The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-04
In Raid Conducted by Barre Of
fiCers Last Night
WOMAN ARRAIGNED TO-DAY
Police Made Another Arrest on Suspicion
in Connection With Despoiling of an
East Montpelier Shack-Man of
Broken Pledge Up Again.

Officers armed with warrant issued
by States Attorney J. Ward Carver last
night visited the house at the corner OF
| Foster and Granite streets, occupied by
Mrs. Christina Mcleod and conducted a
search for contraband goods A small
barrel of beer or ale and five quart bot
ties OF ale were found, and Mrs. Mcleod
was arrested by Officer John Dineen on
the states attorneys warrant charging
her with selling. The officers who made
the raid and effected the seizure were
Patrolmcn Edwin j. Mcleod and John
Dineen, and Special Officer Charles Wood
is. The warrant calling for the search
was served BY Officer Mcleod, Mrs. Me-
Scott in city court this morning.
She pleaded not guilty and hearing
was then started. States Attorney
Carver conducted the prosecution, and
it is understood that several witnesses
are to be put on the stand for the state.
Edward DeForge, who is alleged to
have been implicated in the theft which
robbed number OF Montpelier young
men OF their goods stored in small
summer shack at East Montpelier, came
to town Yesterday and was promptly
apprehended by Chief Of Police Sinclair
who took his man to jail, on a warrant
Issued by States Attorney Carver charg-
ing him with petit larceny When ar
raigned in justice court before Justice OF
the Peace ii. w. Scott the respondent
entered a plea OF not guilty and his case
was set for Friday. May 10. DeForge
was allowed to 90 on his own recog-
nizanee and at the hearing TO be held
next Friday ii is expected that Mark
Nelson, the other principal in the case.
who was arrested and allowed to 60 on
probation a few days ago. will be called
into court to tell his story again.
For the second time this week, John
Elmer Coughlin OF Waterbury appeared
in city court this morning to answer
to an intoxication charge, subsequent
oifense. When released from the same
court the other morning, after making
to pay a fine of Slo.e4,
Coughlin promised to abstain from drink
ing in the future Yesterday Chief Sin
clair found his man in a sleeping cond
tion at Depot square and brought him to
the police station. He was arraigned
Utfbit JuuEe CtbGb TINS ANltiObH.
After entering a plea OF guilty to the
charge Coughlin was asked to disclose on
the man from whom he procured his
liquor. In his story, he told of pur-
chasing a quantity of intoxieants from
William stephens, who lives in the A.
romasi block. A warrant was accord
ingly issued for Stephens arrest, and |
Officer Harry Gamble went to the Tomasi
block and brought his man to the sta
ton. He will he arraigned on a charge !
Of selling. Meanwhile another officer
was sent to stephens room to conduct !
o search. Coughlin was placed in cell |
at the police station to await sentence /
pending the hearing to be given Stephens /
Fred Bresaw was brought into court |
on charge of nonsupport and he en-
tered plea of not guilty. The date for
iis hearing was set for Friday. May 10. |
Bresaw was arrested this morning by /
Deputy Sheriff A. NJ. Morrison on a war
-ant issued by the states attorney. 1t
3 alleged that he agreed some time last
winter to furnish his wife with certain
sum each week for the support of herself
md child. He disappeared shortly after
wards and only lately returned to Barre
rom northern New York.