Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01
WALL HELD IN $4,000
Arrest in West Townshend Believ'
ed to Be One of Importance
In Brattleboro a Few Days Before
Thought to Be One of Gang OF
Northampton Burglars.

The arrest of George w. Walz of
| Havdenville, Mass, at West Townshend
| by Massachusetts officers proves to be
one of chain of arrests by means of
which the Massachusetts, officers be-
lieve they are on their way to rounding
up a gang of burglars that have been
working successfully in and about
Northampton, Mass. Wall was held
Friday under $4,000 bail for a hear
ing today.
Not many months ago Waiz complct-
| ed Il term in the state prison at Charles
town, Mass. 1t is known here that he
was in Brattleboro late in October. Only
a few days ago he was again in Brattlc-
| boro and claimed that he was working
as a cook on a lumber job i'll London
derry.
Officers James Campbell and NJ. j.
Cookery of Massachusetts came to
Brattleboro about three weeks ago in
vestigating the rumor that Walz was
in this locality. They returned last
week with II photograph and went
to West Townshend, where they were
satisfied that the man they wanted was
to be found The clew was secured
form the address on letter that was
mailed to him from Northampton, but
his exact location III West Townshend
was not known to the officers.
The photograph proved of material
assistance. A person to whom the pic
turc was shown in West Townshenl
recognized the man and told where he
could be found. He was summoned
| |,
barn by the woman of the house, an(
, when he arrived he was covered by re
! volvers in the hands of the officers
r Wall made no resistance and consented
to go to Massachusetts without requisi
ton papers.
, Four other members of the ALLEGED
gang now under arrest in Northamp
+ ton are Ben amin Hermann and DaviC
Miller, who were arrested in New Yorl
p state several weeks ago but who had re
, sisted eXtradition unsuccessfully, an,
John w. Adams of Boston and William
M. Hermon of Northampton, who hav,
, been in custody several weeks.
. Adams was arrested in Northampton
several weeks ago as a result of his eff
fort to sell several packages of chew
ing-gum at the Plaza store. The pro
pIltloI DtllcNtu lHc gum Hdu Dccl
stolen and helped the officers to locat
Adams, who were arrested in front o
the postoilicc. This was the first clcy
] to the identity of the gang. Adam
had been living at Hermann S house OF
Armory street, and search of Tia
O house revealed stolen goods and XII
. of burglars tools. Hermann was al
3 rested under charge of receiving stol
+ en- goods. Three breaks in the vicint,
| of Northampton are believed to hav
n been committed by the gang, the prir
= cipal one at Taintor's jewelry store
7 where 81 400 worth of jewelry wa
q stolen October 16. Another burglar
n was committed at Wilder IS store a
@ Mount Tom October H. and the stor
@ of w. j. Sheehan in Haydenville wa
burglarized October O.
4 1t is understood that after his al
@ rest Wall attempted to throw ava
i several sheets from a note book, bu
{ that they We're recovered by the officer,
v They contained addresses in New Yorl
0 and letter alleged to have been foun
r. in Walz possession advised him t
G send along anything and the write
would find means of disposing of it.