Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-02
BELL BOY MASON
ALIAS ''DENN|SoN'
ARRESTED IN BOSTON
Friday Morning-Most of Mon
ey, Also Checks Taken from
Hotel North Found upon Him
will Be Brought Back to
Augusta Today-Boston Po-
lice Do Fine Work in Capture
of Man Wanted

William Dennison, whose real name
by the way. is John Mason, the Hotel
North bell boy. who on Thursday
morning when sent by Proprietor Ro-
land Lynn to the banking rooms of the
State Trust Co. to deposit some checks
and get some money changed, waised
that Formally and skipped out with
the cash and checks and for the time
being .concealed himself completely,
although attempts were made to ascer-
tain his whereabouts. did not prove to
be an adept in the gentle art OF thleV-
ing, for III less than "a hours after he
lad made his getaway he had been To-
Gated and locked up and was waiting
for the Augusta officers to come after
him.
Mason was found Friday morning in
Boston, in which city he had proba-
bly, arrived at about $50 on the Pull
man train which leaves Augusta for
the west at 1910 p NJ, and his cap
ture was due to a considerable degree
10 the activity and good work of Mr..
Lynn soon after the absence of Mason
became known. Mr.. Lynn visited the
Cony House, which is conducted by
him in connection with Hotel North
ard in which Mason roomed, and he
found concealed in the young mans
room two pawn tickets on Boston
pawn shop, also two letters. the latter
apparently written by sister. 1t was
The pawn tickets and the letters that
revealed the fact that the young mans
name was John Mason instead of Will
linn Dennison as he was known about
the hotel. @
1t might he added that the pawn
tickets also proved the means Of Ma
sons capture, for it was through read
ire them that Mr.. Lynn learned that
Mason had some clothing and other
articles lin hook" at a pawnshop in
Boston. The idea then came TO him
that # Mason had gone to Boston the
Grst thing he would do would be to
visit the pawnshop and redeem his
clothing. and acting on this belief he
Snnt to police headquarters in Boston
ni"ht letter containing details OF the
affair together with the informatio
contained on the pawn tickets, and
asked for Mason's arrest
How we'll the plan worked Is shown
by tho fact that Mason was arrested
by the Boston police within an hour
after he had made his appearance in
that city. and his arrest was followed
later in the forenoon BY telegram from
the Boston police department to City
Marshal Tyler of the Augusta depart
ment. telling that Mason had been ar
rested by the Boston police depa rtmen
and was being held pending the arrival
Of an Augusta officer. also that Mason
had agreed to come back to Maine
without papers.
city Marshal Tyler was in communi-
cation with police headquarters at
Boston Friday afternoon, and among
other things learned that Of the s45 in
cash which Mason took away with him
he still possessed the greater part Of it
when he was arrested, also that he still
had the checks in his possession. they
amounting to about $ss. Furter CONVEX
sation was had relative to bringing
Mason back to Maine. the result of
which being that Special officer Wes-
ton Lewis left on the 10 40 Pullman last
night for Boston and will bring Mason
to Augusta today.