Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-05-14
MIsoEEos AND PENALTIES.


Frank Chaffin in Wilmington was
: visited and forty dollars in cash secur,
ed. Entrance was effected through q
window.
; John Powers was found dead in his
cell in the Bennington county Jail May
z. He was arrested the 9Th on sus-
picion of being an escaped prisoner.
He was intoxicated then and had not
been in condition to tell anything
T about his family since arrested. Years
ago he was weaver in the wooden
mill there.
/, Tuesday evening, the 9th, safe at
the home of Nj. o. Hicks, at ReadsbOro
was rified and $40 in money was taken.
The outer door of the sale was not
locked. At the residence of Town
Clerk c. G. Brown entrance was made
through pantry window but the fam
lily was aroused. A scream from Miss
Brown scared the burglars and they
left.
The Central Vermont railway sta
ton at Barre was broken into by
thieves between midnight and 3
O'Clock May 10 and the money and
gum stolen from three gum machines.
1t is not thought that the miscreants
are much the richer for their haul as
the keeper of the machines was in Bar
re few days before and relieved them
of their pennies.
There were two breaks by burglars
at Readsboro the night of May 8. At
Mohick's a safe was rifled and ten dol
lars in money taken. The outer door
/ ~ tho "a ~ ln.lrnI fInrfrF4
Clerk G. G.. Browns, entrance was
made through a pantry window, but
the family was aroused. A scream
from Mrs. Brown scared off the bur-
glars. There is no clue, and the long
series Of similar cases is highly alarm
ing TO Beadsboro people.
In the Berkshire superior court a
suit has been entered by Louis Dow,
OF Somerset, against Wilson IL. Taylor
OF North Adams, Mass, for $1,000
damages, alleging that the defendant
has alienated the affections Of Mrs
/ Dow. Mr.. Taylor is a business man
of North Adams. He denies response
bility and says he has met Mrs. Dow
/ but once or twice. Mr.. Dow is a resi-
/ dent OF Somerset, and has a large bust
ness there. The property Of the de-
/ PENDANT in North Adams has been at
tached.
The autopsy performed the 9th on
/ the body OF Fred w. West. which was
found floating in a small stream three
miles north Of Peru, disclosed the fact
that the unfortunate man, who disap-
peared from his lonely home last Sep
TENDER, had undoubtedly been muir
dered. The body Of Vests dog, which
was his only company, was also found
in the stream about 80 rods below that
OF his master, with his neck broken.
Both bodies were found by fisherman
about two miles below the house where
West lived.
Burglars entered c. p. Gilson's house
at Brattleboro the night OF May and
took from Mr. Gilson's clothing beside
his bed between $500 and $500 in cash
and a gold watch and chain valued at
| 500. They also obtained $50 from ii.
Z. Hunters clothing in an adjoining
room. Dr. G.. +. BARRIERS house was
entered Friday and a small amount in
cash and revolver and cartridges
stolen. Within a few days several
houses were entered in Wilmington
and Readsboro and Il is thought that
the same gang which visited those
towns is now operating in Brattleboro.
Thomas Howard. claiming 10 come
from Albany, Robert Carr OF Boston
and Joseph Coleman of Lee, Mass,
were arrested May : near Readsboro
on suspicion OF being connected with
the recent burglaries in that village
and vicinity. Howard had SIS sewed
into his shirt and carried revolver,
Carr had money and knife, while
Coleman had neither. They were taken
before Justice Perry who held Howard
and Carr for burglary in the sum of
81 900 each. and Carr for vagrancy In
the sum of 500. In default OF bail
they were taken TO the Bennington
county Jail
Barker L. Cramton and John Dunn
of Rutland and David Wing of Rutland
town were tried before Justice Pelkey
of Fair Haven at the county court
house in Rutland May on charge of
dynamite fishing in the Ira brook May
8 and were acquitted. Ii was shown
that they bought 10 sticks of dynamite
at Dunn Bros, but they produced the
same number of sticks in court and
swore they were the same ones pur-
chased. The three men swOre that
they were fishing lower down in the
stream when the explosions occurred.
While on the scene some of the neigh
bors put in an appearance and accused
them of using the explosive.
In drunken row in front of John
Galagher's saloon in Barre at noon
May S, John ID. Kesson. painter, re-
ceiyed a broken leg at the hands Of a
companion, and the companion was
lodged in jail for intoxication. Ac-
cording to a witness, Kesson, with a
man named John Innis, went into the
saloon. Innis, who was intoxicated, |
was refused drink This so enraged |
him that when he got outside he at !
tackled a man who had been successful
in getting a drink Then Kesson, who |
is a small man. attempted to interfere, 1
which Innis didn't relish and turned
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