Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-12-27
Attempt to ASSassinate Patrick Brown
On Maple Avenue This Morning
ASSASSIN ARRESTED and IDENTIFIED.
The Chief Is Quite Comfortable This Afternoon And There
Is a Possibility That Ne May Recover.

one did the work. Mr. Brown is ap
paysntly doing we'll, and everybody
hopes he may recover.
About six O'Clock this morning
ChiA Brown sent a messenger to
Officer Gauthier and the latter was
clOseted1with him short time, after
which he came down street and the
wheks Of justice began to revolve at
( rapid pace. Officer Gauthier noti-
fed the authorities and steps were
immediately taken to prevent the es-
cape Of the guilty parties. Grand Juror
Lapoint telephoned to the officers in all
surrounding towns to stop all Italians.
States Attorney Hoar was soon on the
scene and things were fixed so that it
would be difficult. for an Italian to
travel in this part Of the state for a
few days.
While Officer Gauthier was closeted
with the Chief, the latter said,
Don't let Otto Bernacco and Luigi
SasSi escape, the other fellow, the
tall one, / don't know his name. Get
him too if you can "..Of1icers Gauthier,
Perry and others started at once to
search the Tomasi block, where Ber-
nacco rooms. He was just coming
out of his room when Officer Gauthier
made a jump and grabbed him by the
collar saying ~ want you, you are my
prisoner" Bernacco made spring
to escape but officer Perry brought his
billy down on his head and that quiet
ed him some.
He hung back but made no great
resistance, and was hustled off TO the
lookup. As the officers passed along
through the crowd with their prisoner,
atthe City Square there were cries
of ''get rope" "No, get an axe"
and the crowd surged forward.
The officers hurried along how
ever, and the Italian was lodged
in the lookup. About half an hour
later officers Buchanan, Slayton,
and Camp hustled Luigi Sassi into the
lookup. They arrested him on Gran
ite street. The headquarters were
overlooking with officers by this time.
The mayor swore in 4. G French and
Len. Wiley as special police. Graves
and Tracy Of Montpelier were on
hand and also Slayton of South Barre,
besides every officer the city could
muster. The telephones were work.
ing continually and everyone was full
of subdued excitement. Other war
rants were issued.
About 9 O'Clock States Attorney
Hoar, Grand. Juror Lapoint and a
stenographer drove to Chief Browns
residence to take his ante mortem
statement. A few moments later
Bernacco and Sassi, handcuffed to-
gether and guarded by Officers Perry
and French, who had twisters on the
free hands of the prisoners, and es-
corted by several other officers, were
marched to Browns residence TO be
denti fed. The wounded chief is said
10 have identified Bernacco as one of
the three men. The prisoners were
then put in the lookup.
A brother to Bernacco, was arrested
late this forenoon and is IN the lookup.
Two Italians were arrested in Mont
pelier and brought up here, and Off
GERS French and Tracy went to Berlin
after another.
The prisoner Bernacco is a granite
carver. He is slight, very wiry, dark,
has small mustache. He is well
known to the officers of the law, hav-
been in trouble before.
Some five or six years ago he was
arrested by Officers Howe and Nichols
on Granite ST., for Threatening a
crowd with large knife. Last Deco.
ration Day evening he created a dis
turbance on Smiths Meadow flourish
Ing revolver. He skipped out but