The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-01
PURSUIT LED
OVER MANY MILES
IN NO. VERMONT
Trio of Pawtucket, r. l.,
Men Went Through Viii
lagos With Drawn Re-
volvers, But Abandoned
c ar A fter Passing
Through Groton Satur-
day Afternoon

East Iopsham, Aug. AFTER dodg-
! ing sheriffs, village police and citizen
posses in wild dash over northern
Vermont since Friday night, trio of
desperate rum smugglers, who are al
legged to have shot a man at AbeTcorn,
p. O., near Richford, where they Sc
cured 400 quarts of liquor, were run to
earth between this place and Groton
Saturday afternoon and are now in
the Caledonia county Jail at St. Johns.
bury, one Of them carrying bullet
wound sustained in a fight further
north.
The men give their names as Joseph
Breght, Stephen Benskay and George
Savage, all of Pawtucket, r. |. Saw
age was the wounded man, having a
bullet hole in his left hand. When
| the pursuit after their Packard auto
mobile got too warm for them the men
abandoned the car on the hill climb
from Groton to this place, Savage tax
ing refuge in the woods nearby.
! Breght making for the Montpelier g.
Wells River railroad line and Benskay
heading southwark TO this village.
Savage was picked up in the woods,
Breght was arrested at Wells River,
having ridden on a train from South
Ryegate and Benskay was turned over
TO officers at Bradford after having
been carried there from East Topsham.
When Benskay, bare headed, appeared
in an East Topsham store Saturday
night and asked to buy cap he was
Immediately suspected of being one of
the rum smugglers and a plot was
at once laid for his capture, which
was carried out successfully. Benskay
was taken to Bradford Saturday night
and escorted to st. Johnsbury yester-
dav
The chase started soon after the
shooting at Abereorn, where the Paw
tucket men are said to have disputed
with a party presenting nearly 400
quarts Of liquor for delivery The
trio are said to have refused to pay,
which started a row in which shots
we're fired and a man named Fisk was
shot
From Abercorn the car swung over
the line into Vermont. while word was
sent along the entire route Of the state
TO head of the car The flight was
traced through village after village,
as the smuggling ear bore southeast
ward. On its arrival at Lyndonyille,
Sheriff W II. Worthcn and three ST.
Johnsbury officers met the Packard
but as the number plates had been
changed there was some doubt of the
identity of he car. Suspecting. how
ever that it was the car sought Sher
III Worthen and party started pursuit,
the chase going through st. Johnshury
toward Eanville and then switching
III in the direction Of Groton and this
place
The cars were frequently in sight of
,ach other but the Packard was the
,peedier OF the two vehicles and kept
mt of reach. although the pursuing
,fiicers were near enough to fire nu
nerous shots at the fugitiyes. Word
va sent ahead and at a point n few
niles ont OF Groton village a truck
vas drawn across the road as a check
o the speeding Packard. However.
when the men in the Packard drew
heir revolyers aud commanded the
river Of the truck to get his vehicle
mt of the way he complied. So the
ar went through the village Of Grot
N al rapid speed a desperado with
evolver being AZ each side Of the car
nd intimidating the people a. the ear
ped
Passing through Groton aud sp-
roaching the hilly country the Off
ars began 10 gain on the fugitives and
he latter. seeing hat they could not es-
ape bv motor leaped from the car and
ed in three directions. The pursuing
arty came up with the Packard, which
ley seized The fugitives having de-
ded 10 separate, made the task II
nrsuit more difficult officer Wallace
Gated Savage within comparative
short time and took him to 81.
lhnshury early Saturday evening.
syage claimed be didn't have any-
ling TO do with the affair except 70
lrnish and drive the ear Breght was
ken Of train at Wells River Satur-
" evening and taken TO st. Johns
irv later. while Bcnskay was turned
.er to the officers al Bradford after
had walked into this village and
ked transportation 10 Bradford
The men viii all be charged with
implicitly in the shooting ~ Aber-
rn and probably with other oHeuses.
The auto containing The liquor was
ken % 81 Joinsbury. Many bot
: are said 10 have been bFoksa =
e fat Tl1A