The Republican journal., 1906-06-21
A CHAPTER OF CRIMES.
Burglaries, Flimfamming and Liquor Sci
ling,

The dime novel begun in our last issue,
With the discovery of the robbers den in
deserted house and the arrest of one of the
'heroes" in Bosto:, was brought to an abrupt
conclusion in the police court June 14th.
The breaking and entering of Clarence NJ.
Knowton's store in East Belfast and like
break at the cottage OF W. W. Cakes, with
the theft of a rowboat among other
things, the visit of the police to the pirates
lair, the identification of the burglars and
, the arrest of one of them in Boston, was
told last week. City Marshal Kimball, who
had located the rowboat and thus got on the
trail of the robbers, made record trip to
the Hub. Leaving here by boat about 5 p.
m. June 10Th, he arrived in Boston at the
next morning, secured his prisoner and ar
rived home by the evening train. The pris-
oner was Harold Hatfield, and he talked
freely with Mr.. kmball, admitting both
breaks and telling of the movements of
himself and companion. They had expected
soon to be Joined by other boys and organ
ize regular pirates gang His companion,
Sidney Cunningham, is older and larger,
and when it came to dividing the money
| from Knowlton's cash register they had a
scrap, in which the latter was victorious
and kept all the cash. Hatfield then sold
the rowboat for "a to a fisherman to get
money to return to Boston and gave re-
ceipt which led to his Identification. Hat
field had consented to leave Boston without
requisition paper ;, and his father arranged
81, +,,in nj in thl i.n
| The latter left Boston by the City of Rock
land June 18th and found on board his sons
c0mpanion, Sidney Cunningham, who was
employed in the pantry. He telephohed 10
the City Marshal when the boat reached
Rockland and the arrest was made on the
arrival of the boat here, and the trial took
place in the police court Thursday morning
Hatfield was arIaigned first, charged WIN
stealing the toat from the Cakes cottage
and pleaded guilty. He also gave the Judge
a list of the property taken at hn0Wlto Ii
store, about as follows: S9,06 IN cash; TWO
small checks three-quarters OF box OF
cigars five plugs Of tobacco; four cakes OF
chocolate and some cookies. lie sad he
destroyed the checks with some other pa
pers The Judge found probable cause and
bound Hatfield over to the September term
of the 5. J. Court in the sEm of $500, lie
was subsequently admitted to bail, with
Hon W. II. Mcclellan and Orrin J. Dickey
as oureties, and with his father, Mr. Clifford
Hatfield of Dorchester, Mass, left that al
tern0on on the Boston boat.
Sidney Cunningham was then arraigned,
charged with the break at the knowlton
store, and pleaded not guilty MI knowl-
tom then took the stand and testified as to
the articles taken, and was followed by
Hatfield, who testified substantially as fol-
lows They had been out on the night OF
June 9th and started up the railroad track.
" hen they reached the building used by
the train crew Hear the lower bridge they
vent in and built fire and Hatfield went
to sleep. Cunningham awohe him late at
night and they planned to rob the store
They entered by removing a square of glass
and took the articles mentioned above
Cunningham then withdrew his lplea Of
not guilty and pleaded guilty He was uu-
able to furnish bail and was committed to
jail to await trial in September.