The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-06-13
BOY BURGLAR
TAKES HIS Time
Spends Two Days In Looted
Home Of Retired Banker
GATHERED $4,000 IN GEMS

Makes Startling Discovery-TeIe-
phones For Police and Robber Is
Captured at Point of Pistols
Boston, June 10.-John M. Rich
ards, IS, claiming his home is in
Princeton. Me-, was captured in the
basement of the home of frederic
| Winthrop, retired banker, by Spe
cial Officer Lyons and Patrolman
Delaney at 299 Berkeley street, Back
Bay, late yesterday afternoon after he
had enjoyed himself since early Sum
day morning reading books, smoking
cigars and wearing Winthrop's
clothes.
Packed in two suit cases of small
size, ready to be taken from the
| house, was nearly $40, 900 worth of
fine jewelry, several books, a bottle
OF champagne and a large revolver.
Around his waste he wore a cart
ridge belt with fifty cartridges in it, to
which was attached holster in which
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pistol, but which he made no other
use when the officers found him than
pointing it toward them,
The two officers had gone to the
basement to locate the burglar and
with drawn revolvers had crawled
behind the boiler when they heard a
noise and upon looking in the direc-
ton saw Richards with the Colts
revolver pointed directly at them.
Richards was nearly starved, as
he had nothing to eat since his release
Saturday afternoon from the Charles
street jail, where he had been con-
fined awaiting the action of the grand
jury on the charge of breaking and
entering in the West End. The jury
reported no bill against him and he
was released.
Despite the fact that he had found
a good bed and plenty of tobacco and
liquors, as well as some ice water to
quench his thirst, there was ne food,
as the family is at it's summer home
in Hamilton.
The arrest of Richards came
through the appearance at the house
OF Miss Julia McAuliffe, a maid in the
Winthrop family for many years. She
entered the front door and upon 60
ing to the room of Mrs. Winthrop, on
the second floor, found that the bed |
had been disturbed. Upon the floor
lay a mans undershirt, drawers and |
trousers.
Becoming alarmed, Miss McAuliffe
was about to leave the room when she
noticed a mans hat and coat. She
then hurried out of the room to the
front door. She found that her peck
etbook, which she had left on the
table in the hall, had been tempered
with. Upon examination she found
that S5.95 had been taken from the
time she had entered the house, and
that only her railroad ticket to HAM
ilton remained. Miss McAuliffe there
upon telephoned to the police.
Lyons was hurried to the house
and Delaney. was caught at a signal
box by telephone. Both officers en-
tered and went upstairs to the room
Of Mrs. Winthrop. They found two
large arm chairs were in the centre
Of the room and a pitcher of
water was on table near by. Upon
a chair lay the book entitled "Raf-
hes," which was open. Cigars and
as we'll as a bottle of rare
wine, were close at hand.
The two officers then went up to
The third floor and found the window
leading out on the Marlboro street
side of the house was broken. They
looked out and saw a pair of mans
shoes upon the top Of the bay window
below.
They went upstairs and searched ,
the place, but could not find anything
hat would lead them to suspect that
he burglar was in the house. Both
officers had drawn their revolvers and
hen went into the cellar.
They saw Richards crouched behind
he boiler, with the large, black bar
'el of the revolver pointing directly
It them. They pounced upon him
Ind he was soon disarmed without a ,
struggle. /
Richards said he broke into the
house about $3.50 Sunday morning {
lie went to sleep in Mrs. winthrop's I
'ed, intending to get away after :
lark, but slept until yesterday noon. I
lie had planned TO leave the house last ,
light with his booty.