The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-22
ELEVEN BEFORE
MUNICIPAL COURT
Business Starts Suddenly
Several Are Taken
to Jail
EIGHT ARRESTS ON
RAILROAD GROUNDS
Court Shows Leniency in Cases Which
Warrant Such Action Two Boys
Miss Train After Calling on Girls -
Two Others in Canoe Mishaps

Business in the municipal court has
taken a sudden jump, no less than IL re-
spondents being brought before Judge
Frank ID. E. Stowe Saturday and today.
Most of these cases were for stealing
rides on freight trains or lettering about
railroad property, but two were for
petty larceny. Several of the respond
ents have gone to Jail and others may
land there
Donald Carr and Robert Allen of West
Halifax pleaded guilty Saturday after
noon to the charge of stealing a revolver,
two flashlights, and automobile tools
from Earl Collins'S automobile the night
of Sunday, Aug. IA. The car was left
standing near the church during a relig-
iolrs service and after the service the
articles were missed.
Sheriff Frank l.. Wellman of this
place, who was accompanied by Mr.. Col
Inns, arrested Carr and Allen at Rain
bow. Conn. near Hartford, last week
Friday after finding some of the articles
in their room, and brought them to Brat
tleboro.
States Attorney Harold L. Whitney
appeared for the state and after the
young men had pleaded guilty Judge
Stowe sentenced them to serve not less
months at hard labor at the house of
correction at Windsor, where they were
taken Saturday night by Sheriff Well
man.
Gray f. Goddard of Taunton, Conn.
formerly of Bratteboro, also was brought
here by Sheriff Wellman Friday night
TO answer to charge of non-suppOrt of
his wife and children. On Saturday the
case was continued to Tuesday of this
week
Francis ]. Bibeau, automobile repair
man, and Andrew LaPlant, teamster
both of Holyoke, Mass, and John Flana-
gan of Brooklyn. an iron mOulder, were
IN court Saturday and pleaded guilty TO
the charge of lettering about the railroad.
They were arrested by Special Agent
William V. Butler of the Central YER
mont Railway Co. and turned over to
were fined So and costs each, which they
Were unable to pay, and We're taken to
\ewfane Jail by Chief Wilson to serve
from 35 to 80 days each.
This morning five more respondents
were in court, two being charged with
lettering about the railroad and the other
for stealing rides on freight trains. They
were brought in by Special Agent But
Ter and Chief Wilson. and Town Grand
Juror Il. W. Gibson appeared as prose
cuting officer in the absence of State ;
Attorney Whitney. All entered pleas of
guilty.
1t appeared that George Demars and
Carleton Bean of Sunapee. y. H., each
10 years old, came to Brattleboro yester-
day to see some girls and missed the
night train home. They therefore went
| into n passenger car near the railroad
station To stay over night and to get in
out of the cold. They intended to go
home on the morning passenger train,
| but were found by the officers and locked
lup. Judge Stowe fined them 81 and
than they could pay without telephoning
to friends, but they thought they would
| be able to raise the money.
| Walter McCluskey, 2S. a painter. and
Stephen Burleski, 22, a silk weaver. both
+ of Northampton, Mass. and Richard
| Williams of Lewiston Me-, a weaver, IL
years old. pleaded guilty to riding on a
| freight train from Bellows Falls to Brat
tleboro. The two Northampton young
men said they were on their way home
| from Lake Morey by canoe and that the
| canoe was smashed in the rapids below
Bellows Falls. They lost their luggage
and money and so resorted to the method
/ which led to their arrest They were
| fined 81 and costs. amounting to SIS 6-
| each. They said they would telephone
friends and try TO raise the money.
/ Williams said he was out of work and
had been to various places looking for a
job. Being unable to find one he had
come down this way. He was fined 81
and costs, amounting to S12.65. He had
| no money and said he had no means of
| getting any and would take the alterna-
tive sentence. which was about 80 DAYS
! in Newfane Jail.