Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
JAMES" D0WLEY WANTED.
Grace Hutchins of Boston Accuses Him OF
Larceny but Would Forgive All to Get Him


Larceny but Would Forgive All to Get Him
Back.
The Boston Globe yesterday printed
a serio- comic story about one James
Dowley supposed to belong in Brattle-
boro, who is wanted by Grace Hutch
ins, brunette, who says she has been
very friendly with Dowley for some
time. Monday, according to her ac-,
count, she gave him money to come to-
Brattleboro to see his mother. She
drew the money from a savings bank
and kept $40 herself. Soon after part
ing with Dowley she missed the SO
and also two shirts she had bought for
her nephew.
Having suspicious, she took the l
p. m. train for Brattleboro and found
Dowley passenger upon 1t and with
him blonde young woman. She ac-
cused him OF the theft but promised
to forgive him if he would return with
her This he refused to do and she
tried to have him arrested at the next
stop of the train but could not, hav-
ing no warrant. She obtained war
rant Wednesday in Boston for his ar
rest and offered to pay the expense of
taking him back to the city for trial.
No James Dowley is known in
Brattleboro, but Levi Dowley, who
used to go by the name of John Down
ing as a prize fighter, has been here
this week accompanied by "blonde
Young woman. Levi Dowley is a
son of the late NJ. J. Dowley and has
been living in Boston for the past 10
or II years.
The appearance of Miss Hutchins
and her landlady, Miss Sullivan, at
the Brattleboro House last night OPP
ened an interesting local chapter in
the story. According to Miss Hutch
ms, who talked freely to Reformer
reporter this morning, the story in the
Globe is substantially true. Last night
she drove up on Pleasant street, she
saws, and found that Jimmy" and the
woman whom she only knows as
"Blonde Annie'' were at his mothers
home there. Returning, she sent for
him and they had three hours inter-
view in which he begged her not to
make trouble for him. She says he
came to her sick, six months ago and
she has been giving him money ever
since: that on account of hearing that
warrant was out for him in Boston
for disorderly conduct, he wanted TO
come to Brattleboro, but had been out
of work and had no money. So she
helped him to get away. She says that
he calls the blonde his wife here in
Brattleboro. but that he is not married
to her, although she believes he has
been visiting the woman for some time
and spending her money on her. Miss
Hutchins' wrath seems to center who'll
ly on this point She admits that she
"likes jimmy" that she was willing
to give him money; to help him out OF
"scrape'' or to support him when
he was sick or out of work. but
when he played such trick on her
for the sake of woman whom she has
no words contemplate enough to sat
isfactorily mention, she felt, to use
her own language, that he had indeed
"done her dirty" She returned to
Boston this morning evidently torn by
various conflicting emotions-ipjured
affection, indignation and contempt
and possibly others more potent. Her
plan of action in the case is yet vague.
She SAYS that Dowley came here in
tending to remain and work as paint
er. Miss Hutchins is fairly young.
pretty and well dressed; plainly wo-
man of spirit and determination.