The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-09-21
sAsDgRsoN's BEANS.
They Led to a Discovery and a Long
Pursuit..


BosToN, Mass, September 20-In con-
Dection with the confession of Moore. the
Herald today prints additional matter con-
cerning the Norway, (Me J, bank robbery in
1867. Moore's gang robbed safe in O'Bri-
ems store in Cornish Of $4,000. and also
robbed the Norway Savings Bank. A part
Of the gang. DR.. Young and burglar
named Livingston, were arrested. At that
time, Thomas b. Reed was attorney-g general
Of Maine. 1t was he who drew the indict-
ment against Young, and also conducted
the trial for the government. Young was
given nine years In the state prison on the
strength OF the indictment, which was IL
feet long Moore got away.
This break was a success. They took ev-
erything that was in the safe. Then they
started back to Portland and were traced by
means OF cne round shoe on the horses foot.
Moore says: I'VE drove within four miles
Of Portland, where two Of US got out and
walked to Biddeford. The other man went
to Portland with the horse"
=, Z. =. Sanderson was quite young and en-
was robbed. He was lawyer In the town,
and was one OF the trustees OF the institu-
tlon. 1t was on that account that he took so
active an interest In chasing the robbers
when he found that the little country bank
had been broken into.
II Mr.. Sanderson hadn't gone after his
beans that Sunday morning the bank was
robbed, 1t Is very likely that the thieves
wouldn't have beeh so hard pressed as they
were. 1t was while on his way to a bakery
that he noticed the tracks Of carriage and
a horse leading into the church shed. When
he got down TO the little store building in
which the bank was then located ut has since
been removed to more commodi0us place Of
business, 1t didn't take him long to find out
that something was amiss, and a little fur
N q loo lnn q hat thn Ia
was.
Then he began his chase for the parties
who had driven the horse with the round
shoe into the church shed.
Mr.. Sanderson drove on to Portland. There
he found the livery stable where Moore and
his pals had hired the horse the day before.
Then he secured the services Of Officer Heald
OF Portland and together they searched the
city for some trace Of the men. Their search
proved unsuccessful, and along In the after
noon Mr.. Sanders0n drove back to his home
In Norway. He remained there over night
and took an early morning train for Port
land, reaching that city in time to take ons
Of the first trains to Boston.
1t was then that Moore and Height, one of
the robbers, who had stopped at Great Falls,
n. H., would have boarded the train with
Sanderson II they had not oversight.
his story would have, perhaps, been much
shorter If they had got up In time, because
Sanderson had not then secured the services
VI tuo u6bcCtiNtS WHO HOOuWluk6Q MIN so
badly afterward, and as he had a good de-
scription OF them 1t Is hardly possible that
they would have escaped.
Mr.. Sanderson was accompanied to Boston
by the deputy city marshal of Portland, who
Is now police officer In Boston on station 2.
When they reached here they went at once
to the Albany depot and saw Mr.. Sanderson's 5
brother. who was one Of the gatekeepers
there. They had been furnished an excel
lent description Of the thieves. and they were
enabled to describe accurately to this brother
how the men appeared. He was positive
the New York train, and for several hours
Mr.. Sanderson watched at the gate with him.
Before going to the Albany depot Mr..
Sanderson had engaged Mr.. Chapman and
his partner to assist In prosecuting the
search. They felt that they were hot, on
the trail OF the thieves and were satisfied
that II the work was properly done, they
would capture the men before they could
reach New York.
But they didn't. Moore and his pal didn't
go through the gate when they boarded the
train for New York. They went down to
the end of the depot and entered 1t where
the trains went out, so that, Of course, the
gatekeeper didn't see them. When the de-
tective whom Mr.. Sanderson had hired to
help him boarded the train, he found the
robbers. but. as Mr.. Moore has stated. he
failed to say anything about it to Mr.. San
derson.
Moore says this detective rode as far as
Springfield on the train; Sanderson SAYS
when the detective returned he remarked
that he had been out as far as Brighton, and
not hnding tne men In the cars had returned
Probably this was little prevarication on
the part OF the officer, because 1t was an ex-
press train on which the men rode, and II
did not stop at Brighton.
Even today Mr.. Sanderson feels more OF
less Oh personal grievance toward the de-
w n knn fro. sc
when he went to New York after them. He
relates now he was 'bluffed" several times
wnen ne J0urneyed there, and finally to
reach them at all had to shave off his nous
tache and whiskers, don an old suit Of
clothes and affect weak eyes, which made II
necessary for him to wear blue "gig lamps y
tnen ne didn't succeed In collaring hisemen
put ne did get close enough to them to look
at them.
He tells how at one time he had Moore
ldentined and taken to the Office of the SUI
perintendent Of New York police. There
ne says, he talked with the man, with q
number OF policemen and detectives about
MIN, Dut they perslstently stated that 1t was
not Moore, but some other person, and that
great mistake had been made. Mr.. San.
9efsOn declares positively that 1t was
Moore; that he knew it was Moore, and thai
IL ne had been fairly treated the man would
have been arrested then.
Mr.. Moore has mentioned this clrcum.
stance IN MS story. He tells how the woman
tie nearsighted, and picked out a wealthy
man who lived in Harlem. This unfortn
nate individual was taken to headGuaYters
ana ana talked to by Mr.. Sanderson. having great
a.iniculsy q. 70 prove that he was not the king
OF bank robbers. Whether .Mr. Sanaerson
or MT. Moore Is right 1t is hard to tell, but
caught that day.
Ia his confession, Moore told Of paying to
sentation that the money was to 20 to the