The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-29
DID BAILEY TAKE THE sTAMpse
Mrs, S. A. Stevens identified Him
Yesterday as the Man.

/ senger from Her Husband and Took
Away Stamp Collection Valued at
1 $1,000 Which Hasn't Been Seen Since
Bailey Surrendered Himself to the
| Police, Gra 81
Warren Bailey, "a years old, son Of
Albion Bailey, who lives at 1876 Oxford
street, walked into tho police station
yesterday morning ami surrendered HIM
self. He said that ne had learned from
his father that the police had been look
| ing for him and SO he was willing to
give himself up. The young man was
at once placed under arrest and stands
charged with obtaining under false pre-
ten ,es a collection of foreign and domestic
str mps valued at $1,000, which belonged
to S. A. Stevens. 1t is claimed by Mrs.
Stevens, who identified young Bailey yes
terday at the police station, that the
| stamps were stolen some time last Sep
TENDER, but the young man says that lie
never saw Mrs Stevens before yesterday,
and denies having taken the stamps.
The story of stealing the stamps, as
| told the police some time during tine
month of September is as follows; One
/ morning young man called at the resi-
dence of S. A. Stevens at Spring street
and asked to see Mrs. Stevens. When
| tho lady came to the door the young
III an told her that her husband had sent
him after his stamp collection, which ne
wanted to show gentleman at his Office
l
about the young fellows appearance and
believing that the young man was
messenger from her husband, gave him
| the collection which was one OF the finest
\ in the city of Portland and was valued at
$1,000. When Mr.. Stevens came home his
wife told him about the young man who
hal called for the stamps, but to her dis
may, Mr.. Stevens knew nothing ABOUT
the messenger and had not seen the
| collection.
The police were at once notified of the
| transaction and description was given
of the young man, who had gone OH
with the stamp collection. This desGrip-
| tion led the police to think that ths
messenger might possibly have bean
young Warren Bailey, who was much in
| terested in collecting stamps, aud VINO
| was we'll known to the members OF the
4 Portland PhiIatelic society. This was
4 only suspicion, however, aR theIe
| seemed no grounds on which to base q
charge of this kind against Bailey. Ihe
young man wss not at home when the
police went to look for him. nor could
his whereabouts be definitely ascertained,
| 1t was said that he was in Brockton,
Mass, with friend named Carney, sell
4 ing books for q publishing house, but al
| efforts to locate the man failed. nor has
| the collection of stamps ever been found.
| On Friday afternoon Mrs. Stevens saw
| a man on Congress street whom ahe
positively identified as the young man
who had called at her house and taken
away the stamp collection. Before she
could get near to the fellow. however. he
| " as lost in the crowd and all efforts OF
| Mrs, Stevens to find him failed.
| \ Ont Friday morning Warren Bailey
arrived in Portland from ST. Johnsbury,
Vt. to srend Christmas at home. Yes
| terday morning he walked into the police
| station and gave himself up. He said he
| had learned from his father that the
police wanted to see him and he had
| FASTENED to come AMI find out what was
| wanted of him.
| Mrs, Stevens was sent for and on her
| arrival at once identified Bailey as the
man who had come to her house as an
| alleged messenger from her husband, and
carried away the valuable stamp oollec-
| ton. Bailey denied that he had ever seen
| Mrs. Stevens before and signitied his
1 Willingness to stand trial OH the charge
of taking the stamps So positive was
| Mrs. Stevens that Bailey was the man
| who had taken the stamps thaHthe young
fellow was looked up in the lodging room
/ at the police station. and will be ar
raigned ON the charge of larceny on We'd
nesday morning.
Bailey is only "a years old and is rather
a nice looking and pleasant spoken
| fellow, He is married and told the police
Yesterday that he had come home from
St. Johnsbnry, VT, to see his parents
and spend Christmas with them.
A PRESS reporter saw Bailey LAST
night in the lodging room at the police
station. The young fellow was very
reticent and refused to tell very much
about himself. He seemed to be confident
of his ability to prove his innocence and
/ did not seem at all disturbed by his
position. He said that he didn't want to
say where be had worked in Massachu-
| setts or in Vermont, as he didn't want
the people there to know of the charge
4 against him. He had been advised by
his counsel, d. A. Meahef, not to talk
very much to newspaper men, but SAID
| that he should be pleased to have the
papers print an account OF his hearing 10
the Municipal court. where he should
Mr.. Carney whenR the stamps were
all eyed to have been stolen. He told the
PRESS reporter that be had never seen
Mrs Stevens before yesterday to know
her, and that he had known nothing. OF
the charge against him until he reached
home on Friday.
Young Bailey has not applied for bail
and will remain In custody until Wednes-
lday. Yesterday tine police examined
Carney whom Bailey says was with him
| in Massachusetts on the date the stamps
were alleged to have been stolen, but
| inst what Carney had to tell about the