St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-02-28
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this period, according to the Fedora
officials, have robbed about 20 pos
Offices by blowing up the safes in the
early hours of the morning.
Bannister, who is rather short anC
thick-set, was paying attentions tC
young girl, who lived in Dufield
street, near Willoughby street. Si1
weeks ago, Detective Carberry
learned that Bannister had visited. q
house in Prince street. The alleged
post Office robber during the night
made it a point to call at saloon in
Concord street, where he purchased
expensive liquor and took it home
Recently Detective Thornhill, of the
| Wood-Morgan agency, called at State
street Headquarters, and, exhibiting
picture of Bannister, told Acting
Captain CoughIin that he was after
the man for a $4,000 burglary in
Vermont.
The picture was passed among the
detectives and finally reached Car
! berry. No sooner he had look
ed at it than Carberry said that it
resembled very much a man who
caleld at his fathers store almost
every night. Carberry was given the
picture, took it to the bartender and
the latter instantly recognized it as
the nightly visitor Carberry then
went looking for Bannister, but
found that he had changed his
residence.
Late yesterday afternoon Captain
Coughlin received information from
the Wood-Morgan agency that the
man was in the habit of visiting a
girl in Dufield street. AS Carberry
was working on the case, the captain
sent for him, told him about the
''tip'' and asked him to look the man
up. Early in the evening Bannister
came out of a house with a well
dressed woman, known to the police
as May Mcclure, and the two start
ed toward Willoughby street.
About the same moment a car
came along and the couple boarded
it. Before Carberry could overtake
the car it Travelled a couple of
blocks. He boarded the car that
followed, and overlook Bannister at
Kent avenue. When he entered the
car and told the man he was under
arrest the woman threw her arms
around Bannister and cried. He was
taken to headquarters and locked
up. Then the authorities of Yer
mont, Boston, New Hampshire, the
federal officials and the private de-
tectiVeS were communicated with,
All seemed overjoyed, according to
Lieutenant O'Connor, who sent the
message over the long distance tel
ephone, upon hearing that Bannister
was in custody.
When the detectives gathered in
headquarters today, Captain Cough
lin was in doubt as to what to do
with the man. Inspector Jacobs said
the post Office department would be
satisfied if the man was sent to pris-
on. Thereupon Detective ThornhiH
said that he had a state warrant |
from Vermont against Bannister on |
a charge of breaking into the home !
Of Loren v. Hastings of st. |
Johnsbury, and stealing about /
900 worth of diamonds and other
jewelry. Inspector Jacobs looked at
Thornbill and said:
81 guess that will keep Bannister
quiet for couple of years.
The prisoner was taken to the Adj
ans Street Court, where he was he11
pending a further disposition of his
case He told the detectives that he
was willing to waive extraditiOn
anu 20 DdCh 70 yer 1OnI " IdNO hAo
medicine" 1t is possible that he
Will be sent there late this after
noon.
Bannister, according to the pO-
ice, was a pal of Bangor Billy
who killed a fellow yeggman in
South Fourth street, Williamsburg,
)ver year ago. Bangor had an idea
hat the man he shot down was en-
,loyed as a stool pigeon" by the
government. He paid the penalty
or shooting the man by dying in the
electric chair
Last summer Bannister kept a
arge motor boat near to Ulmer
bark The post office inspectors say
lie used his boat in making trips up
he Sound to various places where
,ost Offices are located. The y
obberies of Long Island post Offices
Turing the summer months Inspect
r Jacobs puts up to Bannister. All
he detectives had a long talk with
3annister behind closed doors.
While they would not admit that the
nan had "squealed" on other yegg- q
zen, vet it was the general belief
round headquarters that the post
flee inspectors would be enabled to
make a round up Of the men who
afes for some time past.