The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-22
DEER FOUND ON i
SEARCH WARRANT
Arthur Tower, Halifax
Man, Pleads Guilty to IL
legal Shooting
w. L. STETSON HAD
POSSESSION OF MEAT
He Also Enters Plea of Guilty-Eact
Sentenced to Pay 500 and Put ON
PrObatiOn-StetsOn Premises Searched
by County Warden Metcalf.


by County Warden Metcalf.
In the municipal court this afternooD
Walter l.. Stetson of Halifax and Ar.
thur Tower. who is employed by Mr..
Stetson and lives with him, were ar
raigned in connection with the shooting
of deer in Halifax last Sunday after
noon. Tower pleaded guilty to the
charge of shooting the deer out of sea-
son and Stetson pleaded guilty to the
charge of possessing the meat. Inc
complaints were made by County Fish
and Game Warden Z. II. Metcalf Of this
place and the men were arrested by Con-
stable Harry 4. Leonard of Halifax
States Attorney f. w. Gibson appeared
for the state.
Each was fined 500 and costs, the
amount fixed by law, to be paid in INSTALL
ments. Each is ON probation until fur
ther order of court. Tower said that
he had no reason for killing the deer ex-
Cept that the old Nick got into him,
which led States Attorney Gibson to re-
mark that to all appearances the devil
had taken up his permanent residence In
Windham county. He said the line
would have to be drawn some time on
was getting so that one could hardly go
out on the streets without meeting q
probationer instead of free citizen. 1t
appeared that neither respondent had
property of any amount also that Tower
was working for a dollar day and his
board helping get out pulp wood Tor
Warden Metcalf went to the home of
Stetson yesterday afternoon accompanied
by Constable Harry \. Learnard of HALF
fax. The house is situated about half
mile north of the village of Halifax. When
| told what the officers were after the men
denied knowledge of any Illegal shooting
! of a deer search of the premises was
/ begun and the warden found deer's en-
trails in q hen coop.
| At first Tower said that he shot deer
! in the open season. but did not report it.
/ When questioned further by the warden,
Tower finally said that he was not going
! to lie any more. He admitted that ne
/ shot six-point buck last Sunday after
noon and that Stetson had told him that
/ he was going to conceal the hide in the
| woods. On going to the house again War
den Metcalf told StetsOn that he wanted
| to know the facts without delay and that
| it would avail nothing TO try TO conceal
them, because he knew that the deer was
shot last Sunday. Thereupon StetSon
| produced the greater part of deer's car
caSS from secluded corner in the attic.
| Stetson admitted that he took the hide
| to the woods, where he had been cutting
| pulp wood and secreted it, The men told
| the story to the effect that Tower saw the
deer in the edge of the highway about q
mile from the Stetson house and shot him.
/ He then went to the house for a hand
} sled. on which the carcass was taken to
! Stetson'S.
StetSon and Tower went with Warden
! AIetcalf to the place whore the deer was
| shot They found a quantity of blood and
hair there. also a trail of blood along the
highway. Warrants We're made for the
arrest of the two men and were served by
Constable Learnard, Tower being charged
| with killing a deer out of season, and Stet-
son with possessing the meat of deer
killed out of season. Tower was brought
to Brattleboro BY the warden and placed
in the lookup and Stetson was left in the
4. custody of the constable TO be brought
/ here this forenoon.