The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-14
BURGLAR A
IL YEAR-OLD
Boy Who Operated in West
Village Caught.
HE is HENRY NICHOLS
Was Apprehended Yesterday Afternoon
by PinkeTton Man and Soon Confessed
10 BnrglArixing Homes OF l. II. steli.
mann and Mrs. c. n. Evans.

The people Of West Bratileboro can
sleep easier now that they know that
ono of the burglars has been captured.
10 bc sure. be il only II year. old aud
less than I've feet tall, but be has con.
fessed 90 burglafizing the house of l..
II. sicllmann Monday afternoon aud the
house Of Mrs. Z. X. Evans Tuesday
evening The desperado Is no other
than Henry Nichols, tho il.ycar,old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Nichols. who
live on what was formerly known as
the DeeTheld stock farm. lie was
taken about y clock yesterday after.
noon by ". II. Minister OF New York
city, a detective from the New York
Office of the Pinkcrton agency, who has
been In Brattleboro for week or
more conducting an investigation at the
request Of States Attorney X. c. Ba.
con. When the Stellmann and Evans
bnrglaries were reported 10 the authori.
ties Mr.. Minister ut once set TO work
on the ease. aud IL took him but little
while 10 become suspicious of the Mich.
OILS boy. The lad is in the habit Of
peddling vegetables from an express
cart and has been more or less addicted
10 petty thicying.
The Pinkerton man came upon tho
boy yesterday afternoon as he was ped
ding his groceries near the end of the
ear line and asked him what he had
done with the money he secured at the
homes of Mr.. Strllmann and Mrs. evans.
At first young Nichols stoutly main
tanned that he knew nothing of tho
matter. but when the officer told the
boy he would have 10 accompany him
the lad soon confessed 10 the two
crimes mentioned and also to stealing
IS from j. l.. Stoc kwell some time ago.
Mr.. Minister and Deputy Sheriff Davis
took young nichols TO the office of
States Attorney Bacon, and 'phoned
him that they had caupht one of the
burglars. Mr.. Bacon came down street,
took one look at the youngster and then
burst out laughing.
The Stellmann's Is house was entered
Monday afternoon while the family
were on a picnicking expedition to
Mass. The boy entered the
house by cutting hole about l6 inches
square in the rear screen door. He ran
sacked the drawers in some of the
rooms downstairs and then went 10 the
upper hall, where he found a pocket
mann and containing about $3.50. This
the boy took. While the young in
truder was at work Miss Helen Bige-
ow. aged 10, came to the Stellman
house on an errand. Hearing foot
steps upstairs and not getting any re-
'ponse to the doorbell she rang several
lines and then went into the lower
iall. The footsteps were still audible,
,ut Miss Bigelow did not 90 upstairs,
linking they might be made by
,oarder.
The Evans theft took place about
80 Tuesday evening. Young Nichols
vent TO the home of Mrs. Evans about
clock to deliver some groceries.
,1rs. Evans was not at home. but Mrs.
iary Wood of Newtonville, Mass, who
as room there, paid the boy for his
oods from her own purse, going to her
oom to get the money The boy fol-
owed her and stood around so long
fter he got his pay that Mrs Wood
ad to tell him that she had to 90 to
er supper at H. c. Harris s across the
treet. While she was gone the boy
ntered the house and took $l.55 from
he purse.
Young Nichols had practically all Of
he stolen property in his possession
hen he was, taken into custody yes s
erday. He spent the night in charge
Deputy Sheriff Davis, and this morn
lg was sentenced by Judge Gibson to
ne state industrial school.