Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-22
POSTOFFICE BURGLARIZED

POSTOFFICE BURGLARIZED
EXPERT cRAcksMEN ROB THE
BRADFORD PoSToFFicE.
Dyer Block, Middlebury, Destroyed
by Fire--Fire at West Burke-An-
nual Meeting Of State Y. N. C. A.
Attempted Murder at Rutland.
The postoiiice at Bradford was
robbed early Tuesday morning, April
10. by expert craftsmen. They gath
cred horse blankets, laprobes and car
peting from the outbuildngs of Ev-
erett McDuffee, Willard Johnson and
others and broke into the Boston q
Maine tool house at the railway sta
ton where they helped themselves to
a choice assortment OF bars and
wrenches, with which they entered
the postofiice building by forcing the
side door. A dance in the armory
across the street, which did not break
up until | o'clock, delayed operations
shortly after 2 o'clock they got TO
work, two men standing guard out
side while two others worked AT the
safe. dynamite cartridges being used
The wet laprobes and blankets with
which the safe was muffled, deadened
] the sound OF the explosion, but three
distinct reports were heard by Mrs.
Wilson, who lives next door She Is
| III and alone In the house and was un-
able TO give an alarm until morning
being badly frightened and defence
less
The postmaster, r. A. Chase had
taken the bills In the safe home with
him, but S5lS.52, including the con-
tents of the change drawer We're
taken.
The officers in all the surrounding
towns have been notified and are on I
the trail of the burglars,
The Rutland railroad viii rebuild /
and repair its station at Manchester /
Depot. An additional track for the
accommodation of freight trains will |
be constructed.
The bin providing for the holding
Of sessions of the United States court
sentative Kittredge Haskins and
passed Friday, April 15, II was intro
duced in the senate by Senator w.
p. Dillingham; and passed.
BY analysis at the state laboratory
Burlington, Of the stomach and kid
news of Charles McLane. no was
killed at Worcester March 70. II has
been ascertained that he was not poi
soned and there was no trace of alco-
hol. This strengthens the theory that
he was killed
]. C. Reagan Of st. Adams was fined
5000 and costs in city court Thursday. I,
April H. for selling intoxicating liquor |
without a license He pleaded not ,
guilty, but was found to he the pos
SCISSOR OF a United States revenue tax
stamp for the sale of intoxicating
llquor He appealed and furnished
bail
State Superintendent OF Education ,
W. z. Ranger Of Montpelier Is arrang /.
ing for summer schools to be held at |
Rutland and st. Johnsbury the first :
TWO weeks in August. II is believed
hat by having only two schools more
teachers viii be attracted TO attend
md better talent for instruction will I,
le secured.
The Alumni association and past Z
,adets of Norwich university at 5
Mortified held their sixth annual &
Inner at New York, Thursday even il
ng, April a. Gen. GrenviHe Dodge. i il
president of the association, presided. / r
Among the speakers were Admiral s
Dewey. Maj.-Gen. Corbin and former 0
Speaker Henderson. "A
Addison county Is in a bad way as s
egards the supply Of farm help. and Z
he situation grows worse as spring T
approaches. One OF Cornwall's repre- G
entative farmers says that 25 men "
ould find employment as farm hands s
n that town, He said that unless II
men can be secured there will be n
decreased grain acreage in that sec n
ion. p
man claiming to be Mr.. Donney y
I Newport applied last week for adj I,
mission TO the insane asylum at - -
saying that he was men, :.
ally unbalanced. as he undoubtedly y.
fas. Inquiry showed that he left :,
Newport intending to enter the asy- -
am. On examination. he was pro- =
nunced insane and taken to the hos =
ital
The republican caucus held at Rut- r.
md. April 16, for the purpose of n
lecting delegates to the state and h,
rst congressional district convention -
asulted in the election of a list of or
elegates headed by DR.. John A. Mead ~
yer a list headed by Percival w. W
lement. the vote standing SIG to 49S n
he defeated delegates were pledged
, support James A. Merrill in the
convention, as delegate to ,.
,e Chicago convention. ~ ~
Francis Lafreniere, three years old. W
lie son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph La di
'eniere of Burlington, is recovering of
'om the effects of swallowing car ca
olic acid, which he drank a few days In
60 The mother had carelessly left IN
ottle of the deadly fluid upon a bed in
here the child lay, and the little fell
W secured 1t and tasted the contents
hen the mother was attracted by %
e pitiful cries. A physician was to-
,stily summoned and succeeded in a.
wing the boys life. Mi
f. S. Harris of Bennington, chair bo
an of the democratic state commit les
o, has summoned the committee to a
eet at the Van Ness house in Bur- ms
,gton Tuesday evening, April 26, to TIL
point a time and place for holding he
e state convention to elect delegates OBJ
the national convention at st. sh.
'uis July 6: also for a convention to
inmate candidates for state offices -
be voted for in September. The
invention will probably be held in
as the last one was in
lrlington.
Andrew w Fdeon associate super-