The Portland daily press., 1900-11-08
Quantity Of SilVerWare Stolen at
GOrham Recovered.
Man Was Frances Bailey
an Old Offender.
Has Recently Completed Term
i'm State Prison.

Between Sunday night and Monday
morning the jswelry sore of George ;.
Burnell located on Main street in the VII
lage OF Gorharn was entered and goods TO
the value Of about $3.50 taken. When Mr..
Burnell opened his store Monday morn
ing he discovered that it had been well
ransacked aud stripped OF the greater part
of his jewelry, silverware and toilet out
fit. He at once sent word to the autnori-
ties. The Portland police were notlned
and last evening their efforts were re-
warded. While going along Fore street
between Exchange and Union, Of1cers
Ball and Cousins came across young
fellow In one OF the pawn shops. Ihey
thought 1t worth while to make an IN
vestiestion. The young fellow was not
slow to realize what was up and started
on a run in order to elude the officers.
As he ran he threw out two or three small
watches from his pockets. This convinced
the officers they were on the right trail,
and they gave him lively chase until
they succeeded in catching him, They
then took him to the police station where
he was ushered into the presence OF City
Marshal sylvester.
In the afternoon a grip had been found
in another part of the city by the police.
The authorities do not care to say wnere
this place was. But the grip was well
filled with toilet articles, jack knives and
gold collar and cuff buttons.
At first the young man was rather In
oIined to act very stubbornly and refused
to give an account OF himself. But he
soon relented and made q clean breast oil
everything. He said that all OF these ar
ticles in the grip and those which hs had
thrown from his pockets had been stolen
at Gorham. He said that he had left
Portland on one Of the last eiectric cars
that went to westDrook Sunday night.
He reached Westbrook at about ten
O'Clock and then walked up to Gorham.
After getting the lay of the land In this
village and hanging about for a couple OF
hours he decided to break into MIR. Bur
nell's store. A freight train passed by the
station at about two O'Clock and as this
made considerable noise rumbllng
through the village, he took advantage OF
his opportunity. smashed one of the WIN
proceeded to lay in a stock OF the holiday
goods that MIR. Burnell had recently
bought. Securing all that he could get
away with he walked down to Westbrook,
and. by the side of barn near the road
leading to that city hid the grip. he
came into Portland and remained in this
oity all day Monday and Tuesday. Tues
day night he went to Westbrook and
brought back with him the grip which
had nos been disturbed. He spent yester-
day in calling at several OF the pawn
shops in the city. The police heard OF
this and thus were furnished with their
clue. Part of the goods had bean disposed
of by the young fellow but there still re-
mained good lot which were found In
the grip.
Marshal Sylvester recognized the pris-
oner as Francis e. Bailey, who was ar
rested September 81, 1897. for breaking
into the confectionery and fruit store of
Arthur Huff at the corner of Cumberland
and Chestnut streets. Officers Henderson
and Craig made the arrest. When Ofiicer
Henderson saw the prisoner last evening
he Immediately identified him. Bailey
was convicted and sent to the state prison
at Thomaston, where he served a sentence
of nineteen months. He has been out of
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