Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28

and went TO Rutland. The following
sunday five stores were entered there
and he disappeared until he was dis
covered in Middlebury.
CAREER IN RUTLAND
Silvcrmar's career in Rutland was
related by the Herald Saturday in the
following words:
He arrived in Rutland from Burlng-
ton Thursday afternoon. August a.
on the Green Mountain flyer and
went to house on Cottage street
where he secured Il room. remaining
about the city. informing inquisitive
persons that he was on q vacation
He told Rutland officials when inter
viewed in Mddlobury Friday be on
tered the McClallon drug store first
about : o'clock sunday morning, Sc
curing at this stof- three wrist
watches, the only Partisan ivory mir
ror in he store, several bottles OF
high grade perfumery. ivorT military
brushes, an ivory clock. four pearl
handle lack knives, other ivory pieces
and box Of Elverso cigars All Of
which with the exception Of half tho
cigars. were returned to Mr. NcClal-
Ter. He also took the change from
the registers. He uoxt entered the
Creek candy store. where he look tho
"a That was in the cash register and
a one-poCnd box of chocolates which
he had eaten
Coming out OF the candy store h"
put box up against the building in
the rear Of Lassor's pharmacy aud
climbed to the roof. whero he found
one window in the morguc Of the
John f. Stcarns undertaking. parlors
let open for ventilation. Tie went in
through The window, through tn
morguc to the casket room. which
contained new casket that WAC W
against window. lie moved the cas-
ket climbed out on the roof, and
opened q ransom in the rear Of the
shoe store Of Charles Boydcn and put
a ladder with three steps on it on
the inside and climbed into the store,
where he took what change was in
he cash register. when asked why
he did not take some shoes. no said
they would be too heavy ana hosdcs
Ne had a good pair, which was all
he needed.
tIc went down in the cellar Of tho
Hcvden store and unlocked a door
which LED into the basement Of the
building and he tool; oUt pane Of
glass on II door in tho How'ey store,
reached in and unlocked thc door, and
came up into the store where he took
. wicker suit case and g black tray
cling bog. He secured three suits Of
clothes, eight silk shirts. 90 pairs of
silk hose. l2 silk neck ties. set Of
gold cuff links, q gold stick pin and
six suits OF the best underwear in
the store. y coincidence with his
story of the plumber was the fact
that while talking to the Rutland of
ficers and Mr.. Howlcy he wore one
Of Mr. Howlcv's silk shirts and also
a pair Of his silk hose He also tool,
a sport coat from this store. The
,otal value of the goods taken from
mis- place was about $500, Practically
all of Mr.. Fowley's goods were re-
turned.
stanton CSilve~man) said he went into
the basement OF the store. and opened
tv., transom windows and put one
grip out th"ouch one of them and the
suit case out through the other. He
aid not go out that way himself how
,yci, but retraccd his steps, and went
or. thc same way he entered through
the Towley basement to the Boyden
basement to the upper part of the
Stcarns block ard down the back way
out around through Edison street down
West street whore I've picked up his
plumber and went to his room on Cot
ta-o street, remaining in Rutland until
Monday afternoon at 2.15 o'clock wher
ne took the train for Middlehury.
WORKED CNARMED
The strangcst thing in connection
with all of the robheries is the fact
that the youth. who weighs only III
pounds, is SHINY built, never carried
n gun. black jaw, fashlight or one sin
gle Implement of the profession which
he Piled with great success and dar'
iUg. Detective Wood, who was not
working on the case, hut who was II
INC city on business, stated that in al
| his career of &c year she never heard
/ Of = like case Of daring.
If the Addison county authorities hao
/ not pushed the case right through ant
| passed sentence over him, the Chitten
/ den county authorities would have haC
| the right to claim him as their prisoner
! because. so far as Is known, his frs
robbcries were in Burlington. Whethe
/ the Chittenden county authorities viii
/ put in a claim for him when his sen
tence expires is not known. To Sheriff
! Allen goes the credit of being on hi
I Job and faithfully carrying out the du
/ ties of his office for through his efforts
/ nearly $1,000 worth of valuables were
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SILVERNIAN'S HISTORY
! Silverman gave his history in par
! 20 sheriff Allen and it has been fol
! lowed up and verified by the latte
and Dectative Wood, His home wal
! originally at 1884 Boston Road, TIT
Bronx, New York. He attended thu
schools in New York for some time anC
/ then left and went into vaudeville, be
| ing known as George Stanton an'
dancing with a partner under the nam'
of Stanton Brothers. He holds mem
bership numbered 6s5 in the Film
| Players Club Inc, which is located a
1873 West 46th street, New York city.
He worked for time with hi
| brother, Harry Silverman, who conducts
a typewriter remodeling business a
| l66 Nassau street, New York city, bu
did not attend to his work 80 his brothe
| dlsch reed him He then secured
job in the Irving National bank in tn
Woolworth building, New York city
and remained there two months, beinl
discharged because of his practise o
! tangofng during lunch hours with tn
young lady employees. From there h.
drifted back into vaudeville and ap
peared at the New Century theatre II
a war sketch entitled Freedom
| Then he came to Burlington late IL
May or early in June of this year AM
resided with his mother at 200 Nortl
Winooski avenue. He worked in tn
chocolate factory for about weel
and half and then told his parents
that he was going out on the road witt
a stock company and disappeared. TIL