Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-19

the seventy-hve dollars, came TO Montpe'
lier the same day, and overtaking Oscar
on the way, and being disposed to do &
little amateur detective business made Il
mess of it. Oscar betook himself over 6
fence into the field and Ainsworth stopped
and asked him to ride TO Montpelier will
] him. Oscar declined to walk into that sor
of parlor on any such invitation and Aims
worth came down and informed the sheriff
who at once concluded he had lost the birt
and at any rate the money. Oscar at the
time Ainsworth saw him had most of the
money with him, but soon afterwards ht
didn't. He however did come to Montpe.
lier that evening, and saw The sheriff and
Ainsworth, but was not seen himself by
them, or at least by Ainsworth. for futile
did not know the man.
Edgar was taken toCalais and on the hear
ing, at which Messrs, Plumley and Garlic
ton appeared for the state and j. D. Living
Ston for the respondent, was discharged
there being no evidence against him. The
other two brothers had meantime gone
north with rapidly, Oscar giving a man
ten dollars to start with him the night af-
ter the Ainsworth interview.
Last Thursday Sheriff Tuttlc, being
confused as to Jurisdictions, started fol-
Canada, intent on the somewhat improba-
BILE arrest of parties domiciled in the
queen dominions. When futile got to
St. Johnsbury he got off the cars TO refresh
his eyes with vision of the plain and
when there was seen by an humble deni-
zen of Hardwick. one Tuck Bridgman,
who had got beyond the eye of Esq. Jude
vine for few moments.
Now Tuck" was on thoughts of his
own intent, but what they were is one Of
those things no Teller can find out-any
more than county and supreme courts have
been able to determine some other little
matters. Whether he was working fol
Burnap and wanted to haul in the game
himself or whether no wanted the Dodges
to get away is thing known to himself
but at any rate one Hunter who saw him
at St. Johnsbury, and who went by the
same train Sheriff futile was on to Derby
Line went with information from Bridg-
man that the officers were on track of the
Dodges.
The brotherhood meantime had bought
for six hundred dollars the grocery of one
IO'Rourke 1T Starstead Plain and had also
bought them team. They were boarding
at Foster hotel in Rock Island, just across
the line in Canada and between Derby
Line and Stanstead Plain. Thursday
evening Hunter made his appearance at
Fosters hotel and proceeded to inform
the clerk (Fostor being away that the
Dodges had been committing depredations
and the officers were on their track. The
Dodges either overheard Hunter or were
told by the clerk who was their boon COM
panion, and they at once started for the
Plain, got O'Rourke out of bed and sold
him back the grocery for two hundred
dollars.
Edgar concluded not to take part in the
coming northern fight and is supposed tc
have shaken the dust of the Dominion
from his feet and returned to his native
land whose courts had already "vindicat-
ed" him. But at eleven O clock Thursday
night Oscar and Charles took their team
and departed for Shcrbrookc, thirty miles
away and in the INTERIOR
Sheriff futile when he arrived mt Derby
Line found his birds were within wing
ing" distance and knowing Of no Other
Hunter on the track was both amazed anC
disguised when he found the real condition
of affairs. But he found Friday that there
was high-constable in Sherbrooke by the
name of Loomis who was said to be {
sharp officer, II report that the seque
showed was n true one. a telegram t.
Ioomis resulted in the arrest of Oscar ant
Charles in Sherbrooke on Friday and theil
Imprisonment in iail, presumably for SOM
offence committed in Canada. At any RAFT
Saturday afternoon they were taken int
court in Sherbrooke and couple of re
volvers which they carried about them
confiscated. But though carrying conceal
ed weapons is crime and would hav,
subjected them to II couple Of months i'm
r prisonment there Constable LOOMS die
not see fit to prefer any complaint agains
them. Meantime Sheriff futile had com
municated with the prisoners being in ont
of his persuasive moods, and the resul
was that soon afterwards he had an oppor
tunity to arrest them this side of the Can.
ada line and returned with them Monday
noon to Montpelier where they are now
lodged in Jail awaiting hearing before q
magistrate which will he had on Thurs.
day.
Sheriff futile got with his prisoners
some money and their team which arrived
Tuesday driven by Charles Alexander who
went to Stanstead last week. Monday
night Sheriff futile, accompanied by
Jailer Dudley, took Oscar from the Jail tc
Calais where the latter had buried wal
let containing the Gray notes. Oscar
found the place in the woods bya certain
log-pile, unearthed the wallet which had
become rather damp and mouldy and the
party returned to Montpelier before day
when the notes on being taken out and
dried were found to be all safe and right.
Our sheriff is certainly entitled to credit
for the'success of his Canadian expedition,
which looked at the outset good deal like
n wild-goose chase with the goose in pur-
suit. He accords much praise to Constable
Loomis of Sherbrooke. Now that he has
caught his men and has little leisure, we
presume he will devote his spare time to
the study of international law and the ex