St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-29
VERMONT NEWS.
! Seiz re of Wool by U. S. Customs Officers at
Newport.


Newport.
Smuggling operations have been
brought to light and seizures made, dur
ing the last fortnight, whereby quite a
saving in revenue has been secured to the
government, and costly lesson admins
teres to those engaged in the traffic
Deputy Collector Charles M. Bailey of
the Customs house ofNewport, acting on
information that wool was being brought
from Canada by team without payment
of duty, took the trail of the smugglers
and secured about 10000 pounds of
wool, the value of which is in the neigh
borhood $4,000. The seizures were made
along the line of the Boston & Maine
railroad between Newport and st. Johns
bury. Many people not conversant with
customs laws have an idea that once well
across the border there is safety in this
class OF tranactions, but that is not the
case as these transactions date back to
the month of May in this year. To ferret
out this wool much of which had passed
through the hands of more than two par
ties required detective ability Of no mean
character aud Mr. Bailey deserves much
credit tor his success.
Shooting ARRAY In Brookfield.
AS the result of a shooting ARRAY at
Brookfeld last week Tuesday night
George Devarne,. Is years DID, was
given a preliminary hearing before JUS
tice !. B. Adams Wednesday and held for
county court under bonds of $500. He
was unable to furnish bail and was
taken to the jail at Chelsea. AS Mr..
and Mrs Fred R. Howard and Mrs.
Towards brothers, Fred and Jesse May
drove into the Howard yard Tuesday
night on their return from an enter
tainment at Randolph Center they were
fired upon from an ash house, eight
buckshot taking effect in the side of Mr.
Towards head The performance was
repeated and the May brothers received
portions of the load in their legs. Three
more shots followed but all went wild
Officer Edward W. Kent was rushed to
the scene and he placed Devarne under
arrest. At the hearing the young man
told widely varying stories. At first he
explained that he had gone to the barn
to tend the turkeys and when he heard
the team drive up thought he would
shoot at the occupants of the wagon
Just for fun. Later he said this tale was
untrue but that the shots were inspired BY
i'll treatment received from Mr.. Howard
Mr.. Howard denied that he mistreated
the boy and said he knew of no reason
why he should have made an attempt on
his life. Officer Kent testified to the eff
feet that Devarne had admitted to him
that he did the shooting and explained
his motive in conflicting stories,
An Ingenious Device.
George Whitney, foreman ihachinist at
the Central Vermont Railway Co.'S
round house in White River Junction has
succeeded in the construction OF device
whereby the use of a bellows or blower
is wholly dispensed with in the opera
ton of the machine shop forge. The
arrangement comprehends the attach
ment of line of pipe to the air brake
apparatus of any locomotive that may
happen to be in the house at the time
then when the engines air pump is set ii
motion the flowing air is conveyed under
the fire in the forge, thus keeping con
tinuous and unchanging degree of heat
without manual labor in the working o.
bellows or blower.
Large Sale Of Struggled Furs
Deputv Collector of Customs d. s. Dan
forth conducted a sale of seized goods a
the Gust pms house in st. Adams las
Wednesday, the principal articles beinl
two fur lined coats and one Persian laml
coat besides numerous smaller articles
cigars, maple sugar, etc. Most OF tn
men and women present evidently cam
from curiosity for the bidding was no
especially exciting. H. A. Dunbar puII
chased a fur lined mans coat for 500; I
A. Bostwick the other fur lined coat pay
ing $3.50, and l.. D. Scoheld was tn
purchaser of the Persian lamb coat pay
ing in the vicinity of $3.50.
Attempts Suicide.
Miss Eva Adams, stopping at tn
CRYSTAL Lake House in Barton, attemp,
ed suicide last week Monday evening b
taking laudanum. She has been employ
ed in Barton most of the time for severe
months but had been out of town tor
few weeks. 1t is said that on her retur
she was thrown over by her sweethear
and being respondent tried to end hi
life. Report has it that she once oefol
attempted suicide while resident
Newport. She is on the safe road
| recovery.