Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
THREE GO TO NEwFANE JAIL
Arrested in Bellows Falls on Warrant
Issued by w. r. Daley-Girl Makes
Scene in Police Station.

The population of Newfanc jail was
increased by three last Saturday. when
Guy Hcwctt, John f.. Haws and Mrs.
Marion Ingalls, Bolknap, all of Bel
lows Falls, were taken to the county
bastile by Chief of Police w. $. Sever
ance and Deputy Sheriff Fred Rand of
the paper town.
Mrs. Bclknap's husband, Philip O.
Bclknap, is in Jail in Waupun, Wis, and
she can now sympathize with him. She
is a stcnographer 81 years old and has
wandered considerably with Haws, who
is 90, and has represented to the public
that she was his wife and whose rcla-
tions toward her indicated that such
was the fact until the truth recently
came out.
She and lIaws were the central figures
in an amorous and dramatic scene in
the police station in Bellows Falls Fri
day, when State s Attorney w. Il.
Daley of Brattleboro was one of the au-
diencc. They were waiting for some ar
rangemcnt to he made about bail so
that they would avoid being taken to
jail, and the strain proved too much
for the young woman, who tainted.
Haws up to that time had been reason
ably self-contained, but when the girl
became unconscious he began to weep
and caresscd and kissed her and put wa
ter on her face. Mrs. Belknap soon re-
vived and she, too, began to weep. Mr..
Daley agrees that it was "some scene.
The couple formerly lived near st.
Johnsburv. They driftcd from place TO
place and got into debt and finally land
ed in a flat in Bellows Falls. Haws got
Il Job as night man in the street railroad
car barn and was in the habit of com
ing home early in the morning.
On Friday morning Chief Severance
and another officer went to the house to
arrest the couple on State's Attorney
Daley's complaint. Mrs. Belknap came
to the door in her nightdress and told
them that Haws had not arrived. They
suggested that she put on her day
clothes and retired to do so. The Off
GERS became suspicious after waiting a
while and made an investigation, learn
ing that Haws was there when they
came, but went out through a window.
\ little later State S Attorney Daley
received telephone call from Haws
asking if he issued a warrant for the
arrest of Haws. Mr.. Daley replied in
the Affirmative. 1t appeared that Haws
was not then under arrest, but soon aft
crwards Chief Severance called Mr..
Daley and said Haws had given himself
! up.
Mr.. Daley went to Bellows Falls and
the couple were taken before Judge T.
f. o 'Bricn in the municipal court. At
torncy Fred B. Pingree appeared for the
respondents and in their behalf waived
examination. Judge o 'Brien bound them
over to the county court in bonds of
$500 each, and they were taken to police
headquarters. Next morning the girl 5
mother came from Passumpsic to fur
nish bail, but she did not qualify. The
couple came from Marshtield.
Guy Hcwett was arraigned before
Judge O 'Bricn on the charge of stealing
80 steel traps and a motorcycle from
Eugene LaClair. Attorney Pingree APP
reared for him and he waived eXamina
ton and was bound over to the county
court under bonds of 5000.
State S Attorney Daley was given to
understand that Romeo King, formerly
of Bellows Falls, was with Hewett al
the time of the alleged theft. King il
a Boston & Maine brakeman living il
Springfield, Mass. A warrant was issuct
for his arrest, and in the afternoon al
, officer informed Mr.. Daley that kinl
had that day come to the home of rela
tivcs and was under arrest. King en-
, gagged Judge w. A, Graham as counsel