Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-11
PETos SENT TO PRISON.
Found Guilty of Attempting to Break
Out of Newfane Jail--Court to AID.
journ Today.

JOuIn IOudy'
Andrew Petos, charged with an at
tempt to break Jail at Newfaue on
April %, was found guilty by u jury
Wednesday afternoon after 10 min
utes' dcliberation. Judge +. l.. Water
man sentenced him to serve not less
than one and one.half year nor more
than two years in the state prison Mt
Windsor. The case was begun Tues
day afternoon, when the county court
resumed the April session after a re-
cess from last Friday.
A similar charge preferred against
Archie Gandreau, who had the liberty
of the same quarters on the second
floor that Petos did before the attempt
to break out of the Jail was discovered
was mol pressed by State s Attorney
William X. Daley. Gandreau was in
Jail for only 10 days in default Of n
fine of So and costs imposed in the
Brattleboro municipal court for intoxi-
cation and had served half of that time.
Attorney Robert Twitchcll of Bellows
Falls represented Petos and Attorney
Harrie B. Chase appeared for Gandreau,
both attorneys having been appointed
by the court.
Petos was arrested in Bellows Falls
last winter, charged with larceny. He
was bound over to the county court
and was being held in Newfane Jail
pending the arrival of an officer from
n reformatory at Railway, n. j., from
which institution Pctos had been re-
leased on parole
Gandreau testifying for the state, said
| that Petos showed him the hole in the
| brick wall, but said that the witness had
nothing to do with the making of it.
Max Wolff, the German who is in con-
finement in the Jail because of utterances
made against the United States, testified
that when Petos was brought down after
the discovery of the attempted break and
locked in cell next to the witness he
said that if he had been allowed one
more night he would have been out.
Petos and Wolff went to Bellows Falls
together when both were released on
parole from the Railway rcformatory
Petos in his own defense testified that
Richard Clarity, who had been confined
in the Jail for larceny charge and who
on April asked that an information be
filed against him in the municipal court
and was sentenced April { to not less
than one and Onc-half years nor more
than two years in state prison at Wind
sor, was the man who dug the hole
Petos admitted that he had served two
terms in New Jersey institutions, one for
larceny and one for breaking and enter
ing
The divorce case of Annie +. Wardner
of Guiford against Rupert G. Wardner
of Hartford, Conn, was heard Tuesday
Attorney c. AIenzics Miller representing
the petitioner.
SO far as jury cases are concerned the
April term of the Windham county court
has ended. The jmymen were dis
charged Wednesday afternoon when the
jury that had heard the Pctos case re-
ported There are a few court cases yet
to be heard, but the term will not last
much longer, it is generally expected
The divorce case Of Amelia Dane
against Charles Dame was heard Wednes,
day afternoon and next morning the con
tested divorce suit of Wesley w. Conner
against Rhoda j. Conner was begun
Warner r. Graham appears for Conner
and G. A. Weston for Mrs. Conner.