The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-26
Because Of Similarity Of Meth
DDS aud at Same Place
A ROBBERY LAST NIGHT
Smith & Cummings Store Broken into
and Cash Register Relieved OF
Small Amount Of Money-No
clew Held by Police.

The meat market Of Smith s Cnmiugs
was entered last night and $500 was
stolen from the cash register This mar
ket was robbed last spring, in exactly
the same manner, the thief entering tho
store BY the very same window and
leaving it by the same door. As in the
first break, a light Of glass was removed
from window in the rear Of the store,
the opening being large enough for
man 70 crawl through. The thief left
BY the rear door, which was found nm
locked this morning The money which
was taken was loose change, which had
been left ia the register. As far as the
proprietors know nothing elise was TAX
en- from the store.
The thief evidently knew the work.
ings Of cash register, as the drawers
were an opened by pressing the keys.
and the register was not damaged. The
proprietors are OF the opinion that their
midnight visitor was the same one that
called last spring, as every move in tho
break was exactly the same a. the frs.
one. The case has been reported to the
police, but there is no clue.
Police Have a Queer Case
Merton Martin. a boy u years Of age.
son Of Edgar Martin Of WilIamstown.
was found wandering about the street
at 1880 o'clock this morning by officer
Gamble. who, after questioning the bov
and getting no satisfactory answers from
him, took him to the police station.
The officers attention was attracted %
the boy from the fact that he had seen
him about the city late Saturday night
and had talked with him. In the police
station the boy became very talkative
and incidentally remarked that he had
escaped from the industrial school at
Nergennes week ago. and that last
night he had broken into his fathers
store in Williamstown aud taken about
SO in money.
The officers got into communication
with the boys father. who referred them
TO constable "A. A. Reed OF that place.
who said that he had been keeping the
boy at his house since he had arrived
from Nergennes. waiting for sheriff Bald
win of Wells River to come and take
the boy back to the industrial school
The boy told the Barre officer all
about his actions before he was sent to
Vergennes. and what he had done sinaS,
without a whimper. he said that lie
used to work in his fathers store and
had taken money several times. and
when he was sent to Vergennes he had
broken into his brothers house and stol-
en a revolver. He said that he made
his escape from the industrial school
week ago last Friday at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, while he was out pulling
beans IN the field. He said he skipped
iway nnoticed and made his way back
% his home in WillamstOwn by walking
md begging rides He arrived at his
iome the following Sunday and found
hat his father had been notified of his
'scape and his father turned him over
o constable Reed
He said that last week, while Mr..
Reed was at the state fair, he took q
cam from the barn and came to this
ity and while here purchased suit
II clothes at AicWhorter's store and had
hem charged to his father. He had been
Wearing the industrial school uniform
i khaki since be escaped and waates
change. Last Friday night he sail
vas in this city again and hired a teaJ
t Jones' stable and went 10 Willianl-
own TO make investigations, with
Jew of rohbing his fathers store, ard
,aturday night he hired a team at Ark
ay's stable and Went 10 Williamstown
gain and broke into bis fathers store
bout II o'clock.
lie said he gained entrance to fine
tore through The cellar Ile said he
My took couple 81 handsful of money
ut Of the drawer and left lot more.
Re said he thought he must laye takeif
bout So or $40 Last night when the
flIeers searched him. they found Se.ll.
Te said he had paid for the two teams
Z had hired and he had some money
efore he robbed the store. The boy viii
e kept at the station her until the
rival Of sheriff Baldwin wLc Will ar.
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