The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-24
BURGLAR OPERATED
AT CHAS. II. WELCOMES
Took Between si2 and SIS From
Purse Monday Evening.
FAMILIARITY WITH THE HOUSE
Mr.. Welcome Believes Intruder Watch.
cd Him Prepare for Bed aud Then
Went TO work-Entered House by
Way OF Pantry window-No Clues

Another burglary was committed Mon
Jay night Ia the tenement oprupisl A.
Charles II. Welcome, manager al M
htatllehoro news eompanys slone. In A
W. kockwell's house at Is Frost street
and IRON sl2 10 sl5 aud leather bag be
longing 10 Mrs, Welcome were stolen
Af. Welcome went home from worl
about s'iS, aud he believes the burglal
was then IN the house and watched Rim
AZ he prepared Tor bed. After he wen, 4,
bed Mr.. Welcomes dogs began 10 batk
aud rushed toward the front mari Of IN,
house. They had done the same thing
on, other occasions, aud Mr.. Welcon,
called them back. thinking they heard
something on the street. lie believes now
that they saw or heard the burgler in the
house. Mr., aud Mrs. Welcome occupy
the downstairs tenement aud Mr.. aud Mrs.
Clarence Reed occupy the tenement up.
stars. The Reed family was not at home
Monday night. The downstairs pantry is
on the west side OF the house. North OF
Is a bathroom, and north Of that the
back bedroom, where Mr.. Welcome sleeps.
A hallway runs past the bathroom 10 the
back bedroom, and in the hallway is
bench, where Mr.. Welcomes three dogs
sleep. East OF the pantry is the kitchen.
South of the kitchen is the dning.room,
and south OF the pantry Is the front bed.
room. The arrangement is such that
person in the back bedroom can see down
the hall and across the kitchen to the
front bedroom. The burglar got into the
pantry through a west window. which is
about five feet from the ground. There
was a screen in the window. and the
blinds were closed. In order TO open the
blinds and remove the screen the burglar
secured board from nearby building
operations, placed il against the window
sill and climbed upon IL. Wilbur G..
Rockwell, who lives in the next house,
saw the board resting against the house
yesterday morning. but supposed il was
placed there by boys.
The burglar went from the pantry ding.
onally across the kitchen to the dining
room and closed the door between the
kitchen and dining-room. In order TO do
this it was necessary 10 remove a three
foot screen which Mr.. Welcome places in
the doorway at night to keep the dogs out
of the front part OF the house The opera
tons of the burglar were confined TO the
dining room and front bedroom. After |
taking the money the burglar threw the |
pocketbook behind a waste basket. The |
drawers and bureau drawers |
were pulled out, but SO far as known |
nothing was taken from them. The bur
ylar left the house through the dining
room door leading to the front piazza.
on reaching home Mr.. Wei.
come went into the various rooms and
ocked the doors. While he was doing
hat Mrs. Welcome said to him. Il left
ny pocketbook on the dining.room table
To which Mr.. Welcome replied: Il guess
{ will be all right. / don't believe any
BODY will take it before morning. Then
lie went to bed, but read for time be-
ore turning the light out. II was while
ne was reading that the dogs started from
heir bench. Mr.. Welcome believes the
burglar watched him through an open,
ng between the kitchen and pantry and
leard the talk about the pocketbook.
The theory that the burglar was in the
louse before the light was turned out
! strengthened by the fact that a piece
{ flannel was hung over the keyhole in
he front bedroom, which is on line
Nth the back bedroom: The floors OF
9th rooms in which the burglar oper-
ted were strewn with burnt matches;
nd this same circumstance has attended
Their recent burglaries in Brattleboro.