The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-06
I, A BIG CAPTURE.
The Safe Blowers Captured at the Point
of Gun-They Are Hard Characters.
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of Gun-They Are Hard Characters.
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b ngor, September 5.-Tsesday morn
ing, Mr.. W. McA lister was at his fathers
home in Orient, way up near the Aroos-
took border line, and starting to drive
to Danforth be overlook and passed
three hard locking strangers. They did
not seem like ordinary tramps, and
their clothing, while somewhat dilap-
dated, was more like that worn by the
city toughs.
Mr.. McAllister drove along towards
Danforth and commenced pondering upon
the succession of burglaries which have
kept every postmaster and dealer in east
ern Maine on netties Tor the past three
months and caused not few Of them
serious loss. MeAllister drove straight
to the Danforth post Office and obtained
a description of three men seen in the
outskirts OF thai s.t Hn the day before the
Burglary. They are my mutton,n
Jersey saidthis sefs-constituted detective
as the information was given him. Then
he hurriedly summoned Deputy Sheriff
A.C. White, and taking Postmaster Ber-
& Tyy SUdTtcti W ICbIdGC niS Sb6pS.
Reaching s1anoroft, it was learned that
the three travellers had passed that
place, and Mr.. McAi Hustler drove hurried
is after them. Onthe remote and du j.
ty country road the tracks of the men
were plainly disco liable. and they were
followed until 4o1oleck yesterday after
noon. when they suddenly disappeared,
and the pnrsuers knew that the men
had gone into the woods to wait for
nightfall, and they drove directly on to
the bridge across the Mattawam keag
river, stabbed their horse at a. near by
house, enlisted the services of two na-
tives with shotguns, and posted pickle
in the shape of small boy tar up in
field, TO warn them of the approach of
the burglars.
Then McAllisters and his ouartette of
supporters went down TO the bridge,
pref ared to wait and, it necessary, fight.
The sheriff had a shotgun and McAllis.
+ ter and the postmaster had revovlers.
b At dusk the boy came to the bridge on
the run with the information that the
men had left the woods and entered the
first house which they reached for sup
per- This particular evening repast was
never finished. McAllister and his force
marched on the house, two entering one
door, and three the opposite one. The
pedestrians were seated at the ia BILE.
\ 9 Hold up your hands," was McAllis-
ter's impolite greeting to the strangers,
who looked up only to face the fuuzzles
of fl We shooting irons. Two of them
complied without word, but with a
look of intense disgust but the other
passed one hand beneath the table.
"Throw 'em up" commanded Sheriff
White, as he pushed the muzzle OF his
shot gun directly against the fellows
head, and the invitation was promptly
complied with. Then, while the men
were covered by his companions, Meal
lister searched them. Each was provided
with a self cooking revolver of heavy call
ibre, drills, powder and all the safe
blowing requisites. They also had some
$500 in cash and large quantity of
postage stamps
Sheriff White had only one set of hand
crffs, but with these two of the fellows
were shackled together. The hands of
the other were tied behind him with a
stout cord, and then the legs of all three
were tightly bound and the trio was
loaded unceremoniously into a hayrack
and hauled into Danforth, accompanied
by their captofs.
It was the ea;most picturesque party
which had travelled the road in years.
| This morning the three men were landed
safely in Jail in this city. and it is not
yet decided whether they will be turned
over to the United States officials or be
taken to Machias for trial under the
state laws. Probably the latter course
will be purused.