The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-20

They are Accused of Being Implicated in
Many of the Recent Breaks in This
Vicinity-Creditable Work by Marshal
St. John and Other Deering Officers.
Yesterday morning City Marshal ST..
John and Police Officer Haskell of Deer
ing, together with Officers Cousens,
Dresser and Witham of Westbrook arrest
ed two Frenchmen in Westbrook on a
charge Of burglary and locked them up in
the jail at Westbrook. The names of the
two men are William Carrier and Joseph
Carron. There Is strong evidence that
they are guilty of many of the recent
burglaries in Deering and Westbrook and
also one of them is probably the man
who fred the shots at the Westbrook car
last Friday night.
1t seems that when the last extra Deer
ing cas went out Friday night at II. 45,
this Joseph Carron got on out at Noyes
street. This time was just after the break
took place in Rand's store at Oakdale.
After Carron got on the car, William
Carrier got on at Clifton street, which is
nearly ont to Woodfords. Carrier had
valise. Conductor John Bowdoin rec
ognized the two men and asked them
why they got on Deering car since they
belonged in Westbrook. They denied that
they lived in Westbrook. Bowdoin told
them that he knew better.
The TWO men gave no signs of recog-
niziag each other, although they live in
he nd i,
band of Carrons' sister. They had both
been drinking. but were not intoxicated.
!. Carron got off at Fred Wheeler's store
at Woodfords and stood in front uf it on
the sidewalk. Wheeler, himself, hap
pened to be on the car, SO thinking the
mans actions suspicious he stopped and
watched him. Carron finally went away
towards Spring street.
Carrier. who had the valise, got off at
the head of Ocean street and then walked
down the Maine Central track towards
Spring street.
The last extra on the Westbrook line
left Portland at 49, 80, after the Maine
Cenral ball There was just about time
for Carron or Carrier or both to walk out
to the place near the Deering poor farm
when the shots were fred The most
plausible theory of that extraordinary
affair, is that the man was drunk and
wanted the car to stop aud fred the
shots out of pure deviltry.
The Investigations of the Deering po-
lice, principally those Of the Marshal and
Officer Haskell resulted in the determin-
alton to arrest these two men.
The house is situated on King street in
Sacoarappa. The Westbrook officers say
that the men have no visible means of
support. except by gambling. They go
about to all the country fairs and horse
trots with various swindling games.
They always seem to have plenty of
money.
Officer Witham was instructed TO keep
watch all night, Tuesday night, to see if
Carrier crossed the bridge at Cumberland
Mills, and went home that way, as is his
outom. He saw nothing of Carrier, but
when Marshal St. John and Officers
Haskell, Cousens, Witham and Dresser
went to the house at about O'Clock yes
terday morning they found Carrier and
Carron In bed.
They asked what they were arrested
for, but made no objection to accom-
panying the officers. In the house were
found number of things that have been
identified as coming from the Emerson,
or rather the old Washburn house on
Church street. near Bradley's Corner, and
also part of the property stolen from the
house on the Windham road later.
There is good reason to believe that the
valise that Carrier was carrying last Fri
day night was the one that was found
under the bridge at Caprice pond. This
would of course identify him with the
burglaries in Portland.
The men will probably come before the
Deering Municipal court this morning at
O'Clock.
The Marshal and Officer Haskell have
worked night and day upon this case and
deserve great deal of credit. 1t looks
as if the bold burglars in Deering and
Westbrook Of the past few weeks were
not to go UNPUBLISHED, even if there is no
money in the Deering police appropria-
tion to pay for extra work
Marshal St. John detailed Officer Has
kell to go to the house later in the day
with Mrs. Emerson's son, and other
articles were brought to the Deering po-
lice station consisting of tool chests,
great trunk filed with dishes and cloth.
ing taken from the Anderson house on
the Windham road. The men have been
arrested in Fitchburg, Lawrence, Bid
daford and other rIanaa =