The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-22
LEGED CHICKEN |
THIEF ARRESTED
BY TWO OFFICERS
Harry Smith Caught in Spec
4. tacular Auto Pursuit u
HAD Is FOWLS IN FIVE BAGS
Failed to Heed Officer Norris
sey's Command to Halt
and Is Run Down

A. man, who gave his name as Harry
Smith and who said he resided In
Pownal, is In the county jail charged
with stealing chickens. Twenty five
BIRDS, two Of them dead, were recover.
ed by officers and the Ford car In
which smith was transporting the
poultry is in the custody of Sheriff
Perry b Gardner at his public garage
West Main street
Smith would have been success
full in getting away with the poultry.
which is believed to have been stolen
from the nenhouse Of Harold II. Oakes
on the Pownal road, had he not
violated traffic regulations while max.
ing the corner at North and Main
streets.
II was in the vicinity of 4 o'clock
this morning when Smith" in
Ford car with de curtains attached,
approached the crossing. He failed
to go around the silent policeman and
Officer James Morrissey. who was
standing on the curb in front of the
Putnam house, raised his hand and
called upon the driver to halt.
Smith" didn't stop but turned on
more gas and shot away over Main
street toward Old Bennington. Officer
Morrissey Immediately secured the co.
operation Of Chief Patrick Brazell
and with the Chiefs dog took up the
pursuit in Larry 0'Toole's Hudson
with Abe Ruskin at the wheel Officer
Morris ey says the Hudson trave'ed
some and then some more, and his
verdict is probably correct, as the
Officers caught the Ford at the top
Of the hill near the Memorial drink
ing fountain,
Smith" made no effort to run away
from the Hudson As the officers APP
preached the Ford the chiefs dog
jumped into the car and began to in
vestigate dog fashion. Then the
chickens squawked.
Upon looking into the car behind the
curtains the officers found five bags
Of poultry containing Is fowls, two of
which were, dead! 1.-The driver of the
ear was taken to, theeounty jail where
he was questioned at some length
but did not give satisfactory answers.
He said That bis name was Harry
Smith. that he lived in Pownal and had
a brother,in-law in THAT town by the
name OF Frank Small. So far as the
officers could learn there is no Frank
Small living in Pownal at the present
time.
Thee ar was found to be running
with two nuIa ,M plates. one a metal
plate on front carrying the registra-
tion number, 66S sos New York. The
rear plate was made of cardboard. In
"Smith's' pockets were found three
shipping receipts showing that he had
been sending poultry to market by
the crate One Of these receipts was
issued in Pittsheld
Early this forenoon Henry p. Jones
of the Pownal road, one,of the victims
Of the chicken, thieying OF the present
summer, was called on the telephone
by Nrs Cakes and informed him that
she had lost 25 head OF poultry. She
was informed that the fowls had been
recovered and that the man suspected
Of theft was in Jail, s
bennington, Shaftsburyand Pownal
poultry owners have suffered severely
at the hands of checker thieves dur
ing the last few months, One resident
of PownaI has lost 1875. Hiram Matti-
son of Salisbury lost AZ about so
were taken from the Mccullough
farm at North Bennington and a mum
ber of large pullets were taken at
Fillmore Farms. Old Bennington.