Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-01-04

The Tribune makes q concise and excellent
digest Of the lengthy account published last
week in the Vatchm4n and Argus Of the
doings Of Handlon and bis gang. as gathered
4 from the examination Of the parties before
Justice Robinson and from other sources
We give this digest below, rather than spend
the time to make one ouTself.
Ia 1867 the towns along the border Of New
Hampshire and Vermont were visited by
raiding parties Of thieves, who planned their
operations at distance, and swoOplng down
when everything was prepared broke into
banks. stores, etc, carrying of everything Of
value Detectives were in time put on TIE
track Of the depredators and the Vermont
papers indicate that all the marauders have
been apprehended. 1t seems the gang was
made up Of lads less than % years old, led by
an exceptionally able and artful rogue named
Handlon. who seems to be an incipient Du-
val ID the multiplicity and variety Of his
lodges and devices The remarkable series
Of r0btcres. housc-brca king, horse steal
ing, etc, which he has engineered extends
over four years, and began in 1867 with the
robbery Of gunsmith shop in Montpelier,
Vt. The next was in July following, when
the descent upon Jewelry store took place
which has until now remained great mys-
tery Handlou. Pratt, and Slattery were
the operators, and obtained nearly $500 IN
goods. This was succeeded by the robbery
Of two stores in Whitehall-Handlon, Stat
terry. ard one Renway being the operators
Returning to Montpelier in August, 1869,
the Offices Of o. H. Smith, DR.. Forbush, and
Randall IS Durant were " gone through,
small amount Of plumber being obtained in
the tirst-namcd two, though Handlun claims
that he obtained n lump Of gold worth 500 IN
Dr. Forbush's lIandlon was aided here hy
ST. John
The same parties then went 10 Bellows
Falls and robbed clothing store thence 10
Putney, where they broke open dwelling
house, obtaining : 100 in money and a gold
watch. Here operations were suspended for
a time, and the booty disposed Of. the parties
stopping At Whitehall In June last, Hand
Ion resumed his old tricks by breaking into
a dwelling house in Bradford, y. H., OBJ
tanning g and a watch next Rcdfield's
clothing store in CiaremOnt was broken open
and robbed also jewelry store at Bellows
Falls Smiths meat market in1NlontpelIer
was the next on the list, where lie obtained
about two dollars in money. After this he
returned 70 Lebanon, where he robbed q
grocery store. obtaining Slj and large
quantity of cigars also dwelling, securing
$40. In August. aided by one Deyoc, he
/ broke open Il meat market in Brandon then
went to Claremont. where they tried their
/ hand a second time upon a clothing store,
securing several valuable suits Of clothing
A .iewclry store in Astead was the next to
suffer, where peck basketball = Of watch
\ IS and jewelry was obtained, as IIandlon al
\ Iegcs then they went again to Newport,
robbing a store Of jewelry and so thence
to South Vernon, Vt, where store was
broken into, and money and goods, including
.F~ 81. Tor
mont, where a store was robbed Of boots,
shoes and Sl2 in money and returning to
Claremont, grocery was relieved Of $4,000
cigars, pipes. and so in money. At Mont
pelier, Benefits shop was again visited, only
two or three revolvers being obtained The
horses q borrowed by Hamilton and Devoe
were one al South Vernon, one at Putney
and one at Claremont, two being left at
Bellows Falls and one at Newport.