The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-02
HAD HOT lime.
Nineteen p.unks Decorated the Land
scape in Gummer-ton.


Brattleboro. November .. Defiance
OF authority. promoted by
generous supply Of booze said TO
have Deen brought by Greenfield and
Turner'S Falls youths, created a hot
climax TO the Grange game supper
and dance in Grange hall in Dunn
merst0n Center More danks than
person has finger and toes were
dead to the world ~ automobiles and
scattered about tie landscape officers
were tainted and truck ana interior
ed with, assistance from Brattleboro
was summoned. and as a result two
young men from Massachusetts we're
arrested, but their cases have not yet
been disposed OF.
The supper was a great success as
usual, more than 300 being served be-
fore O'Clock and at the various
features wei toward $500 was taken
in. After supper came the dance and
everything moved along In quiet
and orderly fashion until some OF the
large number who came from M2ssa-
causetts. warmed up by a liquid re-
frcs hmcnt. which they brought, be-
came loud mOuthed in the dining room.
hts was about o'clock in the
morning. and those IN charge Of the
affair who were dsgusted with ac-
tiGns Of the outsiders and were doing
all they could to maintain order call.
ed on Sheriff Frank L. Wellman of
Brattleboro who was in the dance
hail upstairs. The officer visited the
dining room and on MS return to the
dance hail fight had just started
between two young men. Sheriff
Wei man seized the one who appear
cd to have started the trouble and
took him out TO the officers automO-
bile. He gave his name as Parker,
On the way out one young man
started 10 interfere in behalf OF
Parker. Police Sergeant Burns of
Greenfield. who stool near. seized the
youth and gave him a twitch which
landed him several feet away. The
heriff proceeded to his car with his
prisoner and a crowd gathered about
and undertook to get Parker away
from him.
Sheriff Wellman had gone to the
supper as a patron without anticipa.
ting trouble and was unarmed, but
his son. Clarence was with him, and
Constable Charles Llughton Of Dunn
meraton were there and assisted, The
crowd was 20 dense however, that
some of them got near enough to aim
blows at the officer, breaking his
glasses Others let the air out OF
Some of his automobile tires and put
sand in the gasoline tank.
Things spt so hot that te.ephone
message was sent to Brattleboro for
help and States Attorney b. w. Glib
3Gn Policeman Ellis G. Worden Dep
uty Sheriff Fred Grassy and Deputy
Sheriff George r. Alexander of Sax
tons River. who was here on business
responded to the call, reaching the
scene of the trouble about 230 o'clock
On their arrival some of the young
smen were on top Of Clarence Well
man. who had undertaken to unlock
some leg irons which were in the car,
so that his father could use them
The bunch started to run when the
officers came and as Deputy Sheriff
Crossy was chasing one of them, a
| Greenfield young man who said his
name was Snyder stepped out from
beside his car and grabbed Mr. Cressy
who at once put him under arrest and
/ turned him over to Policeman Wor-
| den. by this time the man whom the
deputy was after had disappeared.