Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-10-20
TWO BURCLARIES
AT RESIDENCES
Mrs. Florence Switzer's Home
Entered About 2.30 a. m.
Flashlight Seen by Mrs. Switzer, but
Burglars Escaped Before Help Came.

Burglars Escaped Before Help Came.
After barely recovering from the shock
of the bold burglares at several of the
towns mercantile places nearly six
weeks ago, the villagers were again dis
turbed Tuesday morning by the news that
two breaks occurred late Monday night
or early Tuesday morning at two private
residences. One break occurred between
go and 3 o'clock Tuesday morning at
the home of Mrs. Florence Switzer at
50 Green street. where the thieves ap-
parently were frightened away before
they had opportunity to take anything,
and the other happened sometime in the
night at the home of Raymond II. Adams
Mt Myrtle street, where the intruders
took lady's handbag, a purse contain
ing nearly 81 in money, and pair of
kid gloves which were dropped outside
the house by the thieves in their haste
! to get away. The breaks were called to
the attention of States Attorney Harold
t. Whitney.
The time of the thieves operations at
the Switzer house was definitely fixed
between $50 and 8 o'clock. because Mrs.
Switzer was awakened by the flashing
/ of an electric pocket lamp in an adjacent
room. Entrance TO the home was gained
| by means of the kitchen door, which Mrs.
| Switzer said next morning she was Ger.
| tain she had forgotten to lock when she
retired Monday night. After entering the
kitchen, the intruders went into the din
ing ROOM beyond which is the front room
where Mrs. Switzer slept on a couch.
pair of portieres divides the dining room
from the front room, and the free use Of
the flash light in the dining room awak
ened her.
! At first Mrs. Switzer thought that her
mother, Mrs. Jennie S. Dennison. who
slept in another room off the dining
room, had arisen, but after a few min
utes she realized that some prowler had
gained entrance, so very quietly she arose
from her couch and went upstairs to
awaken her son, Roy, who is employed
at f. l.. Hildreth & Co.'S printing plant,
and Officer Merrill A. Stark, who lives in
the apartment above her.
Officer Stark and Mr.. SwitZer made
their way quietly down stairs and when
they entered the lower rooms the door
leading from the kitchen to the dining
room had been closed by the burglars,
who apparently had retreated to the
kitchen. The house lights were flashed
on and when the two men went into the
kitchen the visitors had escaped through
the kitchen door, which was open. As
far as she could ascertain. Mrs. Switzer
, said nothing had been taken, the thieves
apparently having become frightened be-
, fore they had made up their minds what
they would take for booty.
: The time of the other break was not
, definitely fixed as Mr.. Adams. who is
2 employed by Durham Brothers Co., did
; not discover that his house had beer
] broken into until G Tuesday morning
! AT that time Mr.. Adams went into the
$ bathroom, apd he noticed that the screen
had been taken out of the window. Fur
= Their investigation revealed that the
screen was on the ground outside the
: window, and small box had been placed
! up against the. house under the window
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trance. Mr.: Adams then realized that
/ someone had been in his house and he
called the attention of Mrs. Adams to
the matter. She found that her black
leather shopping bag and her leather
purse which she had left at night on
purse contained nearly 81 in money.
Mr.. Adams found also that IS cents
, which he had in his trousers pocket had
been taken, and pair of kid gloves
which he left that night in the kitchen
were found outside the bathroom window
On the ground.
Mr.. Adams said that neither he nor
his wife nor their son, Francis, who
sleep, in the front part of the house,
heard the intruders while they were at
work in the house. Apparently the
thieves confined their efforts to what
they could find in the kitchen as nothing
was missed from the dining room, which
- "NJ"NN'. W .hS hi'Shcil AIM WHICH is
+ between the kitchen and the sleeping
! rooms.
. In view of the many breaks here of
, late the villagers are beginning to won
/ der if Bratteboro is the mecca of thieves
Some townspeople believe that as those
who made the breaks six weeks ago were
not apprehended the thieving element has
, become embroidered. On the other hand,
: 1t is felt that many people have grown
careless in seeing to the proper boiling
e. of their houses at night and leaving win.
dows open and unsecured in remote parts
p of the house. Many believe that what
the town needs most of all is the capture
: of some of these thieves who are contrib.
3 uting to the general uneasiness of the sit
] uatlon and the melting out of such
r stiff sentences as will cause burglars to
: realize that Brattleboro is good place
! for them to keep away from.