The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-28
Following Which Joseph
Charley Was Arrested for
U. S. Officials
BARRE MAN is HELD
FOR DEPUTY MARSHAL
He Is Alleged to Have
Handled Goods from a
Store in Bankruptcy

Further revelations in what is alleged
to be an organized effort on the part of
persons in New Hampshire and Vermont
unlawfully to distribute merchandise,
came to light in this city to-day, when
one Joseph Charley of North Adams,
Mass, and Barre, was arrested by local
police officers at the request OF United
States District Attorney Alexander
Dunnett of st. Johnsbury and Inspector
DeBelle of Washington, ID. G., who has
lately visited Barre while working on
the case.
Charley, it is alleged, is connected
with persons that have been operating
in New Hampshire, Vermont and Mas
sachusetts. With Asced Corey, White
field, ". H., merchant. and Others, it is
said, Charley engaged in the mercantile
business at Whitefeld. Soon after
store was established, the business was
declared bankrupt and Corey is alleged
to have filed his intentions of going into
insolvency with the New Hampshire dis
trict of the United States court Be-
fore trustee was appointed, according
to the allegation, goods in the White
field store We're shipped to Barre. They
were consigned to a man unrecognized
here and taken from the Montpelier &
Wells River freight yard by Joseph Char
ley. 1t S further alleged that the goods
were temporarily stored in Louis Ro-
manis' store on Prospect street, later
to be consigned in halves to North Ad- |
ans, Mass. and to New York state. /
Afterwards the portion shipped to North |
Adams, it is said, were reshipped TO /
Pittsfield in the same state.
In the case of Corey, it Is said that I
he was held for appearance in United /
States court at Concord, Later he fur
nished bail in the sum OF $4,000 and was
released.
But the government officials set out
On the trail of Charley and Others, and
several steps were taken to apprehend
rim should he return to Barre. Local
police officers were notified to be on the
ookout and Inspector DeI3elle paid
visit to this city and looked the situa
ion over.
1t is said that Charley's discovery
anne yesterday afternoon, when fu-
leral procession passed down Main
treet. Officers were keeping vigilant
we on the line, and it was Chief of
Police Sinclair who spied the missing ,
harley seated with some of the mourn
RS in hack. As the chiefs eve wan
ered toward the cab window, the man
N the inside was seen TO draw the cur
ain. From that hour until this morn
ng, when he was arrested, Charley was G
irtually shadowed by the Barre officers !
he chief got into communication with '
he district attorney and the inspector, J
iho was then in st. Johnsbury. |
Early this forenoon Charley and some I
{ his countrymen were seen to start \
own from Prospect street through the |
I. & w. X. freight yards. Officer George a
!. Carle overlook the party and called /
, Charley to accompany him to police !
eadquarters. The man at first de- a
lurred, on the ground that he wished f
, take counsel before going with the I
fficer. On second thought, however he Z
aeided to keep the officer company on b
ne way back to the police station.
here he was to be detained until United d
tates Deputy Marshal G. G. Graves of fC
'aterbury arrived in town to take r
large of him. al
1t is said that hearing in the case i'd
i'll be held in United States court at N
1ncord tomorrow. General Agent James 7
Gall of the NJ. & w r. road. Louis N
a Prospect street merchant, "
Id trio of trlckmen, said to be Alex. al
ackie, Victor Stacy and Bert Tacy, al
we been summoned to testify at the ID
airing.