Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-01
EASY WAY TO GET MONEY"
Country Couple Tried 1t and
Landed in Jail.
Henry l.. sweet md wife Buupiei
Badly i'm Trying to Palm on
Checks ON burlington
Merchants.

considerable amount of money by means
of passing forged checks was detected
in the city Friday and as a result
the entire family Of Henry l.. Sweet, VINO
gGve his residence az between Essex
junction and Milton" are lodged In the
county Jail. The family consists of Sweet
and his wife and four-year-old daugh-
ter. The mother was arrested as well as
Sweet for attempting to pass the checks
and the child went, too. as there was no
other way TO dispose OF her.
The Sweets, who looked like in honest
country couple, started their career by
going into the Syndicate Clothing store.
Although both entered tho store at about
the same time they gave no signs of be-
ing acquainted and the woman began
making purchases Of clothing. Allie FREE
dette. the salesman who waited on her,
found her n ready buyer and 1t was not
long before a bill OF over $50 had been sold.
The purchaser then rendered in payment
check for S65 and wanted the balance
IN cash Tho check was made out IN lead
pencil, was payable to George Smith. was
properly endorsed and endorsed again
by Mrs. Frank Longe. who the woman
purported to be-
The suspicious Of the salesman and
Manager T. r. Wright were awakened
and the latter went up to the Howard
National bank to make inquiries. The
check was drawn on the Franklin County
Savings Bank and Trust company of St.
Adams, and one of the bank officials got
into communication at once with the St.
Adams bank. The check was signed by
Allen Philips, and II turned out that no
such person had an account there. but a
man who signed his name Allan Phil
lips had an account in another bank in
that city.
Upon closer inspection other strange
things appeared The handwriting of the
erdorser was Identical with that Of the
person who had signed and made out the
check and this, with the fact that the
check was drawn on the wrong bank and
its general appearance, only strengthened
the suspicious. Mr.. Wright decided not
to honor the check and the goods were
kept in the store. AS the couple stood
afterwards outside of the store door, one
Of the statesmen heard the man say in
IN undertone to the woman, Have you
got it?" BY that time suspicious We're
ttrong enough TO warrant an arrest.
Meanwhile the police had been noti-
fed and as soon as Chief Russell had
been acquainted with the facts he mott
fled as many of the stores as possible
to be on the lookout The couple had by
this time wendell their way up Church
street and had stopped at the American
Clothing companys store, where they en-
joyed a brief period of prosperity. The
woman again did the buying and pick &c
ar t.i1S 10,
manner which would gladden. the hear
of any salesman. I. NJ. Bregstein waited
on her but as the noon hour had arrived
left before all the business had beer
transacted.
Seeing that he was about to leave tn,
woman asked him If he would take
check in payment saying that she had on,
for $50 This was consented TO by tn,
merchant and he then left the store
When it came time. however, to pay fo
the goods purchased, the woman hand
Cd q check for $40 to the cashier Tn,
latter said that Mr.. Bregstein had Spoken
of one for $50 but the woman maintain
ed that the one for $40 was the onl,
one she had. The check was finally &C
cepted and the woman given balanc,
OF little over six dollars in cash.
She then went into the furniture de
psrtment and was trying to give checl
in payment for a baby carriage when tn,
notification from Chief Russell came owe
the wire. ana he was told that his quar-,
was there at the time
The chief went up at once, took tn
woman's pocketbook and placed her un
der arrest She stoutly maintained tina
the two checks We're the only ones sh
had. The chief at once opened the hool
and found enclosed four checks. all o
them signed BY the same name Ahou
this time the male member Of the firm
came around one corner TO see what wa
going on and the chief took him in cue
tody also.
At the police station both were pu
through a grueling which brought fort
all kinds of testimony and nearly every
thing but a fun confession. They We're eX
amtned separately and with the tw
stories nearly all information wanted VA
obtained. States Attorney shay wa
present. The man showed a nasty tom
per at one time IN the STATION and tn
"twistors' We're placed about his wrist
when he was removed to the Jail Tn
man, seeing his wife as he was beln
led away to jail, cried out, Are you go
Ing back on me like this, Ahbie?" TIL
woman was locked up with the littl
girl shortly after the bars had closed o
her husband.
closer inventory Of the contents q
the pocketbook showed four checks :