Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-17

Royal Flying Corps, who has been spend
ing month In this city with his parents,
left sunday for Worcester, Mass, where
ne mas accepted a position with an auto
mobile sales company.
FRANK Nelson, formerly all cmploye of
the American Express company in this
city, Barre and other Vermont towns, has
been discharged from the army and has
returned home. He served for more than
SIX months in the tank corps in France
and is one of the first Of the men who at.
tended the mechanical school in Burling-
ton to return home.
william Cory, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank NJ. Cory of this city, one of the
rev Montpelier boys to receive the Croix
de Guerre. arrived home Monday after
noon from Boston. whore he has been
visiting since receiving his discharge. Mr..
Cory went to France in the summer
OF 1917 as an ambulance driver. being
attached to the French army. He served
until the end of the war. He was former
ly superintendent of the Barre & Mont
pelier Traction & Power company.
Sergeant First Class William H. Berry,
who was recently discharged from the
army after service in France WITH an
engineering unit, has arrived in Mont
pelier and expects to resume work for
the Montpelier & Wells railroad.
Chicken thieving has been system.
atically going on In towns adjacent to
Montpelier for couple of weeks and 1t
was not until Wednesday morning that
the officers were able to land anything
tangible upon which to work. Then 1t
came so suddenly that the arrest of two
mon. Earl Davis and Arthur Wilbur,
occurred about 400 a. m. Deputy Sheriff
II. c. Lawson and States Attorney
Z. r. Davis have been working on the
matter. They left their homes Tues
day night on circuit Of places they
thought the men might go to and they
followed clues relative to the men which
took them from Waterbury to Barre,
where the two men arrived about four
o'clock. The actual arrests were made
by Deputy Sheriff Morris and Officer
Murley of the Barre police force. 1t is
said that the men admitted they had
been taking chickens from roosts In
various places in this section for several
days. L. NJ. Chambers farm, the Buck
farm. Harry Tabors farm. Homer Doug
lass hen house and other places are
said to have been visited by the two men
and theit companions. Both men have
been lodged in Washington county Jail
to await hearing. Some Of the chick
ems were found near the Benjamin place
in Berlin.
Relatives of Mrs. Harry Stickney re-
ceived a message that she died during
Tuesday night at her home in Spring
field, where she had been residing for
some time. She was Grace Luke OF
Montpelier and was a little over 30 years
of age. Besides her husband, she leaves
two children, Dorothy and Barbara; her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Luke; a
sister. Mrs Clarence Senter; and a
brother, Charles Carter. She suffered
influenza and then pneumonia. She was
an attendant of the Episcopal Church
and sang in the choir in Springfield.
When living in Montpelier some years
ago she sang in a similar choir. The
body will reach here this afternoon and
the funeral will take place Friday
afternoon from the home Of her parents
William Hornbrook, many years a
prominent business man in Montpelier.
aged SO years. died at Heaton hospital
Wednesday morning of a breakdown, due
to advanced age. He was a native OF
STAFFORD. born September Il, 1887. His
early life was passed there. During
his younger days he lived in Montpelier
and in the COS went to Leavenworth,
Kans.. where he lived II years. He
lived for time in Waterbury. He was
in the meat business with Mr.. Best,
now living in Barre. for many years,
then with a Mr.. Nee and later by him.
self in Montpelier. He is survived by
his wife, who was Mary McCarron, and
five children. William of New Haven.
Conn.,, Timothy and Phillip of Mont
pelier. Mrs. Mary Barney Of Canaan.
n. H., and Mrs. Annie WEIGH Of East
Montpelier. The funeral will be held at
ten o'clock Friday morning from ST.
AuguSttnes Church