Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-12
MIsoEEos AND PENALTIES.

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during the night May by means Of
saving the bars from the windows.
There were SO prisoners in the guard
house at the time and 80 refused 10
avail themselves OF the opportunity TO
leave their prison.
Adolphe Hattie was arraigned in
Burlington city court May 1, charged
with keeping liquor for sale without a
license, as the result of search at his
store by Sheriff Horton, when two jugs
of whiskey and some beer were seized.
He was fined $500 and costs. He took
an appeal and bail was furnished in
the sum OF $500.
The Hardwick authorities investi-
gated the cause of the death of the
Davy infant May 5, and while they
could find no evidence TO prove inten-
tiOnal criminal neglect or abuse, were
satisfied the child died from nothing
less than abuse. Kerosene oil had
been applied to its chest and left on
until it burned the child. There are
some very ugly rumors afoat concern
ing the matter.
Albert johnson, youth 70 yrs. old,
was sentenced in Burlington city court
May 4 to serve not less than y nor
more than 10 months in the states
prison for stealing a bicycle from c..
w. Richardson, a clothing merchant.
fJohnson asked for a hearing, and at
the close was bound over to county
court in the sum of $500. Later he
pleaded guilty to an information, and
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he said he took the bicycle for the pur-
pose of riding around looking for
work.
A st. Adams man was recently the
victim Of what might be called a
Thorough cleaning up" He con-
traeted for the purchase Of team OF
horses, with double harness and wag-
on and went to Swanton one night and
brought back the goods, leaving 800
behind him as part payment for the
outfit. The next morning he was VS.
tied by deputy sheriff who attached
one OF the horses and the set OF har-
{ ness. Before night another deputy
sheriff appeared and attached the other
horse and the wagon. The local man
went TO Swanton in quest OF his SlOO
! and found to his sorrow that the man
{ from whom he had bought the team
had absconded taking with him
another mans wife.
Because be did not believe in banks
and always carried his money about
with him, Harrison Townshend, a
farmer on the West hill Of Putney, was
robbed OF SIP May by an itinerant
Pole, to whom he had given employ
! ment only two days before. Town
shend went to his barn before daylight
in the morning to milk leaving his
wallet in his coat, which hung on
chair in the kitchen. When he re-
: turned he noticed a lantern standing
) in the center Of the room and suspect
: ing something might be wrong, he i'm
, mediately made an examination OF his
) pocketbook. He found one compart.
! ment OF the wallet, which had con
: tanned SIP, empty In another com
r partment. folded tightly, was $50
e which the thief had overlooked. The
t stolen money was mostly in $40 and
1 500 bills.
t Frank Greene, aged Is, and Chester
| Niles, aged 20, both OF Providence, X.
were arrested May in Whiting tor
stealing clothing from hotel in Rut.
land. The residents of Whiting had
] evidently heard of the proposed arrest
7 and every window and dooryard along
q the route was alive with interested
/. spectators. When the officers came IN
t SIGHT. Niles spied them and promptly
, took TO bis heels, heading straight for
the woods. At this critical point,
: reaching behind him, Constable La
bounty shouted in commanding tones,
. ,Halt or I'll shoot" The boy halted
! and the onlookers breathed once more.
e While returning to the railroad sta
5 ton the driver contided to Chief New
[ ton that "hed been constable for over
Dc wears. but never saw a man with
: handouts on before The drive to
r the station resembled an old Roman
e triumph, while the farewell crowd al
q the station was almost equal to the
e one which greeted Admiral Dewey q
Y few wears AGO. Greene, when arralgn-
. ed on the charge of grand larceny,
4 pleaded guilty to petty larceny and de-
4 clared that Niles was wholly innocent.
4 He was fined 50 and costs, amounting
e in all to S2I.79. He was unable TO pay
E and was sent to the House of Corree-
! ton for 6S days.
2 1t has been learned that startling, IN
! formation has been given to the sher,
j hrs department of Rutland county
: which will probably lead to solution
: of three mysterious deaths which have,
occurred in the outskirts of Rutland
: during the past year and halt. Il !;
now believed that the men were killed
with clubs at a disorderly house neal
the place where the bodies were found
for purposes of robbery, and that thell
J bodies were then placed beside tht
tracks to divert suspicion. The las'
death was June Is and the victim was
Joseph Murray of Rutland, the body
being found close TO the tracks Of th'
> Rutland road and the head having inc
appearance of having been struck VIII
: a heavy club. Beside the body was
( note pnrporting to have been writer
nv the victim just before his death OF
which were the words :-''Ezeklel ia
/ DIV hit me with a club Mr.. Eddy i