The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-05
A BURGLARY EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING
w. II. Brackets House on North
Street Entered.
THIEVES STOLE 500 IN Hills
Entered the House by the Pantry Win
dow and Took Money from Pocket
book in Mr.. Brackets Trousers In
Bathroom.

Burrlars rntrfe.l the hous. Of MILFORD
n, nraek.il on North stwct before day
light Saturday morning aud stole ~ ~
bills from a lsOckelb0ok IN AIR, Bracket :
trusefs, which N-fe hanging Ia the bath
r,om ga the SECOND iloor, They also took
a small sum ol MONEY from a purse which
MIR. Bracket had left on the table IN
the front hall aud apparently visited
every room Ia the house except the hrd'
rooms, lraVing a trad al burned matches
and candle dnpplnss IA their wake Soine
painting had revcnily hocn done on ihr
honsc aud on that account the screen pro
tecting the pantry window had been -
moved aud ihc window lei, open al the
top, The burglars reached through this
olrning aud Operated the spring letting
down the upper sash. They fastened baeA
a swing door between two rooms 10y siuii'
ing a rug under Il, ol,cnd wide the out
side hack door ~ order 10 provide an easy
exit ia case 81 ncccssiiy, and wcdged
matches over the latch leading 10 the
noom on the sccOnd iloor occupied by the
servant, Miss Matilda Larson. The
drawers ia the sidchoard in the dining
room we've opened and the contents exam
incd but none Of the silver was iaLen,
presumably because u was marked. Got
lee and food were taken from the pan
try.
The burglary was discovered about Z
O'Clock when Miss Larson found herself
unable 10 open the door at the foot OF
the stairs leading innm her room 10 the
kitchen, She called 10 the girl employed
al the home oi &. W. Durham, adjoining,
aud the latter finding the kitchen door
opcn was able 10 enter the house and re,
lease Miss Larson. The two girls soon dis
covered traces Of the intrndcrs IN The
pantry aud the other rooms and Mr.
Bracket was az once notified. Further
investigation revealed Mr.. Bracket :
empty pockctbook lying on the floor Of
the bathroom. Apparently the burglars
wanted nothing that could be identified,
Tor Mr.. Brackets gold watch was not
touched, although Il was IN his vest with
in a foot OF the trousers from which the
pocketbook was taken. Drppings from
red wax candle and burned matches were
found in all the rooms downstairs. 4
strange featun, of the burglary Is the fact
that the intruders were able TO enter the
house and ransack IL without being dis.
covered, for the curtains were all up and
the houses of c. W. Durham and +. IL.
Howard are very close 10 that OF Mt.
Bracket.
Between ! and o'clock Saturday morn
ing Mrs. y. |. llawley, who. lives across,
the street from the Bracket house, heard
someone prowling about outside and got
M TO investigate. In attempting 10
strike light she stumbled against a
chair and frightened the burglars away.
but marks on window sill in the. rear OF
the house showed where they had at
tempted to gain entrance.
Mr.. Bracket notified the village an.
thorities about S o'clock Saturday morn.
ing and they in turn sent word to Chief
OF Police Evans. Later in the day Chief
Evans visited Mr.. Brackets house and
made an examination OF the surrounding
territory. He was unable 10 get any
clew. however. and nothing has since been
learned that throws any light on the mat
ter