The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-01

Two burglars, ONE a Woman 1n Male
Apparel, Rob Two Old Ladies-They
are Tracked TO Portland, but Escape
On or about September 9Th the house of two
maiden ladies, located in village in New
Hampshire, was entered by two masked burg
lars during the night. The rascals pried open
lower window by means of Ratchet which
one OF them carried. They then sought the
bedroom of the two ladies, dragged them from
the bed, tied them back to back. and demand
ed OF them the money paid them as part of an
annuity few days previous. The old ladies,
much frightened, pointed out a trunk which
contained the money. Before they did SO how
ever, as they seemed reluctant TO reveal the
hiding place of their treasure, the larger of
the two masked robbers raised the Ratchet
threateningly, when the smaller of the burglars
cried out "don't you strike Ruth" This ex-
clamation satisfied the two women that the
burglars were parties with whom they were
well acquainted, one of them being the wife of
the other and dressed in male apparel.
After Selling the money the burglars es-
capped. In the morning the old ladies, having
succeeded in sxtrcating themselves from their
bonds, told their story to lawyer, friend of
theirs, who advised them to keep quiet while
he worked up the case. With great skill he
ascertsined whether the parties had heen seen
in the village, and how they got there, with
their subsequent movements after leaving the
place. Taking a young man with him the
lawyer proceeded on the TRAIL After long and
careful search he finally tracked the burglars
to Portland. The lawyer and his assistant
had sscertained that the team had been taken
to stable in this city, and it was the intention
of the lawyer, the morning after ar
rival, to hunt up the stable keeper and find out
where his man was.
The assistant, however, spoiled his plans,
and "put his foot in it" by trying to be too
sharp. He got up first and interviewed the
stable-keeper. He asked the stable-man to let
him see the horses lately returned, which the
latter had rented to go out of town. When
they came to the horse, driven by the burglars,
the young man asked where that horse had
been. He was told, to Waldoboro. "Oh! no."
said he, che has been to New Hampshire"
Then, having given this information away, he
asked the stable-man If he knew whore the
male burglar was, describing his appearance.
Inc staDle-keeper replied, no.
Having blocked proceedings, the assistant
then reported what he had done to the lawyer,
and the lawyer did, what he should have done
in the first place, interviewed the police and
told the above story. But the birds, in the
meantime, had taken the alarm. 1t appears
that the burglar, whose occupation is that of
a vender of cutlery, packed two large trunks
with the valuable cutlery belonging to his
firm, and cleared out He and his wife took
a carriage to Scarboro, the woman being close
| ly yelled, and there entered the train for DO
yer, N H., being joined by a man closely re-
| sembling the stable-keeper. At Dover the
three separated, and were lost sight of. Mar
shall Decelle telegraphed full description Of
the parties to the chief of police at Boston.
The day before the man and wife left, two
sub-sgents of the mans, for the sale of cut
lery, arrived in town and made over their sales
to the burglar. They had expected their
wages and fresh stock of cutlery The next
morning, and were taken aback to find them
selves without money or employment, in a
strange city