The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-07
WAS GUILTY OF PETTY LARCENY
Harry St. Cyr Fined $40 and Costs Respondent Faint
ed Twice in Court

which occupied the attention III the muhie
psl court Saturday afternoon and r'eiii
and Monday afternoon, created mom g
oitemenl aud Was attended by mosv as
matte details than any other criminal cas-
that has been prosecuted IN nfsltisboi.
recent years. The case Was ai'bossa ~
far As the municipal court Of brattlchof
was concerned Monday afternoon, whe
Judge T., ". Gibson found the responder
guilty aud sentenced him 10 pay Inc q
$40 aud costs, from which decision the y
spondent appealed and furnished bail IN Ia
sum Of $500 Tor appearance al the Scp1sil
her term Of the Windham county court
No testimony was introduced IN behalf
The responded. The decision Of the eour
was peaehed after two delays at eriiiea
iunefares, al each OF which the responder
collapsed by reason OF a weak heart ah'
was carried out OF the court room.
Ordinarily the case would have atttsotss
but little attention, but on account o. w
excited condition OF the pubic hiihu Nh'
court room was filled throughout the pro
ceedings aud those who wcn unable 10 at
tend court awaited with eager Interest
news from the hearing. The case had mol
even A remote connection with the bur
glaries, however, and Judge Gibson. made
this clear at the time OF imposing sentence
The dramatic flight Of -. Cyr from his
home ON Frost street as officers approached
the house Thursday night OF last week was
reported in the Reionner Friday. On I'm
day afternoon four officers armed WITH war
rants for ST. Cyr's arrest searched IT; Cyr
house and that OF his father on Church
place without getting any trace oil the nc,
spondent. While they were thus engaged
81. Cyr was in hiding IN the upper story OF
w. II. Vinton a. Sons paper mil, where,
n......l... -. las 80 he went mt y % CLOCK
Friday morning. From the time OF hrs de
parture from his home Thursday night UNI
iii he started for the paper mill he was IN
hiding near MILESTONE brook at the west
end OF Frost street. On account OF the eA'
cessive heat in his hiding place in the pape
mill and the lack OF food and drink, To-
eether with a heart weakness, 81. Iyr
found il necessary TO give himself up fri-
day night and about o'clock he sent one
Of his brothers, who Is employed az lhe
mill, with a message TO Chief OF Romeo
James ii. Evans TO come and take MN INTO
custody. The boy was, then IN a serious
condition, being scarcely able 70 get up,
Judge Gibson's office. DIR. Thomas Rice
was summoned and he gave orders not to
have st. Cyr moved that night, SO 1t was
arranged to have bed moved into the
Office, but later St. Cyr said he preferred to
remain in a rocking chair, which he was
allowed TO do. Policeman Hiram Hyde
was assigned to remain with the prisoner
over night. ~,
wildfire through the village and Bug
crowd gathered on the street corners: On
Saturday morning st. Tyr was arraigned
before Judge L. W. Gibson on the charge
Of petty larceny in stealing SIG from LOUIS
r. sln.... h.a
garage, States Attorney Robert 9. Da-
con appeared for the state and William II.
Daley, of the firm OF Chase & Daley, APP
peared for the respondent. st. Cyr plead.
ed not guilty and a hearing was set for
o'clock in the afternoon, the prisoner
being admitted to bail In the
sum Of $500. w. Ii. Vinton, in whose mill
st. Cyr hid after GLIDING the officers, be-
came surety and the prisoner was re-
leased.
He was on hand for the hearing at 4
o'clock and appeared in good spirits. MIR.
Iooding was the first witness. He testi-
fed that St. Cyr frequently visited the
garage. He said that. on Tuesday he
vas unable to say whether st. Cyl. was
PRESENT that day. On Wednesday he hung
I'D his coat on hook near the office in the
northeast corner of the garage at about
! o'clock. His pocketbook was in an in
ide pocket of the coat and it contained a
en- dollar bill, five dollar bill and at
east one one dollar bill, perhaps more.
Witness said he always when hanging up
lis coat made sure that his pocketbook
vas there. st. Cyr was in the garage
7hen the coat was hung up. Witness said
e took down his coat about 1890 as he
tarted for dinner and missed the pocket
Il e.
AIMED over the different people who were
j the garage that afternoon and was of
he opinion that st. Cyr was the only one
'ho had an opportunity to go near the {
oat. He said, however, on cross-exam- {
lation by Mr.. Daley that at one time he |
ent downstairs after nut and did not {
now what transpired while he was down I
lere. He said he was downstairs but |
REF time, but when he came up st. Cyr q
as going out the doorway.
The next witness was Claude Carr, a d
~ who is employed at the garage. He Q
stifed that st. Cyr came into the garage Il
tween 9 and 10. o'clock "Wednesday c
orning and asked for employment. and n
ne that forenoon. He said that when he p
emit to dinner St.. Cyr was still. in the
rage. John Reed, who works for En- j
son & Son, testified that he went into q
e garage at 1920 and was there about G;
minutes. He said that st. Cyr sat on il
e floor when he went in and that after Il
few minutes st. Cyr got up and walked 81
ward the door. f. w. Mickey, who is Ist
lployed by Emerson & Son, testified that NJ
went to the garage about ll:l0 and e1
NAMED there 10 minutes. He said that sc
nps. Allie Conwill testified that he and Sc
Cyr assisted the diver at the time the of
rch was made for the body of Ralph ds
rlow, and that they received 81 each co
| proceeded Immediately to Hinsdale, ca
Fl. Witness said frankly that his fir
ney was all gone when he returned,
, that he did not know how much st. as
r had left. He did not know whether
Cyr had had job since then or not. lal
W. Chamberlin, employed at Whites ha
.ry stable, testified that at about 1870 ev
dnesday afternoon. the day of the, lar ac1
Y, st. Cyr hired team Of him to drive :
in payment for team which he hired Cil
q previous occasion. Chamberlin said str
could not change the bill, whereupon str
Cyr said: II guess | can fix it," and
ded him two one dollar bills. He said tai
Cyr told him not to have any one sit o'c
for him as he might not be back until sur
!. Norman Z. Farr, also an employe sew
Whites livery stable, said he saw st. TIN
at the stable about 1:30 Wednesday, day
I'd him say that he had not had work, dol
him hand Mr.. Chamberlin ten-dol- or
bill and two ones. The next witness Goa
George B. White, proprietor Of the the
ming at $3.50 he heard that the team the
Oh St. Cyr hired was hitched beside the
road between the White farm and the the
Iinson farm and that he went there 2"
drove the team home. He said he tina
Id think the team had been there fror
or six hours. whe
ed Beauchain. proprietor of a pool the