Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-10
HOT CHASE.
Inspector Jennings On
Tract Of YGggs
Who Blew The p0si0fiiCe Safe
Al Blyanl'S Pond.
Woods Ats Being Watched by The
County Officials.

Eryants Pond, Me aug, 3 Post
once Inspect tor charles L. Jennings Of
Boston. who has gained It reputation
as The syegg catcher. was not on the
trail today Of four or 1--WE post office
robbers who about i. N. blew the
safe IA the local post office and hred
seven shots at Postmaster J l.. Bow
I5er, tnHicuns wound in the calf Of
one e his less. before getting safely
away
inspector jennings happened to Il
in Portland and took the morning
tfa; fer Bryauts Pond Pending his az.
rtsai surrounding towns were notified
IL y ateh fer suspicious characters aud
TIE trains IN both directions were
Uatr he'd ~ stations 3iana the line
Four suspects We're taFen al South
Paris and held fer tnspe tlun later ~
TIE day after tn2 post office inspector
mad an oppcrtanit5 "a frst view the
ground her
only a Few stamps ara small lot
Of change were taken as the pastmass
ter made il a practice To kee9 the
funds at his home The first known Of
the burglary VAS when pegpio III the
vicinity heard dogs barking fostmas=
ter FoykeT was r0d6cd end vas hur-
fytne t. tie post office which Is 10
Gated IL the Dudley opeFa house bloek
On the southcrlY side Of the sddore or
pesito the raHrnad station, when he
was fred upon lie had no weapon.
~ y fa
appeared Mr. BCwker's wound was
not considered serious.
Word was received that fYe tramps
were seen walking the Graad Trunk
tracks at Lockes Mills about day
break by the Waterman Of mill
there They we're walking toward
Bethel. II miles north of here. and
were about six miles from mere. Sher=
if J. II Bartlett was notified and
with Jailer Harrg D Cole ana Deputy
Sheriff William 4 Eicknell started in
pursuit Of the men.
! Nothing suspicious was found On the
four men detained here but tneV had
i not been released early this after
noon.
! Inspector Jennings established the
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| party. also that thay We're seen about
1850 o'clock last night near the railroad
stone quarry frem which drills and
Iother tools were stolen, that these ar
ticles were found in the pest office,
! that the men started toward Portland
took the Greenwood road, passed
around the pend and then headed IN
a northwesterly direction toward
! Bethel and concealed themselves in the
! woods between Locz5s Mills and Beth
el where they passed the daH
! Their tracks were followed to the
Greenwood road aud five men who
refused to talk were seen by watch
man at Lockes Mills, five miles abov''
here, al a, ID, an hour or SO after
the break. From there they proceeded
to the Rabbit road which came into
prominence week ago as the scene
OF the search for the missing Bethel
Young lady, and were not seen again
during the daH. The woods were he
ing watched tonight By county off
Gals and it was hoped the five sus-
poets would be captured. All towns
along the line of the Grand Trunk
Railway within 50 miles or more have
been notified and all trains VIII be
watched, There was probability they
would attempt 10 board passing
train during the night.
Portland, Ne, Aug 9-Postotfice In
spector Jennings returned here tonight
after directing the chase for the five
Iyeggs who are wanted for blowing the
safe OF the post office at Bryant $
Pond Nh jennings said the men were
without much doubt IN the woods
which are surrounded by a posse Of 50
men and he believed they would be
captured before morning Some SCI
worth of stamps was stolen from the
post Office beside Some money belong
ing to the postmaster The suspected
men have been camping in the wood,
near the village for several DAYS anl
three OF them have been buying pro
visions at the stores. The inspector
said the safe blowing was very skilful.
ly executed and without doubt wa:
done by men of experience