Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-22
CAPTURED At SHERBuRRE.

OAr IUh6U Al SnEhbUhNE,
Villa il Cowdry, Identified as One
OF the Men Who Held Up Scot;
TlnkhAm 1t Quechee.
William Cowdry, who was az
rested in Sherburne Wednesday
night and lodged in the Rutland
county Jail yesterday morning, has
been positively identified us one OF
the men who nd up Scott Tinkham
of Quechec in his store Tuesday
night.
The young men from Candlish's
livery stable who struck Cowboys
trail while driving through Sher-
burne on their way back to Rutland
with the team "Wednesday night and
afterwards, with the assistance of
Constable Davis of Shcrburne, cap.
tured the fellow in the house of
Ephraim Dutton, easily identified
him as one OF the pair " no hired the
rig at their stable Monday night.
Cowdry at first denied any con.
nection with the Quechee robbery or
shooting, but when confronted with
Thomas and Tinkham he is reported
to have confessed.
1t is a question whether Cowdry
will be first tried IN Rutland county
for horse-stealing, in Windsor county
for robbery and resisting an officer,
or handed over to the United States
authorities to be tried for postotfice
burglary. The Rutland Herald says:
Cowcry is we'll known in this Sec
ZION, having lived -. C.s.l-t-" ".a
Ludlow. He had also lived in Que
chez and was well acquainted with
the country about there and its in
habitants.
Woodstock was walked up Tues
day night by Il fight with robbers and
horse-thieves and riderless, horse
galloping through the streets little
after midnight. On Wednesday
there was another ;nan-hunt in prog.
ress which recalled the exciting days
of the pursuit of the Shaws few
months ago.
About 10 o'clock Tuesday night
two men on horseback rode into
Quechce and, dismounting, entered
Scott Tinkham's sto.e. MIR. Tink.
ham was IN his office and, hearing Il
command to throw up his hands,
walked out down behinu the counter,
thinking it all might be Il joke. Two
or three times they ordered his hands
up. Then they poked two ugly Ie-
volver> in his face and Mr.. link
hams hands went up. On robber
covered him while the other searched
him, the none, drawer and safe,
the booty amounting to abo, t $500.
"l'ou think you've got us with
that telephone, | SUPPOSE" said one
of his visitors, "but wen fix you all
right"
They then bound MIR. Ti,rk hams
hands behind him, tied him in Il
chair and stuffed handkerchief in
his mouth, tying string over that
and about his head, mounted their
horses and galloped off up the north
side of the river toward Woodstock.
The men said they had no use for
coppers, of which MIR. Tinkham
had bag, but tpey took his watch.
They said they would cut out the
phone and take it with them when
they left. This they neglected to
do, however.
Both men were masked when they
entered the store, and Mr.. Tinkham
was unable to give any description
of their features. They wore wide.
brimme., cowbo, hats. One of
them called Mr.. Tinkham "Scott,"
saying he saw the name on the sign,
was hardly possible in the
darkness,-but if either knew him
they were strangers to their victim.
Mr.. Tinkham was told to "keep
quiet tor 80 minutes after the rob.
hers left. but in 20 minutes he worked
himself free from his bonds. He
then jumped for the telephone and
notified Woodstock and every other
point in this vicinity accessible BY
wire. There were plenty of men
eager to take the trail, and he soon
had teams out in every direction.
FIGHT IN THE DARK.
Meantime Deputy. Sheriff Thomas
prepared to intercept the robbers if
they attempted to pass through
Woodstock. and with "Happy"