The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-26
TOwnshend and Williams
vile Stations Are
Entered
DISCOVERY MADE
THIS MORNING
Over SO Taken In Townshend and
Christmas Barrel Is Opened In VIII
Evansville and Contents suewn
About-Report to States Attorney.

About-Report to States Attorney.
Two breaks in railroad stations on
The West River branch of the Central
Vermont railroad were discovered this
morning when the station agents ar
rived at the stations to open them for
he days business. They were at
Townshend and Williamsville, and It
is presumed that the first break was
made at Townshend by persons who
were walking towards Brattleboro.
Between SO and $40 in rolls of pen
MES is missing from the Townshend
station, and at Williamsville some tick
cts were stolen and an express ship
ment was opened and the contents
strewn about.
Two employees of the Champlain
Realty Co. at Jamaica asked Station
Agent E. s. Wheeler Yesterday for per
mission to sleep at the station over.
night. Permission was denied and the
men went out quietly with no apparent
i'll feeling towards anybody.
1t has been reported also to States
Attorney E. W. Gibson that two sail
ors who have been staying in Town
shend on 20-days' furlough are miss
ing and that they locked the door OF
their room and jumped out the win
dow
| When Station Agent Wheeler reached
fhe Townshend station about IT'S
clock the waiting room doors had not
been forced, but he found later that
| the door to the Office had been broken
| open. Whoever entered the waiting
room apparently had key that fitted
| the lock. There were two spring locks
on the Office door, only one of which
was in use. Mr.. Wheeler was unable
to operate the lock with his KEY and
| so had to force another door into the
| office. Then he found that the burg
lars in entering had forced off one
lock and in going out had sprung the
other one, locking the door
| In the top of his desk Mr. Wheeler
had left 50 TO $l0 in pennies in rolls.
This was missing. as was some choco-
| late cakes intended for the gum ma
| chine.
At the Williamsville railroad station
things were in a generally mixed up
condition when the station agent, E. B.
Willard, went on duty. Entrance was
gained through the waiting room door
and the ticket window was forced
open. A fire had been built in the stove
and some piles of newspapers had been
burned. The stove, which is of the
iron box type, was half full of ashes
this morning, some of the ashes appear
ing to be from burned clothing A bar
rel sent by express to J. B. Shankland
of South Newfane, and which was
heavy with contents when it arrived,
had been opened and such of the con.
tents as were left were found strewn
about the waiting room. When they
were replaced in the barrel it was only
, about half full. The articles which
were left included wearing apparel
; some pipes and tobacco, some Christ
mas gifts and some canned goods AT
least one Christmas package had been
! torn open, and the white paper with
stickers was left in the station. Cans
= of corned beef had been opened and
about half the contents of one can had
been left on the floor of the waiting
E room. One package of ESQ tickets from
Wilhamsville to Brattleboro was taken
. also all odd tickets which were in ths
ticket rack. Mr.. Willard had left NJ
money in the station.