The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-15

lice Force.
The Cadillac coupe owned by Major
Linn D. Taylor which was stolen last
Monday night and which was taken in
Boston the following evening, arrived
in Brattleboro Yesterday afternoon and
was the cynosure of a good proportion of
the townspeople as it stood in front of
Mr.. Taylors Office in the American
building. The car was driven back by
Carl w. HenIel and Chief-of-Police
George Wilson. and with them were the
two prisoners who stole the car. John
Graham. SO, who later gave his address
as Providence. r. l., and Frank E.
Stearns II, whose home is in johnson,
this state
Tie story of the capture of the car
and its occupants reveals the alertness
that was exercised by Patrolman James
L. Culleton of the Boston police force,
to whom must be given the credit for
the apprehension of the men. The COM
plete details as learned from the Boston
police were given to The Reformer this
morning by Mr.. Henkel, who also spoke
very highly of the courtesy and assis-
tance given by the Boston police and
especially by Officer Culleton
As has been stated the news of the
theft of the car was sent to practically
all points over New England and to the
Canadian border. and to cities in New
/ York, and at the roll call at every DO
| lice station in Boston last Tuesday
morning notice of the theft of Mr.. Tay-
lor'S car was given to every officer. and
each was instructed TO be on the look
out. PatrOlman Culleton happened to
be on duty Tuesday afternoon and eve
ming and about ) O'Clock that evening
was walking near Bowdoin square when
| he noticed Vermont car pass Imme-
diateIy be recalled that at roll call that
morning all officers had been advised to
be on the watch for a stolen car, and
/ he had just started to follow the car
when the police signal box nearby
/ flashed and again he was instructed to
/ watch for the stolen car. Culleton hur-
/ ried along the street to a spot where
| cars are often parked and Just beyond
/ this point he overlook the coupe. which
| had come to stop beside the curb The
/ officer noted that it Tailed with the de-
! sCrlption IN his possession and that the
| license number agreed with the informa-
/ ton ne had.
Calling Officer Gildersleeve, who was
near. Culleton went over to the coupe.
opened the door and asked Graham,
who was driving. if the car was his.
| Graham said 1t was and added that he
| was Linn d. Taylor of Brattleboro He
! produced an operators license and reg
/ istration, both made out to Mr.. Tay-
| Tor. MIR. Taylor has been accustomed to
carrying these blanks in the pocket of
| his machine in order to make sure that
/ his license and registration are with
| him when he drives. Officer Culleton.
| however, said that the police were look
| ing for this particular Vermont car and
he requested the two occupants to drive
around to Station 3 for an examination.
Graham was rather huffy at first, but
cooled down and acquiesced. At the
station the men were taken before the
/ seIgesnt where they gave their names
as John Graham and Frank Stearns
both of BrattleborO. and gave addresses
f! here which proved fictitious.
Upon searching the two men. a Flor
! ida license made out to Lieut.. John
Graham of the Pensacola navy yard was
found in Graham's pocket. also regis
tration for a Florida car. In addition
he had several registration blanks for
1922 and several for 1923 all signed by
the Florida secretary of state, and
| Florida operators license for 1923. A
similar set of blanks was found for the
state of Illinois for this year. These
are thought to be forgeries. A notebook
was found on Graham's person, show
ing diagrams of the gear shifts of va
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