The Portland daily press., 1890-07-12
NAMES JACK SHEPHERD.
The Remarkable Career of Crime of
Young w. v. Gilman.

RocKLAND, July 1.-THE Rockland Opin-
ion contains an interesting account Of the
criminal career of W. V. Gilman, arrested
by Sheriff Irish for committing five burglar
les at Dsmsriscotsa Tuesday night. Gilman
was born in Munroe. Me-, in 1866 and began
his criminal career while an agent for T.
o. Vickery, the Augusta publisher While
engaged in this business he, as he euphemis-
tically phrases it, "signed receipts contrary
to the regulations to agents" This irregular
ity the law seems to have construed as Jor-
gerry. Gilman spent the next two years at
Thomaston. Shortly after his discharge, he
was detected in stealing from his employer
at HallOwell and sent to the insane asylum,
a plea of insanity being made for him. In
the next two years he escaped twice from the
asylum to be recaptHred and returned.
On May IS last, he escaped for the third
time. He went to Boston and thence to Hy-
annis, ON Cape Cod. There he broke into a
house. 1t was furnished but no one was in
it. While he was there, the house caught
fire from some matches he lit to find his way
around, and was burned down. He then
went to Providence, r. L., and there did
some stealing. In the house he stole suit
Of citizens clothes that belonged to police
man. In the room from which he took the
clothing, he saw the officers uniform cap,
bearing his number on the foTce-No. "A. On
the watch-pocket of the trousers, was
marked the name, "Wm. K. Clifford" which
he supposed to be that of the officer. He had
this suit on when arrested He went to the
adjoining city of Pawtucket and stole from
a house there $64 worth of silver table ware
marked johnson" This he sold at a res
taurant situated on street corner in Provi-
dence.
He then went to Brooklyn, Conn, and
worked three weeks for Mr.. III. G. Bassett.
While there, he professed to be very religi-
GUS and talked in meetings." From there
he went to Boston, and thence to Ports
mouth, N. II. There he stole a harness and
sold it, and then went to York, Me. On
Wednesday night of last week, July I'd, he
broke into the postoffice there, which was
kept in store, and stole gold watch and
till he got to Winslow's Mills, last Wednes-
day, where he sold it for 81. On Thursday
night, he attempted to enter the Eastern
railroad station at North Kennebunk, but
was seen and ran off The same night, he
broke into a store and stole % pairs Of shoes.
AS he was carrying them away he missed
his road, and went by the railroad station,
where people were about, called there by
the alarm made when he attempted to enter
the building.
and locked him up. He escaped from the
station and claims to have taken the whole
side of it out" Friday night he found him.
self in North Berwick, where he entered the
postoffice and opened about 70 letters. Only
one had money in it's. On the same night
he broke into hardware store and stole 200
jack knives and five revolvers. He took
away the knives in canvas bag and dis
posed of them by peddling. He sold the re-
VOlvers in Dover, N. H., and the knives at
Salem, Mass. He spent Sunday in Boston
and went on schooner to Bath. arriving
Tuesday afternoon. He then went to Dam
ariscotta and his career was stopped as re-
lated above.