The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-14
CAR STOPPED IN
FRONT OF Lookup
Interesting New Facts Told
Relative to Booze
Mystery
SEEN TWICE IN
EARLY MORNING
john Redmond, Linotype Operator Saw
Large Automobile Without Lights
and Followed It to Lookup Out of
Curiosity.

Some highly interesting additional
faets came to the attention of The Re
former last evening in connection with
the disappearance of liquor from the
village lookup late in October. and they
are not questioned by those who know
the source from which they came. II
has remained for John Redmond. n
night linotype operator in The Reform
er office, to furnish statement more
interesting than any that have pre-
ceded it.
Mr.. Redmond is a stranger here and
mas no desire to mix up in the booze
mystery, but a casual statement made
by him that he saw an automobile stop
IN front Of the lookup early one morn.
ing late in October came to the atten-
tlon of The Reformer staff Yesterday
afternoon: and when Mr.. Redmond re-
ported for work last evening he was
questioned, and had some important
facts to relate
tie said that one morning late in Oc-
tober, the third week as nearly as he
can fix the date, having finished work
little after clock he went out on
the street to wait for a restaurant to
open so he could get something to cat
before going home. An automobils
coming up the hill past the American
building attracted his attention be-
cause 1t had no lights and because it
turned TO the left of the traffic post in
going out Elliot street instead of 90
ing around to the right. Ii was so
dark that he could not see the number
of the car, but he notrced that the
driver was alone.
No particular thought was given to
the matter then, further than that it
seemed peculiar for car to be out at
that time IN the morning with no lights
and to be driven in violation of the
traffic rules.
Two or three mornings later, how
ever, when Mr.. Redmond went out
about the same hour he saw the same
car come up the hill and again 90 to
the left of the traffic post. This time.
as before, the lamps were not lighted.
aud the combination of circumstances
aroused his curiosity. He had no
knowIedge at that time that there was
any liquor stored in the lookup. The
restaurant was not open so Mr.. Red
mond went out Elliot street to see if
there was anything doing" The
machine was stopped directly in front
OF the lookup, near the sidewalk. 1t
occurred to him that perhaps some Of
ftar had a man down in the tonneau
and was going to lock him up, although
| the man didn t wear uniform, so as he
walked along near the car he looked
over into the tOnneau, but saw nothing
In particular. Then he came back
toward Main street.
| MIR. Redmond says the ear was of q
| large make, larger than a Ford, and
| that the man was of medium build He
says ne did not get good look at the
man face, because as he approached
the car the driver walked around the
machina and opened the door and
seemed to be doing something about
the seat, but not in any hurry.
Although things looked peculiar to
him, Mr.. Redmond said nothing about
1t then, but a few days later the story
! OF the booze disappearance was pub
hshed. Mr.. Redmond recalled immedi.
ateiy what he had seen and was salts
| ned that the man with the car know
something about the booze. After
wards he and some others were in
Hoadley's s restaurant when the subject
was brought up and he stated what he
had seen, but the facts did not reach
the ears of any of the officials. After
the publication of the testimony of
others the subject again came up for
discussion in the restaurant and Mr..
Redmond again told of his experience,
and this time it reached the newspaper
office.
Mr.. Redmond assented to the sugges-
tion that he tell his story to the COM
missioners, so last evening the commits
sioners were told that he was willing
to talk, and the full board met and Mr..
| Redmond told them his story as it is
given here.
1t is interesting to note that the
hour at which Mr.. Redmond says he
saw the automobile, on both mornings.
was a short time after Chief-of Police
Wilson finishes his night duty and goes