The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-24
GETTING SENSATIONAL.
Young Carron's GOther Twice At
tempts Suicide.
DESPONDENT OVER HER SONS AR
REST FOR BURGLARY.


Load-What a Saturday and sunday
Visit to the Carron Mansion Developed
The Whole Family Under Arrest.
The arrest of William Carrier and
Joseph Carron of Westbrook last week by
the Deering police for making the various
burglaries in Portland, Deering and
Westbrook brought to light series of
burglaries hardly before equalled in this
vicinity and has caused the attempted
suioidesof Carron's mother.
With the arrest of these two men plumber
from the Emerson house on Church street
in Deering, StockEridge m musio store, I.
M. loves harness shop and Drake's
jewelry store on Preble street, Portland
was recovered; also goods stolen from the
Anderson house in Westbrook, all of
which have been entered recently.
| A Large amount of unidentified property
is now at the police station.
The police were not satisfied, however,
rs there have been several breaks made
recently, and which evidently were COM
miJted by the same parties. but none of
the plunder had been found in the first
lot brought to the station.
Saturday afternoon City Marshal ST.
job John ,ia,s,p in company with Officers Mitchell
a41l Worcester, visited the house of
Joseph Carron on Brown street, Vest
brook, and were amply repaid for their
visit, as another load of piunder was
secured.
During the visit of City Marshal ST.
John and his officers to the Carron house
Saturday afternoon the mother of Carron
seemed to be in very despondent mood
and very much agitated. At first she OBJ
jected to the officers making another
search. but the Marshal told her that they
must, this seemed to bring about the
climax, as she made quick motion and
snatched large knife which was on the
table near by and attempted to cut her
throat and would have been successful
but for the quickness OF her son, who
was standing near.
After she became quiet the officers con-
tinued their search with the result men
TONED below. She again made objection
to their search, and this time the Marshal
told her that she was under arrest She
would not believe this until the warrant
placing the entire family under arrest
was read to her. This made her more
| anxious than ever to end her life. A
razor was lying on the end of the mantle
with this she made the second attem pt to
| end her miserable life and was much
more successful than at first, as she in
hicted slight wound on her neck. The
prompt action of the Marshal saved a
further attempt.
At first, nothing was found, but the
Marshal noticed that the boards on the
floor of a closet up stairs had evidently
been removed recently, and the work of
| thestooislused, could be seen plainly upon
taking up the boards. The following
plumber was found secreted under the
floor: Two pair W. L. Douglass shoes.
calico patch work, revolver, 80 calibre,
box cartridges 22 calibre, two black
handle razor, one white handle razor,
box and half of SO calibre cartridges,
one steel saw for saving iron, and two
extra steel blades, ladies' seal akin cape,
| eighteen tea spoons, one pair large
soizzors, one pair small soizzors, one
putty knife marked W., silver stick pin,
silver pencil, ladies' watch, silver watch
oase Grand Army past department COM
mander badge, Odd Fellows badge, piece
of gold ring, Loyal Legion badge. wreath
and diamond badge, one hundred keys,
| including skeleton, sixteen pool balls,
taken from West End barber shop, eighty
one spools Of silk, one old fashioned
polioeman's billy, mems wooden hose,
two coat markers, one T.. Heller Bros,
Rochester, N. Y, Wanam aker & Brown,
probably Philadelphia, Pa. nine old
fashioned cents, taken from Dingley's
store, Deering. twisted handle monkey
wrench, one key marked A. M. Berry,
enc bag containing two pounds of
powder. one niekle alarm clock.
| Almond Carron- a younger brother of
Joseph, was brought to the station as q
| witness, and detained. During the eve-
ming the proprietor of the West End barber
shop, which was entered recently, called
at the station and identified two 1azors
| and the sixteen pool balls as his property.
Drake, the jeweler of Portland, identified
| the ladies' watch, watch case and niokle
alarm clock. The remainder of the
pluuder awaits an owner at the police
station, where it may be seen at any
time.
! Sunday night about O'Clock Officers
Haskell, Worster and Bennett, accom-
panied by Officer Henry Cousens of West
brook, visited the Carron house again
and assusual on visit to the house
brought away load of plunder: The
house was first searched but nothing
more of suspicious nature was found d.
They next turned their attention to the
stable, which was searched thoroughly,
but nothing was found. One of the
officers attention was attracted to q large
pile of manure in the rear of the stable,
and after an hours hard work brought to
light collection which adds another
burglary to their list. In a cigar box was
found containing an assortment of har-
ness makers tools, and in smaller Tin