The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-09-28
Curious History of "a Burglar.

From the Philadelphia Times.
1t i, about three and half years since Pri-
waite Waterman Davis, aided by another wAlch-
man. early on bright Sunday morning arrest
ed Two OF Il party of three men who We're proWI-
in. Sllspirouslvuboutth the Corn Exchange Bank,
at Second and Chestnut streets. ON their per-
sons were found powder, fuses and wig ana
mOustaChc, the exact color and cut OF the halr
and mouSlaHhe of the inside Watchman OF the
bank Within the bank building WAS found
complete set of bank crackSmen's tools, and
urobabv the finest finished ever seen III TINS
country, excepting those found with John ana
Peter Burns after the failure OF the famous AT
tempt ON the Southwark Bank. w lth the tOols
was also found the stuffed figure of Il man OF
the height and build OF the Waterman, and this
il was intended should be ornainentcd with thc
wig and false mousLache and pass for the
watchman to all pcerlnS outsiders, when the
burglars had entered the bank and secured
him The presence of the tools in an upper
story of the bank could be explained only upon
the theory that the men had an accompIice III
the building.
AN ONO BURGLARY.
The prisoners gave the names of Harrison L.
i;rown and Henry Williams. They were rush
ed through the Quarter Sessions, and were sen
fenced each to four years Imprisonment III the
Eastern Penitentlary. some time since Brown
was recognized bv officers from Ohio is Rich
ard Roe, who had been convicted OF breaking
into the Cudz Bank, and was sentenced To
twenty years imprisonment. After serving
three wears of his time in Columbus Pcnltcn-
tary Roe escaped from prison on September
II, 1869 \ short uine ago Brown WAS idrnti-
fed rs dick" Mccoy, IL fugitive from New
York State. He was charged with being ac-
cessory To The breaking oi a bank. but man
aged to escape before trial Several months
ago Il near relative OF Mccoy She is generally
known by that name-dIed leaving him heir
to $40, 900. In consequence OF their GOOD pc
hayior the terms of the two burg lars were
shortened six months, and accordingly their
Imprisonment in she Eastern Pcnitentlary en-
pired on Thursday night at T. O'Clock. Dctain-
crs had been lodged against Mccoy by Coy.
Haycs of Ohio. and GOV. IIldcn, OF New
York and Notwithstanding the appeals OF the
friends the S400 have gained for him, Me
Coy will 90 from II trying-pan into a pan much
hotter, for. as he says himself, 1.-The Eastern
Penitentiary is the finest prison in the world,
and the men are treated better there than any
where else" Coming from such source =
for Mccoy has been i'll Sing Sing and joliet
and other Well-knoWn prlsous-tht> 0pinlon ON
prison matters should carry yconSideraoeWelght
Hayes and Tildcn's documentary hight Tor the
| convict was decided in favor of the former, rs
his detaiuer was the first lodged.
SEVENTEEN YEARS MORE.
| Yesterday morning Captain Wood and Re-
| serve officer Ruth escorted Mccoy from Cher
nv Hill TO the Central, Williams having previ-
| ouslv been taken away by his wife. After Me-
Gov has served his remaining Il years in Co.
lunlbus, New York will wreste with what re-
mains of him. BY that time he will be 80 years
| old, and his $4,000, if not stolen. will have
swollen to u fortune of no despicable dimen-
sions. He will not be taken to Ohio for sew
eral days.