The Portland daily press., 1879-02-15
Detec tive Virgins Story.

The CommItree on CLAIMS gave hearing
Thursday afternoon upon the claim OF q ID.
Wigein detective, for services and expenses In
the Dexter Savings Bank case. Mr.. Cotton, of
LIE "iston, appeared as counsel for Mr. Wiggin,
who gave detailed statement OF his connec-
ton with the case. Hs was commissio 1ed by
the Attorney General of the Safe; arrived in
Dexter the 9th of February. L first ex .mined
ten or twelve witnesses. | heard of team at
Norway, which went there to make inquiries
about; took with me McCausland, Boston de-
tective, from which place we went to Gorham,
N. H., where we heard of the team L found
the team this side Of Gorham The team be.
longed to man who was fleeing from the Off
Gers in another case. then went to the Notch
OF the White Mountains to see if any tea ns had
bsen through there, but found nothing. L then
returned to Dexter and examined witnesses [
then went to Skowhagan.
Wiggin then gave an account of the Barre
Bank robbery and the arrest of two of the three
robbers. Low and Jenny Hope were concern.
ed in the Winthrop Bank robbery. 1 then
went to Hartford. Conn.,, and saw the counsel
TOT dUpe, VINO went With me to zee Hope, who
told me if would let him alone until he got
out OF Connecticut he would go to New York
with me and point out to me the men that he
thought were concerned in the Dexter Bank
case, Worcester Sam" being one of them. L
next went to Dexter and saw the County At
torney and bank officers, and thsn we got a
requisition for the arrest of Hope, ard was ap-
pointed by Gov. COnnor as agent TO bring him
TO this State. had to get the consent of the
officers of Deep River Bank before the Govern
or of Connecticut would g We 10 Hope. L then
arrested Hope and took him to Dex5er;a hear
ing was had and then took him to Bangor,
where he was lodged 10 Jail. then went to
Boston. [ bad formed the opinion in my
mind that Worcester SIM" and johnny
Dobbs were the mep that committed the Dex-
ter Bank robbery.
l went to New York, and then to Hartford,
Conn, to see aman by the name of Cody,
that was arrested and 10 jail with Hope. Then
back to New York, and appointed two
assistants. then went to WILMINGTON, N Y.
Then came to Boston, to meet Mr.. Bradbury,
President of the bank, who went to New York
with me Iemployed boy to watch from
house opposite where Coply's. family lived.
Bangor, to consult with Attorney General
EDeIv. Then went to Boston. From there
TO Albany, N. Y. Then oack to Boston. Then
TO New YORK. Then back to Boston. Then
back to New York. Tneu b4ca to Boston.
About this time heard of a case of tying up
t miles in Vermont, to which place l went,
but the parties that committed the crime were
not the ones that wanted. L then went to
Hartford, Conn, to see in regard to Dobos. [
aud then back t. Nav York I weut to
Yonkers, N Y, to see about bank robber by
the name of Howard, who was shot in the
mead, there being two Others connected with
him when he was shot; and it is generally
thought he was shot by his owa gang. Went
then to Slug Sog, then to Warsaw, to get the
record N the Hope case Then went to Staten
Island. Went to Deep River, Coma, and thef,
back to New YORK.. Then TO Boston, and to
the Concord prison, to SEE mar whom We bad
reason 10 suspect miy ht give Us some InformA-
ion. Then back to New York. Then back to
Boston. The Attorney General and County
Attorney both came to New York, about the
10th of July, and laid before them whatI
mad done aud at how much exneuse had been
in the investigation thus far. Taey were both
satisfied that if | could get the men whom
was watchdog, there was enough against them
to go to trial with, and they urged me to push
the m alter as fast as could. weat to Will
mi0ston, Del to get the record of the court ia
the case of Hope, who had bsen in State
Prison there. Then to New York, and thence
TO Boston. for found that the men that | was
looking after had gone abroad This got
from several sources. then came to Bangor
and saw the County Attorney aud the Attorney
General, aud this closed my connection vito
the case. Ten dollars per day is the price paid
for good detectives. In the Barre, Vt, bank
case received ten dollars day. In the
celebrated Northampton bank case they en-
ployeu AT some tneS as many as nftesn men,
aud il cost $4,000 to ferret out that case I
am now engaged in the celebrated Page case.
Mr. Hamilton, Treasurer of the Dexter
Savings Bank, at the present time, gave short
history of the steps taken by the aut aoritles of
Dexter and the off GERS of the bank in the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Wiggin as a detective, to
work up the case. They had nothing to do
with the compensation to bs paid him, as he
was working under com mission FROM the
State aud to be paid by the State
The committee have not yet come to
decision on the claim.