The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-30


making his escape in another direction
Curley, taken to RlImney, Mt first re-
fused to 90 to Vermont, but finding that
the legal forms would be gone through
with, decided to 20. Mr., Bailey Sc.
cured the satchels which the men had
left on the train, found the team which
they had driven from Barre, and some
clothes which they had discarded be-
tween Wentworth and West Rumney,
at a place where they were observed by
a physician who was passing. Curley
was taken to Barre, where, unable to
obtain bail, he was placed in Jail, being
identified by the things found. He was
sent to states prison for safe keep
ing.
''Mr. Bailey had shown such skill in
capturing Curley that the bank desired
him to try and get the other three
1t was found that while Miles and Cur
lev had gone east the other two had
gone by way Of Woodstock and Rut-
land To New York AT the first men.
toned place he secured good descrip4
tion of one of them, who had various
aliases, one Of them Kingsland. Seeur.
ing detective at Boston, Mr.. Wiggin
who was sent to Montpelier, Mr.. Dill.
| bingham. then states attorney, now u
S. senator, with Mr.. Bailey interview
the prisoner, and "a the outcome, Mr.
Wiggin was sent to New York and
brought Mrs. Cufley to Montpelier She
told her husband that being out Of
money she had applied to his three ac'
complies for aid, which they had re-
fused. This made Curley angry, and he
agreed that his wife should return to
New York with Mr.. Wiggin, and point
out the three men to the officers.
ut was now necessary to secure Mr.
Kings evidence, in order to obtain requi,
sition papers. but it turned out to be
about as hard TO find him as to catch
one of the burglars For in the mean
time he had, with his wife and daugh'
ter, gone to the coast of Maine, going
from place to place where successive
kilograms failed TO locate them. Mr.
Bailey went to Sherbrooke where Mr.
Kings father lived, then to Quebec
and found the missing man at Gaspe
on the st. Lawrence.
1.-TWO weeks had elapsed and the
requisition papers were very much want.
ed as the three men had been seen and
pointed out to the detective. Armed
with the indispensable papers at last
Mr.. Bailey started for New York, to
find at Springfield that his valise con
tanning them had been taken by a stran-
ger BIZ mistake. A delay of twenty
four hours followed before he had them
in his hands again. Arriving at New
York he secured the services Of two
other detectives, who Swallowed the man
known as Kingsland, arrested him as
he was coming out of a barber shop
and took him TO Ludlow street jail.
brought before Judge Donahue on
Monday morning, it was shown that he
was an escaped convict from Sing Sing
prison where he had still eight and a
half years to serve for robbing the Wa.
tertown bank and could not be taken
to Vermont till he had served his time
so he was returned to the prison and
finished his sentence there.
miles was the next man TO be
sought for, and watching around the
places in New York where he might
be expected proving of no avail, Mr.
Bailey returned to Montpelier and had
an interview that led to his capture
which was brought about in a singular
way. He lives somewhere on West 55th
street and had a white dog. They found
the place where the man lived who had
the white dog at last and the detectives
watced the house from Monday till Sun
day morning without seeing anyone On
the latter morning Miles came out to
buy paper and was arrested, Sept. s.
1875. The lawyers employed by Miles
threw in Mr.. Bailey's way every legal
obstacle which they could devise. The
latter's chief lawyer, Mr.. William A.
Butler, managed the case with great
skill and on the 2lst Of September
succeeded in getting a writ Of certiorari
which had been served ON Mr. Bailey
TO postpone action, set aside. Miles
was delivered TO Mr.. Bailey and Wiggin
at Ludlow street Jail, and knowing that
the LAWYERS would, II they found this
out, prevent his removal, they took q
yerv bold course. Having a light car
riage and pair at the jail entrance, they
put Miles therein securely ironed, ana
drove swiftly and without stopping TIL
they had put thirty miles and the Con-
nectieut state line between their prison
err and his lawyers. He was brought TO
Montpelier and sentenced to fourteen
years in states prison. He had been a
noted bank robber and was an accom-.
plice in several famous buglaries in
lis time, obtaining a great deal of mon
ev. Now, old and poor, he lives with
sister in the southern part of this
state.
"Peter A. Curley met his death last
September. He had gone into a saloon
in Albany for the purpose Of setting it
On fire; the fuse which he used was 50
short that an explosion followed before
he could escape, and be was so fright.
fully burned That be died in hospital
that night. lie was 81 years old, and
first came into prominence by his par
ticipation in The robbery Of the Water
town, n. ", bank in 1873 He and his
accomplices pot 100000 in this haul.
The fourth burglar was never pursued,
the association Of banks declining to
assume any expense The capture of
ehe three cost nearly $4,000, which was
repaid Mr.. Bailey BY the state Mr..
King the cashier IS now living IN Bos-
ton.
"As for Hon. John Bailey, hale and
hearty at, s5. he daily transaets an
amount Of business which would do
credit to o man Of half his years, Sur