The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-14
BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT.
Arrest Of Trio Wanted in Napa ee,
Ontario.
ROBBED DOMINION BANK OF THAT
CITY OF $4,000.

Gang Consisted of Women and Two Men
First Was Taken in Montreal Thursday
One Man Saturday and Third in Boston
Yesterday-Less Than Third of Money
Recovered.
Boston, July 1S.-By the arrest of Caro-
line Saucier in Montreal last Thursday.
followed by that of Edward Pare, her
brother, in Manchester, N. H., on Satur-
day, and finally by that of William Henry
Holden in this city today, it is believed
that the parties who were concerned in
the robbery of the Dominion bank at Ma
panee, Ont, on August s7, 1897, have at
last been apprehended.
In the possession of oil three of the per-
sons arrested were found bills stolen from
the bank, but of the $685. 900 taken. less
than one-third has as yet been recovered.
A greater part of this money is in Do
minion. bank bills, $4,000 of which was
stolen, with the signature of the cashier
missing, but on the bills recovered the
signature is forged. The balance of the
Dominion bills have been put in circu,a-
ton in Canada and this country and are
constantly turning up.
For a long time there was no clue TO
the robbery. although shortly after the
robbery the teller of the bank was arrested
on suspicion. He was afterwards dis
charged and the matter was apparently
dropped until three months ago. The
bank officials, however, had called to
their aid the Pinkerton agency and it's
men have been at work on the case for
some time.
greater part of the stolen bills turned
up Ia Montreal and Manchester, N. H. ;,
ana alter month or more of hard work
Caroline Saucier was arrested on July 7tb
IN her cigar store in suburb of Montreal
In her possession was found 1O3 of the
DOMINION bills, three of which had the
forged signature of the cashier. 1t was
learned then that the Saucier woman had
2 brother named Edward Pare, alias
George E. Belanger, alias Howard Twins
IN Manchester, N H.
a are mas prison record having served
I'VE years at Concord, ~ H.. for hurolary
ana the records place him as a safe robEer
=, rare was arrested at two O'Clock on
W " uiofuiHg OIL July 9Th, in his house al
Bridge street. Some of the stolen money
was found on his person, but in the sun
ports on the four corners of a tool chest
IN MS room, which had been followed
out, % of the bills were found. By some
means the officers traced an associate If
Fare, one William Holden to this CITY and
after considerable difficulty he was
located as living on Zimmerman street
hoxbury, where he was arrested this
afternoon. In the room at the time we're
his wife and daughter.
Mrs. Holden denied having seen anv Of
the Dominion bills, but while the offiners
were making search of the premises sbc
was seen to throw package hastily into
the lire. The package was snatched from
the stove and found to contain nineteen
OF the Dominion bills. They were some.
what oharred, but were readily identi.
fled.
The officers had cons iderable diffieultv
In taking Holden into custody as he is =
large man and struggled hard. The
Canadian police state that he has record
as safe breaker. He was locked mn in
the Iombs but stated that he should re-
sis5 extradition. Of the SS3. 600 stolen
the officers have SO far recovered abont
$10 900.