Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-07-14
The Hai.re Hank HnrRIarY.


A SUPPOSED MEMnKn or THE GANG-NARBA-
TIVE OF THE CHASE
The minute account OF the bold but futile at
tempt to break into the safe OF the Barre National
Bank, which appeared in last weeks WATcHMAs,
concluded with mentioning the start Of Constable
Gilman l. jackson in pursuit Of the robbers, and
the passage Of some Of the gang In a two-horse
buggy near Piormont bridge, at about six O'Clock
on Thursday morning Since then, man sup
posed to belong 10 the party has been arrested,
and Is now in Montpelier jail and a variety Of
facts and incidents have come to light which are
connected with the affair and whose publication
may serve TO aid in the capture Of all concerned
in II.
PREPARATIONS ron THE RoBBERy.
II seems that the burglars must have thoroughly
looked the ground over before attempting the
" Job and must have been well acquainted with
the lay Of the land man who signed his name
." G. Fuller, OF Springfield" came TO Bishops
Hotel on the four O'Clock train from Boston on
Tuesday morning. and, after breakfast, hired a
team from sheriff Dudley 10 go To Barre. Return
ing toward evening, he hired another two horse
team to go to Marshfeld with, as he said,
remarking that he wanted steady team
Mr. Dudley gave him Billy and Kate, two of
his " womens" horses, and with these he
started OF aud has not been seen since 90
Tho same morning a man arrived at Mortified,
stopped at the hotel there a d hired team 10 go
to Mortified Falls He returned after few
hours and in the afternoon he hired another
team stating his destination to be Chelsea. This
team Mr.. Morris, the owner, found at Woodstock,
where II was left by two men on Wednesday fore
noon. On Tuesday, two men stopped at the resi-.
dence Of Mr. b T.. Wiley situated on the
top Of a hill between Jockey Hollow and South
Barre, and inquired where Mr. Charles A.
King lived They were told that 1t was on the
Stony Hin road, leading FROM the right Of the
main road, some rods farther on towards Barre
Lower Village. The next seen Of them was at
the house Of Mr. Fred Waters, situated on the
Stony Hill road, where Mr.. King lives, and the
only other house on the road. Here they accosted
Mr. Waters little daughter, some twelve years
old and asked her where Mr.. King lived, the
color and size Of the house, the color OF the
blinds, and ON which side Of the road IL was
She informed them, and they drove on II these
were tho burglars, or any Of the party, 1t shows
that they were reconnoitering the ground on
Tuesday. It Is supposed that the men who hired
the teams did not take part in the job itself that
vent Identification in case Of miscarriage and that
the robbers themselves kept out Of sight tili Tues
day night, when they met the teams at some ren-
devious, and took possession Of them In our &c
count Of last week 1t was stated that both teams
we're htched behind the hearse house III the Gem
etery, It has been discovered since that only one
of them was left there and that the other was
hitcled in one Of tho sheds behind the Unisersalist
church This was probably the team procured at
Mortified, and there is no doubt but what Sheriff
Avenll, who gave up the pursuit on the
Williamsiown road was mistaken IN supposing
that that team had cut across country, and ei-
fected junction with the one on the Washington
road. The two burglars on the Mortified team
must have gone through the Gulf to Royaiton, and
thence % Woodstock, where safe from pursuit
they crossed the mountains and reached their ac-
cusiomod haunts in Boston or New York
CONSTABLE JAoKsoS's CHASE
Mr. jackson and Mr. Hiram T. Dickinson, fel-
low-townsman drove directly to Washington
Flats, following the tracks which Dudley's double
team had made in the mud From Washington
he went To Fast Orange, aud thence to Corinth.
Here they left their own team, took double one
aud went towards Bradford. having as coinpan-
ion Mr.. Henry c. McDaiie, OF that town. Mr..
McDu1ie, with his characteristics kindness and
energy, Immediately telegraphed north and south
on arriving at Bradford, and thus put people on
the watch at every place on the line Of the rail
road. Jackson and Dickinson arrived at
the Piermont bridge, over the Connecticut
river some two miles south Of Bradford
village at about eight o'clock. They were noti-
fed By the toll gate keeper that team with a
pair Of bay horses had passed by their hoase two
hours before. This was the first word they had
got Of their being on the right track having de-
pended up to this time upon the tracks in the road
for guidance Feeling somewhat encouraged,
they pushed forward into New Hampshire, drove
through Hermont into Wentworth and lost the
track. Finding it again, they came to Wentworth
village, and there aroused the sheriff, Mr. T. X.
Webster Mr. Dickinson here took the cans on
the southerly moving train Of the Boston, Con-
cord and Montreal railroad for Plymouth, in order
to intercept the burglars II they left the team, as
MI. Jackson conjectured they would do before long.
At the ame time Jackson and sheriff Web
ster drove on and reached the little village OF
West Rumney, some four or Eve miles from
Wentworth. Here they found the team in the
stable Of house, formerly used as hotel They
were informed by the woman that it was left there
by u man an hour or so before, but where he h'd
gone to, she did not know. Upon further inves-
tigation they found that two men with satchel.
in their hands had gone down the track towards
| Rumncy Centre, some three miles away Feeling
confident that they were his men, and that they
had taken the train which had gone down a short
time before, he telegraphed along the line, and
while awaiting events drove the burglars team
back to Wentworth