Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-20
scHAGHTrcoKE, Nov. II, 1878

: Is. his Possession. wHES. LAST SEEN.
t., ScHAGHr1coKE, Nov II, 1878. I
Frank |. Jones is a man OF about.
twentv-one wears, and was born. among /
the Green Mountains in the town of I
-Hubbardton, near Castleton, VT. AT I
the age of nine his mother died, and his
father. a minister of the gospel, was left 7
to rear the lad. The father appears to I
have been q man of tender passion, and
loved his boy with all the feryor OF. q i
true christian man. Last May Frank |
engaged with Chase Brothers & stone,
nurserynen of Rochester, to sell trees, /
etc, for them on the road, or IN other
words he was travelling agent Ia
this capacity the young man cameo the |
respect and confidence OF bis employers
and a large amount of their business W as /
Entrusted into bis hands, and even to,
this day they believe him to be an nom |
est and reliable man. In June last
Daniel Tonalinson, about Franks age, :,
went into the employ of the firm III. !
similar capacity, and was sent to a small |
town in Northern Vermont to join him. !
Daniel did as requested and the E. =. 4
TWO soon BECAME FIRM BETENDs, 4
and the secrets of one were the. secrets 1
of both. Frank spent his money quite
freely, and it soon gave out. He Dor
rowed some for the time being from his
friend. They worked together along
the road until they came to. Schaghti- 4
coke. about three weeks ago. Previous !
TO this Tomlinson had resigned his post
and accepted q position ..>.ss ~
IN THE DISTRICT :scHooL OF .BUsHteE 5 I
,--.-;-rE BRIDGE = = ~. e. r. 4
About the Goth Of last month Frank
received orders. from the firm to go to
Camden, N. j., and deliver a sale OF .
trees that the firm had made: He wrote /
them that he would leave Schaghtlcoke
on the 25th for Camden. On the Path
. of October the two friends bought tick I
cts for Albany, it being generally under
stood that TomGnson was to see his
friend as far as that city, and then re-
turn They took q trtak and satche!
of Franks to the depot on that day, ana
left them there and went to Albany
without them, This is ..-.s-
THE LAST THAT WAS SEEN OF EITHER OF
I-'...s.. -...s#s.., THEM frs rE.st.l..- .
in this village Tomlinson, came back
the same night and resumed charge of
his school. Yesterday letter was re-
eeiyed from the firm by Supervisor Wet
/ sci. of thistown, stating that Frank had
not been heard of since the 23d Of 0cto-
| Der, and had not been to Camden to de
I liver the trees. They suspected that all
| was not right, and that the young man
had been foully dealt with. His father
was written to, bat he had net seen or
heard of his son in the meantime, and
| he also became alarmed. Supervisor
| Wetsel gave the matter in charge to DR..
| Butts, of this place, who made diligent
/ inquiries concerning the young man, but
40 TRACE OF HIM GOULD BE FOUND.
$ He never called at the depot for his
baggage. The night before election the
| DEPOT was broken into and Frank trunk
| was broken open and two satchels taken
|. away. The order book that was left in
| the trunk showed that some $500 worth
of orders had been taken recently by
|. young Jones. The sateheis were found
! in a. field below the depot, but no money
| was found in. them. They had been
| broken open and their. contents .strewed |
about the field. 1t was supposed that
YOUNG JONES HAD BEEN MURDERED
for what money he might have had in
Ibis possession, but the finding of the
| satchels was no clue to depend on, as .
/ that was evidently the work of the depot !
robbers. The Rev. Mr.. Jones of West
| Hubbardton arrived in the village to- !!
| night. and dispatches were. sent to Chase
/ Bros. s. Stone to see if the missing man
| had turned up, but he, had not. The
/ firm called on DIR. Butts to. take decisive
| measures, and as the Doctor advised
! them of certain evidences, he concluded
/ to arrest Tomlinson. The man has since
/. proved beyond all shadow of doubt that,
i HE il. INNOCENT OF ANY CRIME 8. .
| as fan: as young Jones is. concerned, and
/ / do not wish. to say any thing that
/ would In any way, react against him. In
/ order to justify the persons who caused
/ his arrest the grounds of suspicion
/ should be stated. He was the last man
/ that was seen in company with Jones,
/ and it was but just that be should tell
/ what he knew concerning him. 1t was
1 known that he and Jones had quarrelled
4 over the ownership of some orders. A
| short time before Jones left here the
4 firm stated they sent him two drafts for
+ S25 on a New 7 FORK bank He had also
] visited his uncle in. Vermont lately, and
1 the day before he went away he received
a check for SIG. Tonlinson was with
| him when he drew the money on it, and
also knew that he. had the drafts.
Shortly after Jones left, Tomlinson pre-
scented a draft made. by Chase Bros. ~
/ Stone on a New York bank. to Mr. c. B. Z
Finch, of Eagle Bridge, and had it
II cashed. ~ ~. - l.,.a.
H ,s,-c.t TIE SUSPICIOUS. DRAFT. q -
/ S 1t was suspected that this was one of
| the drafts that. Jones once possessed and
i that he had been murdered and that it
had been taken from him. 1t now be-
came very necessary that Tomlinson
! should explain how he came by that
draft, and it was decided to arrest him
and bring him down to Schaghticoke for
an examination Accordingly Rev. Mr..
| Jones swore out warrant before DIR.
Butts, who is Justice of the Peace.
The warrant stated the fact that young