Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-06-14
NEWS OF VERMONT
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Free Press Resders-Two Barre
Boys Sent to Industrial school
for ThievinG.

Two toys each ia years old Mark Deg
man and william Hughes ~ Barre, broke
into tho store Of w. r. Miles at Granite
vile Friday night and stole about $50
worth of goods. The boys were arrested
Saturday and the Same evening we're
brought before Justice Of the Peace A. a.
Fay. They pleaded guilty to petty lar
ceny and each was sentenced to the state
Industrial school at versennes for tho
remainder OF his minority.
YOUNG BURGLAR CAUGHT.
Deputy Sheriff John Nash arrived in
Bennington late Saturday night having IN
custody Grover Cleveland Thurber, aged
"a, and Merrill Thompson. lad aged IA,
who have been wanted a number OF days
for burglary. Nash heard that they were
in an old house near the White Creek
line, taking refuge from a severe shower.
and found them They are charged with
the robbery OF about 5000 worth Of silver,
etc. from the residence OF Mrs. Aaron
DEMO about four weeks ago, and bur-
gla rizing the residence of J. +. Smith in
Woodford last week. Mrs, DEMO and Mrs.
Smith are sisters and Cleveland Thurber
was brought UP by Mrs. DEMO and was
intimately acquainted with both houses.
For several years ne had been in the West
returning q few weeks ago. He had been,
frequently at both houses since, and Nash
has succeeded in securing most Of the sill
yer that he took from the DEMO house.
He also located some of the trinkets that
were taken from the Smith house. In
searching Sunday afternoon for more OF
the plumber secured in tho DEMO burglary,
Deputy Sheriff Nash found pocket book
II
wero subsequently identified by Mrs.
DEMO as her property. and other things
we're identified a 8 having been taken from
the Smith house in Woodford last Friday
morning,
LABOR CONVENTION IN MONTPE-
LIER.
The nth annual convention OF the Yer
mont State Branch. American Federation
of Labor. will he held in Montpelier be-
ginning Tuesday. August "a. according to
the call Of the secretary. Alexander Iron
side of Barre The call reviews the work
of the past year as follows THE past
year has been busy one. Five ne"
unions have been brought into existence.
and seventeen unions have affiliated dur
| ing the year We have built up many
who were OF the ver.e Of dissolution.
{ Legislative measures nave bttf drafted
land copies sent to every anil ted union.
A manifesto and question blanks have also
been Issued and It Is the duty of all off,
! GERS to see that those question blanks are
used to the best advantage. II any To-
cal has not n sufficient quantity of these
question blanks, 1t should Immediately
inform this office also notifying us how
the candidates for legislative honors In
| it's particular district stand
MAY FIND LONG LOST son.
Some years ago little son, then
! four years old, of Albert Fordum, then
| of Corinth, wandered into the woods
! and never was heard from again nor
did the most dilieent search discover
| the body. hence It was believed that
| the boy was kidnapped. In support OF
| this theory comes the report that Mr..
| Fordum. who now lives IN Barre. has
unearthed clue that he thinks will
result in the finding OF his son. on
! Tuesday he plans to follow up this
clue and later developments are ex-
pected. The fact that such "A clue has
| been found leaked out on Sunday af-
! :ernoon after Mrs. Fordum had Wis
, tied her son Orrin Kellogg, who Is
| held for taking a bicycle.