Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-14
CRIMINAL CAUGHT IN RUTLAND.

| ITOWn H1u Deell lnlerttpltu ny I'tDulN
Sheriff Lester Howe. They returned to
| Rutland and officer Bruce left for Ludlow
on the 1115 o'clock train.
SMALL pox IN IYNDoNVILLE.
a Mr. Moultrcr, who lives in Lawyer y.
a. Norton's house on Fark avenue in Lyn-
| donville, Is sick with small poX. 1t Is sup
posed that he caught 1t at Nashua, ~ H.
where he visited several weeks ago. \
strict quarantine is maintained and there
seems to be no panic In the place, even
among the nearest neighbors, and but lit
tie fear Is expressed that the disease will
spread.
A STANNARD BOY HONORED.
Cant Charles c. Jameson, ordnance de-
partment L. :. Army, who was appointed
70 the military academy from Stannord,
and is now on duty there as instructor of
ordnance and gunnery, has been honore
| by his selection as one of the lecturers ut
the University of Chicago The subject
OF his lecture for July 9Th was "Armor,
proiectiles and military explosives" ana
that for July 3lst, "Smokecss powder
guns and Eun-carriagcs for scacoast de-
fcnse."-st. Johnshury Republican.
MORE LIGHT ON ADAMs's METHODS.
For more than Is years Chester has been
literally terrorized by the frequency Of
mysterious hurglarles. The postoflice has
been robbed. the railway station looted
stores and private houses entered, and not
a ccw had been left to ever suggest n sus-
rcon that Adams was the thief Several
poor fellows entirely innocent of wrong.
doing. have been looked at askance by
people who had lost, and enc man, years
ago, who was held in Jail because some
| body thought he was implicated in Il
break died Of a broken heart before the
time set for his trial. Women were afraid
| to mako ncighborly calls at night and
people travelling after dark usually took
the middle of the road fearing they might
no set urcn by the towns burglars Some
Of the stores in town had been broken into
50 many times that the proprietOrs felt
something akin to loresomenC SIS if the
| burglar failed to appear for any Consid-
cradle time. The Waterman mil, whcre
| Adams raised the window to which was
attached the string that pulled the trigger
~ the spring gun was robbed more than
dozen times The fact is Adams, who for
several years has wintcred more than 20
head Of cattle. seems not to have paid out
much for such commodities as whole corn
and meal. When his bins ran low he
hitched one of his horses into an old buck
board and drove to the Waterman place
for another supply. There. too, he pro-
Vidcd himself with enough shingles to
keep the rain from driving through the
roof Of ono of his farm buildings. Also
he seemed to be very handy at safe opcn-
ing. as Mr.. Waterman discovered one
morning when he entered his office and
found the money he had locked up tho
night before missing. Adams had n scheme
all Of his own for robbing tho mill. He-
fore entering he would conceal his horse
and blackboard near at hand, climb to the
nat roof OF a shed built close up to ono
end of the mill and force a window. His
next move was to unfasten the mill door,
which was done by taking Oft the lock
catch the lamb with n cCrcNOriEpr and.
this accomplished, he would FIJI his bags,
lay them outside and screw on the lock
catch again. Waterman very likely lost
more grain than he has knowledge Of for
it was not easy to detect the disIppearauce
of a few odd bushels now and then. VIII, II,
: however. the discovery was made that
, systematic grain stealing was going on.
, one of the constahlos was engaged to
: watch the mill Adams always knew when
the Waterman was present, for he had
! frequently sympathlzed with Mr. Water
} man. and used to marvel with the mill
owner and his son that such things could
he so successfully carried on. No ATTEMPT
49, n orr,,1o,.s, h"t +pa ,,.gnorco n n
: not been relaxed three days before an
! other break was reported. This veXed this
| constablcs the mill owner and the entire
. town and the scheme of the spring gun
: was suggested. Some say it was loaded
lightly. others say that the charge was
= three drains of black powder and an
ounce and an eighth of woodchuck
shot The range being close tho
= shot had no chance to spread to a
: wider circle than the top OF coffee pot,
The wound was q hideous one. and 50
shocking 10 the system of Adams that he
had 10 lie down In the grass by the road
side to recover from semiswocn. While in
the grass sick and faint with pain, he
was passed and seen, but not recognized,
nv Mr. Watermnn's son. who was attract
ed by the DISCHARGE of the gun. Physi-
clans marvel at the nerve and stamina of
/. the man In being able TO get to his horse,
, drive homo and nut up the animal Some
, think he had n Communion. but this Adams
. stoutly denies He told the physician first
- called in that he had been held I'D by
Ibichwavmon hut when the spring gum af-
: foir was noised about the town author-
. ties nut two and two together searched
, tho Adams farm buildings and placed tho
= cwner under arrest Thus far Adams has
confessed TO nothing more than he was
Y sure could be proven against hlW'-bostoh
''o"e'
c MAN ORDERED TO PAY H15S3
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