Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-07-31
MIsDgEos AND PENALTIES.

sometime Saturday night. July 10,
burglars entered the New York trui
store at st. Johnsbury through a win
dow in the rear They opened the
money drawer and secured - in cash.
A cigar box filled with change lay on
adesk near the register, but this appar.
entity escaped the notice OF the intru.
ders.
The grocery Of Guy w Parkhurst in
Rutland was broken into the night OF
July p, entrance being gained by
breaking pane OF glass in cellar
window. The burglars ritled the cash
drawer, taking all the contents. The
methods indicated that the robbery
was the work of amateurs, and it is
believed a gang Of boys who congre-
gate every evening in the alley back
OF the store is responsible.
There is one man in Barre, accord
ING TO report, who will not attempt TO
throw stones at Indian squaws again.
One Of the squaws with Pawnee Bills
show was washing clothes in the river
when she was espied by the above
mentioned individual He at once
hurled a stone at her, missing the
mark but arousing her anger. She at
once sent the male members of her
tribe on the mans track and he ded
Tor his scalp. But be was caught and
given bad pummeling, although al
lowed to keep his scalp.
Curtis Jennell. whose steam mill in
Williamsyille was wrecked by the ex-
plosions Of the boiler July Y, was ar
rested in Havephill. Mass, the 25th by
Cavanaugh Brothers of Manchester, n.
H., on the charge ofpurposely causing
the boiler to explode. Cayanaugh
Brothers bought the mill for Jennell
and had received only part payment.
Jennelrs loss was adjusted at 1895 and
was paid by a Brattleboro agency.
Cavanaugh Brothers claim Jennell
agreed to meet them in Manchester
but that he skipped as soon as he re-
ceivcd the insurance money. The
mill was fired up about an hour before
the explosion. Previous to that it had
been idle for several weeks.
Charles Wells, a lj-year-old boy Of
Williamstown, was recently tried on
the charge OF stealing - in money
from his uncle, Andrew Phillips, with
whom he lived. The boy was found
guilty OF larceny and sentenced to the
Industrial school at Nergennes for the
remainder Of his minority When the
money was missed by Mr. Phillips, the
boy was also missing. A search was
Instituted and he was found beyond
Washington. with another boy The
Wells boy had laid in a stock Of fishing
tackle and had besides a jackkniie
which he said he bought at Granite
vile. 1t was found later that the
knife and also one other, which the
Wells boy gave to his companion had
been taken from store at Washington.
Early Wednesday morning, July %,
some one attempted to burglarize the
barber shop ofC. c. Lemudge near the
head of Church street. Burlington.
About ? 80 o'clock. Mrs. l.. II. Prior,
who lives upstairs in the adjoining
building, heard peculiar noise and a
few minutes later Mr.. Prior got up and
went 10 the rear apartments to doctor
tooth which had been giving him
some pain. When there, he spoke to
his wife and made some little noise.
In the morning il was found that the
screen door at the rear of the barber
shop had been broken and the glass in
the inside door smashed in, but APP
pearances indicated that no entrance
had been made by the burglars, prob
ably having been frightened by the
light in Mr.. Prior'S rooms and the
sound of his voice. Nothing had been
taken from the shop and 500 in money
lay safely in the cash drawer.