Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-06
Clinton RakGd but Little
Money Is Secured.
About $3.50 Total Fruits Of
Hard Work, Saturday Morning.
County Officers and Bloodhound
Nave Slight Success In Search.

Clinton sic, Noy. The most dar
ing series al breaks ever perpetrated
in this section ct Maine was made.
Friday night or early Saturday morn
me. in nds town. When in brigh,
moonlight = places in the business
seetioa Of the Town. Including the post
OH e. were rohbea 10 tie extent Of
a&elt -aJ.
county officers with Hero. the IA
nous Hartlaud bloodhound. worked ali
dav On the trail. without success
The biggest HATH VAS at the post
oftie4 NAere ST. IN stamps and about
So in money was taken. Tine first
break WAS mace at the blacksmith
snon e.; Ralph Z sherman. where Two
cniseis and Other tools We're stolen,
mich we're nsed in the other breaks.
one af these chisels was tue Identical!
one stolen aud used IN bgeaking into
IT, office OF + l.. Kesses tannety,
two weeks ago
Tn assurance office Of : p. Felker
Vas entered and ransacked. but as tho
proprietor is away the amount OF his
loss. If any. could not be learned The
safe WAS unlocked and the thieves mad
scattered the papers over the cor
At he hardware store Of Charles
9 HAYES S25 worth of iaciKknlyes and
81 III small change We're taken Abel
bert Morse. who lives over the store
was not disturbed.
Tho money drawer was smashed al
Henry 4. Dixanss general store and
between Il ana s. in Canadian accent
pieces. the ONLY money in the drawer.
was stolen.
Joseph Barney and family live over
the store. Thty heard noise when
rear window was forced and a
member Of tie FAMILY started 10 IN
Veetieate. Wheroupan tie thieves made
their escape.
- Thomas H. Wards jewelry and
clothing store two eyefeoats. two suits
OF clothes. four sweaters. Two pairs af
shoes. two caps and four pairs of
gloves were taken. but the jewelfy
was untouched
Between the Dix IN and Ward stores
John 3. Davis Of the ]. b Davis Man
infacturing Company, was at work in
his office until A NJ. and during a
part Of the time had one of his neigh
borS as visitor. yet neither man
heard d sound.
Al Ira a. Williams store the mon
ey drawer was broken open and IS in
eoRpers stolen. with some cigars. Jas.
r.. Weymouth lives above and his
mother. Mrs Ed Weymouth. was
aroused and say two young appearing
men. whom she believes to have been
! the thieves. one muck shorter than the
other. each dressed in a long black
overroat. lighting their cigars beneath
a street light
Hamilton NJ Beans store was ap
preached. bat The barking Of n dog
| scared TIA thieves away There was
500 81 tn. safe Entrance WAS also
effected 10 a hay shed not far from
the railroad station, but nothing APP
peared 10 be disturbed.
~ the Maine Central ticket Office a
window was forced and about SIS in
money taken. The last cali was made
at the Maine central freight shed,
where box of liquor in transit was
broken open and \ gallon of whisky
| in quart bottles and a bottle of wine
taken
Deputy Sheriffs Joseph p. McCar-
thy ana Harry Belliveau of Water
lville we're early on the scene, ae-
companied by Officer George II. Simp-
son OF Waterville. High Sheriff Chas.
NJ Richardson came from Augusta
with Deputies Orrin l.. Choate OF Au-
lgusta and Frank H. Marshall of Farm
ingdale
e. G. Varney. postmaster at Hart
1, - fp1InWpl The
trail all about the village and hnally
to point about mile east OF ciin-
ton, on the railroad. where tracks IN
idieated that two persons had jump
FED on board an eastbound freight
Itrain climbing a steep grade at that
point. Other clews were followed but
without success.
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