The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-11-10
BELIEVE GANG OF YEGGMEN
is BROKEN UP.

effectually broken up a gang oil
yeggmen, sneak thieves and burg
lars, that has successfully operat-
ed over Vermont, New Hampshire
and Maine for the past few years
and robbed the inhabitants OF
thousands of dollars.
The authorities have been in
search of the men for the past
year, but Thursday, at Rouses
Point, NY, thru the work of H.
w. Morgan and his aides in the
detective bureau of Morgan &
Wood, they we're arrested and
quickly overpowered as they were
com ing out of the Commercial
house on their way over to "a near
by saloon to get their morning
nip. Although the men were arm
ed to the teeth, none had an OPP
portunity to draw his gun before
the handouts were about his
wrists.
Clues which led to the belief
/ that the men we're in Rouses Point
were discovered Wednesday and
under the directions of Mr.. Nor
gan net was carefully drawn
about them that assured their cap
ture.
Wednesday evening, accompan-
led by Deputy Sheriff Ravlin, of
Winooski, and Sheriff Adams of
Orange county, he took the last
train to Rouses Point and kept I'M
der cover until Thursday morn
ing, when they had learned of the
location of their men. After the
arrest they were lodged in the
| Jail at that place and Thursday
night were taken to Burlington,
on the 1910 train and taken to the
jail there. The party was met at
the station by States Attorney
Simonds, of st. Johnsbury, who
has taken an active part in pur-
suing the men, and Sheriff W. E,
Worthen of the same place, in ad-
dition to Sheriff G. E. Towne, of
Morrisville.
The men were all tough looking
customers, and one of them, the
Kid, was recognized by by
stander as an erstwhile cripple
who went about from house to
house peddling buckets" and
court plaster. 1t afterwards devel-
oped that this was true and leads
to the belief that he has been the
spy for the gang.
In speaking Of the men one of
the officers said that the original
gang had consisted of Is and that
now all could be accounted for.
Seven, he said, were now at the |
federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia,
where they we're sent by the fed
eral authorities after a trial in
Portsmouth, N. H., several were
now in Jail at st. Johnsbury, and
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in another state. 1t was because
fectiveIy broken up that the stu
alton was made public Thursday
evening after months of the strict
est secrecy. No doubt appears in
the minds of any of the officers
as to whether or not they have the
right men and their conviction is
looked for as a matter of course.
The prisoners, who are now in Jail
at st. Johnsbury, it is said, have
announced their intention
of pleading guilty.
One of the most successful seem
es of operation of this gang, OF
which these men are thought to
be members, has been in Gale
donna county. April 18th, sums of
money amounting to $4,000 we're
taken from residences by one man
who worked the town with skele-
ton key during one night and one
forenoon. He carefully selected
his victims. His method was to en-
ter a house, which at the moment
was unoccupied, and, after unlock
ing both the front and rear doors
go thru the house. Some of the
best hauls were made at the house
Of Miss Story, where nearly $500
was secured; at Samuel Moore's
house, which netted about the
same; at the house of Mrs. Eliza
who lost $500; and L. W.
was also a heavy loser.
They then visited Lyndonville,
nearby town, and there broke in
to the safe of the postoffice and
took between $500 and 5000.
1t was in Caledonia county that
the richest break made by burg
lars in Vermont in recent years
was pulled off. The store of Geo.
P. Blair, in West Barnet, was rob
bed one night sometime previous
to the st. Johnsbury work, and
money and securities to the value
of $4,000 were taken. They fol-
lowed this with another visit but
upon this occasion were not so
successful, but took 5000 in cash.
These constitute the principal rob
berries in the county recently and
in no case was any of the proper
ty recovered or the thief convict
ed.
Because Caledonia has been the
heaviest loser, it appears to have
been the most active in running
the men down and already sever
al other suspected members of
the gang are behind the bars in
the Jail at st. Johnsbury, including
William Sheehan, alias Vermont
Slim and Burlington Slim, former
" OF Burlington. None of these
has yet been tried, but an official
Of that county says there is
great amount of evidence to &C
,omplish conviction
other places visited by the gang
recently have been West Berlin,
where a store was robbed of few
hundred dollars, and three post
offices in Orange county, where
safes were cracked. These were
1t Chelsea, Williamstown and W.