Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-11-19
j. Y. N. ROWDIES
MAY FACE COURT
Settlement to Be Made for TheftS
This Afternoon

The Boulder Society of the Univer-
sty of Vermont, Burlington, will send
a delegation to the office of the States
Attorney this afternoon to settle for
the depredatons of the student sup
porters of the football team who made
so decided an impression upon the
shelves of the local merchants after
the football game last Saturday after
noon. When President Guy W. Bailey
of the University heard of the thefts,
in college parlance "pranks" however,
he communicated with the States At
torney, Allen r. Sturtevant, and prom
ised that the losses of the merchants
would be made good The Boulders are
an organization of seniors who take
very active part in student government
at the University incidentally they
supply the diplomacy on such occas-
ions as the present
The action Of the student embassy is
in anticipation of steps contemplated
bv Mr.. Sturtevant with whom Tom
Ellis. one of the merchant victims,
lodged complaint for losses aggre-
eating $500 While the financial COM
promise may be welcome to the shop
keepers, they feel that they should
not remain defenceless against such
whims Of transient student bodies. 1t
is hoped that the names of some at
least of the guilty ones will be learned,
and that they may be brought into
court
Mr. Ellis is determined to push his
case against the hoodlum students who
raded his place of business last Satur-
dav after the football game and stole
II caps, . sweaters, pair of rubber
hunting boots, and an overCoat when
they crowded in for food while await
ing the departure of their special train
The prosecuting attorney has taken no
steps as yet owing to the press of
court business during the past week
but the matter will receive his imme-
diate attention.
The Ellis robbery was not the, only
one perpetrated by the students. They
! crowded into the Kidder restaurant
for lunch after the game and when
they left took with them more than
$50 value in candy Their insulting
language was as offensive as the theft
of the goods
In the Concord Candy Kitchen the
students made away with more than
three dozenn small boxes of candy, re-
failing at 30 cents per box before their
predatory activities were stopped by
one of the townsmen. A defective fuse
had caused the extinguishing of the
lights shortly after their entrance,
greatly helping them to help them
selves.
In the Atlantic & Pacific store they
crowded in three deep around the
cookie counter. The manager James E.
Condor noticed them taking their pick
of the boxes there and approached
them to keep account of what he
thought were their purchases. But
without a word they filed out as they
came in, forgetting to leave the cookies
in their fright.
Several of them entered Boudreau's
grocery for light lunch. When their
action aroused the suspicious of the
proprietor he watched them closely and
before long noticed one of them filling
his pockets from a large basket of Eng
lsh walnuts He forced him to return
the nuts and then to make graCelcss
exit
From the Middlebury Supply store
some of them took the large display
sign. When Harry Lazarowtz, the
proprietor, went to the station to re-
cover it he called upon Officer Charles
Shaw to arrest the young man who he
had been informed was guilty of TAX
ing it. Mr.. Shaw took the fellow into
custody but had not gone many steps
with his prisoner when severa! other
students took their chum from him
The prisoner when freed quickly lost
himself in the crowd. George Tierney
who had seen the theft of the sign and
had told Mr.. Lazarowitz was recog
nized by the students and was in dan
ger of being beaten had not the officer
gone to his rescue in the nick of ne.
From Tierney the ruffians, for such
they proved themselves in spite OF
their education, Immediately turned
upon the policeman and meraced him
with fist and foot Mr.. Shaw thor
oughly convinced that the men with
whom he was dealing were in earnest
drew his gun and warned them to
stand back When his face took on a
business like expression no less deter
mied than their own the students with
drew and remained cowed down Until
the special pulled out at six o'clock.
Mr.. Ellis this morning received by
parcel post the pair of rubber hunting
boots. No identification of the sender
cnrld he discnuered ON the nackape