Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-03

Sheriff Sulloway of Caledonia county
came to the city Friday morning and, IN
company with Chief Dumas, later in tho
day arrested one Gabriel Ghoor, q Syrian,
on the charge of numbering another Syrian
named John Abbott
Sheriff Sulloway took Ghoor to St
Johnsbury Saturday morning
Ghoor is pack peddler and so was Alb
bot. Ono day last December, as near as
Ghoor can remember, so he says, he, III
company with Abbott, left Montpelier,
going to Barre on the cars. From
there they tramped toward Groton,
stopping one night en- route. Tho
second day they secured lodging at a
house in the town of Groton, which they
came to about o'clock in the afternoon.
After resting short while they started to
20 to a saw mill some three miles across
country to sell some of their wares. Snow
covered the ground to the depth of two
feet or more, making travelling diihcult.
A road led through the woods to the mill,
but it had been abandoned and was at that
time rarely ever travelled. They journeyed
on into the woods. Darkness overlook
them when they were midway through
the forest and they lost their
way, wandering around in the woods
for several hours At midnight they
gave up all hope of getting out OF the
woods that night. With one match, Abbott
started small fire, which he managed to
keep alive for half an hour or so, but it
finally went out. They were tired out and
chilled from their long exposure. Ghoor be
ing more feeble than Abbott, the latter told
the former to stay there and he would try
and find the mill; get help and come back
after him. With this intention Ghoor
SAYS Abbott left him, since which time
Abbott has not been seen. Ghoor strayed
in the woods till morning, when he founc
his way to the mill. He stayed there
four days He neither heard OF
saw Abbott and told his story
to several of those whom he saw as
well as he could, going thence to Grotot
village and then to Montpelier. GhooI
talks English poorly but this is the sub
stance of his story Sheriff Sulloway, il
speaking for the authorities, said that the
investigation leads them to believe Abbott
was murdered, and duplicates Ghoor, VIII
has told several different stories about tn
affair. 1t is supposed that Abbot
had $40 or $40 in money
His brother Mitchell Abbott, who lives il
North Adams, Mass, heard OF his disap
pearance through another pack-pedder
April /. and he Immediately came to Yer
mont and acquainted States Attorne.
Bates Of Caledonia county with the facts
Mr. Bates, with the brother, went to Gro
ton, and with others searched the woods
They found the missing peddler's pacl
and a short distance further on
handkerchief, but as yet the bod
has not been recovered, although men il
the neighborhood adjoining the woods {
the number Of so are still diligently search
ing. The people there at the time, MI
Sulloway said, were suspicious that Ghoo
had put his co-peddler to death, but none c
them moved in the matter. They are cor
siderably interested in the case now and ar
aiding the officers in every possible way
Mitchell Abbott, after talking with Ghooi
states that he is fairly well educated. Fort
dollars is lot OF money in the eyes Of
Syrian. Ghoor admits that he sold Abbot
some goods few hours before Abbott LEI
him, and when Abbott paid him he saw b
money, which included bills.