, as though it had
been in the meantime in the proprietor's
pocket. Sanborn stated also that he had
secreted number of gold watches, jew
elrv, etc, uud4r the pulpit of the Ash
Grove M Il. Church, in Albany, and also
that a sum of money was concealed about
the wainscoting of the room in the house
in which he boarded in Albany, on Arch
street He handed over to the physician
who attended him the sum of ST. 800 in
bills, with request that it, with $500. |
in savings bank in Albany, and the
money concealed in his room, should be
given to his wife, who is said to live in
Bristol, N. H,
Mrs. Sanborn was teIegraphed for, and
on arriving at Lawrence, seemed much
shocked at the crimes Of her husband.