The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-03
CHELSEA.
Charles Cameron Sentenced to Five
Years for Burglary in Williamstown.


Years for Burglary in Williamstown.
A special term of Orange county court
was held last Friday, at which Hon.
w. w. Miles presided, with Hon. War
rem L. Crafts sitting on the bench with
him. Charles Cameron, alias Charles
j. Perkins, alias Godfrey Adams. alias
Johnsonburg Shorty, entered plea OF
guilty to the crime of burglary and was
sentenced to serve term OF not less
than five, nor more than seven years
in the state prison at Windsor, to which
institution he was committed by Sher-
if B. II. Adams, Saturday. Cameron
was arrested on an Indictment charging
him with breaking into the store of
George Z. WILDER in Williamstown a
year ago, and after remaining in Jail
about two weeks, at an interview with
the states attorney he consented to
plead guilty to breaking into the store
and postofiice of Willard S. Hatch of
this town in May, 1911. at which time
the postoffice safe was blown and the
stamps, money and many valuable pa
pers of Mr. Hatch were taken. He told
the story of the break as follows: He
in company with three other yegg men,
came to this town from Norwich on
foot by the way of STAFFORD, reaching
here about one o'clock in the morning
They broke into the Hancock black
smith shop near the bridge on Maple
avenue and got some tools and went
to the postofiice. They pried the front
door open, knocked the combination of
the safe and with one charge OF nitro
glycerin, blew off the safe door. They
hurredly gathered whatever they could
get hold off in the safe, which they
thought might be of value to them, put
it into mail bag, left the postoffice
and walked UP Main street, without
seeing anyone They followed the stage
road and when near the height of land
in Washington it commenced to grow
light and they went into the woods
where thew remained during the next
day. During their stay in the woods |
they looked their booty over and what |
was of no value TO them they left at |
the spot where they stayed, covering |
it up with leaves. The next night they |
came ont of the woods and went to |
Barre by way OF Washington and East |
Barre. and camped in barn on the |
side OF the highway, about mile be-
yond Barre City, where they remained
for dav and the following night |
went to Montpelier Junction on foot,
where they caught freight train, riding
in box car TO Essex Junction, after
which they remained in Burlington for
over a week finally going to York state.
He signiiied his willingness to accom-
pany the officers to Washington and
to locate the place where they
,taid the day following the Chelsea
break and assist them in finding the loot
which they left there. On Thursday
afternoon, in company with Deputy
Sheriff Tracy, Constable II. o. Bixby,
states Attorney $. G. Wilson, and w
i. Sprague. attorney for the respondent,
searched and within few moments all
hat he claimed in his story that was
eft by them at that place was found
md the same was taken into the poses
lion OF the states attorney. short
line after the Chelsea break Cameron
tated that he was pinehed' in Barre
ity and paid a fine for being intoxica-
ed, and later, sometime during the
winter, he was arrested for bein intoxica
Gated in Burlington and served ten days
n Jail there under the name OF Charles
'ameron.
At this special term Of court, Walter
Emerson of Fsirlee, who was brought
nto court on a probation officers war
ant. for violating his parole was repre-
ented by his counsel David S. Conant
i Bradford. who presented the respond
nt's side OF the case to the court and
fter deIiberation the court ordered that
e be placed on probation for term
i two years. and he was discharged
rom custody and returned to his fami-
y in Bradford.