The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-24
Men Sentenced for Theft
Were Nervous While Liv-
ing In Bethel
THIRD MAN WANTED
IN BETHELIAFFAIR
Three Men Came and Went
in Mysterious
Fashion

Bethel, JnnS 24.-Fre' e5ick Noyes,
alias Nicholson, and j. = acmaster,
both of Woburn, Mass in munich
pal court at White = - unction yes
terSay and pleaded % ! before Judge
Arthur G. Whitha - .arceny of re-
volver, an alarm - : and pair of
stockings from % .ge Root of this
village on th.xr ming of June l3.
They were gig entences of 90 days
each, with cA f $3.50 each
These men, \, Gh a companion, named
| Erwin, roomed at the home of Mr.. Root
| for two days ending Monday morning,
when they coolly bade him adieu,
walked down street, expressed their
suitcases to Waterbury and disap-
peared. The men had worked at the
tannery two or three days = the pre-
vious week, boarding at the Perkins
restaurant. Then they left town and
| reappeared the last of the week at the
Root house.
On going to bed Mr.. Root noticed
that the men acted nervous and placed
clubs under their beds, as if expecting
trouble. The three men are supposed
to have been in Canada most of the
time since the robbery at the Root
home. They returned to Bethel by
way of Wells River and White River
Junction Wednesday forenoon and
were surprised to find Constable F. S.
Blossom, ir., Detective George Given of
Boston and Detective Gilbert Hodge of
st. Albans waiting to take them into
custody. They at once wree placed in
the local lookup and kept there until
yesterday morning, when the officers
accompanied them to White River
Junction, with the result stated above.
Their former companion, Erwin, is be-
lieved to be in Woburn.
The detectives, who represent the
American Express company and the
Central Vermont Railway company,
are said to have learned of the pur-
pose of the two men to be in Bethel
Wednesday by opening letter mailed
in Canada before it had left the post
office there, in which thev requested
the express aeAnt at Waterbury to
send the suitcases back TO Bethel.
1t may be that the men thought the
excitement had subsidized and that they
could come back here and work. There
is said also to ghaye been a. letter ad-
dressed to Erwin at WoburR, inform
ing him of their destination. His ar
rest at any moment is looked for.
The detectives are in the case be-
cause the men ale believed to have
perpetrated the robbery June 10 at the
railway office in Randolph. where
large sum of money was missing. and
the fruitless breaks at thu railway
stations at Sharon June 10 aud at Mid-
dlesex June l3. They are said TO have
been seen sleeping in box car Mt
Richmond the next morning after leav-
ing this place, and TIE morning after
the break at Middlesex. 1t is not
known whether the detectives have
any evidence directly connecting theni
with the railway office besks. hyt
there is large mass of evidence tend
ing to implicste them.
There is feeling that Detectives
Given and Hodge have done a good
piece of work. They expressed great
satisfaction at the arrest of the two
men. following a chase of nearly two
weeks. Detective Given says the men
are unfavorably known by the Woburn
police. All are young men, apparently
about 25 years of age.