The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-23
Look Out for Thieves.

A gang of bold thieves is operating in
Portland, and it becomes the people to have
special care of their property and persons.
The record for the past two weeks is a start
ling one. On Saturday evening the 7th
July, a thief was discovered by two night
watchmen in the store of Burbank, Doug
lass d Co., on Middle street. They tele-
phoned for assistance and we're reinforced
by four officers from the station. From
these six officers the thief got away although
he was seen and chased by one of them.
he has not since been arrested.
On the next night the house of DR.. James
NJ Cummings, 100 Park street, was en-
tered and robbed of several valuable articles
besides money. The thief or thieves. hav-
ing remained in the house a good while and
ransacked it quite thoroughly without awak-
ening the occupants. There have been no
arrests for this burglary, During the same
night the railway station at Yarmouth was
broken into aud robbed. For this, Frank
Dubur was arrested IN this city on Monday,
with some of the st, len property in his pos
session.
On the night of Friday the 18th, the store
of c. G. Files at Libby's Corner, was broken
into AMI some money stolen. No arrests.
During the night of the 18th, burglars en-
tered the boarding house of Mr.. Brown,
No. 112 Free street, where they got watch
and some money from the bed room in
which Mr.. and Mrs. Brown were asleep. No
arrests.
On the night of Tuesday, the nth, Mr..
A. B. Morrill,, who lives at % State street
was aroused from sleep by the noise made
by burglar attempting to enter his house
through window, and getting up he fright
ened him away. No arrests.
The same evening Mr.. Edmund Dana, Jr.,
was murderously assaulted by some villain
at the corner of Congress and Park street,
while on his way home from his shop I'm
questiopably robbery was the object; but
the blow intended to stun Mr.. Dana failed
to do SO and he gave an alarm by which his
assailants were frightened off. No. arrests
The next day, Wednesday, it was discov.
cred that the house of Mrs. W. Fl. Dyer,
No. 1853 Clark street, had been robbed while
the family were absent. Money and jewelry
were taken. No arrests.
On Thursday night the house of Michael
Lynch, corner of Clark and Summer streets
was entered by burglars and robbed of
watch and some money while the occupants
were asleep. No arrests
This is record which may not unreason-
ably cause our citizens to feel a degree of
alarm. Seven successful burglaries, one
baffied attempt, and one daring attempt at
highway robbery within two weeks is such
score of crime as perhaps was never made
here before. There has been but one arrest
and that for robbery in the suburbs. 1t
is unlikely that the man arrested belongs to
the gang which is working this city, for, on
the night of the robbery of the Yarmouth
station, house was robbed in this city, and
there have been several burglaries since.
Most of these burglaries have common
features in their methods of accomplishment
and in the character of the plumber selected.
They may have been committed by one ras-
cal but probably there is more than one.
8 noqnestion that the police are try
scover the rogues, but their want
ess so far does not inspire confidence,
VI events does not allay the alarm
e justly caused.
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