Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-03-21
Police Court Business.

Police Court Business.
jerry Carroll was trying to get an in
toXicated friend home from North
Walpole on Tuesday evening of last
week but INSTRUCTED the railroad tracks
so that complaint was made to Officer
Stapleton by the railroad men, who
were afraid one of the pair would get
run over. Stapleton intimated that he
would like. to have Jerry's companion
go to the police station with him, but
Jerry thought he was competent to
take care of the man as he had brought
him over from North Walpole. Staple
ton tried to pull the man away, but
Jerry won the tug of war and carried
off the trophy. Stapleton went up
street to find Chief Thompson, but
couldn't find Jerry or the other man
when he got back. He found his man
next day, and on Thursday Jerry was
brought before Justice Williams, plead
guilty to interfering with an officer and
was fined SO and co is. His drunken
arrest OF fine.
There was a nice little time Saturday
evening in Farr's block that ended in
an excursion 10 Rutland for three of
the participants. 1t was the result of
the North Walpole fiasco of March 8.
The iron roofers who were responsible
for that outbreak met John Mccormack,
one who interfered in behalf of law and
order on the occasion, and began dis
cussion of the affair. John invited
them into his room to talk over the
scrape and in the course of the CONVEX
sation he was invited to put on the
gloves. He declined, and the three be-
gan to punch him, at first with boxing
gloves and then with their bare
knuckles. When it got to that stage of
the game Richard Penderghast, who
was present, thought it time to begin
his work, and he added a pair Of fists to
the six that were rapidly doing McCor-
mack up. The combined efforts of the
four soon had Mac badly whipped, with
his face covered with bruises and cuts.
Both eyes were closed and he looked as
though he had been playing Under Dog
in about dozen foot ball games.
About that time Chief Thompson and
Officer Gould arrived and took the
three iron workers and Mccormack to
the police station. Penderghast was
not arrested till later. Sunday Gould
went in to feed the prisoners and did
not snap the paddock on the cell into
place. A man from the bakery was in
shortly after and left the front door
unlocked, and the three iron workers
slipped out. They made straight for
North Walpole and got loaded again
and then crawled into freight ear.
They were seen and the yard master
notified He closed the car door on
them and had the ear hauled to this
side of the river, where Chief Thomp-
son re-captured the men. Monday
they were brought into court before
Justice Williams, along with Fender
ghast and Mccormack. The latter had
been punished enough and was only
used as witness against the other men.
Richard Hamilton and William f.
Morgan were each fined $40 and costs.
Morgan was tough of the worst kind,
and recently left Lowell at the request
of the police, two hours being given
him to get outside tie city limits.
Hamilton is also an old offender at
other places, and has travelled under
the alias of Jack Connors. James
Haney was fined S. and costs and Pen
derghast So and costs. The latter was
the only one who paid, and Chief
Thompson took the Others to Rutland,
Tuesday, to serve their alternate SEN
fences in the house of correction.