Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27
CAUGHT TRYING
TO ENTER STORE
Police Nab John Carey in Rear
Of Randall & CIapp's
Pleads Guilty to Attempted Burglary
and Is Sentenced to State Prison Term
by Judge Cudworth.


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
ment of the Durham 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 e. Clapp's jewelry store, at
o clock Sunday morning when he was
caught by Police Chief George Wilson.
On Monday in the municipal court A.
V. ID. Piper was assigned as his counsel
| by the court and he waived examination
and pleaded not guilty to charge of
burglary He was held under $500 bonds
for appearance before the September
term of the Windham county court and
was taken to Newfanc Jail in default
of bail, but on Wednesday he changed his
lpea to one of guilty of attempted bur
gary and was sentenced to not less than
a year and half nor more than two
years and a half in state prison.
Louis NJ Dunlevy was on his way to
his home about | clock Sunday morn
ing and when near the town building he
heard the crash of glass at the rear of
Randall & Clapp's 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
There was no certainty at first wheth-
er the light of glass might have been
smashed at the rear of Randall &
Clapp store or that of Freeman
Scott S grocery store. Officer Worden
did not have his lashlight with him and
started down the alleyway between the
town building and the building occu-
pied by the jewelry store. He lighted a
match and was examining the windows
at the extension at the rear of the
grocery store when Chief Wilson APP
peared with his flash light and flashed
it at the rear door of the jewelry store.
Carey had forced his way through the
heavy screening that protects the door
and had broken one light of glass from
the door when the chief reached in and
yanked him forth.
Carey said something about a watch
man having told him to remain quiet
where he was and he would not be
found. The officers promptly utilized the
old lookup under the town building for
the temporary detention of their prison
err
AHlpI w llSOH uSktu llNlIR EItIlCH, WIZ
was one of the party watching proceed
ings, to telephone to H. X. Randall, one of
the proprctors, that his store had been
broken into and to ask him to come
down at once. A search of the exterior
of the premises revealed u bottle of wine
and Il broken beer bottle but no second
burglar.
Mr.. Randall appeared with a Savage
rifle and accompanied by his wife. The
store was opened and it was found that
no entrance had been made. Carey was
then taken to the village lookup.
He gave his name and his age as 80,
and told the officers that he roomed at
II Hudson street. On Sunday Chief Will
son searched his room and found four new
pairs of shoes which had come from the
Durham Brothers Co.'S place of business.
He also found II large grip, 40 one-cent
stamps, box of Pepsn gum with three
packages missing, five packages OF Camel
cigarets and new 50-foot tape in case.
Not until the chief reported the dis
covery of the shoes to J. p. Ferrter were
, they missed from the Durham stockroom.
Employees of the firm had discovered Sat
urday that someone had broken the seals
!, on two ears that were on the Durham sid
ing and had investigated the contents of
some cases and cartons in them but APP
parently had found only rubbers and arti-
cles that the thief did not want.
After the reported discovery of the
1shoes investigation showed that the bur
gar had obtained entrance by placing a
wo-by-four timber on top of one of the
cars and shining up it to the second
story window where Il light of glass had
been broken and the window raised. In
/, vcstigation revealed four empty shoe
boxes, the numbers of which correspondcd
with those on the shoes found in the pos
session of Carey. On one of the boxes
was spot of blood, evidently from cut
finger received when breaking the glass.
, The authorities are wondering if Carey
knows anything about the Westminster
postoilce robbery, and that matter is be
5 ing investigated by United States Mar
+ shal A. p. Carpenter.
l In addressing Judge Addison T.. Cud-
/ worth of the Brattleboro municipal
7 court Wednesday morning in defense of
G Carey, Attorney Piper told some plain
truths that have been known to many
G in Brattleboro for some time.
Saving that the defendant, in the at
- torney's belief, was not bad man, but
. one who did wrong things when under
t the influence of liquor, as Carey was
I hlShlJ INV dltOlhNg tOHllH
ucd:
}, "This may be little removed from
/ the facts concerning the attempted
c burglary, but the court should know that
|, there are five or six drivers of automo
t bilcs who drive up and down Mair
= street evenings soliciting men who are
), known to be drinking men to make up
4 party to go to Bernardston or Green
G field.
d "The connection of this situation
= with the defendant is, he tells me, anC
h / believe him, that on three different oc
y casions, when he had no intention OF
s. drinking, he was solicited while OF
T. Main street and was weak enough t.
| give way to the temptation and go t.
s the neighboring state and there becom,
n intoxicated.
"On one of those occasions he brok,
o into the freight car in the rear of tn,
II Durham Brothers Co. and later into tn,
d store and the next night after anothe
n trip under the same conditions, he trieC
Y to enter the jewelry store and wa
n caught in the act, He was partially in