Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-14
THE FIRE AT ADAMS JEW
EERE SCORE.
Recovery of Stolen Property.
DEVELOPMENTS.
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On the evening of Monday, February
Goth, at about half past ten, or to be
eract, at twenty-five minutes past ten
o'clock, a fire was discovered in the jew
elry store Of r. E. Adams, No. 9 Centre
Street. We published the next morn
ing brief account of the fire, merely
adding, there are many rumOrs and
much excitement ON the street, in refer
| enCe to the fire, but we de not deem it
proper, at present, to give currency to
them, and on account Of the lateness of
the hour we f0rbearall comment" Here,
so far as THE HERALD has been concern
cd, the matter has rested, nothwith-
standing the many rumors and reports
which have been in constant circulation,
and Notwithstanding the excitement
among our citizens was constantly in
creasing in volume We did not deem
it our duty to add any thing to the al
ready intense feeling in the community,
10 attempt to allay it, by anything we
ply impossible. To such an extent did
we remain silent that we even, to avoid
adding fuel to the flame, did not state
that Horace II. Dyer had So 900 in
United States coupon bonds taken from
the safe in the same store, that watches,
iewelry, etc, to the value of some four
thousand dollars were also taken from
the safe, except through our advertising
columns, and possibly a local notice cal
ling attention to the reward offered.
Here the matter rested until early in
the week We were informed that the
bonds, watches, etc, had been recover
ed in New York, and the same account
given in reference to the manner of their
recovery that we reproduce Qelow, from
the Boston newspapers. We did not
publish the account, considering it. to
use popular and expressive phrase ''too
thin to even impose upon credulous
people. and we do not think our citizens
are given to too much crcdulity. The
fact remains, however, that Mr.. Dyer is
in possession OF his lost bonds and Mr.
Adams has his watches. jewelry, etc.
Here again we We're disposed to let
the matter rest, but all of the Boston
newspapers, Of Wednesday, come to us
with such headings as these, Brilliant
Job by Boston Detective, " lmpOr-
tant Recovery Of Stolen property in
New York by Boston officer" etc We
a,n.nd th., scco,,rt from, tho pn.t,,,
-
Hrr"|";
Inc work oi apprehendlng the thieves
was entrusted to Detective Chapman OF
tins city, who went to Rutland last Sat
urdav, and soon obtained clcW by
winch he learned that the mcnhc was IN
H.aFch o1 hau gone l" New YORK. 10
jhn f'}rE cH% IN" "iho9f went III pur-
sun, AMI MS iaogI- Were rewarded yes
ltfda} morning ny seeing thfee men III /
llo''>l'h street "h"h' ne ha@ reason 10 :.
b'Ii'}r We're lhc guiiy partIeS. lie /
|dN' tiiaI' 4" lI'r ''i'"~s' ana Oh II coming /
up WIN ''l'i'l, a'jlI Il 9IiSHl S[uIi(' IIl:N .
'HolI't.. N@IiI' "lp! any! 'stalt"' va eA- .
ah'I@l'on o! lN' ]"iist IL was round To .
Ioh''I" ne I ""','' Oh 'lI HloIeh properly f.
lu,a''' IL ""T i"A'H CHaiSt Oh oI me /.
'IIi.,'' "h" t'I'-ial'H'4 L" Ihis citE the .
li, LEW .ri, . "'J, ,;t ,;tI 'o H." "ui t"-
,Th.. L,,.n,.,1 ,.r,.,,,,t ,..,,r,. .,.,.,.,.i,,t
and f..,.. f.,rl..,,...
,r,nr.,n,.. i. iil..r.tion b..cas.. ,,.,.
placed in the hand. Of private detective
George ". Chapman Of Boston. who at i
"nc' went 10 WORK. Ha[mg strong sns-
.' ',.,'. I. '''' J;''' ~ ~ '''ilg ~ " Inc"
,I4.. t,, . ,-at,r;'n. I,a,lnt r. IInr.tl,'
stlrpt in that city. b0t arrived there nr-
fore his game. From Saturday Till YES
teraay afternoon ne received no encom- .
'5tillgIi.i ou' l"M"Iu J| Gllis 'nL'G wen
once rrcn%nizinr the of}irc, trIeG IG ~ ' ra' %,
treat, when Chapman sought to oppose
their exit making a very lively fight.
FINALLY the gang got away and ran three
-, 10Y" f tbn oH to r"m anu pIo4I.n hj9 49 o"ta MiGm
yalisc, Which was taken in cbarge nv
the officer who then gave over the chase.
Upon investigation it was found that
nearly. II not quite, all the property
S[,1ii a, i'1l'I'fit f ~, "S III 'it o"S ine
with which II WAS executed are aIillf
very crcditablo to the officer
Now it must be evident that the above
accounts are inspired to say the least.
by the detective and are written to add
to his fame and glory. We propose.
now that these reports have been pub
Iished and seem to have increased rather
than diminished the excitement among
our citizens. to state all the facts that
are known here, with a word or two in
reference 10 the probabilities of the ac-
curacy of the published report.
70 commence at the beginning. We
snnnose that These facts are admitted
and beyond all controversy that the
fire was the work of an incendiary