Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-07-20
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
HINSDALB, N. II.
nnrrlnrs at Work.

p.,r.,lars have not overlooked Hinsdale
.. D .%air rounds as will be seen from what
~ H1 ,' some time during the day last
sunday. the house of VIM. Akeley on
prs,tlaboio road was entered by the screen
+, ,la pautry window being removed. Mr..
I'd Mrs. Akley were away. The invaders
" ".',-4l mahogany work box and a gold
S,- lint we're evidently frightened away.
. .bs ring was found in the hall, and they
.a .la front door open. Sunday night
A.. and Mrs. G.. A. Robertson on Canal
-'rsat were awakened 10y hearing some one.
.tbs, thought, open the front door. which
r,. unlocked. and go up stairs, but not
barring anything more no investigation
,,. made Their house is lighted bv
.rs,.rc.,y from the paper mill, but on ac-
..,,n- of the low water the dynamo was
Wv. r1puing until II o'clock, when the
I,t.. flashed on: whether this or the bur
,,r. avoke them, Mr.. and Mrs. Robertson
cannot say. but there was surely some
,rs I'm the house at this time, for F. l..
,+bam. night Waterman at the Amdon
NIL saw a man in the parlOr at Mr.. Rob
a,t.or's. but thought it some one in the
hmfIy He however started down that
yQV went
lawn the street. 1t must have been soon
after TIM, that II. NJ. Wilder and w. O.
,mtlon were returning from drive and
n. Mr. Wilder neared his house he saw the
Kitchen window open and man inside.
A. he started towards the window the man
made a dive for the kitchen door. which
he had unlocked, and escaped down the
Street. Mr.. Wilder called Mr.. Amidor,
and they both gave chase, but the fellow
hal a GOOD start and they lost sight of him.
Mr. Wilder got good look at the fellow
and say, he could identify him anywhere.
On thi, same night, but probably later,
,ls house of John Johnson on Mortified
street wa, entered and two watches stolen.
Tile burglars gained entrance through a
window In the sitting room and then went
into the room where Mr.. and Mrs. johnson
were sleeping and took the watches from a
mantle piece near the head of the bed.
blew on. the light which was left burning,
and departed. Mrs. II. Z. Shaw, Brattle-
boro street, also heard some one around
the house and spoke to her husband,
which evidently frightened them away for
Mr. Shaw found nothing disturbed, only
the blinds to their bedroom window had
been opened, which was evidently what
Mrs. Shaw heard. This was about =
o'clock The burglars are thought to be
two fellows who were about the town last
week selling an attachment to lamp burn
ers for the description which Mr.. Wilder
gives of the man he saw tallies exactly
with one OF these fellows, and the same
men were in Brattleboro Tuesday trying to
dispose Of two watches, which are prob
ably the ones taken at Mr.. JOhnson's.
Messrs Amdon and Wilder went to Brat
tleboro Tuesday in search of the fellows
AMI found them quietly resting on a seat in
the rear of the railroad station. AS Wilder
and Amidon approached the fellows they
evidently recognized them and suddenly
disappeared among the many freight car,
in the station yard, and as it was getting
dusk all attempts to find them proved
fru.tless. 1t is hoped they may be caugh
and Justice meted out to them.