The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-14
Trail Bandit Car
To Worcester

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The complete story Of the oper-
'tions of the bandits follows.
George Mills and Edmund Nc
Gourty left Worcester q week ago
and went to Fitchburg by train.
Here they located a Cadillac tour
'ng cor owned bv the manager Of
the Fitchburg Elecric Light and
Gas company, on a side 3rcet.
They got into the car which was
not locked and sped away They
1rove directly north and came
through St. Johnsbury on their
way to Canada where they we're
to meet Mills cousin, L. K. BOuI'
beau of CRANKY, P. Q BourbeaU
is son of Edward Bourbeau Of &c
City avenue, CRANKY, and assis-
ed his father, who is in the piano
,uning business. They found they
lid not have the funds to buy {
load of liquor take south witt
thenl so they decided to go to New
Bedford and see a hotel keepel
there who was known to furnish
urds for a rum running Grip.
They returned to New Bedfor(
and Mills and Bourbeau saw the
hotel keeper but he said he was al
ready involved in the rum running
Ease and he did not dare TO finance
them on another case until the one
against him was cleared up. Nc
Goulty was driving the Cadillac
car alone across the mle bridge
into Fair Haven when he was
hailed by two young girls who
wanted a ride. He took them IN.
They asked if they could not go
to Canada with him and he an
ranged to meet them at 10 o'clock
that night and they were to have
! third girl to make the trip.
The party met at 10 p. m. and
started for Canada. McGourty
says they drove nearly all night
and the rest Of the party slept in
the car They passed through
Nashua, Manchester, Concord
and through the White Mounains
to Littelton and to St Johnsbury
lust this side of Fast st. Johns
bury at 6 a. m. Thursday morn
ing they had tire touble and pulled
into the yard Of Ted Wallace at 6
o'clock in the morning. The par
ty remained there until II o'clock
in the forenoon. One of the tires
had gone bad and a spare was put
on. The three girls were left here
when the young men departed for
CRANKY where they expected to
load liquor and returning pick up
the girls again that night. The
three girls were seen on the Sum
mervile bridge at 10 O'Clock Thurs
day night apparently waiting fol
the return of the Cadillac car.
Later at night they asked for ~
ride in a car and were taken to a
restaurant where they ate d lunch.
The police are now looking for
the girls. 1t is not known if they
were picked up by the two men
who stole the Lincoln car, or not
On arrival at CRANKY, Bourbeau
used a Knights Of Columbus key
which he had stolen and gained
entrance to a store in the same
block from which they stole the
large quantity of valuable furS and
silks which were found in the Cad
de" cor Yesterday.
Immediately after the robbery
the men set off for the return to
the states. They could not secure
money enough to get load OF
liquor. Their object was to sell
the stolen goods IN the states and
get enough money to go back for
a load of booze
They entered the states again at
High Water by an unfrequented
road and were not held up by any
customs officers. They We're max
ing their way back to St. Johns
buy, almost destitute Of money,
when they pulled into side road
Just beyond West DanVille at 1890
o o'clock yesterday forenoon As
the Lincoln coupe came along,
Mills who was standing in front OF
the Cadillac car, asked Mr.. War