The Press., 1895-01-17
HOLLAND. ftJorrespondence,)

Mass: Rev. L. s. Goodell, Dr. Newton and daughter.
 TOLLAND.
 (Correspondence.)
 | The recently elected officers of the grange were installed Tuesday evening.
 F. T. Newcomb and wife, and l.. B. Price and wife attended the military ball in Rockville Friday evening.
 Quite number from here attended the inaugural ceremonies in Hartford on Wednesday, and Senator Fuller was pres ent at the inaugural ball.
 Miss Florence Essex has heen the guest of East Hartford friends. :., ..[
 W. A. Agard and wife were in New York last week. .e-s
 A bold case of burglary has just come to light which is causing people to lock up their valuables. December 24th 8 man, who gives his name as Henry Dew ey, came to the barn of Benj. Loomis, just south of the street, but finding it | locked went to the house, and as it was unoccupied he evidently thought it good RA~~O OO 0POAAO OAAC AASAU1 ON AO oAOAO 0 window and entered. He found himself better off than he expected, for he dis covered quite supply of eatables, besides articles of more or less value. In a.few days he went to Hartford and tried to pawn music box, revolver, and some trinkets. The broker was suspicious and had him arrested, but as no one appeared against him he was released, and received money on the revolver but none on the music box. He came back here and es- tablished himself in MT. Loomis' honse and stayed there undiscovered until Jan.; 9th. Then Andrew Loomis, who lives in Willimantic but owns summer residence here opposite that of his brother, came up for the day, at the request of his broth CT, to see about some matters of business and that everything about the place was all right. He discovered that the house had been entered, and with J. w. Edger- ton went over it and found things in a terrible state of confusion. He immedi- ately telegraphed for Benj. T. Loomis, who spends his winters in Baltimore, who came here Tuesday, Jan. Ssh, when the matter was made public. The Sunday previous, 9th, Dewey had vacated his quarters, but he claims that he was in the cellar when Andrew Loomis and Edgerton" searched the house. Sunday morning he asked for food at Gardner Webster's, near the White school house, and he must have stayed that night and the one following in his barn, for Webster found empty beef cans and 9 partial can of pears in his barn. He also missed one of his lap-robes, which was found on the hay. When the story of the Loomfs bur- glary was made public Webster took the can containing pears to Mir. Loomis and he identified the can and his daughters writing on the label Loomis then offered a reward of fifty dollars for tue arrest ol the thief, and telegraphed in all direc. tons. He was traced to Hartford ane :. arrested by the police there Wednesday afternoon, when he confessed the whole affair. He was brought back here Thurs day night by Deputy Sheriff Shea of Rock {. vile, and tried before Justice B. $. Agard He pleaded guilty and was bound oversft the April term of court He now say that there were two other fellows impli !, cated with him in the Loomis affair, ant
 MT. Loomis is trying to find them.
 Last Saturday night the Hicks resi- I dence, which is also closed for the winter v was entered by breaking window on tn l south side, into the breakfast room. an h the house was well fansacked. The bur
 glary was discovered Sunday morning b
 Eli Ryder, who Is employed about tn s place by MT. Hicks. There is no mean t of knowing how much has been taken un : til the matter has been investigated b. y some member of tho family, There is n s clue unless it be connected with the re e mainder of the Loomis burglars, who ar y at large. MT. Hicks visited the house o e Tuesday, and found that the burglars ha [. stolen valuables to the amount of $500.