The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-04
Mrs. Arthur {. Parkhurst Told
the Barre Police
OF HER BOYS RETURN HOME
Ernest f. Parkhurst, After Brief Career
Under the Country's Flag, Decided
TO Change His Occupation, and
He Did Without Notice.

Fifty dollars reward for the arres
and delivery of Ernest +. Parkhurst
charged with being deserter from th'
army This may or may not have beer
what caused Mrs. Arthur +. Parkhursi
Of Merchant street the boys mother, Il
deliver her son into the custody of l0ca
officers last night, when the 22-year-olG
recruit came home after ranging oven
half the United States following his de-
sertion from the Eighty-seventh com
pany. Coast Artillery corps at Fort
Ethan Allen by Chief of Police Sinclair,
who viii return his charge over to otfi-
GERS at the military reservation.
According to present plans, it is said
that Mrs. Parkhurst will accompany her
SON to the fort and will claim the re-
ward for his apprehension, it is said. As
one OF the party, Parkhurst's young
wife, who was Miss Hattie Tabor, will
probably see her husband placed in the
custody OF the military authorities. The
prisoner seemed to be in a rcticent mood
when seen at the police headquarters to-
day, although he appears to be some
what relieved, now that he has ceased to
be hunted man. Since he deserted his
eerps at Fort Totten on the night OF
September s. Parkhurst has been sought
continually by government agents.
In the three months leading up TO his
return to his old haunts. the deserter has
roamed nearly every state east of the
Mississippi and il was while on his way
to Hardwick. where he expected to find
employment. that he stopped over
train TO see his mother and wife. How
warm reception was accorded him in
the home circle may be gathered from
Mrs. Parkhursts prompt desire to see
the ends OF justice met.
II was soon after Parkhurst's escape
that Chief of Police Sinclair received
circulars notifying him OF the desertion.
AT the same time, Parkhurst's parents
were notified and it was evident that the
mothers desire to catch glimpse OF her
errant son was almost as keen as that
of the police officers in their wish to
aid the military authorities in their
search.
Last winter Parkhurst figured in the
st. Cyr case in Barre City
,ourt which attracted wide local atteu
lion at the time. He was one OF the
witnesses in the unsavory affair and
,hortly after the trial terminated he
vent to East Montpelier to work. It |
vas out on the farm that he conceived /
MS first hankering for army life and |
ometime in July he set out for a re- |
ruiting station. He enlisted as a priv |
tie in the Coast Artillery corps, July |
r. 1912. and served at Fort Totten un
il that night in September, when he
turned vanishing back on
is eountry's flag. The circular describ-
ng the young soldier gives ample evi
ence that Parkhurst's departure was a +
lain case of desertion and it is not i'm
rohable that he will receive dishon-
rable discharge and serve sentence in
he military prison at Fort Leaven-
'orth, kans
The circular sent out by the adjutant-
eneral OF the army from Washington,
J. G.. contains the following: Ernest
). Parkhurst, private. Eighty-seventh
,mpany. Coast Artillery corps, who
as enlisted July 27. 1912, is reported ,
, have deserted at Fort Totten, n. Y, II
cptember s. 1912. At enlistment he
ave his residence at ll2 Prospect
rect, Barre, Vermont, and the name {
nd address of persons to be notified in I
lse OF emergency as Arthur f. Park s
irst tfatherl ll2 Prospect street, Barre, /,
I. Description at date of enlistment; /
'hite; born in Barre. Vt, age ll4 /,
aars; occupation. machinist: eyes, blue; $
lir, black; complexion, ruddy height, 5
feet. 59i inches weight, l42 pounds. f
scars and marks: Front view, \
ar on right shoulder; two sears on
ch knee. Back view. scar on right In
oulder. left index finger, aud lower | {
yht thigh. A reward of $50 is pay /
lie for the apprehension OF this man, a
ID for his delivery to the military au j
critics at any time within five n
ars from date of enlistment. The v
ward is payable at any United $
ates post to any civil officer or Il
her civilian who delivers the man
ere. If he is apprehended he should t,
delivered at. and the reward claimed 81
the nearest army post The notice ci
dated September %, 1912. Ia,