Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21
PINKERT0N MAN HERE
Brattleboro Address Found on
Burglar in Lowell
James J. Carney Of Flat Street Disap-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Safe Blowers Came
Here In Automobile.

James j. Carney OF Flat Street Disap-
peared-Winchester Safe Blowers Came
Here in Automobile.
A letter found on burglar in Lowell,
Mass, containing a Bratteboro address,
the disappearance of a man from this
town coincident with the bank burglary
in Winchester, N. H., last week and the
identification Sunday of photographs
brought here by Pinkerton detective as
those of men who had come to Brattle-
boro to see the man who has since disap-
peared form an~interesting chain of cir
cumstances and have caused much spec
ulation among the post Office and police
authorities as to the identity of James ].
Carney, who has lived at 20 Fiat street.
1t is believed also that the men who COM
mitted the burglary in Winchester came
here in an automobile the afternoon be-
fore the break was made.
Several weeks ago the police of Lowell
rounded up gang of burglars. In pock-
ct in the clothes Of one of the gang was
found letter on the envelope of which
were instructions to the postmaster to
return the letter to James j. Carney of %
Flat street If 1t was not delieverd within
q certain number of days. Post Office
Inspector Robinson forwarded the address
to Postmaster Kittredge Haskins with a
request to learn what he could about
Carney. The matter was placed in the
hands of Chief-ofPolice George Wilson
who learned that Carney was occupying
a room in the Bushnell store building on
Flat street. He found that Carney lived
here about two years ago and afterwards
went away, returning last November He
did not appear to have much business,
but remained in his room much of the
time and read the daily papers
On Thursday morning of last week sew
eral men made an attempt to rob the
Winchester National bank and with that
end in view exploded a charge of nitro
glycerine, but the noise of the explosion
awoke the town and the burglars fled in
an automobile without waiting to COM
plete their job. The outer door was
wrecked, but the inner door, behind which
was $4,000 in cash, remained intact
There is reason to think thai the burglars
came to Brattleboro the previous after
noon. An automobile containing six men
was seen to come up Vernon street from
the direction of Massa chusetts, go up
Main street, turn around and go back
down Main street. cross the Connecticut
river bridge into New Hampshire and
disappear in the direction of Hinsdale
which is but a few miles this side of
W inchester Carney disappeared about
that date.
Pinkerton detectives have undertaken to
connect the Lowell burglars with different
breaks and one of them came to Winches-
ter for informa ton. On Sunday he came
to Brattleboro to see Postmaster Haskins
and they held conference in the post
office. at which Chief of-Police Wilson
and ]. e. Bushnell, proprietor of the Flat
street grocery store We're present. The
detective had with him photographs of the
Lowell yeggs and Mr. Bushnell said he
was positive that some of the photographs
were of men who had visited Carney in
his room near the store
The knowledge of the fact that a letter
bearing Carney's address was found on
one of the crooks in Lowell caused some
uneasiness on the part of the Brattleboro
postmaster, as it was not known what
plans might bein progress for blowing up
the post office safe, and some precau-
tionary measudes were taken.