The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-29
BURGLAR AND COUNTERFEITER.
What was Found Under Mr.. Porter's Floors
How lie spent sunday Afternoons.

Burglarics have been unpleasantly fire.
Qu"nt IN Danv"rs during the past two years.
nearly every store in tho place. and many pr-
vat" r.siden EOS. having been broken into The
local police have never been able to establish a
clue, though thcy have employedth eir wits con-
tluually II remained for The State detectives 10
arrest the party who Is now believed 10 bo the
chief In the Who'll" or nearly all OF this trouble.
To Henry Ncwhall. n citizen Of the town, be-
longs the credit Of putting the detectives on the
right scent; aud from information furnished by
him. the officers were led To arrest. yesterday
forenoon. Nm II. Porter. a man WHO has been
with his brother Il. l.. Newhall, Il hardware
dealer In Danyers. and few days ago man
named Williams all Il AT the store TO purchase
cartridges lmr a reNolyer which he exhibited.
The pistol Mr.. Nrwhall promptly identified rs
one that had been stolen from the store few
months ago. and Detective Wentworth was no.
tnd of ihe i"t ro1 being ,ntgrvewet VII
Georg" Wilmington. The latter WIS taken into
custody, and Subsequently Vim. H. Porter. IN
whose employ Nthin-ton had been
Close qu suonng and n threat of the officers
10 tear hls house on Maple street down in search
OF the stolen goods led Porter Ia confess that Ar
was the person guilty II nearly ull the daring
lurslarlos accomplished la the town duhing
the last two years, gr.nt variety Of goods, of
crct"d under the floors OF two rooms In Por,crs
house. and tins l.t .9mprscs nearly all thm
unrarth"i from their hiding places Porter in.
formed the detectives whore lie had obtained
them. In addition to the stolen goods there
wrr" found twelve dies for the manufacture Of
count riclt silver pieces Of the denomination
of ton, twenty-five, and fifty cents. A numncro
pieces cast but not polished, We're captured. and
crurlhlr Of composition ready for coming WA,
found. His tools cons stnd of only the dis and
acru'ho and koit". all oi which We're secured,
Porter knowl"lgrs the count rieiins, and
says that the work has been done at his kit hen
stove, Siuday hong the last day nj which he
worked at hl- uriuriou- business. II rs pnssl-
NJ" lurter's wife did NOT know ~ Ms acts for
shr has not been at home slu a. the Fourth OF
July.
Tho places TINT have boon robbed aro na FOL
lows Tier sd,n's of Mr W. W Euiou, pr
LOWS Whiting, Darling Tralton. Samuel Saw
yrr. j. l.. II u, Chuun'cy Richards. Fran p
Gray. VI I-' s. Mrlla. stable ~ Il. L. IuftS. Boston
and Maine lAilrlat station. POST ON 'c, stores
OF Il. J., Ncw4au Mss waite, Ir,tpr'- Jew.lry
store, liyud'- billiard han. Duncan barber
shop. Lows variety -iorp. nnl Hain-'- periodic
cal store. Porter acknowledged bong tho
gulb party IN most of ih" above rolhrriDs but
denies % few. Tho arrested man ia q mason ly
trade. hut has been Wrrl iuE on the hri / max
ing business, lie has not bocn regarded us an
exemplary citizen. though he has not until very
recently been suspected of surh acts a- these,
Some express TIE charitable idea that bee Is IN
sane, ly far tho most Nuuahe parcel NJ goods
recovered WIS "a 81 WO lot Of IrWrly stolen
from the rcsld, nee of samuel sawyer