, 1880-08-16
TOM SltOC1iET.F.
Disappearance OF n Noted Vermont
St0ct1-Drnfnr.


Disappearance OF n Noted Vermont
Stoct1-Drofnr.
Special EorrssDs,,llt,ses or 7At Chicago Tribune.
alit,'l.ELtl:Y, VT, Atg. 1..-VerMontfs
Nutel S!ne.-,lrorer, "Tum" s;hockeit, Ii
inlssinI, a,ld Nil Efforts to discover his
whereabouts huye iniled. Ife went from
Nermnnt to Boston, will, several car-lonlls
Of stuck, on Nursay, I}ug. =. mid, after SELL
f'is out Ills s;uck,-lur which llo Is SUPPOSED
to l'uvo received ab0ltt s5,000,-antl collect
E,s Other BILLS due lin, hc wsls seen taking a
carriaep,-tho train fur Ills lome i'll Vermont
lsHviGE left mary nll hour previous. This is
tho last scpsl of HIN by u1ly Ut hIs fric,Ills; !;
allta. MS lie Is Thought to hayo latl between
SlD, ,oG0 nzl sec, ,0uN nbont Ills person, {tars nre
entertained by 6olllo that ho has been robbed
md m,lrdrMtt.
"Tom'' Shorlett, MS llp is fam!llarly known
throughout Vermont aid Northern New
I0rl', Is II lilnn Mho1,t As yrnrs Of age; short
anil tllcl;-set: height about feet inches !;
weighs nearly 200 pounds; hn6 n full face,
light Cunltlcxio1l, chlM-wlliskcrs; wears II
fine set Of fa!su teeth, which are lro,nlnent
wilcli laaghlng or conyorstng. liz Is Of
Frcnc]. extraction. Ills atock.trunsactlons
were of n magnitude only restricted by Ills
opportunities. Ills daily purchases were not
lIern known 10 renss ~ Iigi, III W Slo'ix0.
ShgcEgtt prlllctl himself on Keeping his word,
nnh Ills fllilct!cr, extending over Ii uerltl Of
thirty yeitrs. eiye hl,H Erent opportunities to
sSnsa sSts III 5 S'g ~ prSs,ty wt @ @ sSif wHt parj
pny f0r n!cEl OIL Ills return from market; md,
Us It w:ls known tint tlH was dealing lnrguly
H. different SECTIONS ur tho State,
when l'o rc'sarsed that ''lle wits sflort
this week ind desired Il WGel3s eretlit,H 1t
WtlS CtItprfttflY rixtnl.
II Is tuul.u illat many with whom lsc dealt
art' now Ills creditors III this way,--0lie Adj
tlknn Comfy fnrn,er having s22,Ou0 vi. Stuck
leAra!lru; nfnl these creditors do l!ot liave
1ni! III tho theory thnt lie ilas r0blcil M1ltt
murdered. ShuckHtt's friends nre nnking
every etfnrt tn discover so1llu ctew ta tie
missing, ,na,', md his Gted!tor4, nro equally
village Of Mtlldleblry Is the residence Ut A[r.
ShGekctt, with IL linz farm attached, wrr0
he las leeN aeG,,;toneslM IT, t. dispelsc TUG most
EcI|';csul's hospitality. This property Is new
1t Is thought by sollo that l,oeisctt lt.ls be-
tallel, himself to thu City Ut Ctl!csgt, Though
the GROUNDS for this arn not given, except
That he may desire to ol'erate In live stuck ut
Many people. are fantltar witt, tic fan,ous
sSuIt brought, Dy S!lockett aga!lst Ge0rgo
Hn1nmnnt. ut MIdsilebury,-a son Of Edwin
llalnmoinl.. FettIont's 1lutrd Sl'1nish-Aieritt,
ShEEit-uIEENtIt-ll WHICH 1lAlltHtB I0F ADlliH
~, ,0v0 wers cln,neti fur ll;tlb!l0tt's alleged
Legitimate paternity. Of SIlogketts ,wEfe's
nIaat 'a,i , s9 Ile les1'l battle tougl1t BY the
lasting .suyeral .yuais, eI!led III thu tin,t-
etnl ruin Of Hammond a'u \ serious
1nroaa upon the, fortunes of Shock
ett. Ills wife, WHO was a., yuty
handsome woman, elldeavored to obtain i.
divorce, whel, S!lockett, ,slcceetiel i'll le-
fcatlnE until nrter tho tleuth Of uamnlnittls
first wife nna his subsequent lnarriagu 70 !,
widow Ut high standing, when Siiurkctt
permitted llls. wife to pbfain n divorce; al.ti
she, utter residing 4 short tlnle III tue Town
nf Nuw llavcn,. ul'liM cAnle tuto u0turety BY
tile laewspnpar-,lrcuuits OF her eO,n!ilellt
viii, II ,snarrigtl cItlzeI. Of TINT town, Shortly
ntter, llcr. tiiyurcs, Slockctt married II Indy
also tutl beell divorced from iler husband Il
Hl!ort TING beforc; and, inter less tim, two
years Ut I1nrr!ed ille, cMhItterAI By ti.e H.
temperate hnbl.A Of Elia partner, Sllocgett OH
talnetl, y few WY months since, y divorce from
ha.s Ind something to 10 M!th Its ,llsaD-
pearaIlrc. VI:l.MoSTEtL