The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-15

door open and the pennies gone at 6 30
The Waterbury officers, who so calamity
made the arrest, identified the 1925 pen
nies, canned goods, fuse, revolvers ex.
hibited in court as having been taken
from the prisoners. Probable cause was
found and they were bound over for trial
in the Superior court under $4,000 bonds,
$4,000 on each charge. The court will
| come in, next Tuesday, but the date OF
trial is, or course, unknown.
Officers w. III. Green and Christopher
Finnegan went from Bridgeport toward
Long Hill and returned to the city at
noon; another party, Sergeant Eugene
Birmingham and Officers George Ar
mold, A. s. Hunt and John Quinlivan
drove toward Danbury, but at last
brought up in Newtown. After the trial,
Officer Arnold, Sheriff Glover and Consta-
bic Kelly accompanied the prisoners to
Bridgeport jail.
Twice have Waterbury officers distin-
guished themselves by capturing des-
peradoes who, after crimes committed in
Newtown, were fleeing from Justice.
O'Rourke and Burns, who broke into Mr.
Charles Northrop's house, some three
years ago, were quickly caught in Water
bury and now four more burglarious vii
lains have been apprehended in the same
city on the very instant of their arrival
there, not four hours after the crime
was committed. Newtown, as well as
Waterbury, has good cause to be proud
of the Brass City's police.
All the prisoners are hardened crimi-
nails, who evidently are not so much
alarmed as chagrined at their arrest.
The names, of course, are fictitious, but
two of them were recognized by Messrs
CT. Beardsley and Edward Troy as hav-
ing been here before.
Within ten weeks, l6 attempts at safe
cracking have been make within n short
distance of Newtown. At Higganum,
Terryville, Brookfield, Winnepaug, An
sonia, Stamford, Birmingham, Bridgeport,
Bethel, Norwalk, Waterville, Milford,
New Milford, besides the Newtown safes
of Messrs E.. f. Hawley and G. II. Gay,
the mode of procedure was the same. A
hole was drilled in the top of the safe, by
which powder was drawn into the crevice
around the door, which was blown off.
In several cases, they were frightened
away before completing their work. This
similarity of action makes it probable
that these men, or others connected with
them, are guilty of all the recent burgla-
ries in this part of Connecticut. They
would probably have escaped this time,
also, if they had not made such a noise
blowing MT Cay SAFE W pieces. IL Tie
are the same gang that have been at
work hereabouts, the successful officers
builded better than they knew when they
pursued with such swift vengeance and
arrested with such celebrity those who
had committed the crimes.
By entering the post office, the thieves
have rendered themselves liable to gov
eminent prosecution and, if they are the
ones who have entered several other of.
fees lately, it is quite probable that each
will have residence for many years to
come.
Five hundred dollars had been offered
by the bank for the arrest and conviction
of the burglars and this win probably be
claimed by the Waterburians. 1t seems
but just, however, that portion, at least
should be received by Mr. Henry Barthol
omcw and those who assisted him in that
early morning work, when every minute
was precious.
1t was exactly 3 So m when the ex
plosion at Mr. Gays shop startled tn,
neighbors; the thieves were arrested
shortly after 80, were on trial before :
D m and were safely housed in Bridge
port Jail shortly after p IN. Their cas-
es will soon come up in the Superior
court. Would that all lawbreakers wer
| pursued Iyy as swift Nemesis!