The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-07
Migliarini Came Along and
Broke Into Car
DETECTIVE JUMPED UP
Milgiarini Yelled "Don't Shoot" and Sub
mitted to Arrest, Later Confessing
Previous Theft in
Freight Car.

When Ernesto Migliarini broke into a
freight car on the Central Vermont sid
ing near the Leland company's shed in
North Barre about o'clock last even
ing, with the hope, so he claims, OF find
ing some bread to feed his wife and sew
en- young children, he did not find any
bread, but he did find j. II. Thompson,
railroad policeman, who had been
sealed up in the car for the very purpose
Of apprehending a thief, should one be
so unlucky as to visit that car.
Stealing from the freight cars in the
lC, Y. yard has been going on for some
time, it is said and the officials Of the
road took it IN hand to round up the
thieves if possible Late yesterday aft
ernoon, Thompson was sealed up in this
freight car while it was at Montpelier
and the car was then run to Barre and
set off al the siding at North Barre
The officer did not have TO wait long
before he heard two men talking near
the car, and finally one of them came
to the car door and with Some pinehers
broke the seal and pushed the door open
One of the men entered the car and the
other stayed outside to watch. The man
in the ear lighted a candle which he
brought with him and began to look
over the barrels and boxes in the car
he had started to open one of the boxes
when Thompson jumped from behind
box in the other end of the car and
confronted him.
TO say the least, the thief was start
led, and he voluntarily threw up his
hands and begged the officer not to shoot
him. Il am only looking for some bread
for my poor wife and seven children"
he exclaimed TO the officer On the ap-
pearance of the officer the man on watch
seooted away. Thompson handcufFed
his man to his own wrist and marched
him to the police station, where he
pumped him with questions for an hour
before he finally admitted that he broke
into car near the freight depot a week
ago and stole some clothing, tobacco and
several bottles of Herpicide hair dress.
ing
The officers say that It took the limit
Of the third degree" before they could
get any confession out of him He told
the officers that he had part of the stolen
goods at his house and the rest wers
at the house of Angelo Guidi, his broth
er-in-law. who lives beside him on Ladd
street. Chief Sinclair and officer Gamble.
Thompson and Migliarini then went 60
the houses on Ladd street and found 10
woolen union suits Of underwear, box
containing 95 bags Of fine cut tobacco
and several pounds Of plug tobacco. The
Herpicide, he said, was hid IN the woods,
and he would get it later. When ar
rested, Migliarin had on one of the
union suits, and his wife told the officers
that she and one of her daughters each
had on one of the suits.
This morning Migliarni was arraigned
in court on the charges of grand larceny
and burglary NJ. NJ Gordon appeared
as counsel for the prisoner and examins-
tion was waived and Judge Scott bound
the respondent over to county court.
Bail was set at $500. which he thought
he would be able TO furnish. Migliarini
claims that it was his brother-in-law.
Guidi, who was watching beside the car
last evening. Guidi was not at home
when the officers went to his house to
get the clothing that was there,
Otner court eases,
Pietro Pelliccia the ls-year old boy,
who was arraigned in CITY court q week
ago to-day for iutoxication and was sent
to Jail until he was ready to tell the
truth in disclosing where he got his lq-
nor was brought into court again this
morning and told third different story
from that he told the first time. This
morning he claimed he got six bottles
of beer from an English-speaking man
whom he did not know and that he
drank the whole six bottles
In his first story. he said that he and
several other companions drove out to
farm in the morning and took l2 bottles
of beer with them, and his second story
was that he had only four bottles of
beer, which he got from a stranger. The
boy has been in this country only three
months and can speak no English. Some
OF his friends had NJ. NJ. Gordon appear
IN court with him this morning, and
Mr. Gordon. after he heard the boys
disclosures, told the court that the boy
was not telling the truth Judge Scott
ordered him taken back to the jail again.
Joseph Thiheau pleaded guilty III court
this morning to a first otfense of intoxi-
cation and paid fine, with costs,
amounting to Sl0.64 Thibeau was ar
rested at $3.50 o'clock this morning at
Depot square by officer Dineen, whose
first thought was that it was Halloween
night and the ghosts were out, rs Thi-
beau had a large paper -four sack stuck
on his head and the -four scattering out
Of the bag whitened his clothes. The Of
ticer stopped him and asked where hs
was going Thibeau said that he was
going home and that he had been out
all night He had lost his hat and.
being bald. had put on the paper bag
to protect his head from the cold until
he could get. home.