The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-12
DOMESTIC
INFIDELITY
billions Wife and Another
Man Traced Here from
New Hampshire
CHILD TAUGHT TO
CALL MAN "PAPA"
Husband Watched Post Office, Expect
ing Wife to Call for Letter = Lo-
Gated Her on Spring Street - Cou
pie Returned Home This Morning.

y ease Of domestic infidelity with
unusual features came te the attention
here yesterday afternoon of Deputy
Sheriff Herbert f. Harris. and to al
certain extent matters were straighten-
ed out
Over three weeks ago Mrs Frank
Dillon of Bennington, y H.. with the
six-year-oId orphan son of her nus
band brother. LETT that town for the
expressed purpose of visiting her moth
er in <eene. n H. She was TO return
! the following day. She did not return
and her husband became suspicious
| that all was not as it should be-
| Later the woman 5 mother received
letter from her daughter asking
| that she write to Mr.. Dillon and tell
| him to send her money to Brattleboro
with which to return home. She wrote
that it would be useless to search for
| her, but to send tlna money to general
delivery at Brattleboro and she would
use it to return to her husband and
home. The woman : mother promptly
scut the letter to her son-in-aw and
he started for Brattleboro, arriving
here yesterday morning,
Watched Post Office.
He enlisted the services of Deputy
Sheriff Harris. explaining that n man
who bad been working in Bennington u
few weeks, known as Frank Allen. also
was missing. The postoifice was
watched during the forenoon, Mr..
Dillon stationing himself where he
could see all persons who came and
went, but he saw none whom ne knew
or thought would be calling for the
expected mail.
Mr. Harris finally learned that a
man who had been varously known
here as Frank Allen, Frank Reed and
Frank Allaire had relatives on lower
Vernon street, amt from them he
learned that the man was in town and
5 that the last they knew he was board
ing at the home of William IT. Webb
ON Canal street. There he learned that
they had gone to the home Of Edward
}. LaDuca on Clark street. They had
left there, however, and were traced
TO Spring street.
While this investigation was being
made Mr.. Dillon encountered on the
street the man suspected of having run
l away with Dillon : wife. He was wear
ing watch chain that Mr.. Dillon
recognized as the property of hi
nephew. and Allen. or Allairc. whcr
his attention was called to it, took from
! his pocket Mrs. Dillon 5 watch, but
he denied any knowledge of hel
whereabouts. lie threatened to knoct
Mr.. Dillon ; head off if he attempted
Il to hold him, and made his escape,
Wife Returns Home
\ short time later Deputy Sheriff
Harris and Mr.. Dillon appeared at
, Spring street and after some persua
+ sion Mrs. Dillon opened the door t.
them. Allen, in the meantime, ha,
+ reached the house and left again. Mr.
G Dillon wanted the child and finally
i after some argument he consented tt
= take his wife back if She would agre
to 90 with him and live an uprigh
r life. She consented and this mornin,
It the three left for Bennington. n II
5 Allen has not been located.
5 1t was learned that Allen met tn
L, woman and child in keene and tina
s they went first to Nilers Falls. wher
e they remained 4 day or two and the
Il came to BratIeboro. There was no sus
q picion at any of the places they board
ed that the couple were not marie,
for the child had been taught to ca
the man papa and all were care
full in their conversation in public nc
to give any suspicion of their true IT