The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-18

assailant. Inasmuch as the shooting
happened early in the evening, which
would give the highwayman all night
in which to make his escape, the au-
thorities last night were not over
hopeful that the search for the man
would end successfully. On their
way from the scene of the shooting,
the officers picked up a tramp who
was drunk beside the highway and
/ when they arrived at the Jail large
crowd surrounded the automobile I'M
der the impression that the highway
man had been caught.
Snill was arrested in the freight
yard of the Rutland railroad yard
| shortly after 7 o'clock this morning
| by Patsey Parrott who is employed
! by the railroad company as a guar
| dian for the tool car and who is also
| a special officer A few minutes af-
ter Z o'clock Patseys brother came to
the special officer and told him that
! there was a man in the bunk in the
car. Parrot at once started for the
| car but before he reached it Snill had
| left the bunk and was walking over
| the tracks. PARROT attempted to
| start a conversation with the man
! but he repeatedly answered mo UNI
/ derstand." PARROT then showed his
! badge and said come with me" Snil
| looked at Parrot who is about five
feet eleven and must weight close TO
| 1870, and understood.
Snill was searched at the Office of
| States Attorney Meagher and 81
calibre revolver was found in his
stocking Tinkham was shot with
revolver of 32-calibre.
The investigation at the states at
torney's Office was conducted behind
closed doors. DR. Buchanan was sum-
moned to the office and showed the
bullet taken from Tinkham's body.
The bullet fitted the gun found in
| Snills stocking.
Realizing that Tinkham might die
at any moment and that he needed
the wounded mans identification in
prosecuting his case, States Attorney
| Meagher made all possible haste in
the matter. As soon as he became
| convinced that there was a probabili-
ty that Snill was the highwayman, he
lost no time but had the man placed
| in the Deputy Gardner's automobile
and with Perry at the wheel hurried
to the hospital at Troy. Sheriff Cod
frey and Deputy Nash completed the
party.
There are other suspicious circum
stances that will tend to fix the crime
on Snill officer Richard Hurley is
positive that he saw the man on the
street yesterday and also that he saw
him on the highway between the two
bridges after o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon Mr. Hurley, who is employ
ed by the Estate of A. X. Richie, had
been to the club house of the Mount
Anthony country club and was driy-
ing toward the village.
Albert Day, the Singer sewing ma
chine company's agent for southern
Vermont, who is in the village from
Rutland on business connected with
the local office, is positive that he
saw Snill on the road between the
two bridges between and o'clock
last night, presumably about $50.
Mr.. Day was coming from North Ben
nington to this village with a single
rig and driver from the Taylor livery
stable. He had a sewing machine in
the wagon. Mr.. Day says that the
man, who he is positive was Snill,
was walking slowly along the road,
looking first in one direction and
then in another. The mans peculiar
actions attracted the attention of
Mr.. Day and when Snil was brought
down stairs from the states attor-
neys office the sewing machine man
recognized him at once n
There are several young men Mo
are positive that Snill was in the
pool room in the basement of The
Norton block on South street last
night after the shooting.
Two employees of the Kings lunch
! cart are positive that Snll was in
the cart yesterday noon and bought
an egg sandwich. After supper these
two young men were in the pool room
and they declare that Snill sat in
one of the chairs near the entrance
The news of the shooting had be.
come known by this time and the
players about the pool tables were
talking of the affair and declaring in
emphatic language what ought to be
done to the shooter. if caught. When
the officers whirled away from the
square in Perry Gardeners automo.
bile to search for the highwayman
the crowd rushed out of the pool
room and the young men insist Snill
went out at the same time. One OF
the young men says that the last he
saw of the Hungarian he was stand
ing in front of the Jail.
Mrs Tinkham and her sister. Mrs
Frank Scott, went to Troy on the
noon train.
3.3O-State's Attorney w J
Meagher and the officers have just ar
rived here from Troy. The states
attorney stated that Tinkham posi-
lively identified Cmell (as it appears
his name is spelled) as the man who
shot him. The officers would have
! arrived here earlier in the day. bu
for a puncture in one of the tires o.
} the automobile.