St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-17
CALEDONIA DETECTIVES
Attorney General Brown Makes
Partial Statement of Expenses
In This County.

Attorney-General Brown has given
out the following statement regard
ing detective service in Caledonia
county:
In Caledonia county the following
matters have been the subject of de-
tective investigation at the expense
and with the results stated.
State VS.. George Elliott and Richard
Elliott.
These respondents were charged
with passing worthless checks at st.
Johnsbury and lied the Jurisdiction
with the money so obtained. The
Wood-Morgan agency was employed.
One of the respondents, Richard Ell
liott, was found and arrested in Mon
treaI and the other, George, was
found and arrested in Portland, Me.
Both pleaded guilty to the charge
and George Elliott was sentenced to
the State prison at Windsor for mot
less than two nor more than three
years. The respondent, Richard Ell
liott, on account of his youth was
fined $50 and costs of prosecution
and put on probation with the condi-
tion that he pay back the money OBJ
tanned on the worthless checks. For
tracing and securing the arrest and
return of both these parties to Yer
mont the Wood-Morgan agency was
paid for services, $220.50; for ex-
penses, $2O6.07; making a total of
$426.57
This of course included the return
of the prisoners to Vermont.
q In re poisoning of Mrs. Lottie
Cole at Lyndonville.
Mrs. Cole died of poison in room
of one OF the hotels in Lyndonville
occupied by herself and husband, on
the 18th of March, 1918.
On account of the relations pre-
viously existing between husband and
wife, foul play was suspected. 1t
was also discovered that Cole or Co
man as it turned out his true name
was, had come to Lyndonville from
some place near Boston and it was
thought best to investigate the mat
ter thoroughly. Accordingly, detec-
tive service was used for the purpose
of learning who in fact Conan, who
was known in Lyndonville by the
name of Cole, was and his history
and this information was furnished
by the Wood-Morgan Detective Agen-
cy When all of the evidence had
been collected, the States attorney
was of the opinion that this was prob
ably case of suicide and that a pros
ecution was not warranted. For ser
vices in this matter the Wood-Mor-
gan Agency was paid $175.00
For expenses S1.91
Making a total of $266.97
8. State VS.. Auto Hecker, alias
Charles L. Parker.
This party appeared in st. Johns
bury April Z, 1913, and claimed to be
an agent of the Ford Motor Car COM
pany of Detroit, Mich. At the Citi-
zens Savings bank of st. Johnsbury,
he made draft on the Ford Motor
Car company signing the name of
Charles L. Parker. He procured w.
A. Wright of St. Johnsbury, a local
agent of the Ford company to en-
dorse his draft and obtained $50 in
cash thereon. The draft was dis
honored with the information that
no such person as Charles l.. Parker
was in the employ of the Ford Motor
Car company. This matter was not
brought to the attention of the States
attorney until July 17th, when a war
rant was issued and measures taken
to ascertain the whereabouts of the
respondent.
Through the Wood-Morgan Detec-
tive agency, it was found that Parker
was the same man, who, under the
name of Auto Hecker, had passed
worthless paper in different parts of
the county. He was finally arrested
in Crowley, Louisiana, where he
pleaded guilty and received a prison
sentence.
For services in this matter the
Wood Morgan agency was paid $500;
for expenses, $21.38, making a total
of $28.3S.
A. In re liquor investigation at Lyn
donVille and st. Johnsbury.
State VS.. Nate Jones, r.. Mclean,
Tim Cullen and William Michaud.
At the request of the States at