Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-28
A COED CAPTURE
SkoVh.esn cflcMS Secure Criminal:
Waited in Es8 Hrm1Shirs.
Breaking up Gang That Has Caused
Great Trouble.

SKowHEGAS, Jan. 27 Last evCnini
D-po.y seerif jam Il. Joyce of G.es
Falls, n. II srr,vrd here With rapers 70
| the srrts u two men, wanted in New
Hampshire fer burglary snd forgery
| Consulting with Sheriff Pishon discnI
! ton WAS given witch answered to the dis
cfiption Of tro men Who were liyi1g In /
soodchoppers hut IL the town Of Cornville
about seven miles from here.
| IL seems th.G on Dec. 20 h, a ,ssidepc,
in Gresf Falls, N. Ii was broken into AMI
some $40, taken thereirom. The NJ 4. d.
two forgs ID no.es were offered on one Of III,
business men OF the city snd DepuJ
| Sheriff J)Yce was set to work on The case
Suspicion was at last fastened upon on,
Wafer Russell, alias Cummings, slis
Palmer and bis pal.
Monday evening Russell mailed lette,
here 10 friacd in Crest Falls, and Deput,
| joyce received notice or it and came her.
Fuesdag. THIS morning, about 9 80
Sler # Pishon, Deputy She,if j ii
Mitchell, Deputy 10. ce sud JouRSAI
mao, started for C0rnvlle. Al the E.s
Ridge ROAD, leading TO Athens, and abou
seven miles from Skowhegsn. a halt wa
made. sDd the party Jeff the team al,
struck out .or where the hut wss supp5stc
to b.. Deputy Sheriff Mitchell ading
| a few minutes wslk brought the party tc
small hut about l0s7 feet, containing ous
window. and that on the side opposite IN.
road. q Iicsly surrounding the structure
| Deputy Sheriff Mitchell a. the front
raped for sdmil,snce. The door va.
opened by one Of the MN wanted, Joht
Terney The party then entered III,
building ard mida a -ris9ner of TisrDey
and then il vas found that bundle o.
blankets On 8 couch across pne e1d o. the
room ,fo~ed sighs Of life. Approscha,
the couch Deputy Nj ohsll disclosed tht
| person Of lbe ogag msn with so many
aliases.
| The look Of surprise pictured On che
! cOan .ensncvs OF bJsu men was signl t.
behold. Young Rl-seilstc Imed, Why
| bel o, jim. you nsre?" ".Tip," VITO wsi
no other than Oiiic joyce, replied; "Yes
| wafer, have come DOM TO take yor
| hone VIII you g 2 Why, yes, sup
| pose we EAye got 10. ID Of 10 use Il
sick
A thorough search Of the hu. by th.
tficrrs fsi ed to ti,c8ver snyihirg Of IN
/ p0r,st &c except e buuc1 of k ys that Off Gel
Joyce poeketei. The bunch Vas made VI
Of skeleton keys and keys tha, would f
meet sny lock
| The psriy arrived at the Heseiton Jus
two and hslf hours from ibe time ihey
set tut The job sa3 dore qnicslV scG
| rell. Officer j io- took the 40 F. M
| rsin for Great Fails IN cha'g4. OF ibt
prisoners, WHO consented to go withou
rtquisition papers.
! husseli is vel known here, having speu
| the g:ester part Of his bn, hood here. II
vas arrested once by Ofi3sr rhirg fJI
| breaking i1to Mrs, Hal ss's house or
Gross street, snd servsd term in tn,
| Reform sctOJi. + n years ago b. was
arrested IA NOrri5sewnck by Deputy
| Mitchell fr tha same efense and con-
mi ted to j il. In crest Falls he has beer
| bef re the police court several times fol
ssssul and il withsl man With q barC
reputation. He is wanted =, the piilcips
in lbe csses on which he has bees sGres
and TIerney is wanted as an accessory.
| One OF Russefs pals was sIrs sse5 in Lynn
Ss urday, d t ese two last as prisoners
| Grrst Fslls can thank Dspuiy Sheriff
! Joyce on breaking an organized gang ths
has been CT cousidersbls snnoysr ce TO New
Hampshire officisls When 1t vas knosE
that fiicars Of this place h,d gone to Corn
vile after the men Who have been know
70 be in camp there fer tso weeks and upor
whom the residents looked with suspicion
there was much * life n mt Or our sree $
| When he parry osme back bringing iht
| prisooers gy5s. crowd g,thered at ID,
| HeselIon to see them ard was at the depo
at he departure Of the train. IL conver
| at inn p
Journal ,hst # the officers had delay eC
smother hour il would hsve been impossibis
| to hSve got them ss they hsd msd,
up their minds to go through to the Cans
dian Pacific and take The rsia to Toronto
CaU'ds. They were very close moutheC
sbous iheic relation with cause Of arrest
but 1t sppesred 'hs! they were satisfied
they "~ere n il"
Ru'sell, whose risht name is Palmer has
srecord ss general crcos. When b.
left here several yers he VAS suspected n
setting fie to the old potato depot. II
returned sf;erssrd, with lots Of morsy
ami told friend conAden niisily ths
he sas az tho hesd Of yang putin.
out the "Qiser" He hsd sIs0t
in his possession s1d told his frienr
that he wss to NEE. friends here. Tn,
friends came, one berg called doc. The,
lived high and dress fisshiiv. He wen, t.
Klneo and run livery sable. bas sold ou
il little while and came back.
| Eight in the gang went to Harmony to
| dance and ali got dfuak Tney vent t
shooting out the iishts Of the hsll ard DeI
uiy Penneil arrested the gang and hrough
them here where they were ried and f le,
$40 snd cost. which they psid.
| Palmer gave the court 4 $40 bill snt
said 10 3 friend that he wss ssusfi ID, as h,
had made $40 by it. He hsd several horse
and sold one to George Wsshburn 70
| S225.