Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-30
FAIRFIELD.
FIVE BREAKS.
Night Raiders Cause Con-
sternation In Fairfield.
Several Houses Are Entered
and Property Stolen.
Burglar Surprised In Two Houses
But Makes Escape.

W OH liVi'l tilt III al STATE dlllOSl Dol
dering on panic. as the man or mer
VINO perpetrated the breaks are still
at large and those residents whost
homes were not visited are all wonder.
ing who will be the next victims. The
local hardware dealers did land office
business Saturday selling door bolts
and window locks, as well as severa
revolvers and a goodly quantity OF
cartridges The police were kept busy
the greater part of the day Saturday
hearing the stories of the victims OF
the nocturnal raids and hunting clues
to the guilty party or parties.
/ The house of r. o. Files on High
street was broken into early Saturday
| morning. Mr.. Files was awakened by
someone moving about in his bedroom
on the second floor ana demanded what
was wanted. The man took no notice
Of him but soon left the room and went
to another, where he continued his
search for valuabes. The visitor went
to a room on the other side Of the
stairway from Mr.. Files room and the
latter lost no time in descending to
| the lower part of the house. where his
two brothers, Morris and Myron, were
sleeping.
| He awakened them and the trio
hunted up shot gun, which proved
worthless as a firearm, as it was not
| loaded and no shells for it could be
| found. While they We're hunting for
shells a noise was heard above and be-
| licving that the burglar was about to
| leave the house by the window over
| the veranda Ralph Files ran in his
night clothes to the door, with the
gun in his hand, intending to use it
as a club when the burglar should
descend from the piazza. The latter
however, climbed out of window on
the other side of the house and made
his escape a search of the premises
showed that the man had been in near
ly every room of the house and turned
everything topsy-turvy, but only n
knife and card case, taken from
Ralph Files pockets, were missed
Other residences visited We're those
of Warren Clark, on Summit street;
Mr. Varney on lower Main street; Abb
ner Ward and Conforth Reynolds. The
residence Of Mr.. Reynolds was entered
Friday afternoon during the absence
Of the family. Two watches and
chains, several rings and So in cash
We're stolen.
MIS-. Warren Clark was awakened at
an early hour Saturday morning by
a noise like the opening and shutting
of doors. She went to Il room on the
third floor occupied by boarder.
whom she awakened. The two went to
the lower part of the house and there
found the intruder busily at work in
prise and in his hurry to escape jump
ed over the table, knocking off most
of the dishes and breaking them. The
man succeeded in getting out of the
house and away from the premises
without being caught. The Clark res
iderce is close to that of Mr.. Files.
During the night some one entered
the residence of Mr. Varney. who is
the local agent for the Grand Union
Tea Co. and towards the latter part
of the month usually has a large
amount of money in the house. Here
the fellow succeeded in going through
the house without molestaticn, the
first rtimation Mr.. Narney having of
anything wrong being when he arose
in the morning. He was unable to find
his clothes and finally put on another
suit The ones he had taken off the
night before We're finally located in the
yard. The burglar had evidently been
alarmed by the wakefulness of Fair
field people and after getting the
clothes decided to take them outside
of the house, where he could go
through them at his leisure. Besides
$50 in money, n watch and chain and
two pocket knives had been removed
from Mr. Narney'S pockets.
AT the residence of Abner Ward a win
dow was forced open and wallet. a
quantity of tobacco and a number of
pipes were taken. Nothing else has been
reported as missing.
Two strangers were seen on Elm street
Friday afternoon and later. about mid
night Friday night, the night officer saw
them in the vicinity Of The Gerald An
effort has since been made to locate these
two men, but it has not thus far been
successful. Small cases of thieving have
been reported to the police from time
to time for sometime past, but this is
the first time burglary has been attempt
ed here on a wholesale scale.
Considerable alarm was caused by the
discharge Of a pistol or gun at 1870
O'Clock Saturday night, but thorough
search failed to locate the cause of the
shot or who fired it.
1t was later learned that the breaking
into the house of C. A. Reynolds on Main
street Friday afternoon was done by a
boy named Reynolds. aged 10 years. The
boy left on the early morning train Sat
urday for Augusta, where he applied to
the city marshal for work. Saturday
night the father of the boy went after
and returned to this village with the boy.
The boy had nearly all Of the articles
which he had taken, and these were re-
turned to Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds. The
So in money was missing and this is to be
made good by the father. The boy is said
to have been connected with many little
thefts for the past few months, it now
appearing that he had taken glasses,
money and many other things from the
office Of local doctor here for whom he
was employed. Mr.. Reynolds will allow
the matter to drop on the payment of the
money taken by the boy.
Funeral Of Mrs. Edith M. Miller.