The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-27
Joe Guidlci Fled from Re-
stralnt Early Today
HE PROBABLY HAD HELP
Chief Faulkner Found That Cell Door
Had Been Forced with Bar of
Iron Between Five and Eight
A. M.

Joseph Gnidici, aged 10 years, who
was board over to the county court by
Judge II. w. Scott yesterday afternoon
on the charge Of having stolen $3.50 from
Kenneth McAulay last Sunday evening,
broke jail sometime between 5 o'clock
and this morning and escaped by the
side door Of the station, which was not
locked. The boy was confined in the
cell which is called the women's cell,
because this cell is warmer than those
in the ceIlroom. After he had broken
open the door Of the cell, he had free
access to the side door Of the station.
The break was discovered by Chief
David Faulkner, when he arrived at the
station at o'clock this morning. The
chief went to the cell, which is of the
back room Of his Office, very soon after
entering, and he found the iron door
wide open and the door casing, which
was of wood, torn away on the side,
where the lock was fastened. Just inside
the door on the floor Of the cell. the chief
found a bar Of iron, four feet long,
which told how the boy had pried of
the wooden casing which held the lock
and made his escape from prison. The
chief then went at once to his telephone
and notified the officers in Montpelier,
Wells River st. Albans, Burlington and
White River Junction, giving them
description Of the boy.
From five in the morning until the
chief arrived at s o'clock, the station
Is left with no officer. Officer Harry
Gamble was the last officer to leave the
station, and when he left at FIVE minutes
past FIVE, he said that the boy was then
in bis cell, apparently asleep. The off,
Ger said be passed by the cell door To
lock the door which leads out Of the
station and up the stairs TO the post
office corridor just before he left for
home.
Someone Probably Implicated
The bar which the boy had used was
castof piece Of Crate from the boilers
I'D the boilerFoons of the building There
is pile Of these pieces Of iron on tho
floor Just outside the door to the alley
which leads upstairs, and just through
the door from the anteroom III front
Of his cell.
The officers say that during last even
ing up to 10 o'clock several friends Of
the boy were in 10 visit the boy and
that some Of them must have taken the
bar Of iron from the pile in the aleyway
and passed ii through the bars of tse
door to the prisoner, who bid il under
the mattress Of the he'd, and then waited
until the station was empty this morn
ing before breaking the door.
That the station was left empty dur
ing these hours In the morning was
no doubt known TO the boy, as he had
been confined in the station since last
Monday evening, and be bided this time
to make his escape This side door Of
the station was the only door left un-
locked, and fresh tracks in the snow
on the dOersill could be seen this morn
ing AS the only two trains out of the
city this morning we're the 1880 WeBs
River and the s:23 Central Vermont, the
chief is confident that the boy would
not dare to take either train and Is now
in hiding somewhere in the city.
GuidiCi's Arrest Monday.
Guidici was arrested Monday evening
by Officer Care on warrant charging
him with grand larceny for the alleged
theft Of Sl60 from Kenneth McAnlay
last Sunday evening. The hearing in
the case was started Wednesday and was
concluded yesterday afternoon, when
Judge Scott decided there was evidence
enough against him to bind him over
TO county court and placed him under
5000 bail The boy was unable to raise
the bail and was to have been taken
to the county Jail at Montpelier this
morning for ssfekseping, until his case
was heard in county court
MeAulay claims that he was with
Guidci and another man, whose name
is said to be Coffrin, Sunday evening
when the Guidici boy offered to get some
liquor for them MeAulay said he pulled
out his wallet, in which there was about
$3.50 in bills. AS he was looking through
the bills TO find two-dollar bill TO
give to Guidici to pay for the liquor,
Gnidici grabbed the pile Of bills from
hfs hands and hed. The Coffrin man also
fed. Both Gudici and Coffrin were
unknown at the time to MeAulay. but,
through the assistance Of the police, sns-
picion was turned on Guidici, and he
wal arrested McAulav, after seeing
Guidici at the police station, claims that
he Is the person who took the money.
A young sister Of the Guidici boy
came to the station this morning with
a bundle to give to her brother, but, on
finding the cell empty, asked the chief
# her brother had been taken to Mont
pelier. The following is the description
Of Guidici, as given out by Chief Faulk-
ner: Age. l9; height, feet, az inches,
stout build; light brown hair; gray
eyes Yesterday he wore a mixed col
nred Scotch cap medium light colored
suit, considerably worn, a white soft
shirt and white tie.
When about 10 wears of age, Guidici
was sentenced to the reform school for
breaking into H. z. Mills store. Since
be returned from the reform school. he
has been convicted in court of shooting
pigeons.