Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-09
BURGLARS At PIT1ST0N.
Knight & Lords Store Entered and Sale Blow
and Riiled. Saturday Morning.

Gardiner. Ne. Sept. S.-(SpeCiaD.-
Word WAS brought to this city at an
t. = store of Knight & Lord at Pitts
ton. about two miles from this city.
had been burglarized. the safe blov n.
and quite an amount taken. Dapu' :
Sheriff Tildrcth was notified a:I he
rrocce.;ed To the scene. City Marshal
Drake was also made kliowr Of the
fact AMI he at once telepaon@l n all
the met. so far as able.
Tire, weeks ago this mo"niH;. an
nt,.n ut was made 10 blow the safe
bu- was unsuccessful. though SOM ~
tie damage was done at the pia"a. : II
III Gay morning at about : 20 . l."'k.
T.. \. Iapham. who lives opposite tho
store. WIS awakened by Il loud rep u t.
He hastily dressed and went out. see
in- three men come out % the store
and start uD the road, taking plenty q;
tine. He watched them, having laid
down in the grass. until they were out
of sight. when he gave the alarm and
soon a large crowd WIS working L"
| ovcr:akr the burglars. but owing t'
the dense log they We're not seen
again.
An examination of the scene of the
| break was made. There 1t was louhh
,bat the front door of the place had
been forced with the aid of large
cbisel. Once inside. there was n"
| trouble in working. In one corner OF
| the store is the post office with me
safe. Evidently the robbers maze
| ready for their JOB. for four cans oi
cooked beef. some crackers ana cheese
soda and cigars were found missing
| Thcv then worked on the safe
| This is not very large affair but II
| v.i,hstood one attack. They evil
| lontIv tried to blow it with nitro-giy
| ce,ine. forcing the explosive IN
through a crack. This time they tried
| , different move With i-lb-inch
.uist drill, they bored down through
| tbe ton to the money drawer Within
| rbev then poured in powder ana sci
| II off by a common fuSc
!, was most successful and the d"ol
of tho safe was blown free from the
safe about four feet across the rooh
and against the partition They 'he'
tod the contents. obtaining. II Is
,,.on,bt about S. of the store money
,.5 of government money ana *9'
worth of postage stamps. ana oep"'
ed. ,h<
The explosion set IRE !" some vi .''
Government papers over( the saie' ou
Nv the timely arrival OF heighpo ~
IL acene the blaze was eXtlnSulshe'
u thHut any loss. The 1prce OF the eN
n,nsfon was very severn LOT IL oie
ont the windows in the rear OF tn'
stnrn and generally disaFranged I'M
goods within.
The government was notified OF TN
,,,,,k and the local officers are doln'
IN they can on the case The thre
n,.b who were seen by Mr. Lapham
veTe probably seen in this vicinity OF
,,,o preyious day. One is described a
,.Itbe, tall. dressed well, as were al
j ,han and wore a brown stiff hat
yla other two were both short bu
ono taller than the other
rate in the day. saturday. is wa
|, learned that the shop of a. A. MO
ronr Randolph. had been broken in
- dnrins the previous night and tw
III stocks. IA screw driver and chist
,.ten These were found at the seen
-,f the break and only show that IN
came up from the river. 1t
: ,,,a,,.ht that they must have jumpe
some of the freight trains passing
,nrough here during the night. as
a,roful search has shown no signs