Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1920-08-06
JAILED IN DEFAULT OF BAIL.
Three Thought to Have Entered House
on Road to Wilmington-Mrs Ather-
ton Identifies Knife.

James Carroll. Joseph Bacci and
James Tracy. who came from New
York to Wilmington Thursday, July
20, to work for the Parker Young Co.,
are in Newfane Jail in default of bail
in the sum of 5000 each on charges OF
grand larceny, Judge A. E. Cudworth
having held in the municipal court Sat,
urday afternoon that evidence pre-
sentcd warranted holding the respond
ents for the September term of county
court. State 8 Attorney e. w. Gibson
said that he would have charged the
respondents with house breaking in the
daytime had he known as much about
the evidence when the warrants were
made out as he did after the prelim-
mary hearing, and he may change the
complaints.
1t is alleged that the three young
men entered the house of Charles II
Atherton near the foot of Hogback
mountain on the Wilmington side and
stole several dresses belonging to Miss
Mildred Anterior. The evidence is cir
cumstantial but it is all rather strong,
and there are many interesting facts
connected. with the cases. The re-
spondents did not want counsel.
Pleas of not guilty were entered.
Carroll said he was % years old and a
teamster Bacci said he was 81 and a
tenmster, and Tracy said he was 20
and a chauffeur.
Mrs. Carrie l.. Atherton, mother of
Miss Mildred Atherton, was the first
witness. She said the family was away
the afternoon of July 30. On her re-
turn she saw tracks of three men in
the road and they led to the house and
to a window which the men raised
about five inches, thence to another
window, through which entrance was
| gained. She missed dozen or more
doughnuts and seven dresses and a
| Jacket. She followed the tracks about
quarter of mile, tracing them from
log skidway below her home.
| The respondents were given oppor-
tunity to ask the witness questions.
Carroll was the only one who spoke at
that time. Addressing the court, he
asked: "What would be doing with
| dresses? Common sense would tell
anyone that ! can wear dresses.'
| Attorney Edward s. Jones of Will
mington was called. He said he and
II. G. Reeves, special agent at Bur
lington for the department Of justice,
were coming from Wilmington by auto
mobile Thursday afternoon when they
saw three men near the skidway. One
asked if they could ride, but they were
not taken in. The witness said Reeves
told him that he saw the same three
men that morning on the train into
Wilmington and that one of them
threw Il suitcase out of a ear window
They had suitcase near the skidway
but it was not the one thrown off the
train.
Sheriff Frank l.. Wellman testified
that he went to Bellows Falls Friday
night, Chief of Police w. s. Severance
having arrested the three men in Bel
lows Falls. and the sheriff brought them
to Brattleboro. He said they had nc
suitcase, but that they had few small
bundles, containing shirts, tobacco and
a few other articles.
AT this point Tracy essayed to Civ,
a full account of their journey. HI
said that on account of disagree
ment with the employment bureau
agent on the train the men refused t.
consent to deduction from their wages
to pay certain charges and so refused
to go to work but started for Brattle
boro with the intention of getting t.
Pittsburgh. They stopped at nj
houses, he said, except at one plac,
where they asked for a drink of water
and had nothing to eat until the,
:, reached Bellows, Falls, ...
When he had Concluded States At