The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
CHELSEA
Deputy Sheriff George A. Tracy Did Good
Detective Work.

In all walks of life there always arises
an opportunity for every man TO make
good, and while it is true there are
thousands of men who fail to see that
opportunity, it is Just as true that there
are thousands of others who not only see
the opportunity but 90 to it and strike
the gait which brings them into the
limelight that reveals their real worth in
whatever vocation they may be follow
ing The foregoing seems applicable in
a case which has just come TO our atten-
ton and is of interest not only locally
but throughout the county, and we mar
rate it briefly as follows:
On Friday afternoon, Nov 0, as Dep
uty Sheriff George A. Tracy of this town
alighted from train at South Royalton
station, woman accosted him and made
complaint of a criminal nature against
one John Thelgen Of Tunbridge. On
| hearing her story he advised her that he
would take the matter up with the
states attorney Of Randolph, and after
bringing the matter to the county prose
cutor's attention, he was in due time
armed with the proper papers and set
out to locate his man, who, he found
on reaching his residence on Saturday
afternoon, had gone away the night be-
fore and had not returned From that
time on until Tuesday morning follow
ing he kept his ear on the pike and the
wires hot but without any material re-
suit as to locating his man or getting a
real clue to his whereabouts On Tues
day morning he dug out the fact that
certain party in Tunbridge had received
a letter from the missing man post
marked in Montreal and the next train
bound for Montreal found him aboard,
accompanied by States Atty. John G.
Sherburne. After two days securing the
city without avail, the prosecuting at
torney returned home, leaving Sheriff
Tracy to work out his own salvation
and, finding himself alone among stran-
gers in strange land, he set about to
formulate his plans to locate his man.
He first bought daily and looked the
adds over carefully and finally found one
in which a party, a single man, a good
worker, good mixer and a man who
could turn his hand to all kinds of work,
advertised for a job, giving his street
number but not his name; and this par !
ticular adj for some unknown reason I
aroused his curiosity and he went to
the street address and was advised by |
the landlady that a man had been there |
for a few days and was looking for a job |
but had gone She further advised him I
that she did not know the mans name
and did not know where he had gone but /
thought it was st. Johnsbury. The Off
Ger presented a picture of the missing
man and she identified it as the man who
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before The sagacious officer knew well Il
that the man he wanted would not have
returned to the states for work and so
set about to look up some Canadian town
which might have been mistaken by the
woman, and finally discovered town
called Johnville, which is located on the
Canadian Pacific railroad about 100 miles
from Montreal, and he at once set out
for the above named place and finally
reached his destination After making
few inquiries about the industries there
ne struck out for a mill and on reaching
he mill, he entered, and the first man he
iet his eyes on was the missing John
rhelgen and he Immediately gathered i,
Jim into his official arms and started
or Vermont and landed him in the local
all on Wednesday night, Nov 81, after {
II days. hunt without a single clue y
,ther than what he dug up himself and y
Ifter the missing man had four days the !
cad on him We feel to extend hearty \
congratulations to our officer of the law r
Who has the foresight, the tenacity of c
purpose and the stick to-it -iveness TO
ull off that kind of stunt in the line
f official duty and we feel safe in
ouudino the KEYNOTE that our local dep-
ty will be heard from later
Thelgen was taken before Justice of
he Peace II. r. Hayward of Tnnbridge T
n Friday and was bound over to the q
december term of Orange county court n
or trial.