Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-09-18
MIsoEEos ANp PENALTIES

Chas. hlmball was taken from More
| Town mountain 10 Montpelier Sept. 9
being arrested on the charge OF assaul
on Julia kimball, his mother. Kim
pail refused to accompany the officer
10 Montpelier and It required theil
combined Efforts 10 place him in irons
hlmball is said by some of his neigh
bors to be insane.
d. A. Vincent of Pittsfeld, Mass.
LEFT Bennington last week with a hors,
and carriage belonging TO the Ameri
can House. He gave several checks
Tor board, clothes, ETC., on a Pittsfeld
bank, which have been returned as be
had no funds there. Vincent. it was
learned later, is wanted in Pittsfield
and Lenox for horse stealing and has
already served a sentence in the Mas.
sachusetts State prison Tor the same
crime.
Tho stores of II. b. Nichols and
Chas. Ward in Middlesex were enter.
ed by burglars Septic. In the former a
half dozen razors, a quantity of to-
bacco and cigars and 81 belonging to
the New England Telephone company
were taken. In Mr.. Wards store the
thieves secured 800 two-cent stamps
and about dollar in pennies. En-
trance in each instance was effected
by removing pane of glass from a
rear window.
Five Barre youths, whose ages range
from . TO Is years, were Sept. 10 COM
mitted 10 the Vermont Industrial
school at Vergennes for the remain
der OF their minority, for breaking in
to and stealing from the storehouse of
L. NJ. Ayerill. The boys are Luke
Gallagher IL, Carl Cologne 9, John
lehman IL, james Devers Is, and
Joseph Gieidici y. The last named,
Gieidici, attempted to escape the Off
GERS just before the train started. He
ran out OF the car and secreted himself
in the toilet room ofthe depot. He
was recaptured, however, and taken
with the other boys.
George NJ. Swaziland, an alleged
gambler. was arrested at st. Johns
bury Tuesday night, Sept. 9, on a
charge OF stealing five valuable rings
from Simonton's jewelry store. Swat
land, it is said, asked 70 be shown
some rings and while being shown
these be called for q watch key. When
the clerk turned away to get the watch
key, Swaziland, it is alleged, took the
rings and put them In his pocket. lie
paid for the watch key and walked
out. The rings were Immediately
found 10 be missing and a policeman
was notified. The officer found Swat
land on the street with the rings on his
hand and they were identified by the
clerk.
A gang of burglars, evidently from
their work of the amateur type, Is
giving the police of Montpelier no
little uneasiness. On Sept. 9 the bar
Der shop of +. j. Pereau was broken
into and $3.50 was taken from a
drawer. This money belonged to the
lodge of the Independent Order OF
Foresters of which Mr.. Pereau was
Sept. 10 sometime between
and daylight, entrance was
Effected into Odd Fellows hall in Blan-
,hard block. A portion OF one OF the
panels of the ante-room door was re-
moved so that the spring lock that !
leld the door could be reached. The
broke open the desk of the
financial secretary with stove poker,
out got no money.
Ii is understood that there will be no
grand jury called at the December
erm,of the Bennington county court
o consider the cases OF Mrs. Mary
}ooers. Stella Bates and Leon Per-
lam. in Jail in Bennington charged
With the murder OF Marcus Rogers.
Their cases will not come up until the
ocular meeting of the grand jury,
which will not be until next June. 1t
; probable that the governor Will
Don be asked TO order the removal OF
he women to Rutland or Windsor as
heir accommodation are limited and
he room now occupied by them is
eeded for other purposes. botn
romen are in the best of health and
contented, but neither can
e induced TO talk about the murder
hey are charged with.
The weekly pay roll of the Robinson
,dwards Lumber Co., Burlington. was
tolen Sept. s shortly before 6 o'clock
MT before Z O'Clock the entire amount
vas recovered and the boy named
liberty. who is supposed to have
tolen il, was arrested. The men at
ne wards on Pine street receive their
av every Monday night and the total
mount weekly is about Sloo; ms
am was taken TO the office Monday
light and placed in the desk, when
las closed. The room was vacated
n A few moments aud when the en-
loyees returned the desk had been