The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
BURGLAR AT HYDE
PARK DIES OF
WOUND
Discovered in Attempt to Rob
Village Store
MADE BREAK FOR LIBERTY
Refused to Give His Name But is
Believed to Have Come From
Rockland, Me.

HYDE Park, May PA burglar was
discovered at work in the general
store of G. b. Foss at one o'clock Sat
urday morning I'D snot, the wound
probably being a fatal one.
The robber was detected by party
of young people coming bone from a
dance The young men hurriedly
armed themselves and surrounded the
store and the robber by this time be-
coming aware that he had been trap
ped, Jumped through a window and
made bolt through the line for free
dom, almost running into Archie Bill
lings who sent a bullet through his
nip and intestines with 5000 Win
chester rifle.
The injured man was taken to the
Office of DR.. John Stevens, who dress
ed the jagged wound. The doctor is
of the opinion that the man cannot
live. He did not lose consciousness
and wnen Intercepted as to his iden-
tity maintained a stubborn silence.
An investigation of the store show
ed that the man had ritled the money
drawer of its contents and had gather
ed a considerable amount of merchan
disc together to carry away. He prob
ably was about to leave with the boo
| ty when he was detected.
Many people about town saw the
man and no one is able to throw any
light on his identity. He is probably
a professional from some distance. He
was a smooth shaven medium sized
man of about 35 years.
The wounded burglar died soon af
ter being taken to the residence of ID:
John Stevens.
| BY order of Atty Gen. j. G. Sargent
the body will be held until today waeT
DR.. b. II. Stone of the state laborator,
of'hygiene at Burlington, will perform
an autopsy.
The dead burglar apparently is ;
man between 35 and 40 years old,
feet and 10 or II inches in height ant
weighing about $50 pounds. His com
plexion is light, his hair being sandy
but tnin, and his mustache sandy. Hi
| forehead is high. He was we'll dress
ed, wearing a dark striped coat AMI
trousers and green tie. On the Goa
was label "Fitzhugh Clothes, Rock
land, Me-" The trousers bore tn,
name of Bangor, Me-, firm and thu
necktie was marked o. e. Backing
ton & Son, Rockland, Me. He ais,
wore a light mixed overcoat. In hi!
pockets were a two-bladed jack knife
an old razor on which the initials Nv
| H." had been scratched, and small
maps of Maine, New Hampshire ana
Vermont. There were no letters OF
papers by which the man could b.
| identified. He carried cold chisa
and railroad spike
The burglar had secured about 81
in cash from the money drawer arc
had made up a bundle in which wa,
found a pair OF trousers, two pair
of shoes, small bag of tobacco,
tooth brush and a razor.
The dead burglar has been idanti
fled as man who stopped at tn
Morrisville foundry Friday where h
talked for an hour with one of tn
employees. He said he was an iro
moulder by trade and his converse
ton showed great familiarity wit
the business. He said he nad ice
working in mill of the Internationa
Paper Company at Wilder, but was o
his way to Montreal, where brothe
or a cousin was superintendent of III
Canadian Pacific foundry, and he @!
pected to secure employment as
moulder States Attorney M. P. MAJ
rice has telephoned Wilder to see
the man worked there and an inve,
tigation is being made, the result {
which has not yet been learned.
Billings, the young man who she
the burglar, was arraigned before iu
tice of the peace, j. H. Atchison Sa
urday and was held in $1,000 bond
He was represented by F. G. Flee
wood of Morrisville.