Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-02
NEWS OF VERMONT,
Free Press Readers Baptist Par
sonage a. Reads boro Robbed

, sonage a. Readsboro Robbed.
The Baptist parsonage in Readsboro oc-
cupied by the Rev. c. W. f. Hin, was
hurglari1cd while Mr.. lIill and family
We're at church Sunday evening the 21st. A
: p"ck"thook containing some money, and
Various other articles were taken. A roll
OF bills lying in drawer near the pocket
book was left untouched. The thieves evil
IDENTIFY ransackcd the entire house. as burnt
matches were found in every room, includ-
ing the garnet. f. r. Wheeler
house is also said to have been
entered that evening, but nothing more
than derby hat has been missed En-
trance to the Hill house was gained by
breaking i'll ono of the side doors and the
sunposition is that they unlocked the other
SIDE door in tho Kitchen ana went out on
the opposite side of the house from that
upon which they entered. The total value
Iot everything taken would not aggregate
Il very large sum and the bunglng way in
INhlch the Job was executed would indicate
that the thieves were amateurs. J.. T..
Wheeler. whose front door was unloCkcd d,
Is minus derby hat. Mr. and Mrs.
Nheeler were ont driving. \ noise was
heard in the cellar soon after their re-
turn, at about S:3o p, m, and the aSsump
ton is that the thieves were frightened off
Nothing else has been missed in Mr.
Whcelcr's household. No clue has yet he en-
I' ~ VI o. " iIl' pei SoldlIlN VI illt buiE-
lars, Suspicious looking men were seen by
several people Sunday evening in the Vicin-
Ivy ol the parsonage. and ne ar other build
lnSs in the village. Mr.. llill's son, How
ara who was walking distance behind
the other members OF the family on the
way home from church. says he saw u
man lodging behind the trees near i. I.
| Wheeler : residence.
WENT, ,,1-1,u nm ,-,or, p,<t.
On Sept. 20, at about > p. m, Mr.. and
Mrs. ora T.. Gibson OF Bennington were
~ Eh,s ~ s'rs,,,r ~i'N ~ , I'V'', o' o.
more than loo feet, landing at the lotion
under their wrecked carriage. with which
their morse was also entangled Both were
rendered unconscious by the shock of the
/ 1all. The injuries We're severe and pain
iul. but both Will probably recover. At the
/ forks of the read they got started on the
somerset road by mistake and in attempt-
ing to turn around in front OF the Rice
pace, tnoN went on the steep emhdnk-
ment After the accident. Mrs. Gibson was
the frst To- regain consciousness. They
wore both lying under the carriage, which
Was total wreck and the horse was also
tangled up with the wreck. Mrs. Gibson
dld what she could to prevent the terrified
horse from kicking her helpless Compan-
ION, until he finally regaincd his senses.
After eNtricating himself from the wreck
"''H SUNNI HIHI'uitA, MI blHSoli HdlldS'u
l" struggle up the bank ana holp was quick
~ lo"ilu MrS ohoSoh was carried TO ar.
rice mouse ana everything possible done
10 reHeNe her suffering. AS the numhneSs
icIt her' h'r terror ana pam increased ana
II was some ume before she was in condl-
tlon TO he moved Mr.. Gibson thought his
rios must De broken as every breath was
ATTENDED with acute pain The horse was
cut ana bruised but dld not appear TO be 4
severely injured; the carriage was thor |
ouShlN demolished ana the harness was
torn INTO atoms
NEARLY I<rr1rD Nv rA1rr>-c, TIME
Faycte Benson Of East Dorset, who was
seriously injured by limb of tree fall |
in =, ,,or,' snriI,,,s ol9t,i ao' . &C. - ~"
siblo that he will not recover. Benson was
employed by 5. a. Sheldon & Son at one
OF their lumber mills. y tree was being
rut down, limb hN limb, short distance
from the mill. Benson was standing be-
meath tn" tree while another employc Of
the li1n was cutting off a branch about 20
feet above the ground. The limb proved to
no rotten and broke of after II had been /
sawed about half way through, striking
benson or the head. The conclusion
caused fracture of the skull but Benson
Shows remarkable vitality, and it is pos
sihle that he Will recover, although his
condition at the present time gives no
great encouragement to his rclativcs.-St.