The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-10
SToREKEEPERs ARRESTED.
Wholesale Raids in Burlington Bring TO
Light Quantities of Stolen Goods.

Burlington, Dec. l0.Eight storekeep-
of this city and Winooski were arrested
yesterday on charges of running fences
or receiving goods which they knew were
stolen. The men arrested are Louis and
| Sam Alpert, III. H. Rosenberg. George
Saiger, $. II. Miller, G, L. Robinson,
Louis Alfred and Harris Woolkind. They
have been given preliminary hearings
and their trials are set for next Monday.
The arrests were the result of evidence
CLEANED from Frank Poirer, Jonas f.
Howe and George X. Hooper, now in
Jail awaiting trial Tor the burglary OF
freight cars. These are the men who
were apprehended as they were trying
to get away with 600 pounds Of butter
from car several weeks ago, and they
are said to have admitted their guilt and
TO have informed the officers of the men
who received the stolen goods.
Goods worth thousands of dollars were
found in the raids yesterday and they
are locked in the jail At the store OF
Louis Alfred, large quantity OF per-
fumery and butter were found and he is
accused Of purchasing GOO pounds Of the
latter from Poirer, following the rob-
berry of refrigerator cars in Shelburne.
This was valued at 5000. On another
count he is charged with buying $50
worth of perfumery from Hooper and
Howe.
Sam H. Miller is charged with receiv-
ing case OF blue and white cloth, val
ued at $50, stolen by poirer and Hooper |
from a box car in the Rutland railroad
yard Miller and Alfred each
had bail fixed at $500
Practically the whole store Of Sam
Alpert is said to have been furnished
with stolen property, the goods being |
taken away by the wagon loads
AT the mans home the officers seized /
l6 underskirts, one case of rubbers, four |
fur muffs for children. one case of pill |
low slips, IA muffs for ladies'. in addition |
to fur boas and other articles. Among |
the articles taken at the store were 30 |
eases of rubers from the cases of which
the addresses had been ehiselled so as
to make them unreadable. Alpert is
held in 1000 bail
AT the White Bargain store in
were found three cases of dry
goods. alleged to have been purchased
oy Louis Alpert from Poirer, Hooper
ind Howe, and Alperts bail was fixed
It $500. Harris Woolkind. who runs
1ool room in this city. is charged with
eceiving 100 boxes of White Spot cigars,
which were the property of G. l.. Soule &
o., 40 boxes of chewing tobacco and
rate of cigarettes, al total value of
400. These articles are said to have
,een taken from the Central Vermont I
reight house by Poirer. George f. Rob.
nson is charged with buying ten lap I
obes from Howe, Porer and Hooper
which were taken from box car of the
rutland railroad. Four of these lap ]
obes We're in Robinson's second hand {
tore when the officers made the raid
Ie admitted buying five of them. aud J
is bail was fixed st $500. George Saiger I
Tas arrested on the charge OF buying !
90 pounds of butter which the men had }
tolen. Harry Rosenberg is accused OF I
urchasing a case of Bass mems shoes,
D the value of $3.50 which were stolen a
rom box car in the Rutland yard. A
The three alleged burglars, Poirer,
Iooper and Howe, waived examination
nd bail was fixed in the case of each
{ 81 800. Their cases were continued.
oirer alleges he threw the Waters hat t
ito the freight house. hoping to throw d
le railroad detectives of the scent. BY '
nc arrest of the men and the resultant e
lids. officials here have accounted for e
le 1000 pounds Of butter stolen from 9
he Rutland railroad and other thefts. ?