The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-21

Yesterday, William Caron and William
Carrier, the two Westbrook Frenchmen
who were arrested by the Deering police
charged with the recent burglaries, were
brought before Judge Hopkins at Wood
fords, in the Deering Municipal court.
They were arraigned on four counts, the
iooting of the Emerson house on Church
street. involving three counts, as articles
were stolen from Mrs. Emerson, her son
and daughter, and the looting of the
Anderson house at Windham, involving
the 0 ther count.
They pleaded not guilty, waived ex-
animation and were bound over to the
Superior court in $500 bonds for each
count, making total of $780, They
were taken to the Portland Jail yesterday
afternoon by Marshal st. John.
The old Washburn carriage, stolen
from the Emerson place was recov-
cred yesterday. Mr.. Pike, who keeps
livery stable at Westbrook, notified Mar
shall ST. John that he had an old carriage
that he obtained from Carson and Car
rier, giving thin sleigh and S. in ex-
change for it. 1t proved to be the WASH
burn carriage.
Yesterday the Enersons and Andel sons
from the Frenohmen's homes as their
property stolen from their houses.
The career of William Caron and Will
liam Carrier of Westbrook as house
breakers appears to have been remarkable
in the boldness and even recklessness
with which they made a systematic bust
ness of burglary.
After their successful footing of the
Emerson house on Church street, Deer
| ing. and the Anderson house in Wind
ham. they apparently thought that they
could steal as much and as often as they
pleased with impunity.
The robbery of Charles Blake's house
at Woodfords early in the evening was
one of the boldest criminal acts on REQ
ord. 1t was probably done by ono OF
these men, although there il as yet no
proof of it. Mrs. Blake had left the
house and left the key In the door. The
house is next to Mr.. Blake's dry and
fancy goods store. Mrs Blake told Mr..
Blake that she had left the house alone
with the Key in the door. The thief was
undoubtedly on the watch, and although
Mr.. Blake saw him enter and FASTENED
to catch him, the fellow swept the silver
ware from the dining room table by
means of the table cloth and escaped
through back door before Mr.. Blake
Il n1l n
quickly of course.
Apparently on last Friday night these
men ran amuck, SO to speak, in breaking
and entering ana stealing.
The goods taken were not valuable and
the risk taken was very great. There
was recklessness about 1T that suggests
perfect abandon to the fascination
for stealing; in fact, almost frenzy.
There is evidence that connects these
men with the burglary of the Stock
bridge music store and brakes jewelry
store on Preble street.
When Mr.. Stookbridge came to his
store late that evening. he at first put
the wrong key in the lock. The noise
caused by this and the delay gave the
men time to get close to the door and to
dash out and escape when Mr.. stock
bridge opened it. Apparently they went
down Casoo street to Cum berlaEd and
then to the store occupied by brakes
iewelry store and loves harness shop
They broke into that and took the miss
ing articles that had been previously
mentioned. The valise that was inside
the big valise, found under the Capisic
bridge, has been identified by Mr.. Drake
as having been taken from his store, as
we'll as many of the articles found in it.
Then the two men apparently won't d.
rect from BRAKES store out to Deering
and attempted to break into Rand's gro
Gerry store at Oakdale, but were frighten
ed away Whether they were those men
it is not proved. but soon after that they
got onto the Deering car and were recog-
nized by John Bowdoin, the conductor,
as previously mentioned. Apparently
they were not the men who broke into
Raymond's drug store at Westbrook
that night, for If the time has been cor
rectiy stated, they wouldn't have had
time to reach Westbrook.
| Appearances are very strong that one
of the men was the man who fred the
shots ut the Westbrool1 car That regular
action would seem to indicate that the
man was in an unnatural state Of mind
and certainly whoever took part in those
| burglaries that night was also in an un-
natural state of mind. 1t is highly prob
able that the same men were engaged in
both of those proc ceilings.
Besides the various articles of mercbap
disc that We're found in the valise that
was under Capisio bridge, there was also
found receipt for jewelry signed by
william Carrier. This important find
was the first clue that led to the arrest.
Apparently in transferring the small ar
ticles from his pockets to the yalise, Car
rier in his haste pulled out this receipt
it'll his name on it and thereby furnish
ed the clue that led to his arrest. Mar
shall st. John accounts for this remark
able succession of burglaries by suppos-