Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-10-26
LODGED g JAIL.
GEORGE T. RICHARt% Y ARRESTED
ON FOUR c = IT'S.
Charged with stealth 'wo Diamond
Rings and ii Bicycle al -, iith breaking
Into II store partiall, G. mits His cunt
Popular Young Nan 10 Very WRONG

noOSki avenue was given a cell in the jail
! Monday night The writs by virtue of which
he was arrested charge him with the follow
. ing offences:
Burglarizing Phelps sporting goods store.
Stealing two diamond rings valued at
| Sl25 and SO, respectively
Stealing bicycle, cost SllO.
On the warrant alleging the latter charge
he was alraigncd in City Court. waived cN
animation and was held in $500 bail, his
mother. Mrs T. c. Richardson, becoming
surety for him.
Young Richardson's arrest will cause no
little surprise. BY the young people he is
well and faVorablv known. He was an at
tendaut of Il church; went TO socablcS and
was considered one of the most exemplary
young men in the city. Having pleasant
wavs Il good education and being AN agree
able companion. he secured great many
friends lie is good looking. with dark hair
and dark brown. keen eyes, though with all
these personal characteristics, there is some
thing about him Indicative Of slvncss to one
whosc dut, it = to- dead with criminals He
worked ou and of at Mr. Mem, photograph
Studio on College street Hi, sneak thief
game j, now up H." conlcs~cs that he is
guilty Of the crimes @ith which he is charged
and his only excuse for thcm is that he had
nplIlIlE lb 'V'.
The attention of the authorities was first
tlra wn to him. a few weeks since. when
FitzsmmonS BOY was arrested for breaking
into MIR. Phelps store. the boy having at
the time meerchaum pipe which Mr..
Phelps identified as one stolen from him.
FitzSimmons proved that he bought the pipe
of Young Richardson. who was summoned to
police headquarters. There he found State :
Attorney Cushn8n and Chief Dumas.
Richardson told them that he purchased the
pipe of a fellow whom he met on the train
between th, city and Essex Junction. II"
further stated that the fellow wa, drunk.
The story had a queer look but Richardson
bore such a good reputation and appeared
so well that it wa, accepted and, awaiting
new developments. lie was allowed to 90.
He next came to Chief Dumas notice
Saturday, willie the latter was passing Mr..
iia%&r's hardware store on College street.
7IeanWhiIc Il Young man had lost his bicv
lie. The fact was given to Mr.. Dumas
aon% with the number of the wheel As he
came toward the store Young Richardson
lartcd OIL on bicycle. Glnucing quickly
but carefully he saw that the wheel
nswered the description of the one lost so he
hasrd Richardson hut could not get near
him. \ call at his house and the identitica-
ton and seizure Of the bicycle folowcd:
likewise the young man 5 arrest Monday.
Young Richardson told a story similar to
he ril,n yarn lie rioinnd that me had hired
he Ljrvrln of = trllnyy whose uat,e he could
not quit" recall. etc. Mr. Dumas said To
hm that the circumstance, surrounding
both th" pipe aud the bicycle made it lool,
suspicious, for him, and suggested that he
richardson might hc one Of the robbers
Won Joo.t t5inl n,,to,nd Mr.. pbnh.'
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