Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-01
BURGLAR LEFT his OLD SUIT
Helped Himself Freely at Miles &
Perry's Clothing Store.
ton to the Fact That the Price
Tag Had Not Been Removed
Another Break Reported.

In the early hours of Saturday morn
ing, while the city was plunged In dark
ness. while the municipal lighting plant
refused to work. the clothing store of
Miles e. Perry at Jos Church street was
burglnrized in a bold manner and goods
and money amounting in value to over
a hundred dollars were taken. The burglar
is as yet at large but Is known by at
least one of the police force with whom
he talked shortly after committing the
act.
Entrance was made by breaking the
glass in the upper part of a rear door to
the store and the thief evidently spent
considerable time there as he made a
complete change of clothing, leaving his
old apparel and putting on new things
and getting a good 1T at that.
Tho articles taken include almost every
thing that can he worn by a man. There
are missing two suits OF clothes, one Of
which he wore and which was a brown
and gray. marked with n small check
With these he took two suit cases. one a
leather and tho other cane. n size seven
Panama hat four shirts. size Is 1-2, COL
lars and necltties, cuff buttons. n stick
pin and collar buttons. There was small
amount of money left in the cash draw
err and this he took, along with a nickel
in the slot machine which dealt out COL
lar buttons. The latter was found broken
open afterwards on Center street and
about two dollars in money was gone. The
exit was made through the window of the
office in the alley between the store and
the Postal Telegraph office.
The clothes left behind consisted Of a
blue shirt. a straw hat which United
States Deputy Marshal Reeves identified
as one which was stolen recently in Rut-
land, gray trousers and a blue serge coat.
After getting all the property the man
went into the Star restaurant and was
there seen by Officer Vincent He pur-
chased some cigars and clgarets and later
went back and got some matches. The
police officer saw the tag on his clothes
and spoke to him about it, whereupon the
man removed the tag with some Joking
remark. The sight of so much new stuff
and the darkness served to awaken the
suspicious of the police and they imme-
diately did all In their power to appre-
bend the man. The trains and boarding
houses We're watched. but no signs of the
man could q found. Meanwhile. part of
the police had been looking into places to
see if any break had been made and one
was found in Miles & Perry's store. Blood
was found on the glass in the door, where
1t had been broken.
WHISKEY AND BRANDY STOLEN.
Another burglary was reported to the
police Sunday, this time at the second
class license place OF Gustave Tremblay
on the lower part of St Paul street. The
articles taken there consisted OF whis-
| kies and hr1ndics and We're not of great
value. Mr.. Tremblay is not sure just what
| is gone. and does not know but what the
| door was left unharred. as ther' does not
appear to he any signs of forcing the lock
! on the side door Il is supposed that the
entrance was made in the early hours
| of the morning. Among the things which
| are missing are six half pints of whiskey
and some bottles of California brandy
| The darkness was instrumental in aiding
| the crime on this occasion as the door
! could plainly be seen from the street II
the street lights had been burning.