Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-12
A RDEROlS BURGLAR,
EXCITING AFFAIR AT MiODLEBURY.
4 Postolicc Eobbcr, Foilcd in his nder-
taking, Attempts to Kill II Policeman
-Dther News of Interest from
all Parts of Vermont.


An attempt was made to roD the post
Office at Nildlpburv early Thursday morn
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roundS' ms dog smoked ont man VINO
was concealed under the stairway ut the
north end of the postofJicr building in Phil
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ulScoNereu iHc DurEIar cr'eu' rod "
You. Clay Dick, m gong to Shoot YOU
and ne fired at Officer Dickinson over the
biub tnrc, which snn,,rtnd thr;n nt the
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was inside 'he olIce I" come "ul. FROM
the stairway Officer DicNrn~pn tried tore
turn the burglai''. fire bG, his rc-
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N"Fh Pr'l,''I\' NS ma" '"''" "!t"
nj me oihrcf. Wip ii'lhlll NNCc"tIc'i III
sending two bullets after hihl, "Ut WIN
ont eilctt 80 i"r H. i YET ltdlheQ. ne
man who had been IN tnt ONCE having
NOW Jumped from an open window the
two burglars made on toEethGr' ijckth-
son beinG prevented by tue hlEh renee
IRON making an etlectUI pursuit; ne
hlghl WdtCMihah gave lht alarm ana mel,
pi-tT"c1 ma" ~ DnaplliIit VIZ "iHu9r''
ny teitPhuhe. re haSttheu 10 tnt NliilgH
~ ilo9e mttcil Ni'S 'iirf NrpI w '.Ii'
hlter lnt 90" 'It'i Iit lVlt ipr .lr ,oit IL, u,
nllt no one tuoH uhe tralii ii ,i'i nelc al'u Iio
VI tI'c Wrlt in,
tha ,un U-rS thot smoke to him and shot nt
him 4 window in the north end of the
office and another i'm the rear were found
to he omen Nothing was stolen. but the
pllrE'Hra MGrt tNi,til,H Try III ~ i uiTHh 1
DickcnSOn's approach. They had ham
merei of the dial from the safe door
and were probably still At work on that
part of the safe when discovered. The
blacksmith shops of Frank Lucia and
Loren Howard had been broken OPEN ana
from The latter the slcdLe hammer used
was taken \ large stone was also left in
the o.lice, and it is probable that this was
mut!el and placed upon the dial, when
the ledge was brought into play upon the
safe wa, 50 diSawangeG that it could not
be opened and Postmaster Hammond
telegraphcd iOr an expert to come on and
open it. \ close watch is being kept for
the burglars. but rs yet without success
Only last spring he office was burgarz-
ed and about fifty dollars in stamps
and money stolen. Then also an unsUc-
cessful attempt was made to crack the
safe. No clue 10 the perpetrators of that
burglary has ever been obtained.
The vrpstlinr match nt school houSp
hall, "Wednesday evening, between !. l..
Matthew'S of RiDton and c. H. Dustin of
Rethnl was a wriI contested and Very in
trrestinr exhibition. Dustin won. after
a hard STRUGGLE Dustin vninpd the first
fail in nineteen minutes. Matthews taking
fhr srcnud. throwing Dustin three times
in seven minutes. but not so as to he
nvardpd a fall mill thp third time and
Dustin won the third and decisive fan in
nine minutes The audience was small
VilInrr nnlitics is already hoomiup i'm
nnticipnti0n of the annual election in Jan
nary. and there are several persons who
would like to be elected collector, but
won't be. Randall Hammond, son OF
Postmaster George Hammond, started
Wednesday morning for Meriden, Conn
where he will be connected with an nsur
ancr office
Nothing has been found in the way of ;
cine which is likely to lead to the identit,
of the nostoftice bIIrrlnrs There may b,
some reasons for suSnrctinp certain mar
tirs mi where those nartirs may he M th,
nrp.nnt momrut is wholly n mystery
Friday morning m eyDert safr.mnke
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