Connecticut western news., 1914-07-16
BURGLARS CAUGHT
 IN CANAAN
BLEW OPEN SAFE IN .> ~.-
 .- AMENIA POST0FFICE

Failed to Get Into Treasure Chest, and
 Got Nothing ng-Pursued by Duchess
 County Officers and Rounded Up in
 Brewer Garage While Having Stolen
 Auto Repaired.
 Early yesterday forenoon crippled Cadillac touring car limped into the Brewer garage for repairs, driven by a couple of hard looking gentlemen who said they had come from New York State and were anxious to get their car repaired as speedily as possible, as they wanted to be on their way. @
 The repairs were such that it required considerable time to effect them, and along about noon, while the men were impatiently waiting, another auto drove up, in which were, besides the chauffeur, three big mon. Two of them sprang from:their machine, and walked bliskly toward the waiting motorist. As they did so the first conner reached around to his hip pocket but before he could get at its contents, he was seized by the big man, and found himself in the custody of Sheriff Robin. son, of Dutches County, N. Y., rand Chief of Police McCabe of Poughkeepsie, who informed him that he was under arrest for breaking into the Amenia ppstoffice early this morning. The third man in the second party was Dis trict Attorney Edward Conger, of Dutchess County.
 By this time, the second suspect who had wandered down to the depot, evil dently intending to take the "can' train south, was apprehended by Clint Roraback, who chaperoned him back to the garage, where he was taken into custody. The men made no further att tempt at resistance, and gave their names as J. Andrews of New York, and Harry Davis, of Albany.
 The car in which they were riding is registered in the name of Samuel Lines, of 219 East 10th street, New York, and is supposed. to have been stolen. The men disclaimed all know ledge of the Amenia burglary, but on being closely questioned by the officers told conflicting and contradictory stories that were plainly untrue. On being searched each one was found to have a ''gun," and in the automobile was found a heavy sledge hammer and bar of soap that was identical with the soap found daubed about the edges of the steel outer door of the postoffice safe which had been shattered by glycerine.
 The sheriff and police, chief had been appraised of the burglary at an early hour this morning, and followed the tracks of the automobile to Canaan, which led them straight into the Brewer garage where they hagged their birds.
 The burglary netted the thieves nothing, as their charge of glycerine expended it's force inside the outer cov- ering of the safe and they were unable to get into the interior and evidently did not dare to make the attempt to penetrate the inner door. ...@
 The prisoners were held here on the charge of carrying concealed weapons in this state, which would hold them for trial ill case they desired to resist their return to Dutchass county. They were taken to the lookup, in Clint hOrADac KS auto, IO B5C OfeUaSGo Ol what jail life i'll Canaa0 is like, and to make up their minus as to w,leSa. 1T they would return with AIC eAtradition papers. ...
 In the lookup, Chief McC abe con. ferred the third degree, but tl. men especially Andrews, wno IS evidently the brains of this combinatlv4l, was foxy and met all queries with .sk Il that showed he knew all the crook d games, and coIginced the chief that he had 8 couple of clever scoundrels, whose rec ords are expected to disclose list of crimes.
 The prisoners finally capilutated, late in the afternoon, and were bundled in to the officers auto and taken to Pough- keepsie to be lodged in jail