The Portland daily press., 1899-03-31

coming to Mr. Plummers' assistance the
| man Was soon disarmed. On this occa-
sion MIR. Chenery showed himself to he a
cool and daring officer, and ut the Tim G
the arrest created considerable excitement.
AS county treasurer, Mr.. Chenery
the county of Gum berland and In every
position In who be has served he has
made an excellent record for himself.
DEPUTY MARSHAL WILLARD F.
FIRTH.
The appointment OF Mr.. Firth will he
very pleasing TO the Portland police force
In the ranks OF which he served as u
patrolmaD for fourteen yesrs. He Was a
DARING officer and on several occasions
showed himself TO be possessed Of much
courage, cool head and excellent judg-
ment He made two notable arrests while
patrolmsn, which won for MIR. Firth u
reputation all over the state as one Of the
best police officers in Maine.
Mr.. Firth uas born in koxbury, Mass,
February !, 1865. With the exception OF
ten years Mr.. Firth has lived in Portland
ali his life. He was in the tin and hard
ware business until 1851, when he was
appointed patrolman.
lhe arrest of the notorious burglar
Fred Irving by Patrolman Firth, which
occurred few years ago is still fresh In
Portland. One night in the winter,
about two O'Clock ratrolman Firth WAS
standing at the junction of Grove, Cum
herland and Congress streets pulling in
a box which Is located at that place. As
he shut the door of the box the officer
ooked down Cumberland street and saw
a man walking hur-iediy across the street
up Msllen street from the direction of the
Oaks The officer thought this man
ACTED queerly and ran down Congress
street TO the head Of Mellen street to In
te'capt him and see who he was When
the officer reached the head of Mellen
street. the man he was looking for was
nowhere to be found There was not q
soul on the street at this time Of the
nisht and for some minutes the officer
waited So hear the shutting Of u door or
the appt rance OF light in some Of the
houses 40 sn Melien street, which would
intica hat some one had entered u
house. There was not sound to he
heard, but alter lis'ening some time the
officer head sight noise on the left
land SIDE OF the It eat lie walked down
lellen street quietly, and when opposite
tie residence OF Ardoo W. C0ombs crosse !
ID 81 rect which was covered WITH about
Zee inches Of snow. On the door step
of { lis house tle officer saw "a man. This
WAS Fred lrviog the burglar. The officer
had some Tx witn him during which
diun't go away. but Fritu plurkily stuck
toe spot At last the man jumped over
the railing OF the verandah aud started to
run Firth jumped into the yarn where
the man had gone and followed him. The
burglar held his revolver In his hand and
constantly Threatened the oticsr with II,
but FIRTH kept right on alter him. Final
~ tina fellow broke away and got out into
the street. tritn was right behind him
when the burli T. suddenly tprnsd and
fired. The bullet struck the onoer Ia the
abdomen but tefors the burglar could hrs
anot her shot Firth had trsd tnree times
and two of these shots took effect The
burglar dropped his revolver and cried Tor
quert T.. ana was forthwith put under
arrest, and aft srwad. sent to The stits
prison. Frith's life was saved by the
thickness of the clothing which he wors,
the bullet penetrating many thicknesses
Of cloth and finally badly bruis;ng the
officer over the abdomen.
Another tins Firth ohased burglar in
broad daylight through Anderson, Smith,
Congress and India streets who carried ,