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death. , WATSON FBENOH IN LIMBO.• Illi AmrMrx lt;'H|llliri-«l III HI* II...IT III w,llruttli-horo.i. E. H. Van Monday after-is hi the home y. M»»*. Mr*. 13 tKln, only a die despatch.Til.dr lllil In lb*Kat«|n via ili« Ilnur, hui lim *al,( •Cm IVhiiInn far Thee.Wat win 8. French is again in Umbo I,.-|u«t before (lie hind lb# wall* of llie comity basiil* atrnlng. Nolle# NrWfAde. No one can predict (lie ourserr anj If. U. I iion of his confinement, for experien- ,-na. be next morn *|l(iwu lual prlaon walla are an ineffwti to Btaitieboro barrier to Ins freedom. If no unfurr,...,night anil llie I eontingencl.** arlae, however, the NVwfsu-iii ifnorn home ! jail will be bl* lodging place untilafternoon at 2 , March term of the coamy court, when hrpie and Ite 'lie burial was i*|wcl Hill ceui-Keadiug, Mi* . ,e friend, C. E. reek Thursday, Friday that be lie stayed with lad been In Mr. l half an hour, i apoplexy, and me**. Mr. Van itroke of paraly-was a member ,|drat ami beet lly la of Dutch Doom'* great Indian sugar Anthony Van .nine** man of u the century, ilture business, Mage in I *21' to Emerson block d in 1 r'71. Ur rhotu survive to-thia village arid -eelifli'ld. E. LI, i T. Van Doom, tony 'an Doom which was sold irn then started In the quarters n's barber shop.bom Sept. 22, lb house which . In his ehlld-ed ou Klat and rig into the large t. built by Anth-If and tom. Mr. 10 yean ago, a which was hit ■verses the pail *d into quarters am street bouse, a member of of ’tW, the Principal B. II. Thompson 1 Chamberlain Steven*, presi-bank ol Green-; his classmates, k In bis father's and lie became a the style of M. 1K75. The lirtu 'frit In I-**', Mr.an Doom A- Til-latul; an 2 Jordan Brattleboro. II-ud was an active 'Altby, until the in May —too re-10 w.larrled Noe. Is Coucb of Pblla-adopled dsugh-H. Crosby, andwill be tried for furolahing liquor to K, E Vanderpool.The case was called for trial at the Sep. tembcr term but French “jumped i , bail and has since been .lodging the oil), errs, spending must of Ills tune in N-w Hampshire noil Massachusetts ouenfl It. K. Gordon hat had a bench warrant for hit arrest for several we. lit, but lie was unable to tlud him In this uat-until yesterday afu-muou, when lilt cap-lure was effected with no littleexcilem-iii Mr. Gordon learned that French was y home the night before and that he b.rnl a team of VV. I, Walker to drive to Halifax. He surmised that French would be again at home last ntgbl, and when he loun.l, about 5 o'clock, that French bad returned be Immediately corralled tils force* andKrocecded to French’s house on tbe road ■• feat Brattleboro. Lawyer Georg- li Hilt, L. I). Taylor, Beatty Balestl-r and Cliaa. Spring wer- depul ized to assi*1 .n the capture. While Gordon wa»searrt. ng the house Ulll took his aland neai -1,,-brook, Taylor covered tbe weal side ,t Hie house aud Spring and Baieatl-r guarded the door. No sign of Waleon was found on the Brat or second floors, but Mr. ' - it don discovered a bole through the upper celling, too small t» admit his Italy. II-called to Taylor anil the latter, by drawing himself up uiilll bis bees.) was through t*.» hole, was able, with the aid of the I.gin a match, to dise-rn the form of W., -back under the eavea, G .rdon called him several times to comedown and Busby he said tlial he would do so. While lus pursuer# were walling for him, however, he quietly removed bis shoe* and after crawling the length of the so-called attic, which wras aimply a space two or three fe-i high between the celling and the roof, be dropped through another hole In another room, which had Dot been discovered by tbe officers, and went through a window on to the roof of the L with the Intention of attempting flight.He was about to awlfig to the limb *f a tree and drop to the ground when Hill called to him, Come on. Watson, Ida waiting for you.Watson made haste to retreat, but b* was met al tbe window by Gordon and Taylor and the game.was up. Watson «u speedily pul in Iron* and brought to lockup, whence he was taken to Newfane by hher.ff Gordon this morning.He slated to Mr. Gordon that lie bad spent the greater part of the last two week* at home and that he Intended to givr himself up In a day or two. He said he to Halifax to gH Judge Worden to ren-w his bonds. When hr saw the officers iu* tng he went up through the hole in P.e front part of the house. The offi-er* extremely jubilant that he didn'i work any cold tea racket on us.'an Doom's aged Van Doom, alto • been in feeble death of her on-for her.I $12,000 life In-it Incumbrance— Mutual. *1000 in [ the New Yorkvaya been actively itist church. He ita aud of good ie suffered greatly reverses there is Ion of bis affairs feci m hasteningWBOLBSAhU HORSE THIEVERYail frl.,i Is Ti»„ n| J.rrrH*er, Forawrljr of -1 .A. Flfefc'* florw Rfrovrrcd.Since the arrest of Jerry Race, Oct .. on a charge of stealing a span of poors and phaeton from Aubumdale, Deputy Sheriff R. L. Doane has been receiving letters from all over New England with in-Juiries regarding Race, says sn Attiul, laAHOMA.wed Voluaoil.)A(iln«i Rim.ough Brattleboro. ivuthern trip, Sat-portunlly for tbe ilcholas of Okla-or the arrest of led by the grand lie burning of the lie in November, 1 been asked by istpone bis action M heard Knight'* staled to Sheriff xamlne his papers erly made out it issue requisition a to the merits of it was so disposed rleaae on habeas force the Okla-•e their evidence In this state., however, to re-i papers, feeling putallon would be rere cleared up to iklaboma officers. Iling to return Is s of evidence thatMonday that be 30 with which to [Kraalble be wouldass., despatch.From Rlplon, Vh. cornea a letter saying that a man answering his description * suspected of arson In that town, June 17, In the burning of a steam mill, and is she wanted In the same place on a charge of larceny.S. A. Andrews, superintendent of the state Industrial school al Vergennes, V: write* tbat itacc waaan Inmate of that in-siltullon for four years, having been com milled from Brandon Yu, on complaint of bis mother as Iwing an unmanageable boy. He was released from the school about years ago.On Sept. 6 It Is alleged that be stol's atendent Andrews andpet horae of Sup*riau drove it from Vergeauea to Wilmington, Vl., li0 miles, Id 24 hours, stopping at ths home of E. A. Fncb in that town, f, : whom he had previously worked. Thf horae died the next day from the overdr.t-Itace remained there three days, when fcs and Mr. Fltcb’s horse and a new harness disappeared simultaneously.Race is next heard from Id Putnam. Conn.. where it is claimed by tbeConne'.-icut officers that he stole a horse, which was recovered in Meodon, Mass., and also stole another one In Thompson, Conn. Ills next operation la in Auburudale.Mas* , where he stole the ponies and phaeton which resulted In his arrest si Athol by Deputy Sheriff Doane.Last Saturday K. A. Fitch of Wllming ton came to Athol in search of his property, but without success. On Monday Sheriff Doane went to East Cambridge jail, where Jerry Race Is now confined, awaiting trial for the Aubnrndalecrime, and interviewed him. From what he learned from him, after searching the country all day Tuesday, be succeeded in locating lbs horse In ths northeast part of New Braintree In a pasture, while the harness vu found In WllllanuviUe.a village in tbe town of HubhardaUin.
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Brattleboro Vermont Phonix
Brattleboro, Vermont, US
Fri, Oct 29, 1897
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