The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-30
ARREST DANDRoW
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i'm went to the little Vermont town,
viewed the ruins OF the countrYss most |
unique postofiice and decided that Dam
drOW must have set ire to the building. /
The motive il is claimed, was TO cover
up any clews that might lead TO ms ar
rest in connection with The missing !
money For several days thea inspectors /
remained in Vermont, making frequent I
trips from Wilmington to- Seatshurg. |
Finally Dandrow was approached. and
being unable to satisfy the officers that
nc knew nothing about The money or
the rui0ed postotfice,, they searched him, |
Much Of the. missing cISh waS found on
him, il was Stated last night
Two months ago Dandrow, who had
been working on dam being built att
Searsburg, entered the governments oIil
ploy as driver for The stage that plies
daily between the two Vermont towns.
Searsburg boasts Of about 100 inhabi
tants. and is located five miles from Viii
mington Each day the stage, carrying
| both mail and passengers, leaves at ).
| a m. for the little upstate town. The
| daily arrival of the stage is an event in
| the life Of the community and the scan
! dial that now envelOps the star line,
! is the chief topic for conversation among
the natives Of SearSburg
Although the town is perhaps the
smallest settlement in Vermont it has
1
"a postoiiiCe, unique i'm character, and
The source of pleasure for summer Wis
lturs who sought the extremes, of rustic
/ architecture Nestled on q hillside Just
eff the main and only street in the town.
the postofice, rudely built of odd pieces
Iuf lumber and little larger than n non
descrpt hencoop. had served the town
for more than 20 years. The postmaS-
ter Needham Bracket, an early settler
and leader in the community. chopped
y fresh supply of wood each morning
and regularly kindlod a fire in the large
sheet iron stove. The wood came from
the hillside. the stove from an aban-
dnued SChoolnouSe..
| When the chin winter winds swept
| drifted snow against the litth. shack
| sometimes nearly hiding it from view
: he postma Ster SlI0velcd a path to tho
street. Men on Suowshoes and boys
7 with impr0vised skis came each day fOl
4 the mail and gathered around the biz
stove. which glowcd with warmth. re
I Elected in the CHEEKY smile of Postmaster
! Bracket. Many yarn was spun, many
4 q lurd tale told. when on those winter
1 nights SearShurg's best called at th,
4 | postofiicc. 1t became the center of Cos
4 sip, the principal meeting place for thu
! people whom it served
During the summer Searsbufg ha,
h many visitors Automobiles from tn
"A III
\ # the poStoiicc. stopped in the princi
Y pal and only thorouhfarc. Men ant
+ women Of prominence in the outsid
A / world met the postmaster and Othe
A folk. who told of the history of the post
I office. Then came the calamity-fof
y was Just that-this destruction Of Sears
burg's meeting place. The one thing O
which the town boosted was destrcye
early on the afternoon of the 10th
The good people of Scarsburg m
4 thoroughly aroused "Circumstantig
II evidence" is what they have. and a
lsl fhcy have. against the stage drive
s. Word coming from the little town las
might was 10 the effect that all element
Is i'm the case east suspicion on Dandr0v
He was seen lettering about the pos
r Office Just before the fire. at a time, IA
Inhabitants claim, when Po~tnastc
N Rrackctt was at his home. Dandro'
ne spent moreS5iue than usual ou the roa
that day. ARRIVING in Scarsburg tvs
n hours after s4eavins Wilmington. \
fl unprecedented a4slay, tho townSpeop
ssssss7&sAzfhcu lsxSk the postOtiicc iu'tpe
TORS found muclp4 money when th,
searched the maHA
Officials who artested the stage drive
view thes Situatioa more calmly. The
lagrce that the charges probably will
- sustained at the h0aring today. Depu
<, sheriff Ioydcu would not comment {
1.-The case last night lie sand that du
Hing thcatrip from Greenfield To this cit
RIDaudruw had little TO say. The depu
did state. however. that Dandrow fac
two serious charges. Inspector Reii
who came here last night, could not
located He will appear in federal eou
today when Dandrow'is arraigned.
A thar hearing win he told the entire stn
of how and why Scarshmrg lost its po
Office And Scarsburg is vitality int,
estcd. s..