Putnam patriot., 1913-11-07
COTTAGE THIEVES
RauSack Dwellings at AIe1ander's Lake
Live in House Boat on PiIferinss

shores of AleXander's lake. How long they have been there is not known. ;It is said that three men and a woman may have made up the party. The fact was discovered last Thursday and Chief Filling of the Danielson police was notified.
 During the day property owners ola the lake shore made investigations and fevery cottage except that of Attorney A. G. Bill were found broken into. It is not thought that .any great amount of plunder was secured, in fact there was not any considerable amount in the cottages.
 When house boat near Loon Island was inspected evidence was found that led to the belief that it had bee I made the headquarters of the gang. It was found that canned goods left at the tiremen's camp had been taken. It is now believed that the bresks in Day. vile where provisions were taken was the work of these outlaw campers.
 A search was immediately institu- ted for the .gang Thursday afternoon. | The trail led toward Putnam. Consta- ble Grimshaw came to Putnam and with Captain Murray made the rounds of the saloons. The captain suggested that II the gang had moved northwerd that they might have gone into camp in a certain grove of pines near the Partello house and suggested that there could be no harm in making an inves- tigation. Harry Morse, who had been at the tiremen's camp and who brought Grimshaw to Putnam, volun- teered to take the officers to the place. When near the spot they separated. It was nearly dark by this time and as the Captain and Morse were coming through the woods they saw three men on the railroad track. The Captain dodged back but they evidently saw his uniform and they started and ran. The chase was kept up for a few min utes the three men heading for the nearby woods and disappearing. A search was keIt up until it was too dark to distinguish forms but without result and the officers had te give up without making capture.
 Three men were captured by officers ia killingly near the Rhode Island line last Friday morning who turned out to be the men chased by Captain Murray and three others ga the south ern outskirts of the city. The men were arrested for burglarizing a store at East Killingly. The men captured are John Strickland, 20, who gave his residence as Yorktown, Canada, and says that he ran away from the farm because he could not get along with his wealthy father; John Burns, Ban | gor, and Joseph Barnes, Boston. The last two are about 22 years of age. Caught with the stolen goods in their possession, the trio could not deny that they were the ones responsible for the | break.
 I l hc iliSn duiHltttd titN WSiC biiS | ones chased in Putnam. They said that they had come from Worcester OF a freight and when they saw the otii- cer's uniform they thought he was af- ter them for stealing a ride. They de- ny all knowledge of the breaks at AL exander's lake saying that they had but just arrived in this section. Itis evident that when they outstripped and eluded the officers they made their way toward the southeast and so came to East Killingly where the break oc- cured.
 Clinton Shippee, mail carrier out of East killingly, sent in the firsttip that led to the arrest of the men. While covering his route he saw the fellows beside the highway, engaged in chang ing their old shoes and caps for the ones they had stolen. lie sent word back to East Killingly and :soon after MT. French of the firm that was rob- bed was rushing in his automobile with Constable A. D. Sayes to lthe place where the mail carrier had re- ported the men. They were located in due time. Constable Sayles' first or der was for them to put up their hands and they did not hesitate to obey for he was covering them with revolver. When searched each man was found to be carrying a loaded revolver. They were relieved of them and taken to Danielson and locked up. In the town court Saturday afternoon the young men, through guardians ad Item, they being minors, plead guilty and were bound over to the Superior court.