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been sent for one of his chicken-stealing
expeditions, up in Worcester county.
The officers had never succeeded in get
ting a hold on the man until he broke in
to a roost n the outskirts of Worcester,
and cleaned it out completely. He was
sentenced to five years at the State
prison.
A day or two after the reports from
Vermont and New YOak concerning Har-
ry Sargent had reached the Boston off
GERS, John had completed his sentence
at CharlestOwn and was released. Alb
bolt and Pinkerton thought that if they
kept watch on John they might get a
clue TO Harry. So John was Swallowed
every moment of the time after he left
Charlcstown. For two weeks the watch
was kept on him. John had room on
Wall street, in the West end, where he
lodged after leaving prison, and iC was
n t long before Harry showed up.
The officers did not see him, however,
for few days, though they knew the
two were in communication. PinkertOn
and Abbott followed John many times
to the stable at l04 Dover street. They
were convinced that the stolen horses
were here, and that if they waited Harry
would show up. He did so. The Off
GERS watched the stable from a house
across the street until they got glimpse
of Harry. Then they started across the
street.
This was on the 23d of April, 1890.
Sargent was standing on an elevated
platform when Abbott and Pinkerton
turned into the yard. He saw the Off
GERS at once. He turned to run,
but saw that his escape was cut off by
the building, and so he made a move
ment to draw his revolver from his trous-
ers pocket.
Abbott and Pinkerton drew their
pistols at the same moment and blazed
away. They fired three shots. The first
two struck Sargent in the left leg
low down, and the bullets sped upward.
Sargent fell, and shouted out surren-
der. The officers seized him and took
the pistol he had not time to draw out of
his pocket. They took him to the pa
troll box at the corner of Dover and
Washington streets, and sent him to
Station in the patrol wagon. He was
later sent to the City Hospital, where he
remained for a week.
The officers from Cambridge, N. Y,
came and took Sargent back. Special
Officer Pinkerton accompanied the horse
thief to Cambridge, and was present in
court when he pleaded guilty to the in
dictment against him, there, and was
sentenced to four years and six months
in Dannemora penitentiary of New York.
Sargent finished his term, minus the
time allowed off for good behavior, and
as he left the prison yard he was again
arrested by officers from Vermont for
the stealing of the team from Farmer
Stone.
1t is more than likely that Sargent is
in Canada, and that he makes frequent
dashes across the border into Vermont
and New York States, and carries off an
finals which he succeeds in stealing. 1t
is boast of his that he always works
alone. He is exceedingly hard to locate.
He dashes from one part of the country
to the other with the swiftness of ban
dts of the West.
OF late there have been a very large
number of robberies of this sort from
near the Canadian borders. 1t may be
that Sargent knows something about
them. Anyhow, the officers are keeping
a sharp lookout for him just now.
Sargent is 40 years old. He married a
respectable woman in Cambridge, Mass,
some years ago. When she discovered
his mode of life, she sought to get rid of
him, but he threatened her if she dared
speak of separation from him. Final
ly, during his last imprisonment in
Charlestown, she secured a divorce from
him. When he heard of it, he swore he
would fix her at the first opportunity.