The Press., 1910-03-30
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Miss Elat0 E POHsRrdt of State Line district is 10 accompany the family of W. 0. Damon of Stafford Springs to Mont Clair. N J near New York city, wleve they arc to make their home. Mir. Demon is the retiring superintendeDt nf tbe Rhode Island Worsted company of Stafford Springs.
 The leading attraction at the Hat ters' Athletic association sociable last Tuesday evening was a four-round boxing exhibition between Messrs. P. Reynolds and 0. Wood, both of Staf- ford Sprirgs E. Burlett acted as referee and e. Pero as timekeeer. The work cf both boxers was exceed ingly fast, and aroused much enthusi- asm among the sixty mem bers present.
 George Killings. 59 years cid. died in his home on High street at 1.3O o'clock Sunday, the 2Oth, of cancer. He was born in Bucksport. Me, and came to Monson 10 years ago. He was employed as 8 blacksmith for the Flynt Granite company, and was a member of the M thcdist church and the store cutters union. He leaves widow tx sons, Henry of this town aud Arthur L. of Brattleboro, Vt., two brother, one If Rookland and the other of Sedgwitk. Me, and three siaters of Lynn, Dorchester and B ookline, respectively.
 Burglars made us a flying visit T1esday the 23i. and mussed things up at the Ellis No 3 office and the office If s F Cushman 6 Sons. Es- inmates diff r as to the amount of money secured, but the general opinion prevails that they did not go away hr, ke. The Urion places it at $7O0 -$l00 at the Oushman plant, and the balance at the Ellis George and Dwight are not saving a word, and one guess is as good as another. Mrs. Frank Johnson aroused her husband about B 'clot k in the morning, and ol l him she thought that 8 horse va cast in the barn. Mir. Johnson
 
 As they live opposite the No. 8 office, it may be that the explosion disturbed them. Besides ths two places where they did profitable business, the thieves entered Challss Ricketts' house on Pease avenue, the office of Dr. P ". Ellis and the office at the No I mill At. the Cushman office the burglars entered through the front window. and wrapped a large rug around the safe before they blew 1t open. At the Ellis No. 3 mill en. trance was gained in the same man. ner Of the three safes in the office tEey selected the one that had the cash In it, which shows that the job had been carefully planned. A quantity of cloth was wound around the safe to deaden the explosion. No drilling was done in the Ellis office, the combination knob having been knocked from the safe door and nitro. glycerine used as an explosive. Stairs of this substance were found upon the cloth which was wrapped about the safe. In this office an iron pipe, one inch in diameter and about four feet long, had been left by the visitors. The office at the Ellis No l mill is no longer used for office purposes, and there were no valuables there. It was entered through front win. dow, which had been pried open, but nothing was disturbed. The office of Dr. F. W. Ellis, not far away, was entered in the same way, but con- tained no valuables, and there was no damage except to the window. MT. Ricketts, house on Pease avenue better known as the A. A. Babbitt house, is undergoing repairs on the interior, and is not occupied. A hatchway in the rear leading to the cellar was left unlocked. and it was discovered that two chisels and an iron bar had been stolen from the building during the night. Entrance was undoubtedly gained through the hatchway, and as the house is not a great distance from the Oushman office, the theory is that after the thieves had obtained these tools they made the break in the Cpshman office, going on to the Ellis offices at the south end of the village later, and stopping to crack the Ellis No. 8 office on the way. Deputy Sheriff Murray found little to work on. The police in neighboring towns and cities were quickly notified, and asked to look out for suspicious characters. Several people had heard or seen automobiles driving through the streets early in the morning Tuesday two young men. apparently about 25 years old, both dressed in light spring suits and both strangers here, were noticed locking about the Ellis No. office and Dr. Ellis' ofioe in a manner which seemed unusual. Beyond that nothing out of the ordinary seems to have been seen or heard which might throw any light on the identity of the burglars