Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-28
ESCAPED PRISONER ARRESTED.
Edward Robbins, Who Gave Brattle.
boro Officer the Slip, Taken in
Palmer-His Brother Also Cauqht.

TdlHeT-r1lS brotner Also Cauqnt.
Edward Robbins, who escaped from a
Brattleboro police officer several weeks
ago, having been arrested on a warrant
charging him with the larceny of mileage
books in Walpole, n. H., from the Boston
& Maine Railroad Company, was arrest
ed in Palmer, Mass, Friday night to-
gether with his brother, Bert Robbins, his
accomplice. Soon after Robbins's escape
Chief of Police Hall learned that he was
in Palmer and he sent description of the
two men to Officer Conroy of that town
with instructions to arrest them. On Fri
day Chief Hall received word from Officer
Conroy that he had two men under sur
veillance whom he believed were the Rob-
bins brothers. Chief Hall then gave a
more minute description, stating that Ed
ward Robbins had recently had bones in
one of his feet broken by jumping from a
freight train and that Bert Robbins had
lost part of one finger. Officer Conroy
was sure that he had the right men and
by direction of Chief Hall he arrested
them in the Weeks House, where they
were staying, and locked them up.
Chief Hall went to Palmer Saturday
morning, returning Saturday night. Ed
ward Robbins had registered at the hotel
as S. Martin of Springfield, Mass, and
his brother had registered as William
Willard of Hartford, Conn. They con-
fessed that they were the Robbins broth
ers, and before Chief Halls arrival Ed
ward Robbins said he had been arrested
in Brattleboro on the charge OF refusing
to return a mileage book to it's owner. He
said that there was no other charge
against him that he knew of He denied
that he had ever been engaged in any
burglary His brother said that he never
had been arrested that he had committed
no crime and that he did not know why
he was wanted
vynG MI 60 @a1- a.,
Keene, N. H., for trial, but they refused
to go without requisition papers. 1t was
known, however, that they were wanted
in Newport, N. H., for escaping from jail
after gagging the keeper, and the jailor
at Newport was notified. He took them
back to jail to complete their sentence, it
being unnecessary under those crcum-
stances to secure requisition papers.
Their trial. therefore, will not be had UNI
til after they complete their former SEN
tence The Palmer officers think the
brothers may have been connected with
several burglares which recently have
been committed in Western Massa chu-
sets Officer Manning of Three Rivers
says he saw both of the men in that vii
lage on the night when an attempt was
made to break into the postoffice.
A Palmer despatch on Monday said
They are bright-appearing young men,
and nothing about them indicates the
desperate OeScrlDe0 Dy YER
mont and New Hampshire officers. They
are said to be wanted in Maine for steal
ing six horses, and for a variety of burg
laries in New Hampshire. A Vermont
officer arrived in Palmer Saturday, in
tending to take the men back with him to
be tried on charges against them in that
state. They refused to go without re-
QUESTION papers, and it was decided to
have them taken to New Hampshire
where there are charges enough to hold
them for life If all can be proved. When
the men found they were TO be taken to
New Hampshire, they were very anxious
to go to Vermont. officer Conroy has held
one of the brothers located for some time
but delayed arrest, in the hope that the
other would come here, which he finally
did One of the men practically admitted
that they were responsible for the recent
attempt to break into the postoffice in
Three Rivers, but no charge will be made
in Dol