Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
OFFICERS ON WILD GOOSE CHASE.
Hurried In Automobile to Londonderry
But Found That Hunter There Had
Rlaht Kind of License.

Right nina OF License
Deputy Game Warden Roswell L.
Frost and Deputy Sheriff ATyron p. Davis
went on a wild goose chase Monday
at the instigation Of State Fish and Game
Commissioner II. G. Thomas of Stowe.
Armed with a complaint and warrant
and with visions of bringing a desperate
breaker of the game laws Of Vermont to
bay, they disappeared from Brattleboro
in an automobile in a cloud of dust en-
route for Londonderry where the MALE
factor was supposed to be exterminating
the game at a frightful rate. The war
rant charged one Homer i. Bosworth of
Springfield, Mass, with hunting game
birds in the state of Vermont with
license which he bought of a man in
Springfield, Mass, instead of taking one
out in due form in this state The Off
GERS expected to see some slick young
vlodger of the game laws, but on their
arrival a man of evident education and
culture, some 70 years old, made himself
known as the one they were looking for
It was realized at once that some mis-
take had been made and after little ex-
PLANTATION Mr. Bosworth produced his Ii
cense to hunt in this state, made out in
regular form by Town Clerk William s.
Newton of Brattleboro. The officers
apologized and left.
The full story of the occurrence seems
to be metning like this: Last week
Mr. Bosworth, with DIR. Joseph T. Herrick
of Springfield and Rev. Il. A. Slack of
Brookline, Mass, went to Londonderry
for a weeks shooting. Mr.. Bosworth
went to the Londonderry town clerk to
procure a license but was unable to get
one because the clerk did not have the
necessary blanks on which to make one
out. Mr.. Boswortn wanted to deposit the
fee required with the town clerk as an
evidence of his intention to keep to the pro-
INt,r fffFfh
cussion, decided to take the trouble to
come TO Brattleboro to get license,
thereby losing one good day Of his vaca-
ton rather than break the law In the
slightest particular. He came to Town
Clerk w. S. Newton and had his license
made out in due FORM The trouble arose
over the red tape connected with re-
Iordilg licenses. The license blanks are
, acc, mpanied by a certificate which Is
sert to the state fish and game com
missioner. The blank is to be filled out
With description of the hunter with in
formation as to where he bought his
gun and other petty details. The manner
in which this blank was made out led
Mr. Thomas to believe that Mr.. Boswortt
had bought his license of Harry Halves
a sporting goods dealer in Springfield.
This evidently appeared very suspicious
to the fish and game commissioner 49,
he promptly -,oj'N s tJb3- to End out wher
Ma I5osworth was hunting He locates
him at Londonderry and sent letter L
Deputy Game Warden Frost informing
him that the man was hunting on IL
cense belonging to another man AM
- directing him to apprehend the culpri
at once Mr.. Frost took hold OF tn
situation with his customary promptnes
and secured a warrant from States AT
torney r. C. Bacon. He then fount
Deputy Sheriff Davis and started wit
all haste in the automobile. The out
come of the affair is in no way discre
ditable to Mr.. Frost, as he simply acte
under instructions from his superio
officer He is rather TO be commende
for the promptness with which he too
hold of the situation and carried out hi
instructions. A request from Mr.. Thoma
for an investigation of the matter In
stead of an order for the apprehensio
of the supposed law breaker would nav
saved the state some money and avoide
putting some reputable men in an EN-
barassing position.