The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-30
CHAUNCEY TODD IS
BEHIND THE BARS
IN new YORK
Young Bennington Negro is in
Jail for Stealing
ALSO WANTED FOR FORGERY
Will Be Held for Passing Two Bad
Checks Upon Bennington
Merchants

Chauncey Todd. the 1S-year-old ne
gro youth, who disappeared from Ben
nington the last Of January or early
in February, after passing two forged
checks, is behind the bars in New
York city and it is likely that several
years will elapse before he will again
have an opportunity to attach him
self to personal property that doesn't
belong to him.
Todd was arrested In New York a
week ago on the charge of stealing
500 in money and a diamond ring val
ued at 5000 from his employer in
New Haven. Conn. where he has PR
sumably been working since he left
Bennington.
Early this forenoon states Attor-
ney w j. Meagher, while sorting pa
pers in his Office picked up copy Of
the New York Sun of last week Mon.
day. A short article under a New
Haven date line stated that Chauncey
Probb, negro, is years OF age. who
had been working as valet for Felix
Davis. had been arrested for the theft
OF money and the ring from his EN-
ployer. The arrest was made in New
York as Probb stepped from a New
Haven train. Detectives who made
the arrest stated that both the ring
and the money were found in Probbs
possession.
The similarity Of the names,
"Probb7 and Todd attracted the
attention of the states attorney and
he could not rid himself OF the impress
sion that the valet and the alleged
forger were one and the same person.
He called the Davis home in New
Haven on the telephone and his sus-
picion was at once confirmed.
1t appears that Wells Todd. a broth
er Of Chauncey, has been for some
time employed in the Davis family
and after the arrest the real name of
the valet was established. States
Attorney Meagher also communicat-
ed with the chief of police in New
Haven and learned that Todd was
still in custody in New York The
boy will be brought to New Haven
some time this week for hearing The
states attorney will forward a war.
rant to New Haven charging Todd
with forgery.
While talking with the Davis home
in New Haven this morning the
states attorney was also informed
that considerable petty burglary com
mitted recently in one of the Yale uni
versity dormitories is believed to
have been the work of younk Todd.
Todd is wanted here in Bennington
on the charge of forging and passing
two checks. The forged signatures of
Judge f. L. Bates was made upon
both checks and the checks were
made out upon blanks taken from
Judge Bates's check book. Both
checks we're dated, January 20. 1914.
One for 1872 and made payable to
Chauncey Vanderberg was cashed at
the grocery store of b. s. LOOMS
ne SttpHu tutth LOT ~ Hdtt OUT III
the same manner was cashed at the
Hart shoe store.
When the forgeries were discovered
the fact was not announced by the au.
thorities who hoped that the young
negro would disclose his whereabouts
States Attorney W. J. Meagher had
kept up a systematic search through
the officers In Massachusetts and Con
necticut cities but had obtained no
trace of the fugitive until his eye
caught the name Probb in a week-old
copy Of the New York Sun this morn
ms.
Young Todd. if the New Haven
charge Is proved against him. will
have acquired q pretty bad record for
a youth Of his years. lie was placed
upon probation some time ago after
stealing camera from the W. l..
Gokay drug store.