The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
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at the front door, put MT. blDDs
daughter, Mrs. f. f. Holmes, hear
it and went to look, and they clearc
4 out. She was able to distinguish tina
: one was tall man and the other short
G From there they probably went di
rect to A. V. CoX's on Green street
/ for Sunday it was discovered that tn
putty had been cut from both side
, and part way across the top of on
sash of side window by the door
, and Just by the side of the knob will
the evident plan of taking out tn
glass and reaching in and unfasteninI
the door which has an old fashioned
J mortise lock. But as it happened som'
one was up in that house nearly ever,
hour and evidently some of the move
ments of the inmates frightened thu
burglars away. ~
Since then there have been no well,
authenticated attempts, though {
plenty of reports. Beginning with
Monday night the bailitfs and Chief
Mcclure put scheme into operation
which was well designed to catch the
robbers, but was spoiled by the antics
of two young men Wednesday night, SC
as to "give away the whole thing
and of course renders it useless. They
engaged Is or 20 young men, among
others, who were stationed on the out
skirts of the village on every road lead
ing into it to watch teams or people
entering and besides thus forming a
complete Gordon about the village, at
points where they could unseen get a
good view of different streets. Their
instructions were explicit if they saw
any burglarizing not to attempt to
stop it but to get word to the street to
Mcclure who would reach the scene
with force sufficient to surround the
house in season to catch the burglars
in the act
But Wednesday night two young
men, one of whom at least had not
been engaged for the work at all, un-
dcrtook to make it a theatre of college
ranks, which were not half so funny as it
seemed to them and though they would
not have been very serious ordinarily,
have dore serious harm by bringing
about in exposure of the whole
scheme so that it is useless now. just
before l O'Clock two pistol shots were
heard on Tyler street and later two
more on the Common. The two young
men told the story that as they were
keeping watch from Gov. Holbrook's
piazza on Walnut street they saw a
man trying window in +. ID. Fisk's |
house, gave pursuit and he ran up |
through f. L. Hunts place and down I
the railroad bank, and they blew their
whistle and fired after him. one of the
Boys followed part way down. Soon
hey came down to Mcclure on the
street and told him their thrilling ex-
lerience and urged him to hasten up
md help them capture the man. But
Mcclure replied that they would
have to be soberer" than they were
o make the yarn 60 with him. They
lad accomplished part Of their pur
'ose in thoroughly frightening the
women in that section of the village,
nut not in the cutest part of it, to
end Mcclure off on wild goose
base. So they finally said they would +
o up the railroad track and hunt fur t
her. They went to the gas house and !
hen slid back up Canal street, whore 4"
hey were seen by one Of the watchers,
nd there they fred off the revolver n
gain, following it with deep groans \
nd sending people from there breath, =
IS To the street to tell the officers to d
>me and take care of the wounded man q
no they were sure was somewhere. Nc II
lure about this time began TO feel his t,
,mper rise and the next time he got -
is eyes on the heroes of the exploits =,
one Of them, he advised them to 4
It home at once unless they preferred W
lie lookup and to keep inside here u !,
ter. The boys. however. adhere to ii
eir story about chasing the man down
ON Walnut street, and it can't be :.
sproved. because there were no wit 4,
sses as to the Canal street part they pl
y they decided, because of the rain u
It to go up the track, but up that m
rect instead and while there the PTS
of one of them which wouldn't 90 o.
on Tyler street, but was left cooked. RI
discharged. They deny ba
e groaning part. but nevertheless 70 70
% men from there came in fright to ~
cClure 40 stated above. goo fir
:. ". Kimball found Il ladder he ri
d used Wednesday placed up against \, A.
e side of his house yesterday morn W.
:, but it was probably a part of the 81
gifts FRANKS sig
The week has been filled with anus ii
: incidents. Two young men who fo'
,Ortted their girls home to the south
lie of the brook late one evening. met J -
IN other on their way back and ha
citing again, both whipped out their g,et
divers, but recognition prevented S nm,
'od spilling. One of the vigilance fir.
felt as If his blood was fai
He'd into his boots as he heard IN IN
end soberly tell the next morning "
" said friend had laid behind the Ne
ce with his revolver loaded and oa;
kcd while burglar patrolled in dire
Mt of his house ready to let daylight pri
ough him if he came a step nearer ~ ~.
reliant f. A. Starkey was returning VIII
; Tuesday night to Higgins stable can
N a coon hunt he had enjoyed with me-
'mer Pierce and DIR. Jackson and ,,ro
st of the Retreat when he was Der
cred on Oak street to halt. Starkey wa
signed thesorderer to a place where cii "a
expects Democratstobe less numerous hin
n they are in Vermont. and after on
had got his team put up he and Oh OIL =
tier Simonds went TO investigate bait
found the highwayman to be one r.
hese viiglants who, it seems. had JAG
ers to halt suspicious teams. one, one
OF 6
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GOOD sized audience listened 10 Mrs Gas ~