Front:
LIGHTNING SPLITTER," SHEPARDVILLE, NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH
CONTRIBUTED BY GEO. F. CARPENTER
Back:
1 ct. stamp
U. S. and
Canada.
2 ct. stamp
Europe
MAILING CARD.
PRIVATE
Feb-8-1918.
WRENTHAM'S STORY
OF COUNTERFEITERS
RECALLED AGAIN
"The Old Lightning Splitter,"
which has recently been demolished
at South Wrentham, had a unique
history. It was the home of a band
of counterfeiters 75 years ago that
long defied capture.
The body of the old house consist-
ed of a single story, but the roof
was extraordinarily high and steep.
and contained three successive sto-
ries of attics.
The third of these attics, just un-
der the ridgepole, was the retreat
of the counterfeiters, and there for
years they eluded detection.
Notorious among the gang were
Stephen burroughs, Samuel Corson,
James Smith and Abel Starkey.
alone escaped
capture and fied to Canada, where
Stephen Burroughs
career of crime
be abandoned his
and led a respectable life.
