The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-23
Police Nab John Carey Back
of Randall & Clapp's
Sunday Morning
LOUIS DUNLEVY
HEARS GLASS CRASH
Several Pairs of Shoes in Carey's Room
Have Numbers Corresponding with
Held for County Court.


Those on Empty Boxes at Dunham S
Held for County Court.
A man who gives his name as John
Carey and his home as Somerville, |
Mass, and who has been living in Brat
tleboro, he SAYS, 10 months and working
on the Barber building, is alleged to !
have broken into the Wholesale depart
mcnt Of the Dunham Brothers Co., Fri
day night and to have stolen four pairs
Of black shoes, and he had broken a
light Of glass from the rear door of
Randall & Clapp 5 jewelrv store at !
o clock Sunday morning when he was
caught by Police Chief George Wilson.
This morning in the municipal court A.
Y. d. Piper was assigned as his counsel
by the court and he waived examination
and pleaded not guilty to a charge Of
burglary. He was held under $500 bonds
for appearance before the September
term of the Windham county court and
| was taken to Newfane Jail in default
| of bail
/ Louis NJ Dunlevv was on his wav to
/ /
ing and when near the town building he
heard the crash Of glass at the rear Of
Randall & Clapp 5 store. He hurried
down Main street and on Elliot street
found Officer Ellis G. Worden Chief
Wilson was coming up Main street Hill
at the time and the three hurried up
Main street. A number of young men
who had been on Main street near the
corner Of Elliot street followed the of
tcers and We're asked TO remain at the
front door to make sure that no one
: who might be in the store attempted to
escape by way of the front entrance.
There was no certainty at first wheth.
er the light of glass might have been
! smashed at the rear of Randall 4
| Clapp s store or that Of Freeman
Scott ) grocery store. Officer Worder
! did not have his tiashlight with him anC
; started down the alleywav between The
! town building and the building occu
) pied by the iewelry store He lighted :
q match and was examining the window
y at the extension at the rear of th
G grocery store when Chief Wilson ap
y lpeared with his flash light and fiashe,
il at the rear door Of the jewelry store
Carey had forced his way through til
heavy screening that protects the doc
and had broken one light of glass fror
the door when the chief reached in an
:, yanked him forth.
, Carey said something about n watcl
man having told him 10 remain quie
where he was and he would not b
1t found. The officers promptly utilized th
old lookup under the town building fC
the temporary detention of their prison
er
Chief Wilson asked Irving French, WI
On was one of the party watching proceed
ne ings, to telephone to II. Il. Randall one
eh the proprietors. that his store had bel
an broken into and to ask him to con
rs down at once. A search OF the eNteri,
an Of the premises revealed a bottle Of vii
IN and broken beer bottle but no secoi
es- burglar
mt Mr.. Randall appeared with a SavaI
lty rifle and accompanied by his wife. Il
he store was opened and it was found tn
es- no entrance had been made. Carey W
then taken to the village lookup.
cir He gave his name. and his age as
ne and told the officers that he roomed
it'll IA Hudson street. On Sunday Chief w
APP son searched his room and found four n,
ral pairs of shoes which had come from t
Dunham Brothers Co.'S place of busine
He also found a large grip. 40 one ce
stamps, box of Pepsin gum with TIN
packages missing, five packages OF Can
cigarets and new so foot tape in a ca
in Not until the chief reported the d
covery of the shoes to J. p. Ferriter W,
they missed from the Dunham stockroC
for Employees of the firm had discovered $
ON urday that someone had broken the Sc
ay. on two ears that were on the Dunham 5
mo- ing and had investigated the contents
edi- some cases anu cartons III theil poV
/ "a parently had found only rubbers and al
,ord cles that the thief did not want.
MAJ After the reported discovery of
~ shoes investigation showed that the h
80 glar had obtained entrance by placing
49,. two by four timber on top of one of
'dao ears and shining up it to the see
- story window where light OF glass
~ been broken and the window raised.
AZ Vcstigation revealed four empty 5
boxes, the numbers of which correspon
~ with those on the shoes found in the
.he session of Carey On one of the be
An was a spot of blood. evidently from a
, ''oh' finger received when breaking the glas
aSe' The authorities are wondering if Ca
gtoh knows anything about the Westmin
postotfice robbery, and that matter is
ing investigated by United States \
ctro- shall A. p. Carpenter.
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