The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
STOLEN CANNON BLOWN UP.
USED 70 BREAK THE
HEST POINT Guns.

-.o More Arrests Yesterday ana the "Details
ar the THEFT Vow Known-Tte Thieves nIid
the cannon IL the Woods ana Reduced
rb,m so JunL-Montercy Gun Destroyed.
The full story OF tho stealing Of tho cannon
from Fcrt clinton, West Point, came out ycstor.
IA morning. after two moro men had been
.rrai-nca before United States Commissioner
shields, charged with participation In the theft.
,hc men arraigned were Henry 8. Savage and
Timothy MnNcy, both ct Highland Falls. They
rcro crested at Highland Falls carly yoster.
DIV morning by Secret Service Agent William
I NcMlnus, and were held In 81, 900 bail each
tor examination next Tuesday. When Thomas
Al. Early. who. with Max Bernstein, was mr..
rested on Wednesday, charged with having dis
poscd Of The stolen cannon, was brought before
Commissioner Shields for examination ycster-
day afternoon. he was renrrcstcd on tho charge
OF having stolen the cannon, and was held for
examination for tho same timo and in the same
hail MS Savage and Maxcy.
Agent McManus, masqucrnding as a whiskey
salesman at Highland Falls on Wednesday
evening. visited several saloons and there So
cured Information which led TO yesterdays ar.
rests. Here is the story OF tho theft OF the can.
non as told by McManus to a Sun reporter yes.
terdRy afternoons:
I'm the latter part oflast November EARLY was
employed as n plumber at West Point. His
WORK took him TO one OF the buildings near Fort
Clinu,n He saw the cannon and he concluded
that. II he could get hold OF them, he could mako
some money by selling them. He preached the
subject TO Savage, who Ia n lineman In the em-
ploy OF the Western Union Telegraph Company
and works between Wcehawken and Highland
Falls. lie lives with his wife and one child
over the Highland Falls station. r's wife is a
u,.n h,, thon.ht tho, sh,,Id .alis .
pia"' ", '"ousn' 'ne' snouio nave one more
% mani. in U %a. M TO handle the guns, They con,
III ,,h, hoa 49,, ..~tn%
f@Hs WV" a uone leaning ABOUT the Point,
,ble.
"w;,h tho CONFERENCE.-The ,,,, ,,o 49,.
men got a small boat one night, almost at tho
end Of November, rowed up the river from High.
land Falls to West Point. and under ,bs lna Of
Knox Point, which is near Fort Clinton. Going
m IN the fort by n nnth that LOADS IN tho stsae
emoankment from the river they took the
Monterey gun. rolled 1t over Knox Point and
down to the river; loading the gun into the
boat they rowed down stream to a point about
midway between West Point and Highland Falls.
There they made a landing and carried tho
cannon into a clump Of bushes near a switch on
,hI. ,hn ,hnoo NAV ,oo, NaSan w A
~ - u. men ,o'A MAY 'oan' up 10
Fort Clinton by a back road. Loading another
ot tho small puns into tho wagon tbev ca-r,.d
u ,o whsr. ,h.r haS ,af, ,ne %Ioa n .at I'a
w. mnf ,onhhe,s n1n g | ~ nlonterey gun.
s,ick ~ Svnanitc went ~ ,xhs-dp1 VbSu .
had hecn ssrretcd and b,eW ,hamm mn tne sun ns
Weirb btou from ref Ave n a bb nndr ,ne nor, nnSo PIECES nee
metsHins "a ny y nuuureu pounus. lhat
WI .ne ~ ~ Al II Mon,ere! SHn tnat ! was
,sttarter 10 ny ,ho II no ,eturn 10 Mess Ioint. no
natbersd NM MT !, I bexo vas 3 me pieces were
stein. up ''N'' al" 'nippeu u nerh'
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,, ne u ~ gu "a a .atpo., anu InrIieu mem 70
nv ItacS Mnele ,Ienist tMoguns nag oeen taken
EILaS nss ~ u n anra e. naRn' ,tes,ueht NC,
hinley was lhaueurated, savage attacked these