The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-08
THE oAlLoupE ROBBERY.
The Mysterious Case Cleared Up By Detec-
tives.

Readers of the PRESS will remember
that newly a year ago the residence Oh
Rev. DWIGHT Galloupe, formerly curate
of St. Luke's Cathedral in this city, ana
at present rector of ST. Pauls Episcopal
church in Newark, N. j., was entered by
burglars during the absence of the family.
The thieves took a quantity of silverware
and a Jewell case with some rings pelohg-
inc to Mrs. Galloupe. The sexton Oh the
obrrob Mr.. Walter j. Barnes was ar
rested ard sent to jail, convicted OF the
crime chiefly on oircumstantiai evidence,
hpt he stoutly throughout the trial MAIN
tanned his innccen and Mr.. Galloupe
and several of the vestrymen felt that
there might be mistake in connecting
him with the affair. There were two
obberies, or burglaries, the second &C.
curing night or two after the first.
Recently Detectives Donovan and
Murphy of Newark, arrested William
Murphy aged 20 years, of S46 Paramount
avenue, and William Howell, aged IL
years, of III 12 Academy street. Since
they were taken into custody Murphy has
confess that he committed the first rob-
berry, and at the same time denied Ill
knowledge of the theft of the second
night. The detectives, however, expect
to fasten the second one upon him.
Murphy's arrest and that Oh HoWelis
were due to clue obtained by Detectives
Donovan and Murphy while they were
working on another case. They learned
that Murphy had disposed of u small
watch and a diamond and opal ring in
New York. They recovered all the. goods,
and the two latter articles were identified
by Mrs. Galloupe, as those stolen from
her room. Next the detectives found a
man who had purchased the three other
rings stolen from Mrs. Galloupe. In the
two later CA eS they connected HoWell
with Murphy, and the arrest of the two
was decided upon. 1t was then found
that Howell is wanted at the Jamesburg
Reform School, from which he escaped
abouj six months ago, having been sent
thers fl r his participation in freight car
robperies at Freehold. He would tell
nothing and for time Murphy refused
to talk but Thursday, after he had been
id ,ntiied by several persons to whom he
had sold stolen goods he told Detectives
Donovan and Murphy in the presence OF
Rev. Mr. Galloupe how he robbed the
clergyman's house.
Murphy said that he went into the yard
from Grove street, put his arm through
broken window, climbed into the kitchen
hn had often
given meal, when they went there beg
ging. He took some silverwar from the
dining room and then went upstairs and
got the jewelry. While in Mrs. Galloupe's
room he heard some one (believed now to
have been Sexton Barnes) walking around
on the floor above. The noise caused him
to leave the house, as he thought, he said,
L. at it was someone else who had also
come there ON burglarious mission. He
said that he had seen Barnes about the
premises when he solicited aims there,
but did not know him, He denied that
the sexton had any hand in the robbery.
Later, however, he somewhat changed his
story SO as to cast discredit upon Barnes,
but his original statement is believed.
He declared emphatically that he knows
nothing of the second robbery, when the
silyerware was taken, but it is believed
that he will yet confess it and plead gull
ty to both charges. Both Murphy and
Howell are held at Police Headquarters,
as the detectives are still working on the
case They have been photographed for
the Rogues' Gallery.