The Press., 1898-06-02

of the Norwich line, started on her regular trip from New London to New York Sat urday night and ran on to reef about two miles from New London during thick fog. The steamer filled rapidly and she was taken back and beaehed just above the Pequot House. The two hundred passen- gers were taken of by the steamer Lowell, which helped in bleaching the Worcester. The boat has dent in the hull directly under two of her boilers, about thirty feet in length, and after being beached settled in the water to her main deck. The loss to boat and cargo will be fully $50, ,OOO.
 Springfield Republican James Haskell, Edna Chandler and Maud Blair are charged with the police with having brok en into the house of George M. Atwater at Glenwood on May and with having stolen property valued at about $1OO. Haskell Is now awaiting trial for malici- ously driving away team, and he will also be charged by breaking and enter ing when he comes to trial. The two girls were arrested Saturday afternoon charged with breaking and entering. According to the story told by the police, and not denied by the girls, the three with another young man entered the Atwater house by the dining-room window, Mrs. Atwater being out of town. They ransacked the house thoroughly. 5A1Io fc hFia and mems and women's clothing. The police think they have recoverd the most of the stolen property. Some of it was found in Edna Chandler's room on Main was found in the cottage at Willimantic camp ground where HaskelIs party were about to set up housekeeping last week. The two girls in this case, although but IT, are exceedingly precocious and talk with the utmost freedom of their manner of life. Miss Chandler claims to be mar ried to man In the employ of the street railway. It is not known whether this is so. Maud Blair has been stated to be married to Haskell, but the police ques- tiOn this. The two are apparently the center of 8 gang of girls that are about the streets at night, and are free to im- part the knowledge they have gained to those less experienced. Haskell is the young man whose mother accused him some timeago of the theft of some money, the matter being brought to the attention of the police. They were, all but Haskell, brought before the police court Tuesday and entered pleas of guilty, and the cases were continued until Friday with bail at $500 each.
 Hartford Courant A trio of alleged horse theives was captured in Williman- tic Wednesday night and were arraigned in the police court Thursday morning, charged with the theft of horse valued at $150 and carriage valued at $50. They were all willing to return to Spring field, where it was proposed to take the girl to her parents and release Doty from custody. The girl, who Wednesday night claimed to be the wife of Haskell, admit ted that she was not married to him and that her name was Maud Blair, aged IT.. The escapade of the trio was peculiar. Haskell who is only IS years old, went to the stables of the Rockingham House, Springfield, and hired the team to drive Longmeadow about o'clock Tuesday night. After picking up first the Blair girl and later Doty, he started on an all night drive to WillImantic, arrived about 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. They put out their team at Jones's livery stable and went over to Willimantic camp ground, where the Blair girl claimed to own 8 cottage, where they remained until the police arrested them about 9.30 We'd