Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-15
Long List of Montpelier's Young
Men Appear in Court and
Pay Fines.
CHARGE OF PETIT LARCENY
Made Against Them An Expensive
Lark For the Boys The Three High
to the Grand Jury and Taken
to Newfane Jail.

Montpelier March 10-Last evening two
more parties, Juan Col,amor and Fred
Gray who were concerned in the beer steal
We're apprehonded and a heating In
the case was held in CITY Court City At
totuey Carleton, the prosecuting officer
stated to the court that in view Of the fact
that he was acquainted with all the young
men concerned and knew them to be Of
good character and would not commit
any offence in malice but that in this af-
fair they had simply looked upon a. a
lark he would ask that the charge Of bur-
glary he amended to that Of petty larccI '.
He also said in this connection hat the
railroad officials had no desire to over
punish the young men as they had, as fast
as apprehended, owned up frankly to the
part they had taken in the matter. The
court allowed the amendment and the m II
entered pleas of guilty. The cour i'm
posed a fine OF So and costs upon each of
the parties except Canning who being "A
miuor and his father not being present
was allowed to have his case continued
until Monday. with the exception o. two.
who lad bcoin in jail previous to yeSt,r-
day, the costs amounted to $169 each the
extra paid by the other two making the
average costs to each man some 81.
All settled and were released
Sheriff Graves returned from Newport
yesterday, but he did not bring Tom Gail.
who had been arrested there ON he Cna ga
Of being implicated in the recent beer
steal in this city.
Notwithstanding the fact that she, n
Graves had asked to have Gall he'd at
Newport on the charge of burglary and
it was done, and the man lodged in jail.
yet when he arrived there Gall was gone.
Gall had friends at Newport and with
them gave the glad hand" to the officers
promising to be present when Mr.. Graves
arrived and 50 he was released Gall * now
at large and H. whereabouts unknown.
Nf n bfY GIic p4 tr-S Al on ft.a
same charge by city Sheriff Bancroft YES
terday afternoon.
John Canning, Clerk in the local freight
office OF the Montpelier and Wells River
Railroad company from whose car the
Two barrels of beer were stolen; jules
Sanctuary, in whose room the police sly
one OF the barrels was found and after
wards returned; Richard Fitzgerald. Jas.
Mcmahon and William Gould. These
with Patrick Carey and Edward Maloney,
who were arrested few days since COM
plete the list
The story of the affair related by
those participating in it to the court is
amusing. On the night of February %,
some OF the boys at the armory express
ed the desire for beer. whereupon Cannin &
spoke up and told them that there WAS
some in one of the freight cars az the NJ.
and w. station. All agree that Canning
part in the affair ceased here. However
Fitzgera Ids Collaines and Gray went TO
the car AMI took out two kegs, one OF
which was carried TO Sanctuarys rooms
with the aid of some of the other mon
named in the episode, who We're summon
ed to assist.
An attempt was also made to take i've
other kegs up the stairs in Hyde's block,
but so much noise was made in doing so
that a lady tenant was aroused AID
threatened to have hem arrested. TIL y
took IF buried