Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-18
SOCIAL CALLS
By Burglars Which Do Not
Pay Them Heavily.
Five Breaks in WatervilIe and Wins
low During Thursday Night.
They Had Plenty Of Bother and Booty pIdh
Pay for Trouble.

W-aterville. Me, Jan. 11.-(SpeciaD.-
II was q regular round OF social calls
that the burglars made. Thursday
night They didn't get much booty,
but they evidently had a good time
runmaging over the several places Of
business visited and no one disturbed
them in the least. Calls were made
al the erist mill Of \. F. Merrill. No.
Bridge street, the grocery store Of
Alien < Pollard. just across the Ticonic
bridge. The mill Of Proctor & Bowie.
just 2 little way farther on down the
read, the grocery store of BaSsett K
Eaton over in Winsl0W. just opposite
where the old covered bridge used 10
stand. and the blacksmith shop of Mr..
Balentino. just across the road from
that. If you count them up you'll find
this is just FIVE calls. That's n pretty
good nights work, even if it didn't pay
very we'll.
1t is Of course not known III just
what order the calls We're made or what
time they We're made, but from the
tools that were left behind it would
look as If the first call was made at the
mill of Proctor & Bowie and the first
lot Of tools obtained there. Then it
looks as if they went TO the store of
Bassett & Eaton. This store is some
what isolated and is therefore well pro-
tected from such attacks as these. The
doors are heavy and well locked and
barred and the windows have heavy
shutters 50 that when the store IS
closed for rhc night it is pretty well
fortified. The visitors were apparently
balIied in their attempts to get in there
although they managed to make the
door suffer quite bit. II seems that
they went from there across the road
10 the blacksmith shop, where they
got more and heavier tools.
Then it would seem that they came
elk over towards Waterville calling
at the store of Allen & Pollard on the
way. Just why they sighted the store
OF Proctor &; Bowie is not apparent,
6ut perhaps they thought they wouldn' t
FhaNC any better success than did the
! other party who called there short
time ago.
I They got into the Allen {. Pollard
store by forcing the lock on the front
door. Once inside they rummaged
around in great shape. The safe is not
kept locked as only books and papers
. are kept there to be protected from
fire. They pulled these out and scat
/ tered them about the store. They
smashed the money drawer, getting a
lew dollars in coppers. 1t is also
I thought that they took some cigars
/ and tobacco, although not enough to
make much of hole in the stock. They
I ransacked the store in pretty good
shape but did small damage and did
not get much for their pains.
The last call was apparently made
at the erist mill. Entrance there was
! effected by prying up one of the win
dows on the front side of the mill
They had another spell of ransacking
there. The safe is also kept unlocked
70" the protection of books and papers
only, 50 they had an easy job with
/ that. They opened it and rummage
( through the contents. Then they had
a whack at the money drawer and cash
register, smashing them to get at the
contents. There was few coppers
! there to reward them. The damage at
! the mill is small. as q the other places
| visited.
| The tools used in the work were
| Continued on page 81