The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-14
SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT.
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to the Industrial school for the rest of
his minority and the necessary legal
papers were issued for taking him to
the institution, but ne ran away and
was not caught. At shat time he was
too young. under the law, to be locked
up so he was placed in his fathers
care over night. to be taken to Yer
genncs the next day. When morning
came his father found that the boy had
disappeared in the night. Later he re
turned and secured work. but the Off
GERS did not know OF that fact, so he
was not arrested.
None of the boys knew Miss Warren,
who is about %, and she did not know
them, but she thought she remembered
having seen one of them at different times
entering or leaving his place of employ
ment. She told her story to Mrs. Ere
mont Hamilton and shortly before noon
Friday she and Mrs. Hamilton stationed
themselves where they could see who left
the place of business at noon. When
Long appeared she pointed him out as the
principal aSSailant. States Attorney
Whitney made out 4 warrant for his ar
rest for assault and the boy was taken
into custody by Chief-of-POlice George
Wilson and taken before the states attor-
ney.
At first Long denied having any knowl-
edge of the affair and made Il statement
as to where he was On Thursday night.
lJdleI MISS NdEItA Wa Adhtlt bCltAt iAlttAF
hut her Identification was not positive.
States Attorney Whitney then talked
with the boy and told him that he would
get off easier by telling the truth than by
putting the state to the trouble Of a jury
trial, provided he was guilty. The boy
was made to realize the truth of the
statement and made a confession.
Warrants were then made out for the
arrest of Searles and Robinson but SeaTles
could not be found. Robinson was taken
at his home early in the evening. He
also made a confession. He and Long
were kept in the police station over night,
and at > O'Clock Saturday afternoon they
We're brought into court and re-arrested
on a more serious assault charge by
Sheriff Frank l.. Wellman.
They pleaded guilty and States AttOr-
ney Whitney made a statement to the
court. He said Miss Warren left the
home of n friend in the north part Of the
village about 1880 O'Clock and started
for her boarding place at the home of
Franklin TOwle of Pearl street, As she
passed the Park building near the Main
street bridge the three boys were standing
in front of the building and one of them
spoke to her, but she made no reply.
Soon afterwards they followed her. going
up the South Main street Hill, and when
near the top of the hill Long overlook
her and asked where she was going and
invited her into the cemetery. Upon her
REFUSAL the boys took hold Of her and
partly carried and partly dragged her
into the cemetery, where they tripped her,
one of them holding his hand over her
mouth to prevent an cutlery. In the
course of a few minutes, when the youth
removed his hand from her mouth, Miss
Warren screamed and the trio fed.
Attorney Hughes said he did not up
hold the young men in their acts and did
not ask that they escape punishment, but
he brought out the fact that the parents
of the boys were respectable residents and
that the ages Of the boys ought to be
taken into consideration. He suggested
a sentence with a wide range between the
minimum and maximum so that if the bows
behaved properly they might be released
before they had passed the best period
Of their Young manhood.
In reply States Attorney Whitney said
he had all the sympathy in the world for
the boys relatives, some of whom he was
well acquainted with, but he thought fully
as much sympathy was due the girl and
her relatives, and he asked that such q
sentence be imposed as would meet the
ends of justice under all the circumstances.
Judge Stowe referred to the fact that
the two respondents had been on proba-
ton and had had their chance and failed
60 improve their opportunity. He then
imposed the sentences, giving Long q year
longer than Robinson because Of his
prominence In the affair."
William b. Warren of Halifax. town
representative, was in court during the
trial, but his daughter did not attend.