The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04

The county Jail is accommodating more
prisoners than have been within its walls
for some time. Besides the four alleged
fish pirates Of whose arrest our Addison
and Nergennes correspondents tell, there
are Mrs. Catlin of Goshen. awaiting trial
for the murder of her husband; j. G..
Flint and Charles Blair. ARRESTED for burg
larry and robbery in Hancock. and Rich
ard Ryan, charged with assaulting
woman with an aX ut Waltham.
Last Sunday morning Constable Arson
w. Frost of Cornwall arrested a suspi-
cious character and put him in Jail here.
He said his name was Clinton d. Bemis,
that he lived in Plainfield and that he was
the son of Seneca S. Bemis of that town.
He stopped on the morning of the arrest
at a Frenchman's near Mr.. Frost's to get
his horse fed. The Frenchman thought
something was wrong and directed Bemis
to farmer living still nearer Mr.. Frost,
where he would be likely to find grain.
The Frenchman then went after Mr..
Frost. Bemis did not stop at the house
to which he had been directed, but went
on past it. lie had previously said that
he came from over the mountains and
had asked the way to New York. Mr..
Frost overlook him near Henry belongs.
in Shoreham, and told him he had better
wait and feed his horse. which showed
signs of overdriving. Bemis expressed a
willingness to have the horse fed, but
said he had better 90 on afoot. Mr..
Frost thereupon put him under arrest.
Bemis drove a valuable horse.' In his
wagon was found box of jewelrv. and
in his pocket new revolver and box of
cartridges. Bemis is about % years of
age. 1t was suspected that he had
stolen the horse. wagon and iewelry and
was trying to get away. kilograms were
sent to Montpelier and Plainlield, and on
Wednesday Deputy Sheriff l.. p. Barron
of Orange county came for the prisoner.
A iewclry store and the postoflice at
Corinth were recently robbed and it is
supposed that Bemis was one of the
thieves. The young mans father and 5.
c. Shurtlcil, Il Montpelier lawyer, came
with the officer, who took the prisoner
away. There is ground for believing
Bcmis had companion and he admitted
that Il man named Ieavitt had come part
way with him. The following. from
the Bristol correspondence of the Free
Press. is interesting in this connection:
" Ed Hines was in the village Saturday
evening and between ten and eleven he
started for Newell Hills, for whom he
works. When he arrived there he thought
he discovered light in the barn, and he
Immediately went to the barn and looked
in, but could see no light. He stepped
inside and as he did so the light from 4
dark lantern was flashed in his face. He
jumped to one side and as the party went
to 90 out Hines made for him and seized
him by the throat. He then dragged
him out of the barn and called Mr.. Hill.
The fellow said his name was Henry
Howard, that he lived in Washington,
Vt, and that he went into the barn with
the intention of stealing feed of oats
for his horse, which was ten rods this side
of Mr.. Hills, in charge of his partner.
The fellow begged and pleaded so hard
that Mr.. Hill finally let him go. lie was
seen by several persons afterwards ma
king lively time towards Bristol village.
1t is thought his partner got frightened
and left with his team. 1t is also thought
his partner is the man Bemis, who was
arrested near Shoreham Sunday morning.
as the description given of the horse and
buggy tally with the turnout seen by
MIR. Hill, when he was on his way home
from the village Il half-hour before the
above happened"