The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-21
NOTORIOUS BROWNS
WERE in ST. ALBANS
Family Who Stung Brattleboro
in Summer of 1909.
DID LIKEWISE TO RAILROAD CITY
Told Same Fairy Tale About a POTATO
Chip Factory in Pittsburg and man
ooed 10 Get Credit at Many Local
Observation-Disclosures Unknown

The w. G. or G. w. Browns, Wn 9
came from nowhere in partleuiai ,ano
located in Brattleboro III AuGusi' lroy,e
w oyynv from this place with Whlie
horse Anp. Is of that year aiter toucu,
mo averybody with whom they came
in contact. are again within the raulus
n The beam of publicity. Mrs Brown
received sentence OF year ~ 40
~ Greenfield, Mass, on Sept. Z, l9o9,
for horse stealing and her son james
GOT his in the shape of a year at tne
Concord, Mass, reformatorS loI as s?ars
ting his mother in her hOrse'ste"i!nS
nroeliyities. They have been operating
in st. Adams and the returns tnouEn
not complete indicate that sentence
NJ hard labor has not broken the eour'
noe of this family of suaNe crooks VINO
have made New England their past
ure for several years. p.,,
The latest report from the Browns
placed them in st, Adams ana oates
their arrival in the railroad elty on
March %. The exploits of the family
are summarized in the telegraph stores
hut enough is told to indicate thai
about every industry except the SehIVla i
Vermont railroad received n qelicHte
sttouchn while the Browns lnhaled the
air of Franklin county. Inc browns
rented house on Lincoln avenue ana
furnished il lust as lavishly ms though
thev intended to pay for the furnish
inps they ordered. 1T is way the
Browns have. When they rented the
lower tenement of Miss NJ. f. Doc
little g residence at No ] Western eve
nue during their short soiourn IN
in Bratfleboro they dealt with Local
furniture dealer in furnishing then
apartments. For a few minutes u look
ed as though Mr.. Brown $ wiie, was
going to furnish the barn as Wen US
the house, by the way, she ordered
goods. The dealer decided TO take q
Chance and let the wife of the "potato
chin man. have a bill of goods amount
ing to quite a sum. He had hard work
to regain possession of the furniture.
The dispatches from ST. Adams IN
dictate that the Brown family are, III
dulging in a reunion even though they
are migrating at this season of the
wear. There were Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
and a married daughter with a pair OF
husky Youngsters while the Browns
lived in st. Adams. st. Adams people
were unable to place Mr.. Brown, though
he claimed he was an old resident
When he was in Brattleboro Brown
said that he was at one time employed
Vermont railroad, which would natural
" account for his acquaintance in st.
Adams.
1t was the same waTmed-oyer story
of potato chip ranch in Plttsburg
that caught the people of st. Adams
Brown was not content with stlnglnS
the sellers of groceries and other pro-
vender but even went as far as TO
touch haberdasher for seven $l.9o
shirts. The family touched the dent
lists, plumbers, coal barons, chewing
gum merchants, their landlord, ana
started in to put a crimp into dealer
in mileages before the merchants of st.
Adams awoke to the fact that unless
some steps were taken Immediately to
stand off these Goth century flim-flam
artists the city of freight ears would
experience something like another Fen,
ian raid Then Barney Kelley's squad
got on the trail, and the family made
its exit with funds received from the
sale of Mr.. Brown IS best suit of clothes.
There can be no doubt that these
Browns of the north country are the
same who successfully buncoed a dozen
merchants in Brattleboro in August,
1909. The family made Spectacular
trip from this town through Hinsdale,
N. H., Greenfield, Chicopee and Hol,.
yoke, Mass, during the early days OF
September Of that year. The story Of
their exploits is fresh in the minds of
Brattleboro people. There are mum,
Der of Brattleboro people who would
be glad to get grip on either Mrs,
Brown S new Easter hat or the scruil
of Mr.. Brown Is neck, While the family
lived here they put over tricks on an
ice dealer, milkman, hveryman, mil,
liner, grocer and washwoman, and
tried to frame up something on local
music dealer. Where the family went
from st. Adams is not known