Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-16
DETECTIVE SERVICE IN ORANGE
COUNTY.

In Orange county approximately four
thousand three hundred dollars has been
expended under the head of detective
service OF this sum one thousand Ave
hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty
cents went to the Wood Morgan agency
for services and one thousand five hun
dred eighty-nine dollars and sixty-nine
cents for expenses. This of course In
cluded the transportation of prisoners.
The balance expended amounting to APP
proxmately twelve hundred dollars went
to home grown" talent.
The first bill paid in connection with
these matters since December l. 1918. was
In connection with the winding up of the
so-called yeggman cases which had been
so thoroughly and successfully prosecuted
by my predecessor In office In connec-
ton with the States attorneys OF Gale
donia and Orange counties. This bill for
services and expenses amounted to five
hundred and eighty eight dollars and six
teen cents
Prior to the liberal use Of detective
| service in connection with this class of
cases by my predecessor In office this
state had averaged about forty safe rob-
berries year, In other words. about
three each month. Often the loss OF
money was not the only damage incurred
as there were in some cases considera BILE
damage as a result of explosions In
| several instances in Vermont shootines
had occurred.
AS result of the thorough work done
| by my predecessor along the lines above
| Indicated yeggmen have been unheard
| of In Vermont until since II has been so
thoroughly advertised in the newspapers
| that detective service was likely to be
| discontinued In this State. 1t may be also
noted that during the last two years
there has not been safe blown open in
| this State.
More recent prosecutions worthy of
note In Orange county in connection with
which detective service has been used
are as follows:
| Bert Shotter, who Is scarcely past
his majority was first arrested in Orange
| county In 1911 charged with the crime
OF grand larceny At a special term OF
| Orange county court in October 1911, he
pleaded guilty OF this offense and was
sentenced to the State prison. On ac-
| count Of his youth and good appearance
the court stayed execution and placed
| the respondent in the hands of the proba-
ton officer. In June, 1918, complaint was
made that this respondent had violated
the terms OF his probation. The probation
officer endeaVcred to secure his arrest
and followed him to the Canadian border
where all trace of him was lost During
the period of his probation the re-
spondent was married and had one child
born. After the local officers had failed
to secure his arrest application was made
for detective service and the Wood
Morgan agency was placed in charge OF
the case, The respondent was traced
westward through Canada to Chicago
thence into Ohio and up through Nortf
Dakota and finally arrested at Castleton
South Dakota He was returned to thi'
State without the expense Of requisition
At the December term 1918 Of Orang'
county court this respondent was charged
with the crime Of rape committed In thu
town OF Bradford upon a girl thirteeI
years old To this charge he pleaded
.LkuiltR and " now serving in the Statt