Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-15
BurgIars Heard from Again.

In these burglarious times every body
Is watchful, and every suspicious hap
Ipening rouses considerable interest. So
looming so soon after Sunday nights at.
fair, some things which happened early
Friday morning were the occasion OF
considerable talk later in the day.
A little before 2 o'clock that morning,
j. P. Richardson, who lives over his
store, in an endeavor TO escape some OF
the heat, had taken refuge in an easy
chair by an open window of his sitting
room. While sitting there he heard
quiet steps on the sidewalk below, and
distinctly heard the knop of the outside
door tried directly under the window ut
which he sat-
He ordered the trespassers to get out,
and they got, the sound of two pairs OF
feet running toward the Square coming
to his ears.
Some time between l and 2 that same
morning. many of the people about the
middle of the village were awakened by
La noise which some describe as sounding
like pistol shot, while others say it
sounded like striking the corner of a
building a sharp blow with board.
Noises which indicated that attempts
were being made to enter other build
ings, on other nights of the week, are
reported. but no damage is reported
from any of these manifestations.
At few minutes before l o'clock Sum-
day morning, most of the people in the vi
Icinity of Market Square were awakened
by the sound of an explosion. 1t is de-
clared emphatically by those who were
,,aa rast RI ,b,t locality tbot tho av nj nc ion
was in the hollow back of Shurtleff's
drug store, and that, looking down there
Immediately afterward, they could see
the smoke rising. About dozen men
were out on the street as soon as possible
after the racket, but there was no indica-
ton of anything unusual except two or
three teams which drove through about
that time. Some of these were teams
returning from a dance. Whether any
others were in the lot is not known.
The noise is said to have been such as
might have been made by cartridge OF
dynamite or even a big cannon cracker.
An examination of the hollow by day
light fails to disclose any indications of
an explosion. The thing may have been
a practical joke by boys, who wanted to
have little fun and keep people guess
ing. If that was their purpose, they
met with pretty fair success, but it
wouldn't be best to continue the pro-
gramme too long.
All these things have caused consider
able talk about the desirability of hav-
ing 4 night Waterman, and it is likely
that meeting of the village corporation
will be called to consider the matter.
After the Democrat had gone to press
last week, it was learned that in the
burglary in Wheeler's insurance office,
in addition to what was reported, a ring
belonging to Miss Baker and pair of
glasses belonging to Mr.. Wheeler were
also taken. The iron tool left on the
desk was found to be part of cutting
machine from the corn factory. 1t was
found that the factory had been entered
BY pulling the staple out of back door,
and this iron was taken from box OF
spare parts.
And now comes the funny part of the
affair. On Friday certain things taken
from Wheeler's office were delivered to :
Jailer Farrar. The package included a
discarded pocket book which had been
in a drawer of Mr.. Wheeler's desk,
several punches of keys, souvenir
Knight Templar badge belonging to Mr.. |
Wheeler, and Miss Bakers penknife.
Practically everything missing was re-
covered except Miss Bakers ring, which
was not of special valne; and some loose
keys are in the lot which Mr.. Wheeler
thinks are not his. =!
This package of things was delivered
to Jailer Farrar by well-dressed
stranger, who said he was travelling the
railroad track to Berlin, n. II. He
found the package beside the track, a
little way below the lower crossing
toward Oxford, where the roads to Ok
ford and Welchville separate. He
showed it to the section crew and asked
them what he had better do with it, and
it was on their suggestion that he de-
livered it to the jailer.
Jailer Farrar was inclined to question
the man pretty sharply, but considering
all the circumstances he could see no
reason for thinking the stranger was tell
ing anything but the truth. The ap-
pearance of the things tended to cor
roborate the story, as they were rusted
as if they had been lying out. Probably
the burglars left town by some means OF
on the railroad, and con-
Guiding that their plumber was of more
danger than use to them, soon threwit
away.