The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-01
Without Morphine or Dan
gerous Drugs, Cures Colds
and all Throat and Lung
Troubles, Prevents Pneu.
monia. so Years in Use.
JUMPED OUT OF WINDOW
Vermont Mans Troubles in a Chicago
Hotel

The following. detailing the expert
ences of a Pawlet man in the Windy
City, is taken from the Chicago TEib-
une:
Frederick Andrews says that when
he gets back to his old home at Paw
let, VT, he will never again stray
away from the fireside of Burdett
LOOMS, farmer in the Dandy dis
trict
Andrews arrived in Chicago yester-
day morning and before he had been
in the city ten hours he had enough
excitement to last him all his life He
engaged a room at 412 Dearborn ST.
the door of which had frosted panel
| Looking up from letter he was writ
ing he saw the shadow of two men
in The glass panel and he says they
were making motions at the occupant
Of the room
Suspecting the pair at his door We've
intent on robbing him, he picked up a
suitcase his only baggage and tossed
it into the alley through a rear win
dow. lie then followed the suitcase
by leaping to the ground
AS he fled through the alley OF Polk
street he was seen by some men who
thought be was a thief. They started
after him. and Andrews, thinking his
pursuers We're the one from the room.
ing house, began to shout lustily for
The police.
He had a revolver of ancient pat
tern which he dug up one day while
blowing and The weapon was brought
into play II looked like a sawed Of
shotgun to those in pursuit of the hui
collie Vermonter and as he took a
stand against the ROBBERS" he cried
out.
stand back there gol darn we, OF
I'm kill every mothers son of ye. I'm
Fred Andrews from Pawlet, VT, nine
miles by stage coach from Granville
! the county seat and / can lay anybody
OF my size on his back. Now. don
| get me riled
| Sergt John Duffy OF the Harrison
[ street station was in the vicinity am
he went TO the Vermont mans ASS
lance.
Andrews was afraid to go back tC
the room from which he had fled leay
ing an umbrella behind him. The
umbrella was returned TO him by the
sergeant. and he remained over nigh
at the police station.
II was writing TO my sweetheart
Miss Rose Duclaw. a schOolteacher al
Brandon. when / saw those fellows al
my door said the youth. Il had reaC
whole lot about Chicago robbers II
the paper back home and ! came {,
the conclusion that those fellows wer,
going to do me up.
. "Quicker'n a cat could jump ! pu
the half written letter in my pocket
then hauled my trusty old revolye
out OF my suit case Good thing | ha,
10 with me or I mightn't be here nov
TO tell the story.
81 lifted up the window and threw
the suit case out and in my hurry
forgot all about the umbrella and m.
) collar and necktie II was a prett
. good leap to the ground but I'm USE
to jumping out of fruit trees and ha
mows so | didn't mind Il.
u want TO 30 back home Andrew
continued. I've seen enough OF Oh
cago. Burdett LOOMS. the man
worked for, gave me SIS a month an
found. / had the use OF his bes
horse and buggy, whenever | wante
! to take my girl out riding and | wa
n chump to leave there Allan Maso
1 who keeps the Franklin house and ha
met n whole lot of travelling peopl,
told me | was foolish to so away
;. Andrews Is 81 years old.