Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-22
CAMP ROBBERS.
MANY COTTAGES ENTERED IN
THIS VICINITY.
GREEN LAKE COTTAGES AND CAMPS
PLUNDERED-TWo OF ALLEGED
THIEVES HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED.

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A series OF cottage and camp robberi
at Green Lake and shady Nook was made
nnbric ,.st ,yeal, tho,,, ~, os;.ars hove
hesn oniat,,, ,ror.i, -, ths 800 a. ~,
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"eeAs pae'. Ni'y Niaisnai Dfanu' u lAiis
worth, mas peen actlve In running down
| the thieves, and it is largely through his
| efforts that two ~ no NOR, chorged With
|
Vhe roope'ies nave oeen apPrehehoeo.
| Percivai T. Dix and Norman higgins,
| both of fremont. are now under arrest
| 4 ;na;...s4 - Lu.,. .s
a"u WV iiiuio'inenoo ioi uieaAns anu
entering nave already been found against
them,
The first cine received here was on
Aae'uAS' Hpin "nn .ne souns ne =
ieit huniper u guns Win young man
in Ellsworth, with directions to ship then,
il not sold here, to Gardner, Mass. This
was the dav following The break in G. w.
c-;,d.p. .+or. ~, wator .+ra.,
"linoai s'ore on "a'er s'iee''
City Marshal brann was at work on
that case. and learned of the guns being
,aft in Euswor,h II wos coo, ,aorred
That tho gnns had heen stoIen from the
Miller cottage at the head of Green ale
Act;n1 IN the nlua Snrn;shad tho nf.
| foers 81 20 rdner Mass were notified to
ncels s. d. uasun, :,,u Iass.' mne mo.ineu " 49, ~
frnn, EIiswnrth Soo5 ranorts ~ e,har
hraat. IL, has,s :, ~ .o,,,s in Shodv NooI- 90
uaIi 90 Grean IaLa had haan v;s;ted
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THE THiEViNG TRIP.
| The story of this thieving trip begins
at Mckinley, the home Of Dix. There an
unoccupied cottage was entered, and some
damage doEe. A boat was stolen at Nc
| Kinley, and the men started for Ellis
worth. stopping on the way at Shady
| Nook, where every one of the twelve cot
| tages was broken into, some small ar
| ticles stolen and others destroyed. The
! depredations here were not as great, how
| ever, as those later at Green Lake.
| Arriving at Ellsworth, the stolen boat
] was sold, and the thieves went to Green
Lake.
! AT GREEN LAKE.
| Ar tho head of Green Lake the Miller
wahstsr parL hurst NeaIiv connor and
Danh cottages were entered. The thieves
| ey;dantIv .nent one ni0ht of the Cyonnor
cottage AfalI the cottages much propertv
wos dsstroved and some art;cles Stolen
Ero,, TIC Miller COTTAGE thrae gnns
one rifle. several boxes Of smmunition and
fsh;nu TACKLE were stolen
The thieves exchanged their old clothing
oedding and small articles. AT one cot
tage new canoe was oeilDerateiy smashed
to pieces.
From the heao OF the lake the thieves
came down TO the lower lake, Vlsltihg tne
ELLSWORTH camps. AT Uneeda hest camp,
everything eataDie was stoicn, also SIX OF
/ eignt piankets, some camp utensiis, axes,
saws, etc. Macn damage was Gone. Inc
/ inleVes enjoyed ite poatInS VIII tne two
Doats 'ounu ~ tnIs GaHp' One .he
ton. pos 'th tha s ,aLe Ths sails wera de-
atSIt
TSa o ~ Woodward and Orcutt was
| rext ,;s;tad " and the destrnct;on and
80 ra,,aatad tho,gh th;s 20 mn did not
,,eto. az SaSI-' as the =, hars
M;,i;o,r W;ison;S oan,r .,os nroct;ool,v
o,ao I'D o,,t NJ Wi,snn who discoyered
that thase Uc. o,,ns NOD beer visited sbowed
| ~ ~ NC conrn 70 snend n;oht He
W a. us us n st-;raS ~ auer,,th;nS
hmt snoar how, anf one hlsnket. Ne
Az - sto,, ,nn~
"Aa A. % ~ fopt ~ she ,ake the Woodruff and
| ,fanonoid oot+aras Yere v;s;ted The
tL;n,,.s .,soda tha?r haodu,artars annor~
ont,,, To- ~ saverai doys Of Ean,n Comfor.
emvns d ~, r. Moroyo Th;a comn ;s on
Nv aaotsro ~ ~ sLora 81 ". ,aLa and not as
.ne seat.,.nnta5 % tha lhars uers
nucn tSd iduvn;en rt;e,as 90 s,o,an @ ,,o,, .he n4har
oon,.,s oonar -. ,vsre sre racnvepeS 'A' 0''1
ARRESTS.
From Green Lake the thieves returned
| to Ellsworth on April 6, bringing some of
| the stolen goods. That night the Grindal
store and the Beechland schoolhoGse were
| entered. The next day the guns were left,
as before stated, end the three young men
implicated left on the noon train. Dix
| and Higgins went through to Massachu-
sets, but their companion, who mas not
vet been arrested, stoI ped off at his home
| D;x went to Gardner. Mass. and there.
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