St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-16
The Barre Bank Robbery.
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'liA>E FOX lllI- III k''l-AE>.
We Just gave the announcement last
week that one oi the burglars WcIc
caught. Below are the particulars:
PLlNInr III. y. H.. July :. Our of
the Barre bank Iubhcr> was captured
this attrruo"m Il short distance from
Quincy station and about halt Il mile
from Where he jumped from the tram.
He MAS irniullN bruised. having Il bad
wound oven hi> eye and several bad
bruises on his body and lr">. li,r"uld
walk bui Il short distance. at Il time hc
fore hc would fall down. I'hrN tracked
him in the glass To Il small clump of
bushes. and in the middle of them he
WAS found " in9. with the brakes and
bushes pulled over him. completely
covering him mp. chem found he PIE
tended to hc asleep and offered II" re
>i>tancr. but allowed tine Nhrrlli 10 put
the handouts on and take HIM IL Jones
hotel. Rumncl.
When they first spoke about taking
him back "a Barre. he sand he would
not ." without a rrpui>ltI"u. hut since
then hc SAYS he will 90. When uuc>-
toned about the InhhrlN lac said he
knew mothim" about it. They asked
him what made him jump from the
train. He replied that hr did NOT jump
hut tell of. lie refuses L" give his
name. tell where he i from 81 Whcir
he WAS going. and i very rrticrnr. lie
gave his age a> - Ncal~. hut look =
older. He i about five feet nine inches
high. very >olidll built. Wei. about
- pounds. has light blue ,..'.~. l.ti. '
1. L.. o,
altogether he. i Il t"ugl l""klu. Gus
TONER. and if lc had not horn N"tndrd
he would have given tine "ttir,I- u hand
lu>>lr irinrc they captured hun. AMI ll'
iutimat,.> ~ much tu the sheriff. .I"hl
Bailey .Jr.. of Wells River. VIII" aIir>t-
ed him. lie will Ice taken /" Ncl'~
River tu-miglr aud then t" Barre in the
morning.
There were four concerned IN the
robbery. they hired Il team At Mont
pclirr. Yesterday. to 90 t" l'arlc. lh"Ii
two ut them took Il team. after III" rob
berry and came To West RumucN. with
the officers III close pursuit. The other
Two took The Randolph road, with am
officer on then track. The other rob
her that got off the train has not been
seen or heard from.
THE IN ,MI> ALTON.
The man arrested at Rumm"N. y. H..
supposed to he one OF the Barre bank
robbers. WIS taken to that place on
| Thursday molmiu" and aiIai%nrd before
Justice Carlos Carpenter. He gave his
name aS Peter AlphnmSoS, of Boston.
| No WITNESSES were examined. state At
tormcN VIM. i. Dillingham;. of Water
] 4 Il !,
| the examination. and 10y an agreement
between him and the respondents c"un-
sci. Charles IL. Heath of Montpelier.
Justice Carpenter postponed the further
hearing until "Wednesday, July II. at
| the town hall in Barre, at 10 \. VI. liN-
ing his hail al S-.WW. He WAS then
taken to the Jail at Montpclicr. which
is in charge of ID. W. Dudley. owner OF
the double team taken away lay the
burglars sheriff Bailey, VIII" arrested
him. has with him two small leather
sltchcIS taken at Rumncy. the contents
of which he will not divulgc. They
are quite heavy. On the register III
Bishops hotel. Montpelier. appear tn,
names of Il. Fuller. Springfield" and
..Gcn. Short. New York :" both in til,
same Handwriting. They were recorded
h\ the man who hired DudleNS team
The other. Il single team. WAS hired al
Hank Morris livery stable III North
field. and has since been found a
Woolstuck 1t is said the >;ttctcE
contain Il couple of files. Il iack-knii"
clothes. aud Il wet Scotch cap. Will
good maps of Vermont and New Hump
shire.
nv a A
The strongest proof comes from New
IIampShirr DIR. Whittcm"Ie. of Went
worth. WAS on his way to West RumneN
Wednesday morning. when he ovcrt""l
Il double team in the highway. 1--WE
men came ont of the bushes 10y thu
road sidc. said that their wheels were
stuck and asked for assistance. Thu
doctor produced IL wrench and some oil
/ and helped them grease their wheels
The men then went on their WAY at
more rapid pace than the doctors quic
nag. DIR. Whittcmore can identify tin
: team and the men. and is to testify ii
t the examination to-day. The descrip