The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-04
Two Brothers Arrested for
Alleged Violation of
State Law
THIRD is TAKEN
FOR NIGHT ASSAULT
Adshads in Municipal Court This AT
ternoon-Also Wanted in Greenfield
for Alleged Debt for Clothing -
Pitiablo Case.


Pitiablo Case
The furnishing OF booze on the part Of
men who, it is claimed, are making bust
ness of it in Bratteboro, was responsible
for much excitement in the vicinity of
High and Whippe streets last night
about midnight One result was the ar
rest OF Arthur Adshad, who has been
working the railroad station construc
ton job through pity of the superintend-
ent and his fellow workers for his condi-
ton and that of his family This
morning his two brothers, Joseph and
Miner, who have been wearing good
clothes and doing little or no work,
! by States Attorney Q. b. Hughes and
held for Chief Manning OF Greenfield,
+ Mass. who wants them on charges of fail
/ ing To pay for clothing bought in that
town.
! Arthur Adshad appeared in Brattleboro
about two weeks ago. broke and without
/ job. lie was given work by the steel con
struction crew on the railroad job They
advanced him little money. Then he be
came intoxicated and Supt Bent OF the
/ II. Wales Line Co. who are building the
new station. gave him employment as a
laborer and he worked well
He announced last Friday that his fam
lily We're coming To town Saturday, but
when the wife and four girls, the oldest SIN
years and the youngest four months. ar
rived the husband and father failed 10
meet them. lie was on the street with
his two brothers and was under the inilu-
cnec OF liquor
The men on the job took pity on the
tiamily and the foreman Of the steel work
crs hired an automobile, bundled the fam
ly into it and hunted mp tenement He
installed them there. came down town and
bought a stove, pipe and wood and car
.ned them 10 the tenement. Then he fur
nishcd food for the time being and paid a
months rent in advance. Having done
: this he hunted up the husband and father
and carried him home \ few days later a
3, call was made there and food was supplied
Last evening Adshad informed Supt
Bent that one of his babies was i'll anC
that he needed money to get medicine anc
t Mr. Bent advanced him So
Later Adshad associated with his broth
I ers and became badly intoxicated anC
/ went home. He raised such row tha
o the police were sent for and Adshad wa
y arrested. The police claim that he tried t,
: assault a woman in the next tenement
} He did not assault his wife or children
and he obtained liquor without spendin
u the 50 he had obtained from Supt. Bent
He gave the money to his wife and sh
y showed it this morning when an invest
a cation was made of her condition and tina
&c of her family
d This morning the invest igating part
met Miner and Joseph as the party wa
'e returning from the tenement where tn
* mother had begged in tears that hc
n babies be not taken from her and wher
1t she had declared that her husband, whe
ai not in company with his brothers, did NJ
drink and provided we'll for her and fan
ily.
They said they were going to the
brothers house TO find him. They wei
~ told they better not go there and col
u sented to return to Main street and
to the municipal court room. There the
were arrested by Sheriff C. f. Mann al
OF Deputy Sheriff {. |. Knapp on warran
sworn out by States Attorney O..
Hughes on the charge of selling liquor
Charles S Chase was retained by the d
ed Tense and entered plea of guilty to
y charge of disturbing the peace by assault
, At the request of the states attorney Il
ne case was continued until , O'Clock in ord
Ia that further investigation might be mad
ac- Mrs. Adshad and her babies came he
Of from Marlboro, Mass. She told I'll
!. morning of how her husband hi
l.S not drunk until a few months ago al
IS then only when in the company of |
ere brothers She advised his coming
lu- Brattleboro in the belief that he would
separated from his relatives, but they a
bic pcared here soon after he did.