Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-07
Nofsos Stolen from W.D.
HaIrington's Stable.
Recovered in Bowdoin and
young SIM Taylor Arrested.
Maths Of J. ?. oorr, Gardiner, and
Nv. Savage, Randolph.

~, means of long, sharp caulk on
~. of the shoes of one of the two
ho,ses taken from the stable of w. d.
harrington on Beech street some time
carly sunday morning the animals
,,ere tracked from the stable way out
aver the Brunswick road down into
povtlon. where the animals We're re-
coyercd and one Simeon Taylor. bet
,ar known as Young Sim" Taylor,
ras arrested charged with stealing the
animals as well as a wagon, harness
and some grain.
The discovery that the horses We're
missing was made by Winfield Patter-
son. one of HarringtOn's drivers when
he went TO the barn to feed the horses
about o'clock. He at once notified
Frank Harrington. Mr.. Harrington
got into communication with Deputy
Sheriff Fred Potter and search was
started. Another driver named Smith
started out on another horse to follow
the tracks. This was very easily done
as both animals made distinct trails
from the place where they Ieft the
barn way out on to the Brunswick
road one of the horses was shOd in
Il peculiar way and the mark made
by this shoe could be easily seen.
Smith followed the trail out to be-
yond Pleasant pond and out there
teeph"ned in to Frank harrington.
He with a driver named tnnkson and
Deputy Sheriff Potter and another
man went out that way. They alsS
followed the tracks and beyond Pleas
ant pond began to make inquiries.
one man along the road said that he
was awake ABOUT O'Clock and saw
the team go by. Another man further
along described both horses and said
short distance ahead.
The teams were then hurried along and
as they reached the top of one hill, look
ing ahead they saw their quarry Just 60
ing over the top of the next hill. They
waited until he was out of sight and then
there was some fast driving. The officer
ana his men soon got within sight of the
man in the team. lie had pitched one
horse into Il wagon and was leading the
other horse. AS soon as he saw that he
was being pursued the man let 80 the
led horse and. standing up in his waS-
on. began to pound the horse he was
driving to get along faster.
As his horse was a large one used on a
coal team and the pursuers had fast drlv-
ing horses, they soon caught up with
him. just before they reached him and
before his horse slowed up any. the man
jumped out of the wagon and started for
the woods. Harrington and Cookson
went after him and, seeing that he could
not get away, the man turned around
and showed fight. He was put out of the
came by Cooksnn, who hit him a blow on
the jaw which keelcd him over. lie was
then arrested hy Deputy Potter. who had
arrived. and started back for Gardiner.
The man proved to be Young Sim
Taylor and it is reported on the way
back hc told the officers all about the
attempt to get away with the horses. eN-
cepting that he did not know where they
were to he taken. He claimed that there
was one other man with him and the of1l-
GERS expect to have him soon. Taylor
tried to put up the bluff that he was
drunk but the officers say that if he was
he soon got over it. lie was locked ur
and viii be given Il hearing this morn
ing.
One of the two horses taken was quite
A valuable animal ana the other was not
considered of so much value 1t was
evident that whoever took the animals
from the stable did not know much about
them us of the eight horses in the barn
there were several which are considered
as very valuable and these were not
taken, Then too, the two horses taken
were not mates, both being off horses
on separate teams. In getting them out
hn
taken. as blankets were laid on the foor
to deuden the noise. The man. or men,
if there were two also provided feed for
the horses. taking quite bagful OF
grain with which to feed them. IL was
not necessary to break any lock 10 get
into the barn. as Frank Harrington
states that the door is never locked ~
night
The two officers of the night watch say
that the horses must have been taNe"
after o'clock Sunday morning. as 1heS
saw Taylor on the streets about that time
and. in fact. had seen him several 'irheS
before that He reported to the oihcerH
at the | o'clock train that his watch an"
fob were missing and wanted them TO
keen lookout for the articles lheH
promised to do so and told him to go
home, and he promised to go. Later ne
was seen nv the officers on Mechanic
street and at that time told them he was
going right to his room on Neal street,
and the last they saw of MN ne was
beaded that way. They say that ne ""'
alone all the evening except one ''''N
The man with him was Il Stranger l"
them, but Taylor claimed that ne wa"
taking him home.