Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-30


when the ticket office Of the Maine
| Central station in this city was robbed
| of about SIPS, that being nearly the
sum of money in thc cash drawer At
the time One of the windows on the
western side Was pried up. the burg
| lar entered the office opened the cash
drawer and then departed within about
10 minutes and with several people
sitting in the waiting rooms at the
time.
Wallace Roderick. WaterVilic
foung man. is the night ticket agent.
Not long after the . O'Clock train for
Bangor had left someone asked him
whether or not the next trains east
land west were late. he had no way
Iof knowing without going outside the
waiting room and upstairs To the tel
egraph operator and this the young
Imam did lie says that he was not
| gone over five or ten minutes and that
before leaving he PULLED down the
windows into the waiting room and
Hooked the door of the Office when he
went out. Returning to the office he
lat once saw that something had oc-
Icurred. Tho curtain of one window
was pulled down and was lying on the
floor The southern window OH the
platform side Waa u Il little where
The had left it down and locked. The
safe had evidently rot been tempered
with but the cash drawer was open
land about 1925 III bills was missing.
About s. IN change had been left.
| Redcrick at once notified the police
land the night officers began search d
ing but without success. early sun
(day forenoon Special Investigator
Russell of the Maine Central came
here from Portland To assist the local
force. Suspicion as to the man who
Ibid the Job was al once fastened up
on a known local character about
this city and Augusta. young man
lwho has been under the eye Of the po-
Iice Of several cities several times and
who was seen about the streets of the
city at 4 late hour Saturday night
| City Marshal Barton went to place
\ en- Bridge street where this young man
| is said to nave been seen but was un-
| successful officer George Simpson al
lmost had the man at another time, the
| officer going into one room as the man
| ne wanted vent out Of another in the
| same house. Squads of police officers
we're out all day Sunday searching the
| surrounding country and about )
| o'clock word was received that the
| man had been seen in Winslow and
| that he was then showing some of his
| friends a large roll Of money. Later
| q report was received that he had
/ started down The railroad track for
| Augusta. Officers in automobiles and
| teams started down On both sides OF
| tie river and at about 4-S0 o'clock
| City Marshal Barton with Inspector
| Russell went down in an engine. They
went into the limits of Augusta and
| telephoned the officers Of Augusta
| about the case. Their chase was fruit
! less as were also those of the others
| and they all returned tired but anx-
| ious TO get their man.
| or . conversation over the telephone
with the Augusta officers, Marshal
| Barton learned that they had in Gus
| todv n brother of the man the police
| here we're after and were told 10 hold
| him. as Inspector Russell would be
| down on the 10 O'clock train to talk
with him. 1t was also learned that the
| man suspected of the robbery has been
| living in Il camp somewhere between
Augusta and Waterville >and that the
officers were going out there to see il
| there were any traces of his being
| about.
The following is a description of the
| man suspected of the break as given
| out by the Waterville police; About
i 6 feet tall. weight 1S5 pounds; com
| pexion dark, with dark hair; broad
| shoulders with a slight stood: about
| 26 years Of age; walks with slight
| Hmr: when last seen wore gray
| sweater. dark pants ana black cap He
$ said 20 hc armed and is known to be
| j had man. had served several terms
in the county Jail and in the States
prison