The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-21
That gro Youth Was
~ III and Thrown into
River Near Bolton
FIVE MEN ARRESTED
AND A SIXTH SOUGHT
One of Men Is Alleged to
Have Confessed to Dep
uty Sheriff

Bolton, April 2l-Fbe men were
| placed under arrest here this morning
IN connection with the disappearance of
a negro boy near here last Saturday.
The men are Henry McCabe, Central
Vermont railroad section foreman. James
Sweeney and John Kenni.on, who worked
under Foreman McCabe, and two tramps.
! lhe authorities are said to be looking
for Henry Goodrich of Burlington,
woodchopper. II is alleged that the
boy was beaten and thrown into the riv-
er because the men thought he had stol-
en- their dinners.
The arrests were made bv Deputy
Sheriff A. G. Stevens after one of the
men, kennson, is said to have lost his
nerve and, going to the deputy's house
early Sunday morning, to have told the
officer the whole story, declaring he
couldn't sleep because of the affair. An
investigation was begun Yesterday morn
ing, as a result of which warrants were
issued and the arrests made. Under ex-
animation by Deputy Sheriff Stevens
and Deputy Sheriff Murphy, McCabe is
alleged to have wilted and to have told
of the occurrence. although declaring
that he himself had nothing to do with
throwing the boy into the river, but
admitting that he threw stone into
the river and told the other men to
throw the black-in there"
The boy was 10 years old and was
said to have been working on the dam
construction in Essex. One feature that
is troubling the authorities, inasmllch as
No bpJxr 4.
youth was seen late Saturday making
his way through Jonesyille. The au-
thorities, clinging to the belief that the
body of the beaten negro is in the riv-
er. declare the negro seen in Jonesville
must have been companion of the
other.
As near as can be learned, the story
of the occurrence started with the de-
parture of the railroad workmen from
their lodging place to a place known
as the ''ledges," where they placed their
dinner pals in a little building near
the track. At noon the men returned
to the building for dinner and discov-
cred the pals were gone. They had to
return to Bolton for their dinner. Co
ing back to the work in the afternoon
they spied a negro boy in mill warm
ing himself. The boy discfaimed all
of the theft and finally broke
AWAY from his captors. The men are al
eyed to have given chase and to have
'aught and beaten the boy.
Several children are alleged to have
,een attracted by the sounds of the
,eating and to have seen the men tor
uring the negro, after which the chill
lren are alleged to have gone to Boil
on to enlist the services of grown men
n stopping the torture. When the men
vent to the scene it is alleged they saw
goodrich on the bank of the river. Ad-
ressing McCabe, the foreman. as to
he whereabouts of the negro, they are
aid to have been informed that he'd
gone to Kalamazoo
Thinking that the boy had fled and
scaped, the Bolton men returned, and
othing more was done about the case
i'll Kennison called at Deputy Sheriff
.ennson's early Sunday morning, rout-
lg the officer out of bed and telling
inn the story which resulted in the ar
ests made today There are several
satures not explained as yet, chief of
-hich is that no body has been found
/ the river.