Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-06-01
LOCAL NEWS
Court Of Common Pleas,
FOR The TRIAL OF cRIMrNAr CASES.
2OA TIE TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASES.
THuRsDAY. Nav 8


dieted for embezzling S7,l75 on the ed day CT
December, 1883, the same being the property Of
the Jonesville Manuf4ctursng Company Of
Templeton and Otis Larned was indicted fer
being an accessory before the fact
District Attorney Alsrieh. sr the governmeut,
Richard H. Dana and Il D Staae, Esqs., for The
defendants
The Distriet Attorney opened the Gase sifii a
clear and suceiucs statement Of tas facts found in
the Indictment, namely lhat E9T~4ce l,gies and
Otis Larned we're particiaa1es 81 she act.
Reai5en 5 Dazg was called. ana eess,iie5. siias
he was agent 81 shs yoaesvile sanaiaosnr-
ing Company till 33sh Navezaaer 1855 tlss1 aDr--
ace Jones, from 1881 e Ssgrulrv Gssz, was in ie-
employment Of hat Ceuzaay as slerss eiaslss
business vas &c keep tie eaaAs 81 TIA Company.
moneys, for the payzaezs eftha hesa. were aIiseeJ
in the hands Of Horace Jones. asa shas be geaen~
ally paid the help; that On the esh Day eS Dseus-
Der 1853, the wisasss plses6 IN the hands &C Her
ace Jones $3.50 four thousand dollars Of vASch
he obtained at the Mschonics' Bank Of this c5,v.
and $500 Of which he obtained on a cheek from
B. E. Bates, Esq, of Boston. Treasurer Of the
Company; that On the 20th December he caused
Perley Hammond, Esq. Cashier Of the Mechan-
les Bank, to send TO the clerk Of the Jonesville
Manufacturing Company, at Tehpleton, 81, 600,
for which. the Expressman received, on the 22d
day of December, the receipt of Horace Jones.
This aggregate sum of $780, was to lpay the
help &c., for the four months of August, Sep
TENDER, October, and November, 1858 Mr.. Den
ny supposed that the first sum Of "a, 800 was paid
out almost Immediately its receipt; but on the
23d day of December he ascel tanned from Horace
Jones' after the larceny had been committed on
the 2ls, that said sum had not been paid out, but
that the sum of 81, 70Temaned in the safe on the
night when the larceny committed As an
excuse for not paying out The former sum- Horace
Jones stated that, if he had paid one portion of
the help the Others would have been displeased
AS an excuse for not paying out the whole sum
on the 22d December he stated that he had not
time to count the money before the mill closed
The train on which the Express runs, which car
ried the money, usually arrived at Templeton
between 3 Ia and IL O'Clock, p NJ; and the
time for closing themill was O'Clock, P. NJ Hor-
ace was expeditions counter, and might have
counted the money in ten minutes.
In relation to the connection between Horace
Jones and Otis Larned, Mr.. Denny testified that
in the Spring or Fall previous to the larceny,
Horace Jones had white mare at Templeton,
which he said belonged to Otis Larned.
Cross examined by H. D. Stone Mr. Denny
was cross examined chiefly in relation to the con-
nection which Horace Jones had with the Jones'
vile Manufacturing Company. 1t is alleged in
the indictment that he was clerk to said Compa-
ny. The cross examination showed that Mr.
Denny, in 1851, contracted with the Company to
furnish superintendent ard clerk to the mills,
and that in pursuance of that contract, he hired
Dexter W. Jones, father Of the deiendent, as SUI
perntendent, and the defendant as clerk The
salaries Of the Messrs. Jones were charged in
day book and ledger to the Expense Accounts
but the defence alleged that these charges prop
erly belonged to Mr.. Denny's personal account,
and that the parties were in his employ, and not
in the employ of the Jonesvile Company.
In his direct examination, Mr.. Denny stated
that he had not seen the cash boob of the Com
pany, kept by Horace Jones previous to the lar.
ceny, since he, Jones, had LETT the service of the
Company.
The District Attorney put in a note, signed,
:" For the Jones Manufacturing Company, by
Horace Jones, to show that he, Jones, acted as
clerk for the Company, and considered himself in
their employ. Mr.. Denny testified that he never
knew Jones to sign note for R. S. Denny
AFTERNOON SESSION.
John B. Page, Cashier of the Rutland Cyt)
Bank, was called, and testified that about the end
of January, or beginning of February 1854, Otis
Larned came to his bank and changed between six
and seven hundred dollars, in bills on the Me
chanics Bank of Worcester, for $50 and 500 bills
on the Rutland Bank The notes appeared to
have been packed together as they came from the
bank. Next saw Larned at Oxford in this State
about March, 1854. Went there for the express
purpose of identifying Larned, and did identity
him.
Cross Examined By Geo. F. Venv, Eso conn
sci for Otis Larned-Tne bills on the Mechanics
Bank, presented to me by Larned, were mostly IS |
and $40 bills. Am willing to swear that ex.
changed over $500.
James L. Putnam, of Rutland Vt, was clerk
to the hotel at Rutland, in January 1854 |
and kept the register. Otis Larned's name ap-
peared on the book at date 26th of January, 1854
1t was written by Mr.. Blakesley, the hotel-keep-
en-. Do not recognize the defendant as Otis Lar
ned
Antlre,o J. Aldyich.-I.iyes at Templeton. aud
is now and has been agent of the Jonesyille Man
ufacturing Company, since Sth February 1854
His testimony referred chiefly to the size and ar
rangements of the counting room, from which the
money was taken
George IVtitiGmS-lives in East Boston, was a
watchman for fcur years to the Joneayille Com.
pany. Was so in December, 1853. Horace Jones
was clerk at that time. d. w. Jones emploved
me as Waterman. l usually commenced duty AZ
half-past seven p. m. Usually spent the night in
the weaving room in the old factory on the first
floor, facing the road. Ny duties were to fire nm
all fires and furnaces drive the pegs up once in
half hour, and to ring the bell once every honr
Spent the night OF the robbery chiefly in the
counting-room. Horace passed me the KEY of
the counting-room about halfpast eight O'Clock
on the night of the 2lst of December, and said
a" Williams, take care of this" 1t was not usual
for him to give me the key. A fluid lamp was
kept burning for the counting room all night
Was only from four to five minutes absent from
the counting-room at time during the night =
Locked the door every time | went out and mt
the key in my pocket Always found the door
locked when returned d. W. Jones was in
the mill after Horace left. Saw him in the coun
ting-room about twenty minutes past nine. L.
struck the bell each hour that night. l did not
sit down except in the counting-room. l could
not drive the clock pegs because the wire was
broken. CHE diving of the pegs is a mechani-
cal arrangement, by which the night Waterman
is compelled TO be at certain spot every half
hour, otherwise he will be detected.) There was
a light burning all the night of the DIST. in d
w. Jones' house, which is in the vicinity Of nc
mill did not hear anybody in or around the
counting room that night. i saw the safe dnring
the night, and the door was closed all the time
Horacp usuallv came do.vn ahont ,o,,,.-. -,.t-'t