The Newtown bee., 1904-04-15
New Milford.
THE DA WIS BURGLARY SENSATION.

one 1OF UIe press OI the SUdUo, last week, in case of theft and burglary committed by one New Milford boy and four Waterbury lads, who entered the room of Henry Davis and took cash to the amount of between SIC, 1000 and S11, 1000.
 It is case at once pathetic, painful and ludicrous, pathetic and painful in that five mere lads have hanging over their heads a crime with a serious penalty attached, and ludicrous as some situation in comic opera, that in these enlightened times man of mature years should be found so ab- solutely devoid of common sense as to keep so large an amount of cash in a place where it could easily be reached by any designing people knowing of the mans eccentricity.
 The boys are charged with theft and burglary. The crime for which these boys are being held was commit about 7.3O o'clock. Henry Davis is a man apparently about 65 years old, who finds enjoyment in counting over his wealth. The existence of this money in the old mans room was known to but few people. MT Davis is quite patriarchal in appearance. His hair and beard are almost white, and in appearance he looks to be above the average in intelligence. On Monday he sat in court his chin resting on one hand, and resembling an old-time barrister. He wore an overcoat shiny from wear, and dilapidated derby hat, which on the street gave him a shabby appearance.
 The burglary was committed in a house owned by Edward Sanford. He I11 f0 E vu1I rented room to Henry Davis, whose money caused all the trouble. It appears the boys entered the room Of Davis while he was asleep and threw the trunk containing the money out on to the ground. Then they ad- journed to a spot behind the barn of Merwin Hine and divided the "swag." " The four Waterbury boys took the train to Canaan, thence to Winsted and Waterbury. The Turner boy Se- creted his money in stone wall on the east side of the track between Brook field and Brookfeld Junction, where it was found, Saturday night, by Con- stable Jennings. The boy, Turner, had no trouble in taking the officer to the exact spot where the cash was hid.
 The Waterbury boys are Samuel Mccormick, IS, 14O East Farm street; Benjamin Plant, 19, 34 West Farm street; Fred Blodgett, Is, 17 Division Griggs street. They are known in Waterbury, it is said, as unruly boys, prone to mischief, but never suspected of committing crimes of this nature. Mccormick has been working for his father, who is coal dealer. Plant has been learning the bricklayerS trade. Blodgett has been assisting his father as father. Weimer has been working as an apprentice to the ma chinist trade at the Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Company. AL exander Turner, the fifth boy in ques- tion, and who is supposed to have fur nished the information to his Water bury friends as to the location of the poodle, is but 15 years old, rather sim pie in appearance, and the last to be Suspected of such a racket. News of the robbery was brought to New Mill ford, Friday morning, and Constable Larry Jennings was soon hot on the bury, and the police there were quick to bring the lads to cover. About 1C o'clock, Friday evening, two of the boys, Mccormick and Plant, walked into the subpostal station at Pickett's $ drug store in the North End, WaJer- bury, and mailed package addressed to "SolOmOn Turner, New Milford, Conn.,, ' as they could not think of the name of Davis. About II o'clock tbe detectives entered the store with the four boys and recovered the package This package contained about two fifthS of the S11, ,OOO in bills. Blodgett and Wiener showed the detective. where they had secreted about $4,0O( more in the old vacant Needle shop on City Mills Lane. All told the officers found sS, lO1 in bills, the largest de nomination being S20. The boys ad mitted their guilt to the Waterbury officers. Mccormick said that whe1 he returned to his home in Waterbury he became sick of the job and that he money to the old man. All were ther taken to the Police station to await the arrival of Constable L. M. Jen nings. At the Police station, Satur day morning, the boys said they Jeff the city on Thursday morning ant walked to New Milford, as they had nt money. That night, in company witt Turner, they robbed Davis. McCor mick returned to his home Friday morning. "Didn't you have plenty o1
 money with which to pay your pas sage?" they were asked. "Yes," re piled one of the boys, ''but we didn'
 want to spend that We were sick O. the whole thing and wanted to send i
 back to the old man." When asked how they came to get acquainted witt young Turner, they said that he visit ed friends in Waterbury about weel he watched the old man count hi
 money through the crack in the doc to the bedroom. He then suggeste'
 that they join forces and get the none from the trunk where it was kept
 The Waterbury officers telephoned t.
 Attorney Addis, Saturday morning | that they had the boys. The latte
 replied that Constable Jennings wa
 already on the way to the Brass City | Constable John B. Couch accOmpaniet
 him.
 The Waterbury boys were brough
 to New Milford on the l.50 train Ou
 of Waterbury, Saturday afternoon
 They were accompanied to the Water
 bury depot by crowd which lined tn
 streets. Before leaving the static
 house, Blodgett, mere boy, with tear
 in his eyes, pleaded that the handcuff
 to get away,' he said to Chief Egan
 "Well, we don't propose to give you
 chance" replied the Chief. The pris
 oners were taken to the depot i
 charge of the New Milford constable!
 and without the assistance of the Wa
 terbury police. Detectives Keega
 and Kennaugh of Waterbury deserv
 considerable credit for rounding u
 the young prisoners. While it is tru
 the New Milford constables gave tn
 Waterbury police the names of tn
 alleged burglars, the fact is the Wate
 bury detective bureau began a scare
 for the boys as soon as the robbery WE
 reported in the morning, they havin
 been aware of the appearance in w.
 terbury, last week, of Young Turne