The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-24
NO WEDDING BELLS
FOR POOR ARTHUR
His Dream of Matrimony Came
to Abrupt Ending.
AS ARMY DEsERrER
Young Man Who Had Been Working
in Brattieboro Told Springfield Po-
lice Sad Story OF Crowd Of Disap-
pointed Guests Waiting at Church.

, IL the assertions Of Miss Ida Bear
I. Of Brattleboro can be taken for facts
Arthur J. Guyotte. erstwhile Of Brat
tleboro but now detained at Fort
Tmmbull, CT, for court martial for
; desertion from the regular army, has
got Ananias beaten TO a frazzle and
! Munchauscn and his tribe looking like
a tableau personifying truth. Guyotte
was arrested Saturday night in
Springfield, Mass, while waiting for q
Brattleboro train at the Springfield
railroad station. Confined in the de-
tention room of the Springfield police
station Monday, he bemoaned his
cruel fate, and thinking that ,plausi-
BILE yarn might move the police to
tears he worked a worn.out gag over
time in an effort to escape from their
clutches. Guyotte was holding down
chair in the railroad station Saturday
evening when Patrolman Horace q.
Clark spotted him and from photo
graphs and descriptions recognized in
| him man much wanted by the Unit
ed States authorities for desertion
from the regular army while stationed
at Fort Ethan Allen.
When confined Guyotte began to
leak brine like a Dill pickle minus
bite, and judicious questioning by
the following facts. He stated that he
did not mind the fact that he was
shut up but the efforts Of his gray
matter were confined to wondering
what sort of storm would break
loose in Brattleboro at o'clock Tues
day morning when his bride-elects'
Miss Ida Bean, and hundred invr
guests from the country round woule
gather at the church for the perform
ance of the wedding ceremony. mo
ySs1 Nsadng Sfs k TGf ms sr n0dosd dos she
has made all sorts of plans for the.
wedding, and I've got lot Of brand
new clothes at her house just waiting
for me to put them on and get ready
for the ceremony. All her friends and
mine in the country have been invited
to the wedding, and they'll be there
waiting at the church. l don 7 know
what she will tell them but l will have
to write her and tell her that I'm
pinched and to call off the wedding or
else to marry another man. / call this
a real fix, don It yous"
Guyotte told them in Springfield
that he was well known about Brattle-
boro, having lived in this vicinity for
several years. He stated that he had
known his bride-elect since childhood,
in fact since they used to make mud
pies in mothers s cake tins. He be-
came infatuated with army life and
enlisted. He said that when he came
nome on furlough about six months
ago his appearance was. exceedingly
attractive. He spent eight hours a
lay shining the brass buttons on his
,oat, and hired tailor to keep a
,rease in his trousers. The young wo-
nan, he said, didn It like the idea of
lis returning to duty so he pondered
ong over the idea of going back to
he bugle calls and sham battles. He
ondered SO long chat he overstayed
is leave and that made him a desert
r. Many times he decided to go back
p.state and face the music, but when
uailed. Then there was "leay 'ng the
irl'' and he continued to dodge the
fly cops" who were hot on his trail.
lanv times he barely escaped these
leuths of the law who were dogging
is tracks. When he was arrested by
fficer Clark his pipe dreams went up
/ smoke, and his visions of a GO
eous honeymoon burst like soal
ubble.
According to Miss Bean, she h.
ever been engaged to Guyotte and
sa
cart strings when Arthur was around
he and her relatives state that stn
aver had the remotest idea of marry
e him. So f, as can be ascertained
, wedding was scheduled for Tuesday
orning, and at the office of the town
ERIK it was stated that marriage IL
nses were at premium. A sister Of
iss Bean stated that Guyotte had
,arded at their home at l Bridge
rect since early in the summer but
at she never knew that he had been
the army. While there he went
lder the name of Arthur Grant and
Drked as a teamster for Napoleon
lstine. Of course Miss Bean had met
m, but simply as one of the roomers
the home of her sister. He had al
sys been gentlemanly, and was con-
Tered an ideal roomer by his land
ly. An uncle of Miss Bean is said
have been with Guyotte when he
IS arrested in Springfield Saturday
ening. He was taken to Fort Trum-
II, Ct.. Tuesday afternoon for trial.