Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23
BOLD BURGLARS
Enter Several BrattlebOrO
Houses,

Priced Personal Effects. aud Freely
Testing the Cookery at various Other
Domicies.
Burglars entered the house of Col Kit
tredge Haskins on Terrace street Monday
night and carried away q valuable gold
watch, chain and charm belonging to him,
nearly SO I'm money from his pocket. and
a gold watch belonging to Mrs Haskins
! Col. and Mrs. Haskius returned at 10
o clock Monday night from a short stay at
/ Block Island, and the indications are that
/ the burglars watched their movements
! from outside the house. Very soon after
/ entering the house Col. Hasklns wound
| the tall clock standing in the dining-room,
/ and consulted his gold watch as he set the
/ clock, while Mrs, Haskns went into the
! bedroom adjoining, where she removed the
/ ribbon which she had worn with her own
watch and arranged some articles in a bu-
reau drawer Both went upstairs almost
Immediately, but they read Tor an hour
and did not retire until about midnight
Col. Haskins placed his watch close by
the head of the bed. as was his custom
and when he reached tor it on waking in the
1 morning found 1t gone. He at once sus-
pecled robbery, felt III his pocket for his
wallet, and found that also gone. The
wallet was found on the mantel in the din
ing-room badly torn, and emptied of its
contents
There was at first some doubt as to how
access TO the house had been gained. 1t
proves, however. that the entrance was
made 10y the window ~ q china closet
which opens from the dining-roOm. This
window was filed by a wire screen which
fitted closely. and requires some force TO
slide up. Marks were found where some
instrument had been used in an attempt to
pry OF a strip at the side The print of
foot was discovered on the shelf al the win
dow and gravel on the floor The door OF
the china closet fasteus by "a nook. but
Mrs. Haskius untasteucj 30 on going Tor "a
lumber after reaching home and neglected
TO tasten Do again. There were marks on
hall window which showed that attempts
were also made 10 force an entrance there.
Appearances show that very careful and
deliberate search of THE house was made.
A tail wax candle standing iu the parior
had been lighted and there were drippu-s
showing where DO had been carried The
drawer, Of the dressing case 90 which Mr..
Hasl,lu- wen. Iu the Downstairs sleeping
room had been thoroughly rausackel. and
10 wa, evident from the way certain papers
We're treated that the burglars had an eve
Ogi for bonds or other similar ya.uaults.
A diamond pin was left on the pin cushion
Oh the dressing case, and lu one drawer
was cameo SET which fortunately was
overlooked Ia tine dluug-roum the side
board had been carefully explored and the
s.iyerware looked over, but no pieces were
taken, perhaps because % was all engraved
with initials. IN Col. and Mrs. Haskins' s
chamber there was evidence of other eN-
piorauons, but the only articles taken were
those named. In three or four unoccupied
sleeping rooms partly burned matches were
scattered on the floor showing that the
burglars went through all those rooms
They undoubtedly tried 10 leave the house
I 10y the kitchen door. but found u locked.
the key being al "a ueiguu0r S. where ID had
/ been kept while Col. and Mrs Haskius
were away. From the appearance OF the
front door it is probable thar they went
out as they came IN, through the china
closet window
Col. Haskius 5 watch was very valuable,
and was especially priced hy uim With
the charm and chain the cost wa, about
>2-i. Mrs. Haskins philosophically SAYS
tina, She still has the most valuable part OF
her watch, the crystal hayiu. come out
and her husband having pa. .t In his peck
et White eu route from Block Island a
better watch belonging To Mrs Haskins
had fortunately been loaned To a relative
IN Springfield
Col. and Mrs. Haskins are both CON
WINGED that they discovered q smell of
chioroform upon their night clothing when
II was taken from the closet the next night
At the Episcopal rectory on Tyler street
the house wcs entered by q back parlor
window, and the lower rooms We're evident
~ explored by the light OF a candle Food
was taken from the pantry and the cellar
was ransacked The only articles OF value
missed were set OF Undertaking some
time after midnight Mrs Collins thought
sine heard some one upon the stairs and
called TO her husband who was sleeping in
another room. but without awakening him
Doubtless her call prevented further depre-
datlons
The burglars also visited Fred Putnam S
at the Bradley cottage on North street
They entered through the pantry window
and took half loaf OF cake and two bot
ties of wine from the refrigerator There
Is nothing 10 show that they went beyond
the pantry. The burglars also prowled
about other houses. Mrs. y l. Hawlev
thought she heard somebody Try to raise
a window and mysterious movements We're
heard at ". II. Minors. Dr.. Hamilton !.
;. B. kmerson's and possibly other houses.
When the family OF Rev. j. H. Babbitt
arose Monday morning they found that
their house had been entered during the
night, The only articles taken were bread
from the pantry and butter and cream
from the refrigerator which stood in the
shed. 1t is not certain how the house was
entered, as it was not very securely fasten-
ed. The pantry window is covered by q
large screen and an attempt had been made
TO pry II up with a silver plated table knife
the blade OF which was broken and the end
left under the screen. the burglars not no.
ticing, evidently. that the screen was fast
ened by nail driven in close 70 where they
attempted TO force il with a knife The
broken knife was found in the refrigerator,
lying on the butter-pate with butter on
the blade, Mrs. Babbitt was uneasy dur
ing the night with a feeling that somebody
was about or in the house. and lighted
lamp at 1910. Just at that time she
heard the peculiar click made by the door
entering from the dining-room into the
! kitchen. The same night noises were
heard about the premises of l. L. Fisher.
Mrs {. r. Evans and l. II. Stelmann
1t happens, strangely, that a house was
! broken into at Bellows Falls Monday night,
| three at Athol the same night: while there
have been several burglaries recently at
North Adams. The house of VIM. Skinner,
a wealthy Holyoke man, was burglarized
wednesday evening while the family was
at supper and diamonds and iewelry worth
$1,000 taken from the rooms of MI Skin
ner's daughters on the second floor.