The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-18
.STROUT ARRESTED
ON BURGLARY CHARGE
Former Employe of Fort Drummer Mills
Caught in Greenfleld-Had Revol-
yer, Cartridges and Light.

A young man, who gives the name Of
Allison b. Strout and his age as IL, al
though he has the appearance of being
Older than that, and who for two weeks
had been employed in the Fort DumIuer
mills here, was arrested in Greenfield Sat
urday night charged with breaking and
entering the home Of Dir. Guy NJ. Gray
lat Prospect avenue.
After Strout had admitted that he was
the person who had tried to rob the home
OF Dr. Gray he showed great disposition
to talk about his career He said his
home was in East Boston and that he had
Irobbed his father of So and come to
Brattleboro, where he had a slight ac-
| qualntance. He had a revolver which he
| obtained IN Boston pawn shop, also a
home made cartridge belt with - cart
ridges IN it, a box Of cartridges and
| ilashlight He admitted that he had
Ientcred one or two houses near Boston
and expressed a preference for two and
three apartment house buildings as being
easier to enter.
| Strout was found on Miles street. about
ll.30 by Officer Burns, who thought he
was acting in a rather suspicious manner.
\ short time before Il call had come to
lpolice headquarters from DR. Gray con
lcerning the attempted break and Strout
l
About II O'Clock Saturday night Arthur
Logan, brother-in-law OF DR. GRAY. with
twhom he was staying, stepped ont onto
the rear porch OF the doctors residence
on the top floor of the Ihree-apartmen
house at 4 Prospect avenue and found ;
stranger standing there Logan iumpcC
! back into the house and told the doctor
who Immediately notified the police. Or
Gray then tecphoHed 70 DR. d. j. Met on
nell, Who-CccUpics the ground floor of TIL,
: house. and told him of the intruder. DIR
G Mcconnell. although unarmed, ran from
his apartments and mp the stairs at tin
L rear OF the house.
The would-be burglar. evidently in hid
Y ing since young Logan had come lnoI
n HIM, heard Mcconnell coming up tn
! STAIRS and started to make his escape. III
4 was part way down the upper stairwa
I. when the doctor reached tbe bottor
=. steps The stairway Is narrow and reaII
: ing that he could not pass AcCo nucH Nh
o, burglar hurled himself bodily at The DO,
c tor and they both rolled To the ltnlir
lc below. Ihcu before Dr. Mcconnell rorI
H overcome ms opponents advantage al
1t stranger -crmgicd to his feet and iunns
rs over the railing ta the ground below.
ID distance OF fully rs feet. and made h
escape.
NJ When Officer Burns reported the .lrfc
in ne had made Arthur Logan was called
,d the police station. where he positive
FL identified the prisoner ~ the man he ma
a. seen on the upper landing ct the hou,
r. l)r- McO onneI when asked To identity ii
90 young man yesterday mornin. rouId M
an do so as his chance Jo Tool, ham over h.
. been very brief
Inv The Brattieboro police had received .
nh Iports a few days carhe,. of "a youn., ru.
- who had been acting suspicior,l, aho
one or two places OF business late al mig
n and had been oa the lookout for nr
49, hey are satisfied that The man causht
- Greenfield j. the one they were look.
n for here