The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-13
Capture of a Horse Thief.

a Malone On. W correspondent, -.
X. s., writes us as follows under date
of Saturday last:
On Saturday. the 9th of October, a
young man hired a horse for a short
drive of Geo. ID. Hinman of New Haven.
Through some 'inadvcrtence' the young
man failed to return the rig as agreed
upon. The owner thereupon issued hand
bills, describing the thief and Offering $50
for the recovery of the property. This
morning at an early hour. the said
young man. who proved to be Sherry f.
Langdon. Il native of New Haven or Vi
cinty. was arrested by one of Sheriff
Folsom's deputies. in the adjoining town
of Constable, and, after Il brief eXamina-
ton. was lodged in our county Jail. Mr..
lInman was here at the time of the ar
rest. but Iangdon refused to recognize
him and declared that he never saw him
before. All the property was recovered
except the horse. which the thief had sold
to a dealer, and it had been sent to an
Eastern market, The thief got S35 for
the animal and S3l of it was found in
his pockets and taken from him. 1t is
said that Langdon brought another rio
here some time ago, and sold it to Il rela-
tive of his, aud as it answers the descrip-
ton of one stolen at Proctor. near Rut-
land, and for which S25 reward is offered
the sheriff has gone today to take pos.
session of it. This is Il bad place fol
Vermont horse thieves to come to.
Under date of Nov. 10 the same cores
pondent gives us the following addition
al information:
Spouse to Il telegram from Sheriff Fol
som, arrived here on Monday evening to
look after his lost property. The sheriff
had already taken it into its possession
it having been purchased by Harrison
Iangdon of Bangor for the sum of Sl07.
80. Mr.. Stiles found his little white
mare, the top buggy. the silver-platec
harness and even the old stub whip. all il
good condition. and precisely as des
cribed on the postal cards he sent out
Langdon was taken before Justice VIII
lard Tuesday morning. and Mr.. Stile.
fully identified him as the man to whom
he let the rig late on the afternoon OF
July 30, for drive of two or three miles
and also testified that the property in the
hands of the sheriff was his. Langdon',
only defense was that he purchased it o.
a stranger in Rutland. OF course, the
Justice sent him back to Jail to answer
later for this otfense also. 1t is moi
known whether his friends will get a Ie
| QUESTION from the governor of this Stat,
and take him to Vermont for trial. Ii,
says he prefers to be tried here. WheI
Mr.. Stiles called at the Jail to interview
the prisoner previous to the examination
Langdon failed to recognize him and sale
he never saw him before. lie claims tina
he took the usual route to this vicinity
after he purchased" the property. stop
ping at Middlebury to bait" but he
could not remember what hotel h,
stopped at. MIR. Stiles is pleased to ge
his property again into his possession
and to find it in so good condition. ant
will pay over the reward of S25 Offered
for it and S25 reward offered for the ar
rest of the thief. without making any pro
test. And he will return by the over
land route, behind the little gray mare
while her former "owner" languishe
behind the prison bars, with good pros
pect of being convinced before he is GU
of the bad scrape he is in, that the wa,
of the transgressOr is hard one.