Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-09
Now Going on in Vicinity
Of Phillips Lake.
aHage Thief Is Armed and
Fires on His Pursuers.
nueh Property StoIen...Some Re.
eevsred...Blg Posse on Trail.

Bangor, Me, Oct. S.-Thursday at
Phillips lake a dozen or so men, all
armed ard backed by the law. We're en-
gagged in a man hunt. the quarry being
thief who for the past week or 50 has
been breaking and entering cottages at
Green lake, Phillips lake and other
places, according to those who lave
seen him
The man is known to be armed with
heavy revolver of the Colt New Navy
type, and has already shot at two men,
cottage owners at Phillips lake and
wel-known Bangor residents, Waldo
Barto and James W. Mcclure, who
gave chase to him Wednesday.
That the man is desperate was
shown by the fact that he fired on the
two unarIned men, evidently with the
Intention of doing them harm as the
bullet struck the water but few feet
in front of their boat.
For the past week stories haze been
coming in of man who has been ter
rOriZing the natives around the two
likes. Few have seen him but he has
left behind him a record of breaks and
attempted breaks that has stirred the
people Of that section to feeling of
insecurity far from pleasant.
Last Thursday Maddocks store at
East Holden was broken into and sew
eral articles of value taken and about
the same time the cottage at Green
lake belonging to Benjamin Higgins
was entered and ransacked, and among
inc of f.ln ba. :
missing when the theft was discovered.
Friday the cottage at Phillips lake he
longing to w f. Mansur of .hs city
was broken into and a talking machine,
all the records. q pair of field glasses.
an electric Hash light and other things
we're taken. Since then the talking ma
chine has beer found on .the piazza of
AndersOn's cottage which is nearby the
MaDsur cottage, and natives said they
heard the machine playing Friday af-
ternOOn.t a.
Indications point to a break in the
cottage of NJ. r. Gates at Phillips Tues
day, and it is thought that man Who
entered the cottage was frightened
away by some cOttagCrs who are &C.
cupying the next cottage, as there was
evidence that some one had entered the
cottage and left in a hurry by the back
window. Nothing of value was taken
here as fer as could be learned.
Within the past two weeks M. H.
Rideout's cottage at Phillips has been
broken into twice and several things
stolen. In addition fine canoe has
been maliciGusly smashed
The man was last seen on the west
ern shore of the lake Wednesday af-
ternoop, and it is expected that he will
be captured soon by the party that is
out with the determination of getting
him.
Wednesday morning the man was
seen at Green Lake at $40. 1t is sup
posed that he slept over night in the
tank house near the station at the lake.
but when he was seen Wednesday
morning he was at the spring quench-
ing his thirst. 1t was a resident of the
settlement at Green Lake that first dis
covered him. and knowing that a man
had broken into Mr. Higgins cottage,
and had taken suit of clothes from
there he went back to take another
look to make sure that it was the one.
Immediately he notified Mr.. Higgins,
and the latter, arming himself with
man had left the spring and had start
Ell up the track of the Maine Central
railroad in the direction of Holden Mr..
Higgins was not over 20 minutes be-
hind him and the fresh tracks Of the
hunted man were easily followed I'M
I'll near Phillips lake. where Mr.. Hig-
gins lost sight of him. Thinking that
his man had continued along the track
to Holden, Mr. Higgins followed the
same way. and it was here that he
made mistake, for there was no sign
nor evidence that the pursued had gone
any farther than the Lake House at
Phillips.
IT is probable that the man, finding
ont that he was being followed, left the
track at the lake and went down to the
shores into the cottage settlement, sue
cessfully eluding Mr. Higgins.
The next time that tine mysterious
man was heard of was Wednesday