The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-30
The Tramp Outrages Near Mont
nelier.


week have given intimations of the out
RACES of the tramps in the town of Berlin,
near Montpelier. The Montpelier Journal
brings further particulars Of the excite
mcnt existing in reference to the operations |
of the tramps circulating in that section.
On Saturday afternoon Of last week, two |
men came to the house Of Emerson Hill |
and asked for some dinner. Mrs. Hill was
the only one at home, the men folks being
a mile away haying on the Herrick place,
occupied by Mr.. Hills son-in-law, Warren
Swan. The men were young, from twenty
to twenty-five deCently dressed, and car
ried small satches. One was short and
thick-set, with an Irish brogue the other
taller and slenderer, with no perceptible
accent. They tolo Mrs. Hill that they had
been travelling all the night before, and
had come some forty miles that forenoon
they had been lying in an unoccupied
house, a short distance from Mr.. Hills.
Mis-. iii got them some dinner, and they
sat down to the table and ate heartily, like
men to whom a 'squarc neal was some
thing of a rarity, and who knew how to
appreciate one when found. After finish
ing dinner they lnuuged around the build
ing for few minutes. Re.entering the
house, one Of them remarked, You
haven't done much haying about here yet"
Mrs. Hill replied, ''No net but little"
: II. tl,n tn1 tn
day ?" She said, They are somewhere
about here" They replied, Cd d-n it,
that ain'i what we wanted to know we
wanted to know where they were 7" The
next question was, us there any money in
the hOuse?' She told them No" is
there any liquor p She told them, "she
didn't use it," One Of them said, "By
Cd, | am going to bed. Suiting the ac
ton to the word, he went to bedroom
close by the kitchen, where by the way
all hitherto related took place. and jumped
on the bed lay there q few minutes, got
up and came back TO the kitchen, remark
inc. Il have laid abed long enough. There
upon the other went through the dining
room lDto another bedroom, and examined
some private papers and loose things there
in. Returning 10 the kitchen, he compll-
menled Mrs Hill upon the arrangement of
her dwelling, with the remark, "Iou have
got id handy house here, haven't
your "Yes," she replied.
BRAVE DEED.
BY this time Mrs. Hill, who is represent
ed to be stirring and resolute woman, had
become considerably "worked up" by their
abusive language, and che made up her
| mind that her visitors were making them
| selves altogether too much at home, con-
| sidering they had had no invitation to stay.
| She stood near the stove and said, 81 want
you should go away now. have got good
deal of work to do; or | shall call the men
J folks The lrishman. replied, "By Cd,
| perhaps you can't call the men folks -
With that he stepped up and caught hold
| of her. There was a kettle OF boiling
water on the stove, and, freeing herself
from his grasp, she gave him warning that
if lie didn't keep away he would be doused.
| He approached again, and, true to her
threat, she dashed a quantity into his face.
| He made loud exclamation, put his hands
to his face, and howled, "By Cd, I'm
| burned" "The subsequent proceedings
interested him no more" His companion
then tried to grasp her, but he, too, was
| met by dose of water-the full effect OF
which he avoided by whiting around SC
that it only hit one of his arms. 1t prob
ably stung him through, and he vented his
rage in volley of oaths. and told her tina,
they would burn the buildings to ashes be
fore Sunday night. "We have been hired to
burn buildings, and get hundred dollars
a month for doing it. They retired after
this, the burnt one led by his companion
as if he were blind from the effects of his
scalding.
| ATTEMPTED INCENDIARIsM.
Mrs. Hill locked the doors Immediately
and went across lots to the house of Patrick
Murray, the nearest nelghbor on the north
Mr.. Murray, his son, aud hired man
were IN the hay field. She told them wha
had happened and they started in pursui
of the villains but the fifteen minutes oc
cupied in arousng them gave the tramp
an opportunity TO reach the thick bushe
not far from Mrs. Hills house, and NJ
traces of them could be found. Meanwhile
Mrs. Hill alarmed her husband, their sol
George, and their hired man. Hurryin,
back to the house, afraid of the miscrcants
threats, she went in, and discovering tina
the fire needed replenishing, she went t,
the wood-shed for some shavings. Ant
providential it was that she did, for in
few moments the house would have beef
in blaze From under some boards sh
discovered thick smudge coming, ant
pulling them apart, pile of shavings wa
disclosed in full blaze, just ready to spread
She ran to the watering trough, got pal
of water, put 1t out and saved the house.
ANOTHER ATTACK.
On Sunday some Of the neighbors cam
over to Mr. Hills aud talked the matter up
The country is quite thictly wooded in thi
vicinity, and in the Water numbering form
large portion of the business DONE TIL
Central railroad runs in the valley shor
distance to the cast. and it was generall
believed that the tramps, having come b,
the railroad, had returned ththcr through
the bushes, and had left the vicinity. Blu
Mrs. Hill was 10 have another adyentur
with the villains yet, and one even NOR
serious than on Saturday. On Monda
morning the men folks went to the othe
farm to hay, leaving Mrs Hill alone as OF
Saturday. A short distance from the hous
are two small houses, erected by Mr.. Hi
for the residence of his wood choppers il
the winter. During the forenoon Mrs
Hill saw smoke in this direction. Sh
ran and summoned Mr. Murrays folks
They discovered that these shanties ha
been set on fire, and extinguished tn
) flames. AT about halfpast two in tn
afternoon, woman came to the house
Mrs. Hill went to the door, and the woma
said, ~ would like to come in and 81
| down and rest me, for am tired" MR.
| Hill, rightly suspecting that some rascalit
, was in the wind, replied, II am tired toe
, | can't have you here; and shut the doc
in her face. Ihereupon four men steppe
Q to the door and tried the latch. Finding
was fastened, they took an axe, lying nea
by, smashed the door in, and entered
Mrs. Hill did not wait to pas
: the time of day, bnt jumped GU
of the kitchen window and rar
| She noticed that the men had revolvers
: and as she ran, they fired two shots at heI
. and one bullet just grazed her ear Sh
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