Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-08-12
LEWISTON Theft


safe keerino-0neais Thief Tnrk IL
frem MANS Pssist-Aasnsy ssrswn
Over Car Fiosr
The nsor Of tne electric CIR of the
Lewiston. Augusta Il atervills Cur line,
which reaches Augusta ar n littas mast
Il O'Clock On Sunday night, iust altar
reaching Lewiston and whsn about 80
leave the Spindle City resemhlec tha.
of a young disaTranged mint fur money
m 3-cent pieces. quarters and dimes
was found scattered about, being picked
up by various passengers ON the car
Much Comment was made about tne
discovery. especially by the women pas
sengers and everyone was voicing the
desire to know the origin of the rain
of silver
Finally a business man from Gardiner
who had been In Lewiston for a short
time and was returning To his home IN
company with his wife. knowing that
he had a large amount Of money ON
his person reached into his pocket and
bag in which was about s1Dp IN cur
rency and in checks.
Then the alarm was raised and 4
search was made Naturally the con-
duc1pr was somewhat stirred up. ss
were the patrons ON the car. and an
investigation was started Everyone
seemed ID Join in the hunt Then q
man Jumped from the car and il flashed
through the mind Of the Gardiner men
that the apparently neeing man was
one who had brushed against him while
he was getting onto the car. Then the
Gardner man also left the car, in an
equal hurry. and went after the other
man whom he suspected
The man who was suspected had got
ten out of sight and the Gardiner man
notified the Lewiston police. They have
some of the force now working On the
case, although the clues are neagre.
TIE Gardiner man when interviewed
Monday evening BY an Augusta report
er of the Journal stated that when he
was getting aboard of the car there
was also about TO board the car an
otte- man who seemed to be assisting
the ladies'. The man who was doing
the helping put ms hand cut. stoppei
the Gardiner man, and As he did 30 4
man behind the Gardiner man, who
was not visible 20 rhe Gardiner man.
icstied him. pushing him against him
real hard.
That n the cid way that pickpockets
wori. and still seems to be n fzvorite
and evidently il worked successfully
IN this case. That Gardiner man thinks
that they must hive spotted him and
went for him especially knowing that
he had the money IN his pocket.
In extrieasing the money from the
pocket the thief evidently spilled the
hag, ss scne of the silver spilled cut
unto the aour Of the car They had
started along the line towards Gardi-
ner before the Gardiner man discovered
his less
The. reason why he had so murh
money n loose currency was because
it was the crrien g Of his cash drawer
for tfas day after the banks of Gardi-
ner were closed He could not deposit
the money at fha- time and decidei
that the safest thing would be TO take
X with him as he was going TO Lewis
ton.
The man who stopped that Gardner
man in described as being about q
years old. wearing soft felt hat with
a crrshed-in crown and also wearing
a small gray muuuaAche- II would seem
that the thieves were working in pairs.
as the theft was committed at the
time the Gardiner man was stopped.
TIE msn who stopped tne Gardner MAI
an he was boarding the car in the one
who lstt the car in a hurry.