The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-18
Rev. Mr.. Bullard OF Brandon
Arrested In Boston
FOR LARCENY OF BOOKS
1t Is Alleged That Clerk in coOdspssd's
Store Caught the Vermont Man
Tuelsing a Valuable Book
Under His Coat.

Boston, MaAs.. Oct is.-Tho Rev. Fred.
erick l.. Bullard Of the Congregational
church of brandon. VI. was arrested
yesterday for the theft of several valu.
able books from two local book stores
and for the theft Of camera from q
local photographs supply store. One
Of the books i caterhism more than
800 years old aud valued AZ $50. The
prices OF the other books ranged down
TO 81.
AZ the store OF Charles T. Goodspeed.
Park street, number of books have
been missed Of late aud the police were
called IN. Bnllard was arrested by a
plain clothes officer iust as he was con.
cealing the catechisn. lie refused 20
communicate with any Of his Brandon
friends 70 secure hail and was taken 70
the Tombs lie il believed 70 have
mania for old books.
How lie Was Arrested.
At Goodspeed's store a clerk late IN
the afternoon saw an aristocratic.look.
ing man. with large, expressive blue eyes
and q vandyke beard, suddenly tuck
volume beneath his coat. For weeks
book dealers Of the city have been
watching for q thief. who has been pur.
loining the most expensive editions from
their shelves, and the clerk who saw the
theft was quick to pounce upon the
minister.
The lattcr's face turned to an ashen
hue a. he realized that he had been
found out he pleaded for mercy and
in a spasm Of terror betrayed his iden-
tity. He offered 70 make restitution
and 70 pay for the book the clerk de-
clared he had seen him put beneath
his coat, but his entreatics were Of no
avail. Word was sent TO police head
quarters, and Inspector Sheehan. with
Detective Sergeant Pelton we're at once
dispatched TO Park street.
When the Rev Mr.. Bullard saw the
police officers he became panic stricken.
With a Wild rush he attempted 70 get
through the door aud into the street.
The matter Of preventing him was sim
pie. for they had IN advance made such
move impossible. As he realized that
he was in the tolls Mr.. Bullard gave
way to violent weeping. lie admitted
that he had taken the book. but pleaded
that il was his first offense.
He declared that his wife and Ave
children were due IN Boston during the
day and that he had promised TO meet
them at one OF the most fashionable
hotels. To verify this statement. an in.
vestigation was made and Mrs. Bullard
was found as her husband said she would
be. She almost collapsed when told Of
his arrest and would have rushed at
once 10 the city prison, where he was
detained, had he not left explicit instrue-
tions that he would not sec her.
When Mr. BnIlard reached the prison
he collapsed. As the iron frame changed
after him, he threw himself on the bunk,
where he attempted to hide his face in
the blanket. and wept spasmodically
All the afternoon uutil dark, he alter
nately m0ancd and prayed.
The books BulIard had when he was
arrested were a Catachism,y by Nor
well, published In London, Eng, in 1873,
valued at $50. and Stevenson's "An In.
land Voyage first edition, valued at
500. These were from the Goodspeed
store. He il charged with the larceny
Of book valued at SO, on Oct. IA, from
the store Of the Charles II. LAuriat COM
pany, 365 Washington street, and five
books valued at $3.50 on Oct. 16 from
some person unknown.
Among the other books recovered
from Bullard were English Comic
sletoruris' Elves Of the
Caesars, "Tales from Shakespeare
By Charles and Mary Lamb; ~Corot,
by Ethel Birnstingi and Alice Pollard; |
sThe Evolution Of Master Key by
Seleeby, and "a Modern Symposium |
bv Dickinson. He also had camera
valued at se5 which the police charge
was stolen from the Boston Camera ex-
change,
The police say that they have reason
10 suspect that Billiard has stolen many
rare and valuable books which were
taken to New York and sold to wealthy
for large sums Of money.