Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-11-08

Officer y. i. Squires, a detective of
Claremont, y. H., with most commend
able energy and industry, has followed
up the clue he obtained some weeks
since of the burglars who have been
operating in this valley, and a few days
ago caught another Of the gang of burg
lars, Preferred to a few weeks since,) ut
Gotistown, \. H., and brought him to
this place on Monday His name was
Alvero St John, formerly Of Montpc-
Her and he has made q full confession
of his knowledge and part in the oper-
ations Of Handlon and his gang. con-
trmiug Bryant's story, and clearing up
several other burglarics in this and 9th
er places during the last two years
st. John is twenty years Of age, is
married and living at Gofstown, n. H.
and made but one raid with Handlon.
which was during the summer Of 1869.
He had trouble with Handlon at Bran
don more than a year ago and has new
cr been with him since. 1t appears by
his statement that it was Handlon and
himself who last year stole the goods
found i'm the barn Of VI. w. Davis, and
were identified by n. II. Farr q Co.,
~, having been stolen from their store.
They hid during the evening in the
basement Of Jabez Hills brick building,
now occupied as a bakery, and watched
to see if the clerks left the store. They
/ saw the clerks leave and also saw that
q light was left i'm the back or clothing
room. They then went to the window,
which was left up, near the tunnel and
with q ladder previously secured, had
no trouble in cfitcting am entrance
IImlion went in first, and soon >ecm-
cd q lot of clothing and threw them out
of the window, and then came ont
/ himself st. John then went in, and
while there heard the clerks return to
the front door as they entered the key
/ to the lock He then instantly passed
ont of the window and was actually on
/ the lower end Of the ladder when the
clerks entered the room he had Just
/ left. They removed the ladder, and
watched long enough to see that they
had made no disturbance, then went
back, and while the clerks were smok-
ING and splitting out Of the window,
they stole up under it and took the
goods they had thrown out. and went
off to Davis barn, where they donned
a new suit.
Our readers viii remember the bur
glary on Robertson's house at Putney.
That was Handlon and st. Johns. The
former did the work, while St John
says he lay trembling on the kitchen
floor. On this same trip they went to
Vernon and robbed house. After this
came quarrel at Brandon, where
Handlon threw a dirk at st. John, Sc
vercly stabbing him in the thigh, just
above the knee. 1t appears that Hand
lon has brother living in Brandon,
where ST. John was laid up by the stab
for two weeks, at the end Of which he
made his escape and never saw Hand
lon Afterwards, and says he has led an
honest life since. Officer Squires took
him to Claremont on Tuesday.
1t now appears that Bryant's real
name is Devoe, Of Schuylerville, n. Y,
NutIC llt HIS IGSl 'CCJ'tbiC pau GllS Nv ny
There are three other clues to the
burglaries committed about here for the
last few years, not yet given to the
public. Their original headquarters
was at Whitehall, n. Y, where parties
heretofore supposed to be respectable
but who We're receivers and sellers Of
the stolen goods. Handlon's operations
at times have been quite systematic and
show him to be a bold and desperate
character. His field of operations has
been in the Connecticut valley, all the
way from Montpelier, White River
Junction, down into Massachusetts, fol
nearly four years past. \ rumor has
rot ailoat that he murdered and robbed
Orchard and then burnt his store il
Dummerston, but nothing certain has
come out about that yet.-Bed0c
rails Times.
Our readers will doubtless remem
Der the serious accident to Mrs. P. L
Robinson of this village, which occur
red at Williamstown, several days
since, an accident which was publish
ed in the Banner of three weeks ago
1t seems that among the persons whC
witnessed the accident was a woman
named Mrs. Shear, who was on he
way to the depot at the time. Sh
protested great sympathy for Mrs
) Robinson, and declared her intention
Of remaining and caring for her unit
she could be removed to her home
The duties collected at Island Pond TO
September amounted to Sl0,62434.
DR.. Laban Tucker of West Hartford
died on the 10th inst. aged g.