Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-14
THOMAS ROGERS SHOT.
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man had somehow received in the
struggle in the Rogers house. 1t was
believed by the officers that one of the
bullets had wounded him in the hand or
arm. Stains on the walls of the ver-
anda indicated that the index finger of
the left hand had been injured.
When the struggle began Mrs.
Rogers Immediately switched on the
electric light and went to the telephone.
She aroused some of the neighbors
over the telephone. A man who
lived across the street saw the
struggle on the veranda, but in the
indstinct light it seemed to him that
he was shooting at a dog. A dogin the
neighborhood had been barking that
night. The other neighbors were
aroused by the revolver shots. Twenty
five members of the Dunmore Hose
company; for whom an alarm was rung
in, and many other citizens made a
thorough search of the village until
long after daylight but no suspicious
characters were found
States Attorney B. L. Stafford and
several deputy sheriffs from Rutland
arrived in Brandon early in the morn
ing. Scouting parties, armed with
rifles, shotguns and revolvers were sent
by railroad, automobile and team into
all the surrounding country. Rutland
county and Addison county highways
and railroads We're carefully watched
during the day. officers in Burlington,
Ticonderoga, N. Y, and numerous
other places received telephone mes
sages asking that watch be set to
catch the runaway.
On the lawn of DR.. Marsh, who lives
next door to Mr.. Rogers, were found
some of the burglars belongings.
These consisted of an old straw hat,
pair of No. S shoes, pair of No. 10
rubbers, bent screw driver, and a set
of side feathers to a carriage. The
sides were done up neatly i'm SUNDAYS
edition of the Boston Globe Also
there was found a box of J. d. Hanra-
han pills in package which bore the
name of E. G. Mcclellan & Co., Rut-
land.
Rollin Warden, clerk in McClellan's,
states that he knows Tabb and that
Tabb bought a box of Hanrahan' S pills
at the store last Saturday. Tabb said
then that he was going to Brandon
Tabb was brought to Brandon about
midnight Monday night by Town Grand
Juror F. w. Williams and Constable
Charles De GarmO, together with Ar
thur Hendry and Arthur Ferris. who
had been deputized as sheriffs and who
made the arrest. He was placed in
cell at the Jail and Tuesday given
long questioning by Judge Williams
and States Attorney B. L. Stafford of
Rutland
At two o'clock he was given hear
ing before Judge Edgar q. Case. at
which large number of townspeople
were present
Mrs. Rogers was present at the hear
ing, accompanied by her brother-in-law.
DIR. f. H. Walker of New York. VITO
has been summoned to attend Mr..
Rogers. States A ttorney Stafford said
that owing to the serious condition of
Mr. Rogers the only thing could be done
was to hold the prisoner without bail,
awaiting developments of Mr.. Rogers
condition, which cannot be determined
for few days.
At three O'Clock Tabb was taken
from the cell and accompanied by Con-
stable De Garmo and Selectman Frank
Chandler was taken to Rutland in an
automobile.
At the hearing Tueday Tabb con-
fessed that he wandered about the woods
south of the village after leaving Rogers
house and spent most of the day in the
old Prime quarry, about three miles dis
tant. There he washed his clothes and
cared for his wound and about dusk was
seen at the edge of the woods by CLAYTON
Knapp, who lives at the Syndicate
farm; Word was sent to the village
and the officers and a posse of men
started in pursuit. Meanwhile Tabb
had reached Fowler, where he was cap
tured. Mr.. Rogers passed a comfort
able night Tuesday night and no opera
ton has been performed yet.