The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-05
Two Youths Disposed of Her
with Carriage to X. E.
MOsher for SIS
BELONGED TO F. A. AT
WOOD OF GREENFIELD
Owner Came Here and Returned With
Property Today - Opportunity to
Detain the Thieves Was Missed by
Local officers.

\ chestnut mare which has been
identified as the property of +. \. At
wood, a railroad engineer of Green
field, was sold i'm Brattleboro ycster-
day to Liveryman X +. Moshcr with
the harness and carriage for SIS. The
two young men who drove the RIG in
to town about + clock in the morn
ing were not apprehended. State : At
toTuey 4. Y. ID. Piper. who was asked
to issue a warrant by Mr.. Mosher. did
not think the evidence at hand was
sufficient and declined to 10 so. Police
Chief George Wilson talked with them
early in the morning when they first
drove into town, but they told
straightforward story.
Police Chief Manning of Greenfield
notified the local authorities last night
of the missing rig and the description
answered perfectly, but il was too late
then TO do anything toward catching
the thieves here.
Mr.. Atwood went to his barn yester-
day morning to feed his mare and
was astonished to find that she was
missing. Tracks showed that the bug
gy had been pulled out of the shed and
the mare led across lots to where the
hitch was made. 1t had been neees-
sary to break down a section of a rail
fence to get out the buggy, an old
Corning vehicle, and the rails were
thrown into narrow brook over
which the buggy was drawn.
1t was about + O'Clock in the morn
/ ing when Chief Wilson saw the two
young men in the rig on Main street
and he questioned them. The mare
gave evidence OF having been driven
far and hard. They told the officer that
she was their property and that they
We're going to Bellows Fails and talk
1 ed of putting her in 81 stable for the
rest OF the night.
They went TO Mr.. Mosher's stable
and ordered the animal cared for and
/ 10 be ready for them again at ;
/ q clock IN the morning as they We're
going on. Mr.. Mosher came to the
stable and talked with one of them.
! lie did not see the second one at any
time. The young man. whom Mr..
/ Mosher believes to have been about
rs years old, was willing to sell the
I rig and displayed his ignorance of
horse dealing by showing off, the
mare by leading her down the street.
MIR. MOsher had another individual
90 to a telephone and send word north
regarding the rig, for he believed that
il was stolen, but could get no trace
there of a horse theft lie did not
telephone south for the reason that
the man told him that he had come
from Montague and Mr.. Mosher did
not believe that statement.
The deal was finally made for $15
and Mr.. Mosher promptly went to
State s Attorney a. V. D. Piper and
told him the story, asking for war
rant. Mr.. Mosher said the state s at
torney told him that he could not issue
a warrant on such evidence and that
ended Mr.. Mosher's activity in the
matter except that he notified newspa
permen in the afternoon through Chief
Wilson that he had rig in his stable
that he believed was stolen property.
This morning Chief Manning OF
Greenfield and Mr.. Atwood, the owner
came here and positively identified tn,
rig as Mr.. Atwood s property. They
secured as good a description rs pos
sihle Of the man who had made tn,
sale and left for home later with tn,
rig.
Chief Manning said that two young
men had been hanging about the troll
ley road near the Atwood home severa
days, and he believes they are tn
guilty ones.