Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-23
SLEUTH FINDS ANOTHER
STOLEN AUTO HERE

George e. Abbott, OF the L. j.
Burke Detective Agency of Boston
was in the city Thursday looking up
stolen cars and will ship q car to
Boston today that he found in this
city.
Mr.. Abbott, who with Joseph
Mattey was in the city for a few days
several weeks ago, exhibited his Gre
dentials' yesterday in REPUTATION of
the rrumor which was spread about
shortly after his first visit, that he
was not a bona fide detective. Mr..
Abbott said that when he came into
a city to look for stolen property he
did not advertise the fact of his
coming but stated that in no case did
he ask to examine a mans car with
out being accompanied by proper au
thority in a representative of the
law. Mr.. Mattey, who was with Mr..
Abbott on his first visit here, was
former police officer lin Boston at
Station Is and is now with licensed
detective agency. Mr.. Abbott ex-
pressed himself as not particularly
well pleased with the above mention
ed reports and newspaper state
ments.
The car which will be sent away
to Boston Mr. Abbott said is one that
was not insured and was stolen out
of Brookline on December 80. The
man who had the car in his possess
sion has. still another car which has
been remembered and three other
cars which have been remembered
have passed through his hands. The
man claims to know nothing about
the cars which would lead him to
think they were not all right. ITO
have one car of that kind" said Mr..
Abbott. might be thought to be a
mistake, to have two is doubtful, but
to have five remembered cars puts
the matter almost out of the realm
of the uncertain"
Besides the car which will be sent
back today Mr. Abbott turned in a
car on Thursday which was a Hud-
son Super-six and was sent to
Franklin 4. Murray, adjustor and
appraiser Of automobile losses, of
A Kilby street. A Cadillac brougham.
recovered in Rome and now in Hills
garage. belonged to the Automobile
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Boston. This car was stolen in
Brookline, Mass, November 81. and
was recovered here three weeks ago
when Mr.. Abbott was first here. In
Dexter Mr.. Abbott has found Hud-
son speedster which was stolen from
the Boston Ice Cream Company in
front of a house at IS Salisbury
road. Rrookline, and is now the prop
erty Of Lewis and Pteres, attorneys
for the Kansas City Insurance Com
pany at Pemberton square, Boston.
There is another Hudson speedster
in Dexter stolen from j. 3. Fallon
of q Longwood avenue, Brookline.
which belonged to the independent
United Mutual Insurance Company
at 81 Pearl street, Boston, and will
be taken today. also.
Mr.. Abbott stated that all cars
found are returned on a percentage
basis. When he was here several
weeks ago, Mr.. Abbott came for the
purpose Of looking up cars for firms
that his detective agency does bust
ness for, and In the pursuance of
that work, he ran across several
cars outside of that circle and as he
expressed it, put "the stop" on
them. 1t was he who discovered the
Vose car and he also discovered
several cars in a barn. in Rome. On
the same trip he came across sew
eral other cars in this vicinity that
he had every reason to believe were
stolen cars and it is one of these
which he will send back today.
The man who sold to the parties. in
this. cities = is known and his case is
being properly disposed of, He
drove several cars into the city and
was here with his wife and children
for several days last winter. He was
commanding figure on the streets.
wearing q fine coon skin cap and
coat.