Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22
WRIGHT CAPTURED
NEAR MILFORD.
GOODS WERE FOUND IN A
HOUSE NEAR TOWN.
Wright and Parker now in Dover Jail,
Howell not yet Apprehended. Ser.
iOuS Charges Will be Made
Against the Trio. Author.
tiles Still at Work.


,, tiles Still at Work.
William Parker and Luther Howell
u Of Dover, and Richard Wright, of
Magnolia, Parker and Wright both
e well known in this community, visited
$ Harrington on Friday evening, Jan,
Sth, and after indulging freely in in
: toxicAnts, persuaded a young man,
Ebe Harrington, who resides near that
town, and who was also intoxicated, to
join them, taking him with them to
Powell's School House. They decided
to rob him and at once assaulted him
and began their work as desperadoes.
taking from him his watch and what
money he had in his pockets. 1t was
flrst thought that he (HPrringtOn) had |
$40 with him, but it was learned later
that friend of his who knew that he .
was imbioing freely of quor, took the /
money from him for safe keeping. The,
were not satisfied with what they took
from Harrington and noticing a clock
IN the school house hey lifted that and
departed, not being heard of until
Monday evening, when they appeared
In Smyrna. Immediately upon their
arrival in town they sought the Smyrna
House and hogan to play pool After
few games they became noisey and
desperate,and the son of the proprietor
ordered them to keep quiet several {
times, but they did not listen until I
finally young Gear, the prOprictor's I
son, took the balls from the pool table I
and ordered them from the place. At a
this they became enraged and tn reat- e
ened to shoot the young man if he Z
summoned an officer. In fe ~ minutes =
however the officers were there, but II
the trio had started out of town, firing n
their pistols in every diection, into A
windows, stores, and every place they N
happened to notice, This action of u
trying to take the town wrought the al
citizens up to state of frenzy, and they ID
At once began to capture the offenders. A
which they succeeded in doing after M
iome considerable effort on the part of M
he citizens and officers. They were u
placed in the Lookup over night and v
he trial was held the following morn
ng before Magistrate Crow, who fined
ach one of the crowd SSl5. They be-
ng unable to pay the fine imposed. ba
:, 81 O'''N III " tue l4ocA-up' On thi
Wednesday morning Policeman Turner ho
aid his call to the Little Prison to look
fter his subjects and found to his sur Ioa
rise that they had cut a small hole ~,
trough the floor and escaped, going on,
own into the cellar beneath and COM Iieo
lg up through the coal hole into the 49,
rect. As soon as the people and the
fcers were informed of the case they !
once formed a party and began a -
arch for the escaped cOnvicts, and .
Ter several hours found one of the oeC
'isOners at Lewis Mill, in East Dover y
inbred. They at once turned the NJ,
ptured convict over to Sheriff Melvin
I'd proceeded to assist all they could n
the capturing of the other two. 1t A,
came known by the officials that -
right and Howell were making their -,
adquarters at a small tenement house tsS So
ar Milford, short distance from the -.
'nrlemeu's Driving Park, and on r.,
ursday morning Constable Marvel : =
d one or two others went to the house
but did not find those that
~ were searching for and came back 'O'
o town and planned to make another TT
it in the evening. So at IL o'clock Dels
arty consisting of Constable Simp- be
/, of Harrington, Walter Macklin, Thu
lOs Masten and others of this town, p. n
rted for the escaped prisoners. They Th
t went to the house mentioned and ers,
rched it, but found that the ones and
nted were nOtthe TheOfficers then in C
ided to make a search around the have
misses and surrounding country and excel
II little time they located Wright mer
ggly wrapped in a blanket in in NJ
W stack fe n yards from the tene- Re-
1t house, but found no trace of Della
we'll. Wright was taken to Dover vicin
Constable Simpson and delivered awar
, to Sheriff Melvin. On Sunday and
stable Simpson came here and dis Stayt
cred some OF the stolen goods, which city.
e concealed in the aforesaid house.
his writing Howell has not as vet W.
/ captured, but the officers are still At.
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