The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
.CLEWS RELATIVE
TO ARTHUR PEASE
Was Seen in Railroad Yard
Tuesday Afternoon
About 2.30
CROSSED RIVER TO
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Telephone Message at Noon Today Lo-
Gates Man of Same Description in
winchester, N. H-Brother Starts
by Automobile for Further Search.

/ A definite clew concerning Arthur Il.
Pease. an advertising compositor in the
Reformer office, who disappeared last
Tuesday. was brought to light last night
through the publication in The Reformer
Yesterday of the story of his disappear
ance. and another important clew came to
The Reformer by telephone this morning
When William Boyce, checking clerk
in the freight office, read the story he re
called that he saw Mr.. Pease, whom he
knew positively, in the freight yard,
Tuesday afternoon, the day of his disap-
pearance Mr.. Boyce was in the yard
checking cars, when he saw Mr.. Pease on
the Central Vermont track, near the Yer
non street highway. MIR. Boyce spoke TO
him but received no answer, Mr.. Pease
simply staring at him as he has done at
Others Of late This was about half mile
below the union station.
Mr.. Boyce caught a ride back on an
engine. passing close to Mr.. Pease who
was then near the Boston & Maine track
on the east side of the yard, standing on
the edge of the embankment and looking
down toward the river. This was about
p 80 o'clock
This morning Mr.. Pease's brother,
Royston Pease of Chicago. who came to
his home in HYDE Park few days ago
and thence to Brattleboro and has since
been making a search. interviewed Mr.
Bovce. also some section men who were
working in the yard. The section men
said they saw a man answering the de-
scription of Mr.. Pease Tuesday after
noon. and one of them noticed that he
acted peculiarly and called another sec
tion mans attention to the fact. He de-
scribed Mr.. Pease accurately, saying he
was thin, wore glasses without rims,
blue suit and straw hat When shown
a photograph of Mr. Pease he said he was
positive that was the man. He said Mr..
Pease walked down TO the Boston x
Maine railroad bridge a mile below here
and crossed the river on the bridge.
With this clew and with other informa
ton which he obtained yesterday, Roy
ston Pease was preparing this noon TO
start down the Hinsdale road by automo-
bile when a message came by telephone
that a man answering the description of
Mr. Pease exactly, except that he wore a
pair of heavy gloves, called at Harry
Holiness jewelry store in Winchester, n.
H.. yesterday afternoon to have his watch
repaired Mr.. Holmes told the man that
nothing was the matter with the watch,
but the man insisted on leaving it and
said he would return for it this after
noon. RoystOn Pease left here hopeful
that these clews would result in locating
his brother.
During his search yesterday in Win
chester and Keene Keystone Pease
learned that a man dressed as his brother
had been seen about 6 o'clock Tues
day afternoon sitting on a eulvert about
three miles north of Winchester and smok-
ing cigaret. The driver of the Winches-
ter r-Keene jitney met such n man in the
road on the trip to Winchester, and on
the return trip the driver and passengers
saw the man sitting on the culvert One
, of the passengers, a woman who lives be-
tween the eulyert and Keene, positively
identified him by photograph. Later in
the evening a woman who lives between
the culyert and Winchester saw him going
toward Winchester.