Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-12-12
SENT TO JAIL.
ARREST OF TWO MES BELIEVED TO RAyE BEN
CONNECTED WITH TIE BELLOWS FALLS POST
OFTICE RoBBERY.

ARREST or TWO MIN BELIEVED TO RAyE BEEN
CONNECTED WITH TIE BELLOWS FA1Ls POST
OFFICE Robbery.
Last Friday night two men who are suspected Of
having been concerned IL the robbery Of the post
once At Bellows Pals on the night before Thalksgy
ing were arrested ~ Greenfield, Mass. On Saturday
morning they were brought TO Bratehoro and 10 tue
afternoon their examination before Judge Tyler. a.
United ststes commissioner, begun. Monday
morning they waived further examination and In de.
fault Of SlO0J bail each were taken by o. s. Marshal
Henry TO the House OF Correction al Rutland Tor
keeping.
Tue rst that Is known OF these men IN this vicinity
they appeared a. tue Avenue House 10 Bellows Fails
Saturday, Nov. y, registering a. A. H. STARK aud
and osteusible business and Kept their room most
Of the time. The landlord, Mr.. Macdonald, became
suspicious Of them, aud on Tuesday demanded pay
ment Of their hin They professed surprise aud said
they had no ready money, but STARK drew check for
81 on the Berkshire National bank OF Nurtn Adams
Mass, and 10 Mac Donald's presence eEclosed It 10
Harris Scott Of North Adams with letter ask
ing them 90 sign tue check charge TO his account and
return It TO Mr. Mac DonAld. II atterward appeared
that stark tahas SCOTT, by tue mail sent postal
card to the postmaster At North Adams, telling him
that such letter had been sent thst t intended
for him, and asking 10 have It forwarded 10 his
address at BrattleborU. To this card he signed his
real name A. II. Scott The letter was returned a.
requested and Is now IN the possession OF Inspector
LAmson.
From Bellows Falls the men came to Brattleboro
arriving Tuesday night aud registering the Ameri-
House as A. Il. Scott aud ". j. Watson. Here,
too, they had no apparent business, aud kept their
room most OF the time. They visited two three
blacksmith Hhope, including Baileys Elliot street
and the narrow-gauEe shop under the bank. Thurs
day morning the men did not appear at breakfast aud
were not seen at the hotel until noon. on Friday
they left for the SOUTH giving order at post
ONCE, under the names Of A. II. Scott and W. j. Self
ridge, TO have their mail forwarded 10 Greenfield.
Considerable mail accumulated for them in the once
at Greenfield, but nothing OF them until they
appeared there last Friday night after the ONCE had
closed and asked for their mail Orders had been
given 10 "spot" them when they called and the clerk
got good look At them be handed out the letters
Their excuse for asking for the letters that hour
that they must take the night train for the Sest
An officer WAS notified, aud when they appeared TO
take the train they were arrested.
In connection with the story Of the arrest Of these
two men Il may be stated that the same day that
they appeared mere at the American House, Tuesday
NOV. 25 two men who came from the north on the 10
O'Clock train appeared a. tue BROOKS House and re-
mGined there until late Ia the evening, when they
left the clerk supposed TO take the night train for
the north. II appears, however, that they went to
the American House, where q room assigned them
adjoining that occupied by Scott aud Watson" In
both places these men registered A. h. Miller aud
}. ID. Morse Of Montreal. They remained a. the Am
ercan House till Wednesday evening, when they left
for the north.
on this same day, Wednesday, Nov. &c, two men
came 10 the Brooke House by the hye O'Clock morning
train aud registered as q. Earl and l. Andrews Of
"Montr1ll, Ont" They stAd At the hotel Till about
p ~ when they lett, going north loot, it lie be-