Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-27

NJ postage stamps. l replaced the par
|, left the mill and went straight TO
ther and told him everything. About
le time was telling my story the man
,ith the washing machine was attend
" funeral in the outskirts of the town
nd showing as much emotion as any one
the bereaved. Father was as pale as
ghost and all of a-tremble when | had
nished. He knew must be telling the
truth, and yet he replied to me:
Sam, you want to be mighty CAREFUL
Il you've been dreaming all this. I'll
I'VE you the awfulest licking a boy ever
ot!
convinced him that had been very
wide awake all the time, and he was
more frightened than l. He was afraid
Of the law, afraid of Mr.. White and
rfraid that he would somehow be blamed
for the affair. | don't know what
course would have been pursued but for
mother. He had just commanded me not
to lisp a word to her when she came into
the room and demanded to know what
was going on. She got the story, and
father tried to make her promise to keep
quiet until he could see his way clear,
but she replied:
George, you don't want to have any
thing to do with this case. YOU are half
scared to death already, and you will be-
tray yourself and let that scoundrel es-
cape. Just leave everything to me, and
I'll warrant you land him in state
prison"
Mother was the 'better man." as the
-, al c,N 10 90
That afternoon she drove over to the
county seat and gave the sheriff all tho
particulars. He put couple of his best
deputies to watch the mill day and night,
and mother, a third deputy and myself
agreed to watch Mr., Whites movements
about the inn. Nothing occurred to dis
turb him in the slightest. Four or five
days after l discovered him at the mill
he delivered an evening lecture on the
subject of temperance and morality, and
dozens of our citizens congratulated
/ themselves on the fact that he was to be-
come resident among us. 1t was full
three weeks after the bank robbery be-
fore he made another move. Then he
left his room by night and in disguise.
The deputy and tried to trail him, but
he was too fly" for us, though he did not
know we were after him. Believing he
would make for the mill to bring in his
plumber, we fastened to TIE locality and
gave the alarm to the watchers.
1t was his intention to call at the mill
but he had other business first He en-
tered the house of IA justice of the peace
by way of Il window ransacked it from
top to bottom without disturbing any
body and secured 5000 in cash, gold
watch and some articles of jewelry. 1t
was midnight when he arrived at the
mil, and not move was made until he
was leaving it. Then he was nahbed
with all the plumber. He had, as we
subsequently discovered, made hiding
place in the chimney CT his room at the
inn, and was going to deposit everything
there.
Mr.. White made no resistance when
the men sprang out upon him. On the
contrary, he was very passive. He sat
down on an old saw log and expressed
his deep sorrow and lasting grief that he
should be suspected of anything. He
quoted Scripture; he exhorted; he for
gave. Then he made break for liberty
and had he not fallen over me as | tried
to get out of his way he might have got
clean off. When roped and handcuffed
he betrayed his true character and his
blasphemy was something appalling
He was so neatly trapped that it was a
clear case from the start, and the jury
which tried him did not leave their
seats.
He got twenty years in prison. and il
is still remembered in the town how he
cursed judge and jury and vowed to get
even. The inn still stands. with its sigl
swinging in the winds, and in the attic is
, the washing machine which played sucf
an important part in introducing Mr.
White to the people of Glendale. The
merchant and the banker both rewarded
> me. The first named presented me witt
a shilling straw hat; the second with two
, punches of tirecraclIers for Fourth o
,Tuly