Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-04
BURGLAR CAUGHT
IN TURKS STORE
BY CLEVER WORK
Manager Richold Shows Good Judgment and
Officer Brodie Displays Fine Courage in
Wrestling Loaded Revolver from Yeggman's
Hand-Gives Name of Raymond and De-
clares He Had Accomplices

I burglar had not suspected that he was
watched. When the policeman entered
the store Raymond was in the main
office, where the cash drawer is placed
in desk AS the officer made his way
in haste down through the store the
man backed into the private office into
which he had first dropped.
1t was at just the moment Officer
Brodie placed his foot on the first stair
to ascend to the balcony that the yeEg-
man peeped around the door of the
office at the head of the stairs and
leveled a revolver at the officers head.
Without hesitation Brode pulled his
gun, made the stairs in fash and
Selling the hand which held the revolt
YER. twisted it to one side At the same
time he placed the muzze of his gun
at the yeggmans head. Upon the OIL
GERS threat to shoot the breaker drop
ped his gun and the twisters "ere
quickly about his wrist.
He was taken to the ponce olllcA
where. upon being questioned by Deputy
Chief Cosgrove he told a rather discoh-
nected story. He said that his name was
Frank Raymond At first he said he came
+ from England and later that he came
arrived in Burlington on the 400 morn
ing train and had picked up an
acquaintance with three men, whose
names he did not know. With these three
the burglary of the Turk store had been
planned He stated that two of them
removed the glass from the skylight and
he was the one who had entered to pro-
coed to the back door of the store to
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been left at the front of the store. He
further said that he had never before
been in Burlington and would not talk
except to answer the questions put To
him. He persisted in the story that he
did not know the names of the men who
were with him. A careful search OF the
roofs of the buildings and all surround
ing property revealed no others
WORK OF PROFESSIONAL.
The work of removing the glass from
the skylight was done in very clever
| and professional manner. The putty was
! carefully removed, as if by a glazer,
and the panes of glass. after being re-
moved, were carefully laid to one side.
| Access to the roof was made easy by a
! fire escape to the building. On investga
ton the police found on screen bcsid,
| the window n cigar, small portion of
which had been smoked. and near the
| hatchway of the store was found a klt
| Of tools, consisting Of cold chsel, ham,
mer and file. The cigar appeared to be
| Of the same brand and of the same
proportions as three others which Were
found in the mans pocket when he was
searched at the office. The tools 1t might
be assumed, were for work on the large
safe Of the company at the rear Of thu
store. The revolver which the mar
would no doubt have used If opportunity
| had been allowed, was an old-fashonet
| thirty-two calibre with six chambers, al
! of which were loaded. He had a five.
| dollar bill in his wallet and three one
| dollar bills lose in a trousers pocket. be-
sides some change. About three dollars
was left in the drawer by the cashier
| at Turks store He gave his age at %
years. He was locked up at the county
| jail.