The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-27
Two Boys Arrested for
Burglary.


smith, wife Of United States Deputy
Marshal Smith, who lives On High street
was away from home and the hired girl
had caller in the person Of a young
woman whom she had met only once
but who came TO make her a friendly
call. This young woman name is Fan
ny Woods, and she works for a
family on Free street. Some two
hours after Fanny Woods had left
Mrs. Smith S house. Mrs. Smith returned
home ana discovered that valuable dia-
mond ring and garnet ring had disap-
peared from her dressing table. A search
was made but they could not be found
and finally It was decided that they had
! been stolen and the matter was reported
to the police. The officers interviewed
Mrs. Smith servant and found out
that Fanny Woods had called on her dur
Ing the afternoon AS she was the only
person who had emit cred the house the
officers concluded that they would send
for this oman and talk with her She
was brought to the station and was
confronted by Deputy Marshal Firth
The very first thing this young woman
sail TO the Deputy Marshal confirmed
the officers suspicion that she was the
guilty party. She said:
why, Mr.. Marshal, do You suppose
that 1 would have the nerve to enter
strange house and lift any ringsg'
Now only a professional crook or po-
lice officer would term stealing ring or
any other article lifting ana so the
deputy knew that this was the person he
was after. But she would not acknowl-
edge that she had taken them, and
Officer Pickett had a talk with her. To
} Officer Pickett the young woman final
y acknowledge that she knew where the
rings were and told him they could be
found in the pocket OF a jacket which
was hanging in the closet at ths place
she worked. Officers Pickett and Hem
, derson went up to this house and made
thorough search. They found the
. jacket which the young woman had de-
soribed, but there wers no rings IN the
pocket OF it. Henderson was not salts
fled with this, but felt the jacket all over
and finally discovered a bunch in the
( collar. This was found to be the miss
, ing rings, they having been neatly served
into the collar by this woman who Is be-
lieved by the police TO have had some
experience IN this kind of work before.
About midnight two boys were seen
to be hanging around the baker shop of
Smardon on India street, just below
Newbury. The police station was notI-
ned that these boys seemed to be acting
rather funny, and the deputy ordered
two officers to go to the place and see
what was wrong. After the first two
officers had been sent, he sent two more
in the patrol wagon. They reached there
and Officers Woodsum and McGrath en-
tered the bakery by the back way and
found that the window had been forced
open and that some one was inside.
They entered and after hunting around
for while pulled out two young men
from beneath the counter where they /
were hitting. These young men were
Henry p. Larose and George ID. Quimby. |
The boys are between Is ana 10 years
old. The Quimby boy now has case
Of breaking and entering pending in
the Superior court. The officers reached /
the place too soon to give the young
burglars a chance to steal anything, but
it was for the purpose OF robping the till
OF The bakery which is supposed to be
well filed on Saturday night that they
entered the place. The charge against
them will be breaking and entering.
Patrick AIulkern is at the police sta
ton again with a broken head. He
went home on Saturday night full of
rum and disposed to make trouble for
his family His abuse of he-children
aroused the anger of his son Patrick
who proceeded to expostulate with the
old man The father would not brook
interference from his son and he got the
worst the argument that followed. The
boy got his father down after good
deal Of trouble and held him on the floor
until the police officers were attracted
to the place by his cries for help. When
taken to the police station the old mans
head showed the effects of his sons effort
to preserve peace in the family
About $500 worth of beautiful foreign
en- oridery it at the police station
awaiting q claimant. 1t was stolen, so
the police believe, by man name Bid
we'll, VINO was held on Saturday by the
grand jury for burglary in Lynn, Mass.
Bidwen stole this grip full Of embroidery
in Providence and brought 1t to Port
land where he pawned it for small
sum. The EN- broidered articles are piano
covers, table covers and fancy pieces of
delicate and artistic workmanship.
SENATOR WELLINGTON MAY