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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-18
61ST ANNIVERSARY.
Chnuncey Hunt and Wife of Worcester
Celebrate Unusual Event.

Montpelier, Jan. 16.-Surrounded nv
their children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren, Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
Hunt of Worcester to-day celebrated the
6lst anniversary of their wedding, an
event rare, indeed, even in this land of
length of days and steady habits. Mr..
Hunt is 50 years old and his wife is s.,
and both are enjoying excellent health.
They were married January Is, 1916. at
| Worcester by the Rev. Carey Russell
now deceased. For the past forty wears
they have resided in that town, honored
and respected by all.
Mr. Hunt was born in Washington. VT
August 2S. 1924. and Lucinda Kemp Hunt
his wife, at Acworth. N. H., December
20, 1922.
During the active years Of his life Mr.
Hunt was prominent farmer in Wor-
cester, and although he never sought or
cared for office. he has hold nearly all
within the gift of his towusmen. He rep
| resented Worcester IN the Legislature
of 1856 and 1851.
Eight children were born to this worthy
couple, most of whom were gathered to-
day under the old home roof
They are Charles L. and Henry p
=.
OILS, Mrs. A. A. Minott and Dr. G.. e. Hunt
of this city, Mrs. Willard Putnam of Mid
dlesex and Dean G. *. Hunt. representa-
tive from Worcester in the legislature of
1901 Death has entered the family circle
but once and that WIS when DR.. c. n.
Hunt. a practicing physician, in this CITY
died four years ago. Mr.. and Mrs Hunt
have Il living grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
HORSE SHOW FOR HOSPITAL.
Rutland, Jan 16.-Rutland is to have
horse show in May for the benefit
of the city hospital, which is practi-
cally a charitable institution. The show
will be held on the Rutland County
Agricultural society's grounds and will
be one day only. 1t is planned to in
county and make a special feature Of
Vormont-bred horses, Morgans espe-
cially. Rutland merchants will con-
tribute the prizes.
WITNESS BROUGHT TO BENNING-
TON.
Remington, Jan. 16.-John Dunn WAS |
brought here tonight from Schenectady. |
N. Y, by Sheriff Wilson, on n charge
case tried at the last term of county |
court At the time OF the divorce trial |
he disappeared but was finally located
in Schenectady where he was placed in |
jail awaiting extradition.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-18
INCoMPREHENSIBLE

Teacher-Johnny, can you tell me what
a hypocrits is?
Johnny-Yes. ma'am. It's boy what
comes to school with a smile on his face.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-18
ELGIN BUTTER MARKET.

Elgn, ILL.,, Jan. 15.-6utter was firm at II
cents pound on the board Of trade to.
day. Sales for the week were 44o 600
pounds.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-18
UNION DROPS FOOTBALL.

schenectady n. Y. Jan. 15.-At a
meeting of the student body Of Union
College to-day it was voted unani-
mously to abolish football as It is
played at present. The action was en-
tirely voluntary as the faculty took
no hand in it.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

Chicago--A compilation of the bank
robberies which occurred throughout
the middle western states last fal
shows that the season was an excep-
tionallY prosperous one for cracks
men. Many little banking institu-
ton was plundered OF its wealth by
the night -prowling profession.
For time 1t was daily occurrence
to lsarn that a bank robbery had
taken place In Missouri, Illinois, In
diana. Kansas, or some of the other
neighLorlng states of the Mississippi
valley Very often. as many as two
or three banks were robbed on the
same night at different towns, show
ing that several bands were pursuing
the nefarious work.
Partial List Of Robberies.
Beginning with the first of October
and ending with the last day of the
old year. no less than 30 successful
bank robberies occurred In the states
of the middle west Following are
some of the Jobs"
The bank of Willard, KY, was
robbed on the night of October Q, and
pursuing citizens killed one robber
and captured four others
A series OF bank robberes occurred
In Ildiana between October "a and
November 3. The robbers got 81 ,4OO
from The bank at Sanborn, $500 from
the oank at Hagerstown, $4,000 from
the bank at Ridgeville, and wrecked
the vault at Windfall. An attempt
was also made to rob the bank at
Odoa. but no money was secured.
Citizens of Duquoin, H., routed a
gang OF safe blowers on the night of
November l.
Bank OF Creighton, Creighton, Mo-,
was robbed Of $4,000 night of Novem-
Der ,. and tho vault partially demol-
ished by nitroglycerine.
On night of November 3 robbers
tried to blow the bank at Washing.
ton, Ind. and were frustrated in get
ting $4,000 by the bottom of the safe
blowing out before the doors opened.
In blowing safe at Cherryvale,
Kan. on the night of November 20,
robbers started fire which did $751;
1000 1amage.
Bank of Pleasant Plains, ILL.,. shot
up by safe blowers on night of No
Vember rs. Tley got $500. Another
gang Lot $1,000 at jamestown, ILL.,, the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03
Many Institutions Plundered by
Craftsmen During Re- r
cent Months.
HOW NEFARIOUS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED
Over Thirty Successful Jobs" In Mississippi
Valley States During Last Quarter of 1905
Are Regarded Most Danger
of Criminals.

wrecked by Eitroglycerine on the
night of November %. The robbers
got $1,000. On the same night another
gangs got s325 at Piggott. Ark; Q
small sum at Metz. Ark; 800 at Law
ton, @. T.; $50 at Terrell, Tex, and
81, 200 at Vallonia, Ind.
Over $4,000 was taken from the bank
at Owl, I. T., on the night of Novem
Der 80
Robbers blew safe at Shelbyville
Mo- and got 1910 on night of De-
cembcr ].
The Farmers and Merchants bank,
at Forest Grove, Ore, was robbed OF
S5,453 on night of December 2. On
the same night another gang got $1,000
from a bank at Carrolton, Tex.
Citizens at Fuirland. Ind, fought an
exciting battle with bank robbers on
night of December 6. The thieves got
away with $500. On the same night
another gang got $3.50 at Ardmore,
|. 7.
All Precautions Useless.
Banks in all the small towns In
these states were literally turned into
arsena,s, while q thorough. up-to-date
equIpr:ent of burglar alarms was
generally installed and special armed
watchmen employed by the banks.
The methods employed in practically
every one of these bank robberies have
been the same. The loot has seldom
failed. Sometimes 1t has amounted to
$4,000 from single robbery, and
1t has scarcely ever been less than
$1,000.
No: since the days when the ia
nous Reno gang of bandits terrorized
the people with its daring crimes has
the country been SO boldly worked by
bank burglars as 1t was during the
autumn just past With the advent
of tie rural telephone and the de-
velopment of the interurban electric
railways the states boasted of prog
ress that was popularity supposed TO
make the profession Of yeggman Sc
hazardous that organizations of bur.
glars and systematic looting of banks
not 10 have been the case.
Missouri, which invented train rob
berry, usually leads all the states oil
the Union In bank robberies. This
year. however. the state where peo-
pie have TO lie shown" has been
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

away above the average. During for
mer Speaker Renderson's ADMINISTERS
ton 1t was the customary thing alter
the adjournment Of session or II q
congress for the members to linger in
the hall while the songsters OF her
number rendered popular airs and pa
triotic hymns. Henderson himse was
quite leader in these demonstrat ons,
and since he went out of Office the
practice has fallen into innoclous
desuetude.
The three "Jims" In the hous=-Jim
Watson, Jim Tawney and Jim Sher-
man-are noted for their melo iious
voices. Sherman is a fairly good
tenor; Tawney is light barytore aud
Watson deep barytone. Then there
is Charlie Lands, who sings frst
tenor, and Col. Morrell, of Phi label
-lia who has a very pleasing voice,
esiies dozen others who can do good
hr work Hal Cooper, of Wis
,onsin, Is the most finished must ian
IN the house. His favorite instrument
is the piano, and II Is treat to hear
him perform on first-class ms ru-
ment, improvising music of his own.
| Representative Longworth, of Chic.
now famous as the fauce of Miss Alico
Roosevelt, is also singer and Plays
well on the piano. He prefers comic
and character songs and can ent ain
whole company by rendering dialect
and vaudeville airs to his own accom-
paniment upon the piano.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

jet; II is difficult to get the vener.
able senator 10 make an absolute, un-
qualified declaration. His caution has
become a joke which he appreciates
as much as anyone else. Just before
tire hoiiday recess the senator was
twitted With his reputation for safe.
guarding a statement OF fact. In urg
ing s'ticD On a measure he declared
the Christmas holidays are COM
ing"
Senator Spooper. who was sitting at
Mr. Allison's elbow. remarked soto
roee: THAT is a very positive state
ment for you 70 make" The rosy
checked old senator from Iowa gasped
smiled, stammerci little and pulled
himself together and resumed:
well, an, that is--we may assume
that the holidays are about to come.
We have not received the usual holi-
fzy resolution for adjournment yet,
bot think may safely assume that
the Christmas holidays are approach.
ing" The clever way in which Mr.. Al
I.son saved his reputation for conserv.
atism created = roar OF laughter in the
senate.
II is related Of Mr.. Allison that one
time friend was determined to get an
unequIvocal expression of opinion from
him. They we're passing a farm IN
Iowa at the time, and observed q flock
of sheep that had been lately clipped
Of It's wool. Those sheep have been
sheared, have they not?" asked the
friend. Judging from their appear
ance on the side next to us, should
say they have" replied the senator
who was too cautious to assert that the
sheep had been sheared all over.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

glar tools. some OF them Of remark
able workmanship; but the possession
of these is rare.
For the most part the gangs work
with nothing but the nitrogIycerine
and the soap. They pick out small
city, rarely one with Q population Of
more than 5000 or 1000. generally one
with less. Such towns have but q
small night police force, II, indeed.
they have anything more than a night
marshal
The gang sends man In town dur
ing the day to locate the bank. At
midnight the whole quartette moves
in. The night marshal Is hunted up
ami gagged. Bank robbers have their
own colloquialisms for all these things,
and II they were telling 1t they would
say they stuck up" the marshal and
put him away" This means they thrust
gun in the officers face, compelled
him to throw up his hands. bound and
gagged him, and laid him out Of
harms way behind some building, or
back in an alley. Looking after the
night marshal is almost always an
easily accomplished preliminary. Few
of them ever discover there are bank
robbers in town until 1t is too late,
ami case where robbers were antici-
pated by the marshal and routed be-
fore they robbed the bank is sufficient
ly rare to be called unknown.
Actual Work at Bank.
After the way has been cleared in
this manner the thieves go to the
bank, either pick or break the lock
of the bank door with crowbar, and
enter the chamber of wealth. If the
safe is inside the vault they first go
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

to work with the soap and soup"
1.-THE latter being their name for nitro
glycerine) and blow their way in.
The safe comes next. They make
soap lip a. the top crack of the
safe door, cal.S the crack of the safe
door all the way down, and pour the
nitroglycerire into the lip, from
which it runs down inside the door
along the sides OF the bottom. This
done. the thieves put the percussion
cap in the soap lip. attach foot-long
fuse light 1t and retire outside, clos
ing Inc door. Sometimes when they
are blowing a safe inside vault they
even close the door Of the vault. These
precautions lessen the noise and mini
mize the danger II an alarm.
Oh detectives say that there are
really no safes that can Withstand this
attack with nitroglyeerire Many
so-called burglsr-proOf safes have
been laid open until their experience
has .sagbt them 80 lose faith in the
nam True. tiers are safes that fire.
queaijg resisi sftaek. but this is be-
cause the thieves Do NOT know how
20 So b.; DO, because II couldn't be
done.
The deteetirss say that bank rob
bling ls u crime jp which only
white men engage. II is unknown u
negroes Anosher singular fact sbout
IL IL that the n,en engaged in ii are
slmos. all Of IN age, II IL non The
work 0f boys or grsybesrds, bD, The
adventure of men varying little fr0n,
20 years Mort of them are ex-oon.
victs. Detectives have observed that
safe blower once settled" az they
call conviction and imprisonment, In
yariabIy returns TO the soup and soap.
The explanation is obvious: He needs
ready money.
The inference from all this is that
the winter can have no terrors for
the bank robber. Handsomely reward.
ed .or his industry, he can retire for
a season and indulge in few luxuries.
II. as bank onicials affirm, the bold
bank robbers who have made such a
whooping campaign this last year
take refuge In the brick-walled can
yons of the larger cities Of the CEN
trail west after their autumn activities,
this should be winter Of plenty OF
prosperous robbers in the Mississippi
valley, with plethora OF money. To
be sure a good deal Of It under these
circumstances would be tainted chiefly
by powder and some Of the currency
may be little bent. but 1t will have
to be pretty badly shot up to be un-
welcome.
Many a small banker would rest
easier II some means could be found
to more fully protect himself and
his patrons.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

looking after the interests of his ,on-
stituents, however, that he IL most
.ireless. He knows nearly every man,
woman and child In Minnesota, and
none of them hesitates to write to him
for any sort of Information or assist
ance. my people back home ere "a
we'll Informed and up-to-date as people
anywhere" said the senator the other
day, but some of them now and then
give me bad Jolt" The senator then
showed colleague q letter which he
had Just received from Norwegian at
Sleepy Eye" The letter read:
When you go to the capitol the
next time please go In the pension
once and get my pension increase
pushed through, and then see II the
Ash commission will give us some
trout seed up here. Some time SEQ
the postmaster general and have Nils
Swenson made postmaster at Koday.
and II you see him tell Secretary W.T.
son We all up here want plenty new
cabbage next spring. Same time go In
attorney generals ONCE and poke up
Moody to get Halvor Halvors out OF
Jail for selling whisky to Indians.
That's all now. Thanking you for past
favors, yours, ETC."
THAT letter." said Mr.. Nelson, els .
sample Of many have received In my
service In congress. Lots OF folks
think the whole government Is under
one roof and that I have only to Ga
from one room to another to attend to
their business and do their errands-"
At the same time there are not man5
Of these "errands" that the senator
neglects to attend to. His great
strength with the people Of his state
Is In paying attention to ali sorts az
requests, and scattered throushoat
Minnesota there are probably more
autograph letters Of Senator Nelson
treasured up a. souvenirs In the hum
BILE homes than Of any otho publio
man. He personally replies to st>n
communication. NJ
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

of being a humorist. but all the same
he Is most inveterate practical joker.
For some time past he has been
"stringing" young member Of the
senate whose political ambitions are
only bounded by the presidency Of the
United States. He has told this sena-
tor that the success of young man
lies in making plans for the future and
sticking to them. Now, you have a
brilliant political future" said Mr.
Crane. the other day, land you ought
to make definite plan. You ought to
be president some day, but would ad-
wise you to fix on 1920 as the, year to
seek the nomination"
Then the senator advised the appli-
cant to see another man in the senate
and to get the latter's inIence. Your
success depends upon keeping quiet
said Mr.. Crane. 80 you want to see
this other man by himself and talk to
him confidentially." Then Mr. Crane
went to the other man and told him
that Senator So-and-So wanted to talk
with him on certain subject. He
will bore you to death" said Mr..
Crane 80 do rot allow him to see you
alone"
Since that time the senator with
presidential aspirations has been pur-
suing the other senator who may do
him some good, and the latter has been
avoiding him as much as possible.
Wien he. sees the ambitious one COM
ing towards him, he always manages
to get alongside another senator, SO
that the conversation cannot be pri-
vate or confidential. The antics Of
these two senators has afforded Mr..
Crane and a few of his friends who
are in the secret intense enjoyment
Mr.. Crane is liable to carry this joke
along for months and so successful Is
he in working his victims that the joke
Is never suspected.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

outdone by Indiana. Illinois, Ken
lucky. Kansas. Arkansas. the Indian
Territory. Oklahoma, Texas and
Nebraska, all parts Of the favorite
range of the hank robber.
1t 10 strange, but true. that few rob-
berries ever occur out of season. A not
able exception was at Royal. ILL.,,
where a bank was robbed OF $4,000.
This robbery occurred In August. The
most remarkable recent case occurred
early last fall when robbers broke into
a bank at Mineral Point Wis. and Sc
cure1 s25,2so. &
Robbers Work in Gangs.
VI is singular that very few Jobs
are done sing;c-handed. II Is tradi-
tional that bank robbers and safe
blowers work in gangs. They send
In two men to do the work and leave
two guards without. Occasionally
there Is NTH man. but not often.
The bank robber Is considered by
detectives and police oflicers to be the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03
Ways of the Bank Burglar.
same night. and third 5000 at Fair.

same night. and third 5000 at Fair
mount, Ill
Bank robbers made an unsuccessful
attack upon Danville. ILL.,. on the night
of November FL. and the same might
another futile attempt was made at
Tamaroa. Ill.
Robbers entered Eldon. Mo. on
nigh. of November 25, but were re-
pulsed by citizens. who captured their
bottle OF nitroglycerine.
john Rodenberg, of East ST. Louis.
feeling that sale blowers might visit
him. Iosted the combination OF his
safe In plain view. The expected
visit came, and the thieves got s32
out of the safe on the night Of Noyem-
Der %. without using the destructive
nitrogIy cerinc. He saved the safe.
Tho state Bank at Chapman. Neb.,
was dynamited on the night OF Mo-
vember 81. yielding $4,000.
Tho entire front OF the American
Exchange bank. at-Browns, I'LL. was
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

warned not to return. Last session
and at the beginning Of this congress
the police adopted new policy and
sent the offenders to the police court.
whore they are usually convicted ana
given sentences Of 60 days at tho work
house.
There are NO more warnings given"
said Capt Mesrew. Eve have found
they are not rs effective as . term In
the chain gang and 60 days Of labor
with pick and shovel. Word has been
passed around among the grating fra
ternity Of our intention In this mat
ter, and that is why we have not had
q single complaint or arrest since the
holidays"
1t is easily recalled that few years
ago the capitol building and grounds
were infested with every type Of tho
beggar fraternity from the give me q
penny" small fry to the hardened
CRATER who would request the loan OF
ten spot; just to tide me over, you
know. until l get remittance from
home" Another type were the men.
women, and sometimes boys. who want
ed their representatives or senators to
loan them enough money to return to
their homes. The lato Judge English.
the author of ben Bolt" when in con-
gress had a way Of meeting this class
by telling them he would wire to their
folks at home to ascertain the truth Of
their story and for them to come
around few hours later, and he would
loan them the money. The strikers"
1t is needless to say, never returned.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03

most dangerous kind Of criminal. II Il
said that bank robbers will shoo
quicker than any other type. They
are absolutely fearless. and their dis
covery OF the destructiveness of nitro
glycsrine has made It an easy matter
for ''second-class bum" to become q
first-class bank robber.
II Is said that few bank burglars
are mechanics, relying upon the nitro
glycerIne to open the vault, no mat
ter how strong the safe or how well
barred the doors. "Give tramp q
can OF soup and bar OF soap. and
two or three other buns to work with
him. and he'll get into the fanciest
burglar-proof safe that was ever
made. said detective.
That so few robbers are caught Is
explained by the detectives in this
way: The rohberies occur at little
towns, here, there. everywhere. Crack
ing the safe between midnight and two
o'clock. the thieves have often as
many as four or five hours of dark
ness in which to get away. II they
can catch a train across country in
this time 1t is a long chase to catch
them. Unlike the James and the
Younger boys. they don't ride into
town in the daytime, shoot UP and
down the street until the hank Is
robbed and then ride off into the
woods. The up-to-date bank robter
comes and goes under cover of night,
and almost invariably relies upon the
railroads to carry him far away from
the scene of his crime within a few
hours.
So Il Is that the mufiied boom of
the bank robbery is nightly occur
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-03
E.,rs. Nelson of Minnesota.

NE Of the busiest
and most Ia MS
taking members OF
the senate Is + mute
Nelson, OF Mime
sofa. He al s
himself a farmer,
but there are lew
lawyers in that
b ody who give
great constitution
al questions any
closer study than
he does. 1t Is In