Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-09

1uO pOlc6 ucpdELAlSuC OU VdleTDufy scored a big hit last night when De tectives Kennaugh and Keegan cap tured five young men, residents of the north end. who had taken part in robbery at the residence of Edwin Turner, Lanesville. a farming district about two and a half miles south of New Milford, Thursday night, and carried away over $S,000 belonging to Ia boarder named Henry Davis, for mer employe of A. T. Stewart of New York. The officers also recovered the booty and as result the police sta- tion looked for all the world like banking institution this morning, Chief Egan, Detective Dodds and Constable L. w Jennings and John Couch of New Milford counting roll after roll until they had made tue sum total of $S,182.50.
 The story is full of interesting situ- ations. Thursday night, while Davis, a small man with peculiar notions of life, was out, the Waterbury boys, who evidently were lying in wait for a favorable opportunity to get hold of the old mans dust. managed to get a trunk containing all his yaluables out through window and carried it into the woods where they took the valuables out of 1t and then took to their heels. When Davis returned and entered his room he missed his trunk and the authorities at New Milford were notified. The empy trunk was found yesterday morning and then the authorities commenced to feel around for "a clew. It leaked out that four Waterbury youths had been seen in the district with Edwin Turner, the fifteen-year-old son Of MT Turner, with whom Davis boarded. He was miss ing and this helped add to the mys- tery. A search was immediately in stituted and word was sent to the Wa terbury police and the case was turn. ed over to the detective bureau yester- day afternoon. Late last night young Turner was apprehended at a farm house some distance from his home and on being searched the sum of $1,- 225 was found in h1s pockets. He was locked up.
 It didn't take Detectives Kennaugh and Keegan long to round up their men. At Il 80 o'clock last night Ben jamin Plant of 34 West Farm street, a bright appearing young man, was arrested at his home and taken to the POllCC SCdII1Ols 116 tl0Dl(ICO OCOl& one of the parties wanted. He had $26O of the money in his pockets and told the officers that the balance of his and Samuel McCormack's shares was in a shoe box at Pickett's drug store on North Main street, where they had left 1t preparatory to returning 1t to the man bo whom 1t belonged. The officers took the hint and visited the
 
 were rewarded by a find of over $4,- GOO. Samuel Mccormack was found in bed at his home on Farm street about o'clock this morning. He of fered no resistance, but put on his clothes and walked quietly to a cell at the police station.
 Edward Weimer of Griggs street and Fred Blodgett. or Lantandressa, as the directory gives 1t. of Division street, were arrested at their homes between and 5 o'clock this morning. They owned up and told the officers that their share of the booty was con- cealed among the rafters of the old needle shop A search here by the officers resulted in find of about $3,- 800 concealed behind he rafters, where nobody but those who put 1t there ever would think of looking for any thing worth carrying away. The men and money were made safe at the sta ton.
 When the officers came in this morn ing from New Milford they were not aware of the splendid work done by the detective force at Waterbury and scarcely could believe their eyes when they saw the stack of bills. It took long time to count 1t. The bills ranged from $1 to $20, so that there was good deal of handling to the whole lot.
 It was understood that young Tur- ner got the balance of the missing treasure.