The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-03
THE NORWAY BURGLARS.
A Trio of Thieves and How They
Were Caught.
ARRAHGNED AND BOUND OVER I'm
$1,000 EACH.

NORWAY, Jan. 2.
Three men who are supposed to have COM
mitted the burglaries at Norway, wer eaptur-
ed by Marshal True OF Hallowell, at Bruins
wick, Thursday evening. Que of ths men was
badly cut By the broken glass of a window
which was entered. The wound bled freely
and left trail of blood on the snow. By this
trail Marshal True tracked them to Mechanic
Falls. There he lost all trace Of them, went
20 Portland and then returned to Lewiston.
thursday evening he took the s 80 train for
hallowell. At Lisbon Falls throe men >enter-
ed the car. Marshal True's suspicious were
directed to them, and concluded they were
just the men he was in search off, Hs arrest
ed them at Brunswick. The nen made
fierce resistance and Mr.. True had hard fight
before he got them to the Brunswick lock M
He took the men to Norway on the mofning
train.
Burns, Portsmouth, N. H.; P. Harrington,
Gorham, n. H.; and VIM. Ross, Montreal.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The prisoners, Thomas Burns of Ports
mouth, 1. Harrington of Gorham, N. H., and
VIM. Ross of Montreal. were brought to Nor
way from Brunswick by the morning train.
They resisted search Of their persons in the
lookup at Brunswick where they were con-
fined last night They endeavored also to hide
clothing aud articles that were upon their Der.
sons when arrested A large crowd was at the
depot TO witness their arrival, news having
been received ct their capture on the train
from Lisbon Falls to Brunswick that evening.
Az the preliminary hearing before Justice
Whitman today, from breaking and entering
they waived examination and were ordered to
recognize in the sum of $1,000 each for APP
O6arancA at the
large crowd attended the hearing.
Inc Dnrglars were caught in curious way,
!ney nad oeen tracked as far as Auburn by
footprints and by blood. The trail was lost at
PERSONS Mills, Auburn. The constables in
Norway think that they were only two hours
IN the rear of the burglars. They found whore
they passed the noon and where they took dia-
nor on the road from Norway to Lewiston.
wednesday night they passed in Lewiston.
here tne Norway officers lost sight of them.
Clty Marshal True of Hallowell, caught the
tnleVes 1t was piece Of good fortune.
finance seemed to have hand on it, Citv
Marshal True was going home from Lewiston
TO Hallowell. He had been in Lewiston on
business In relation to this same matter one OF
inc stores broken iuto having been that of
hailoweil man. He was in the smoking car
and was reading the Lewiston Evening Jour
nal, when three men entered the car at Lisbon
Fails. They were rough looking, and wore an
abundance OF clothing. They took seats in
: - Auo' Ouo VI th5 men poughb
q Lewiston Journal from the boy on the train
and read down the local page. He passed the
paper over to his chum with his finger on the
paragraph.
Officer True looked at the paragraph in his
own paper and saw that it pertained TO the
tracking OF the Norway burglars to Lewiston.
Inns Was clue. Other things assured him
that they were his men. He had the doors of
the car locked, and called on them to surren-
der. A aerce fight ensued. One of the men
ID the fight cried out, "Draw your knives.
boys ana cut HI out of them" With the
assistance of Conductor Cobb and EXPRESS
Messenger Russell they were secured. They
fought again in Brunswick depot and at the
lookup in that place. They had a large
amount OF booty ON their persons