The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-28
TWO BURGLAR|ES
IN BENNINGTON
LAST NIGHT
.S--
Homes of Mrs. Myra r. RawsOn
and F. S. Pratt Entered
$3.50 '''~' vs.
2 WATCHES AND MONEY GONE
Time Pieces Taken From Rawson
Home-s1t Missing at the Pratt
Residence
2 WATCHES AND MONEY GONE

The homes OF Mrs. Myra l.. Rawson
at 315 Elm street and of DR.. F.. S.
Pratt at 121 Washington street were
broken into and robbed sometime late
last night or early this morning. At
the Rawson home two gold watches.
one OF which is valued at SIS, were
taken. The loss at the home of DIR.
Pratt is considerably less, amounting
to only Sll in money. States Attor-
ney w. j, Meagher and Sheriffs God
frey and Nash are working on the
case.
IL is believed that the Rawson home
on Elm street was entered sometime
between II o'clock last night and 6
o'clock this morning, when the loss
was discovered by Mrs. Rawson. It
was the custom of Mrs. Rawson to
sleep with the watch on a stand at
the side OF the bed When she awoke
this morning she reached for the
watch, and not finding it in its usual
place, she Immediately suspected
robbery. AS she was looking for the
missing watch she noticed that the
screen was removed from the win
dow and was lying on the floor.
She hurried into the adjoining room
which is occupied By her son, Richard
+. Rawson, and told him of the loss
Mr.. Rawson reached for his watch
and found that that was also gone A
search was made to see if anything
else was missing. and although
pocketbook belonging TO Mrs Rawson
was lying close by, it was found that
the watches were the only things Ia
ken
The burglar had evident.
ly made his exit by the same way
he entered and il is believed that he
confined his visit only to the two
rooms mentioned
Al the home OF Dr. Pratt the intru-
I der showed evidence of
being an amateur Several mem
I bers OF the family heard noises dur.
ing the night. but believing them TO
be made by others of the family, paid
no further heed 10 them
At the Pratt place entrance was
also gained through a window, but
here the burglar was forced to
raise the window, The intruder
was more daring at the Pratt home
and didn't confine his operations to
one or two rooms
The entrance was gained through a
/ library window A maid discovered
the break about Z O'Clock. When she
entered the dining room she saw the
drawers OF the sdeboard pulled out.
and the silver strewn about the room
/ The burglar was evidently in hurry
! for in this room pocketbook contain
ing money was overlooked None of
/ the silver is missing. II was from
the dining room that the Sll was Ia.
ken.
The library showed very plain and
unmlstakable evidences OF the bur.
glar. Papers and books were strewn
all about the room, and chairs were
overturned or changed from their
usual places. The maid notified the
family who reported the break to the
authorities
Abou, midnight. several of the fam.
/ lily heard a noise In the front of the
house The family had retired at
the time and each said this morning
that they accounted for the noise to
I ih'AA NMM odAATAdAAiNu anu itluIUtu
10 sleep thinking no more about It.
States Attorney w. j. Meagher and
SherifIs Godfrey and Nash went to
North Bennington and Hoosick Falls
In an automobile directly after the
breaks were reported. suspicious
looking character was noticed In town
last evening and the officials knew
that he had left town for these pla.
ces The man was found asleep in
barn and after giving a satisfactory
account OF his movements from early
last evening until after the breaks
were reported, was allowed to 30
free
The authorities have under surveil.
lance another man who was seen on
the streets last evening.