Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-30
Told in County Court by Self
Confessed Car Burglars.
Gave Testimony duplicating Several
Huntington Merchants while I'M
der Examination Yesterday in
Case against Louis Alpert.


remarkable story OF the distribution of
thousands Of dollars worth of stolen goods
among dealers in Burlington during the
past summer and early fall
Polrier and Hove are witnesses for the
State. having turned States evidence
after confessng that they engineered the
series of car burglaries in this vicinity
that kept the authorities guessing for
months
According to their testimony Tuesday,
1t was no uncommon event for them to
load up a wagon with stolen dress goods,
clothing, perfumery, rubbers and alarm
clocks and drive up Church street in
broad daylight to the store where their
booty was to be disposed Of Much of
this stolen property, both witnesses claim
ed Tuesday, was taken to the Hope
Outfltters at No. 10 Church street. con
Quoted by Louis and Sam Alpert, and
some OF 1t, the witnesses claimed was
taken to The store of Harry II. Rosen-
berg
Jonas Z. Howe, the first witness called
for the state. resembles a bad man" In
moving picture of a western drama.
He has thin urooping moustache, wears
gray soft shirt and SLOUGH hat and his
under n small pair Of eyes. Howe
proved to be a good witness for the State
and rather a hard one to shake on cross
examination.
Howe is being held in Jail ms a witness
and to await sentence on his plea of
guilty to car burglary He said the first
lime he ever saw Louis Alpert was in
Harry Roscnberg's store on Church
| Of oatd tb.
summoned to Rosenberg's store by the
latter to meet George II. Hooper, who
had some stolen goods to sell. The goods,
said the witness, consisted of some mems
suits and some extra trousers which had
been stolen from Rutland railroad car
on a siding near the draw-b bridge. Howe
said that Hooper received $40 for the
clothing and that Hooper thought the
amount was too small
! How did you and Hooper happen to go
| to Rosenberg's store with the box of
| mems clothes?'
and sold them"
How did Rosenberg summon Mr.
Alpert?'
| He went over to Alpert's store across
Church street and brought Alpert back"
|
store?"
Yes, the Hope Outftters"
do YOU remember some boxes of drees
goods, umbrellas and perfunery?"
| Yes"
Where were these articles obtained?'
They were taken from a Rutland car
by Frank Poirer, George Hooper, Dennis
Fargo and myself"
What became OF the dress goods?"
They were taken to the Hope Outntters
and sold to Louis Alpert for $40. We got
SO each"
How about the perfumery?"
"Alpert said he did not want to handle
the perfumery." The witness stated that
Alpert took IS worth Of perfumery and
that he (Howe) and Hooper divided the
money
do you remember a box of alarm
| clocks?'
! Yes"
where were they obtained"
From a box car on the Rutland rail-
road"
what else was taken at the same
time?"
Some cotton cloth and some toy
trunks"
Where were the alarm clocks TAKEN
ITO Louis Alpert's store"
what was done with them"
They We're sold to Louis Alpert We
got so each. There were four of us or
that Job"
what became of the toy trunks?''
They were thrown into the bush be-
side the track and left there until the mex,
night when we went after them and took
them to Louis Alpert's house"
Attorney V. A. Billiard begun the cross.
examination OF Howe shortly after ter
, o'clock
please tell the jury to what house
you took the toy trunks"
, Il can't remember the street. the house
is In the upper part of the town
How many toy trunks We're there"
Fifty or seventy-hve."
who was with you?"
, Dennis Fargo"
Did you see more than one mar
there"
NO"
Was that man Louis Alpert?"
mo, sir"
What time did you get the box of dres
goods up to Rosenberg's store?" Mr.
Shaw objected on the ground that tn
witness had not said that dress good
were taken to Rosenberg's store.
The dress goods were not taken 4
Rosenberg's store, they were taken to tn
Hope Outfitters. We never took any dres
goods to Rosenbergs store"
How did you get the mems clothin,
from the brush beside the track, to tn
store?"
with a team"
" What time was it?"
e Between seven and eight o'clock tn
y next morning
= was 1t daylight"
yes"
What time did you get up to tn
= Rosenberg store?"
= about eleven o'clock. / should think
i Where did you drive with the cloth
t, ing?"
i around in back of Rosenberg's store
: who was In the store?"
n Hooper was there and Rosenberg.
couldn't say how many clerks were Their,
l remember one clerk with smooth fac
10 and a bald head"
o Where were you while Rosenberg wa
Is after Alpert?"
n II was outside looking after the team.
% 1T was part of your business to d,
W ceive people you dealt with. wasn't it?"
le 1--WE had no occasion to deceive II
" men We were dealing with"
10 Howe said that when some shoes wei
delivered to Rosenberg's store the goot
were paid for by check. The witness saI
or | his share was 81, Howe said this was n