Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-17
THREE BOYS CHARGED
WITH STATUTORY BURGLARY.
Trio T-Lsen Into Custody by the New
London Police.


Ellis R. Schaffer, Harold Bolton and
Maurice F. Glassner, aged IA, Is and
II years, respectively, appeared in the
police court before Judge William b.
Colt in New London Tuesday, each
charged with statutory burglary. The
arrests, which were effected in quick
succession shortly before o'clock
Monday evening, are expected to clear
up the mystery of the series of breaks
| in summer cottages at Ocean Beach
and in the Pequot district. The court
ordered a continuance of the cases
until Wednesday and the boys were
given their freedom on bonds of $500
each.
The trio is said to have confessed
to many of the breaks reported in the
Pequot and Ocean Beach sections
! within the past few weeks. While
large quantity of the property alleged
to have been stolen has been recover
ed the police are devoting their atten-
ton to recovering the remainder, some
of which is believed to have been sold.
In each instance where breaks have
| been reported it has been in summer
cottages which are unoccupied at the
present time. While in some cases
loot was carried away, there were in
stances where the principal object of
the burglars appeared to be to do
damage. Furniture was broken and
otherwise damaged, and other furnish
tngS were ruined in one way or an
other.
reported was that at the Dawson cot
tage, occupied during the past season
by Edwin Palmer of New York city.
Here large quantity of silverware
and bed clothing was carried away.
Following his arrest Giassner is said
| to have confessed his part in the
break at the Palmer residence and re-
| veaIed to the police the hiding place
! of large part of the valuab1es taken
| away as loot A chest of silver taken
| from the Palmer house was found
| buried about a foot under ground in
| the woods about half mile back of
! the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. John
! Dolan on Niles Hill road, with whom
| GIassner made his home. A quantity
| of bed clothing was discovered in the
| attic of the Dolan house, according to
| the police.
| Houses known to have been entered
recently included the Dawson cottage,
| the Chappell cottage, Leeds cottage,
Putnam cottage, Bragaw cottage, the
| Hartford house, Kaneen cottage, Hub
| bard cottage, O. K Dimocks, Mrs.
Butts and James d Lynch's
The majority of the breaks occurred
according to the police, the latter part
| OF December. and the frequency with
which new breaks were reported at
| police headquarters led Captain Haven
| to assign a detail of men to night duty
| in the district. Patrolman Samuel
| Hick was taken from traffic duty and
assigned plain clothes work in the
district at night. while Sergeant Beebe
| and the regular night patrolmen in
| the district were also instructed to
| devote all their spare time to the
case
| Fully two weeks ago a tip was given
| the police which pointed to the iden-
| tity of the three boys now under ar
| rest. Since that time they have been
under almost constant surveillance
| and Monday, when it was decided that
| all the necessary evidence was at
hand, Sergeant Beebe gave the word
| to make arrests.
| trio to fall into the police trap. He was
taken into custody at $50 o'clock by
Sergeant Beebe and taken immediate
ly to the home of the sergeant, where
he was put through a rigid third de-
gree. At the same time Patrolmen
Timothy Sheehan and John Cavanaugh
were sent in opposite directions to take
the other two members of the gang
toms arrest reached them. PatroIman
ficulty and he was led to the Beebe
home, while Cavanaugh went to the
shipping room of the ]. N. LaPointe
company. where he found Schaffer at
work. He. too, was taken to the Beebe
residence and there the confessions are
alleged to have been made.
The request for a continuance of
the case was made by Attorney G.
Curtis Morgan, representing G1assner.
The attorney was unable to be present
because of being engaged at the SUI
perior court in Norwich.