The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-08

come up the bank from the Boston a
Main. engine house aud return without eN,
citing any suspicion. In fact, b. would
run hut little risk oi hring s--n, IN june
"a lpls. the store oi III. :, Goeienonsh
on Ellio, street was broken into aud lr..
than so taken. 4. II, Welcom.s holse
ON Erost street was entered July " lsN'
aud si2 or as taken, II was belieNei that
the burglar concealed himself ia the house,
Will, the inventory oi article, found ih
the Spencer home contained nothing
identified by Braitlrboto people with the
exception oi the ring aud pin taken IRON
Dr Pmits house and partial iientihca'
tion of a watch from 4, ID, Wyatts, the
doctor was inclined Ia believe YESTERDAY
that some NOR. Of the lcwclry belongs To
him aud Mr-. Pratt.
The pinkerton officer who investigated
the Bra,tleboro end oi the case was IN
able 10 iind that Spencer was ia any way
connected with the epidemic oi small
breaks which occurred here last iall and
winter. lie found that Spencer was Wen
known among the local railroad men ahh
that barring the iset that III. man w,s
credited with a bad temper wa- well spok'
en OF by his former workmaies,
Spencer was in the habit oi coming 10
the Brooks IIou-. barber shop frequently.
Tho-e working there at the time rcmcin'
her him as a very polite person aud thls
used To be- a topic oi conversation after he
left the shop. Sometime last summer he
MAS IN town aud Tax Collector W. a,
Shunway asked him II he was citizen ol
thi. town, and was told that he was not
A BratileboTo man, who declines 10 nav.
his name associated with the affair, sah
Yesterday that he had known Spencer irom
childhood al his home in Lebanon, Conn,
and that while he was well educated and
ua.sed as gentleman he was a bad actor.
| lie said that Spencer was always the bully
of hi. native town, and that he was the
most unruly pupil IN school.
Spencers confession To the police OF
Springfield while il has not been made
public gives enough OF the details Oi ms
| life for the past lew years To clear up
many mysterious breaks IN that city ana
| Greenfield as well a. in Brattlcboro. After
the man had been taken INTO custody the
| nolic. and Pinkertons lett no stones un'
turned TO weave net about nun ana the
| following morning lac was told that he
must fae. a change of murder and that
thing. looked black for him. Spencer then
weakened aud told his story which, ac'
cording TO those who heard II, sounds de
cidedly like the tale OF a bad man as one
r,,ds in a fve-cent MOVES lie told the
officers that lac did not intend 10 harm the
women in the Dow home on the nlgilt OF
the murder, but the sudden scream ol Miss
blackstone aroused an angry impulse 10
shoot her and he responded with awihl
result. He told how he made hls INST
| break in Springfield IN July, 1915. lie told
| Captaiu BOYLE of the Springfield police
that his operations had not been confined
10 Springfield lie took the credit Tor all
of the hurglaries committed IN that CIT!
within the last year. He said hat he was
fascinated by his success IN eludlng tne
police and by his ability as burglar as ne
read of il in the newspapers rom lhe
mans house were taken lU5 articles, most
K jewelry and small trinkets ranging III
value from few cents up TO 50. lie hau
made no attempt TO dispose OF the loot OF
his breaks committed IN Spilhsheu ahu
Others in nearby places.
After the man was taken to police head
quarter. he was identified 10y Miss Lucy )
dow and partial identification was MADE
bv other persons who had seen the mar
wearing a mask. Spencer was compelled
to assume the same disguise that he wore
during his nocturnal visits and 10 fouIlst
a revolver. II was the terrible gtueillne
that he received in the police third degree
that caused him to weaken and confess,
Spencer was born in Lebanon, Conn. HI,
father being W. L. L. Spencer, retired
merchant OF that town. The family is
nrominent one in Connecticut. The young
man was married March Is, 1908, to a Mis-
Amberg of Springfield. They have one
child. Spencer lost his place with the DOS
ion & Maine railroad last year through an
alteration with an engineer Since tha'
time he has been employed at various oecu
nations and was acting as recelNIht
clerk for the II l.. Handy company oI
Springfield when arrested.
DR.. c. 5 Pratt was in Springfield yes
terIay and identified besides the ring anC
>, m.n'ioned glove buttoner anc
chain pendant, ring, a garnet bracelet,
woman's gold foxtail chain. an onyx goiIc
ring, pearl stick pin, Iomans ,,,,oS Sole
cold scarf pin. pearls and amethyst,
fhree. stone ring, ganets surrounded pN
opals. pair OF cuff buttons