The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-29
HUDSON CAUGHT BY
SHERIFF M. p. DAVIS
Had Begun Work as Farm Hand
in Mortified.
WILL BE SENTENCED TOMORROW
Man Who Eluded officers Knapp and
Wilson Last Week Thursday Night
Liaely to Spend Long Vacation in
Windsor Prison-Found Monday.

George Hudson, alias Henry Josselyn
of West Springfield Mass, who made {
successful sprint for liberty Thursday eve
ming of last week, after being taken into
custody by Deputy Sheriff G. |. KNAPP
charged with the larceny of $35 from A
II. Jaquith, the Vernon milllman, was
taken into custody at Mortified, Mass.
by Deputy Sheriff Myron p. Davis and
brought to Brattleboro in an automobile
Monday forenoon. He waived eXamina..
ton Wednesday morning when arraigned
before Judge +. w. Gibson in municipal
court and unable to furnish $500 bail was
taken to Newfane that evening charged
with grand larceny. He has since filed an
application with the court asking that SEN
tence be imposed upon him, and will be
brought here tomorrow for sentence by
Judge Gibson 1t is probable that he Will
be sent to the state prison at Windsor.
If so he will be the first person to be sent
to Windsor from the municipal court OF
Brattleboro.
darkness and refused to heed the call OF
Deputy Sheriff Knapp, he went to his
apartments on Flat street and INDUCED IN
a cigarette while he watched the officers
hunting for him. When he had recovered
his wind, which was slightly impaired by
his l4-foot jump over the bank into pile
of ladders, he got cap to replace the hat
he lost in his fight and, so he told Mr.;
Davis, strolled down Flat, Main and
New Hampshire The officers are inclined
to believe that this is purely romance
upon the part of Hudson.
Saturday forenoon Deputy Sheriff Knapp
and Chief of Police Wilson took an auto
mobile ride to Vernon, having received
tip that Hudson was in that region. The
man evidently saw them first, for they
failed to find him and nothing was heard
of the fugitive until late Sunday evening,
when Mrs. Jaquith telephoned to the po
lice department in Brattleboro that she
had learned that Hudson was in North
field Arrangements were made at once
for his capture, and Monday morning Dep
uty Sheriff Davis, accompanied by Officer
Ellis G. Worden, went to Mortified in an
automobile. Hudson was located at the
farm of Charles Tenney, having hired out
as farm hand the day before. The Brat
tleboro officers were accompanied by Con
stable Fred Doane of Mortified. When
confronted by the officers Hudson, who
had been hired under the name of Will
liams, said that he had never been in
Vermont. and in fact had never been
north of Mortified. Mass. He main
tanned that his name was Williams
Mr. Davis asked Hudson, alias Josselyn, |
alias Williams, if he was willing to
take an auto ride uDr to George Alder
mans hotel in South Vernon that Alder
man might say whether he had ever seen
the man before Sure thing" said the
man of aliases, and the two Vermont Of
ficers and Hudson journeyed northward.
As the car stopped in front of the South
Vernon hotel, Mr.. Davis advised Hudson
that he was in the state Of Vermont and
under arrest. Before Hudson had any
to formulate plans for making
another break for liberty, Mr. Davis had
handouts on him. He reached Brattle-
ooro Monday forenoon and was given
partial hearing that evening before Judge
&. W. Gibson in municipal court.
Frank E. Barber appeared for him and
asked that continuance be granted until
Tuesday morning, as he felt sure that his
client could make partial restitution and
hereby earn clemency upon the part ct
he court. The court expressed itself as
willing to extend leniency as far as it
,ould and said that if the respondent
made partial restitution and could thereby
BRING the amount of the theft within the
limits of petit larceny the court would be
Wiling to accept a plea of guilty to petit
arceny rather than bind up the man on a
rand larceny charge for the next term of
curt. Hudson was given all day Tuesday .
Wednesday morning was brought into
curt and committed to Jail at Newfane
n default of $500 bail on the charge of
rand larceny As Hudson was anxious
o begin serving at once whatever SEN
enc he might receive he made application I
or sentence at the hands of the municipal
curt and will receive such tomorrow
corning.
Hudson told the court that he had no J
rothers Judge Gibson informed him I
hat he understood that he had four and
hat he was younger than any of the 9th I
rs. Hudson said that he did have four /
rothers, but they all died when young.
Re said they were all killed at one time |
v falling from staging. He told the 5
Ulcers that he was addicted to fits of S
SPELLS" as he termed them, during which
eriods he lost sight of himself and was s
nable to tell what was happening around 1
i'm He was inclined to believe that one
these spells struck him just before he
fled the S35 belonging to Mr.. Jaquith,
nd was also ready to ascribe his sudden j
eparture from Deputy Sheriff Knapp to B
he same reason. Hudson was handled in r,
ons while on exhibition by Deputy Sheriff H
avis and got no chance to do any foot {.
ork. v
LAIMs INSPECTOR WAS UNFAIR.