The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-24
FIERCE FIGHT
In DARKNESS
Chief Durkee Of Montpelier
Police Battered
IN AN ATTEMPTED ARREST
stephen and Joseph Bisette Are Now
in the County Jail Awaiting Trial
Trouble Started Over
Rent Bill.

An attempt to collect bill for rent,
followed by chain of fights in which
Chief Durkee OF the Montpelier police
force was badly battered and +. G.
Getchcll looked as il he had been started
through a grinding.maehine, ended carly
this morning in the lodgment Of stephen
and Joseph Bisette Of Montpelier in the
county Jail. Chief Durkee barely escaped
getting a swipe with an axe in the hands
Of one person in crowd Of four men,
two boys and two women who closed in
on him when he tried to serve warrants
on the two Bisettes at the house of
Henry Cushion at the Pioneer.
This is how the story goes; Getchell
owns house at the Pioneer which
Cushion rents, and the latter in turn
has roomers, including the two Bisettes.
The last rent was not paid when due,
and when on Saturday night little
daughter Of Cushion went to Getchell's
house TO borrow an article Getchell
tsked her about the rent and ended by
telling her TO 90 and get what her father
,ould pay on the rent. About this time
Joseph Bisette came along and took a
hand. This angered Getchell and he de-
,lared that there was bunch OF hoboes
being kept by Cushion, anyway. That
,nded the second chapter
The newt chapter came at four o'clock
yesterday afternon, when Getchell was
it work in a cellar he is building at
he Pioneer. Stephen Bisette came along
Ind asked il he had been correctly in
'ormed tonly in different words) If Get
hell had called them a bunch Of ho-
,oes."
Said Getchell. "Yes, I did,
Thereupon the man, Who felt himself
,ggrieved by tie designation, invited
ietehell into the road and he would find
tut. Getchell didn't accept and as he
vas going about his work he got a clip
which was more than an attempt to
mock chip off his shoulder. Getehell
hen clinched with the man and they
oiled around the bank in a rough and
umble, Then Joe Bisette came along
ind two men who were working for Get
hell stopped the fight
The latter went down and made com !
'laint to the Montpelier police, and at
$50 last night, Chief Durkee, not even
rmed with club, went to the Cushion
iouse with Getchell. They were refused |
omission, but after time in response !
o Getchelfs call, Cushion opened the /
oor to them. The callers were in |
ormed that the Bisettes, for whom the 4
rsrrants had been sworn out, had gone /
way. Not believing that the men had |
led and fearing that they might escape |
" a window, Getchell went outside and /
watched while Chief Durkee searched the
ouse
He started up stairs and was met by
he question If he was the man who had
ONE to serve the warrants and Chief
lurkee replied that he was the man.
he room was dark but not too dark
or the chief to see an axe swinging, and
e lodged just in time, getting a whack
n the shoulder. With that a spirited
eht was on in the dark room, Getchell
onling to aid the policeman; but they
'ere not enough for the party and were
riven from the house. Meanwhile the
omen were adding to the turmoil with
ries of Murder! Murder!" When Chief
hlrkee and Getchell withdrew from the
ousc, the two Risettes slipped out of
sar window and started for the woods,
18th the officer and his assistant in
ursuit.
They finally desisted and Chief Durkee
ent back to the Montpelier police sta
on, where enlisting the services of
ffccr Connolly and Peter Allen, who is
etchells foreman, he started on the
unit for the fugitives. About midnight
icy decided 80 try Montpelier Junction,
nd arriving there they found both the
isettes curled up in an engine in the
,und house, sleeping. When awakened
,e men put up fierce fight, but were
naIly oyerpowered and brought to the
Ill in Montpelier.
When arraigned before Judge Harvey
Montpelier city court this afternoon
4 two charges each, that of breach of
lie peace and resisting an officer, their
lses were continued to tomorrow morn
* for trial Neither of the Bisettes !
IRE any marks, while Chief Durkee has
lame shoulder and hip, and Getchell's
- ;s hadIxr scratphed and torn