Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-06-17
From the tto.day's) burlington Times.
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WRIGHT'S STORE BROKER INTO. --STOL-
En- PROPERTY FOUND AT "C1IARL1E'
PoTrER'S HoUSE.-ARRESr OF
MRS. POTTER.


PoTrER'S HOUSE.-ARREST OF
MRS. POTTER.
Our ncighboring town of Williston
has had another interesting criminal eX-
pcrience. The store of Smith Wright
formerly A. b. Simonds) at the village,
was entered ON Sunday hight by raising
n window with a chisel and goods to
The amount of $500, consisting of cot
tons, ready made clothing and shoes,
carried ofl,-on the discovery of the rob
berry, Monday morning that experience
ed detective officer cX-ShCriff y. B.
Flanagan of this city, was at once sent
for, and with the aid of Constable Ian
don and Mr.. John c. Griffin, proceeded
on the track of the robbers and traced
their wagon until near the residence OF
the notorious Charles II. Potter, about
two miles south west, and there satisii-
eel that the wagon must have been driv-
en- eventually into Potter'S yard, they
proceeded to make further inquiries and
learned that Il wagon had been seen dur
ing the night on the road to st.
George, and afterwards on the main
road between Hinesburgh and Burling-
ton. Further investigation showed that
the wagon was driven, in order TO avoid
suspicion, by Il circuitouS route before it
stopped at Pottcr's. Monday night Mr..
Flanagan stationed scntrics in all dircc-
lions about PottCr's house, so as to pre-
vent the removal of the stolen goods on
the escape of any person, and i'll the
morning officers Landon and Griffin
proceeded TO search the house, Mrs. Pot
ter seeming somewhat Disconnected as
they entered upon their business. Mr..
Flanagan III the meanwhile went into
the ncighborhood to seek further traces
of the robbers and their plumber. Re
turning after about an hours absence he
found Mrs. Potter smiling, and a>cer-
! tanned that the officers after strict
search had been unable to discover the
goods.
Mr.. Flanagan with Mr.. Wright thcr
went at the job himself, being satisfied
! that there was some cache about the
premises in which was stored the stolel
property. Cup stairs, down stairs, il
my lady's chamber" Travelled the keel
and persistent officer, but not sigI
could he find of the plumber" Mrs
Potter kindly assisting him in his Ia
bors and stOutly protesting that they
had no "caves" about the mansion
Every granny of the cellar and inne
cellar were examined; tapestries were
probed and walls jealousy inspected
but to no purpose. AT last, going int
! INC room OF tnc murdered MIS-. NrlS
void, he tore up the carpet in front
No evidence of a trap door here, when
looking under the bed, he found three
boards cut about six inches from tn,
wall. The carpet was at once torn up
when 10! there was another cut in tn,
same boards about two and Il half fee
from the wall. An axe was sent for
Mrs. Potter mizzled." The board
were pried up and the mystery wa
solved. In pit four feet deep and 81,
feet square lay the goods stolen from
Wright's store, three empty whislle,
kegs and an inch and Il quarter chise
which was found to correspond will
that which must have opened the stor
window. Dame Della Potter was a
once arrested and taken to Williston
where her examination was conducte,
until late hour last evening, when
was adj burned until 10 a. NJ, to-day.
There is scarcely any doubt that som
of Charles Potter's tools were the rob
bers. The officers were in hotpursuit O
two of his most intimate companion
last night. Potter went to Canada Sun
day morning. This affair cannot fail t
add greatly to the already eXcellen
reputation of Mr.. Flanagan as a crimi
nal officer, and also to materially in
crease the feeling in Williston agains
Charlie Potter and his tribe