Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-20


/ of dish to eat, uness go clean to the bottom
of it." He went on to say that Robinson was
owing him. Objected to, and witness stopped J
Mr. Babbitt told me that he saw Pond IN Dr'
Bates's garden, and told him to lie still he said
he was desperate fellow. and he. wanted more
assistance.
Gross Examined. The conversation commence
ed before we reached Coldbrook. Babbitt said
hoelnson owed him money, and he met him in
Worcester just after he (Robinson) got out of
BostonJail He saw him by the City Hall Rob
lnson asked him to go and take dinner with him.
lie SAID he thought he might perhaps get a part
u ms pay' so ne went with him to Swans Hotel
IN Washington Square He finally left Robinson
with promise that he would come and help him
get his hay, which he did. While lat work with
him, r. told him he had had counterfeit money.
ana told him where he got it. He told him (B)
he could get some, and promised to get some =
| He told me he had known about this gang since
| spring, and had made arrangements with them 10
| come to Barre at Cattle Show, but thev came
sooner than he expected, andthat he was in doubt
| that night whether to procure more officers and
| arrest them, then. He had told them, if they
| would come at Cattle Show, he would have it ar
| ranged so they should have good haul. He
| said his plan was to find out all about them and
when Cattle Show came to haves sufficient force
| there, to arrest them. He said that he was in
doubt that night, whether it was best to 90 over
| to Huooardston and get Appleton Clark to come
and assist to arrest them then. The conversation
| could not have lasted more than Ia hours be-
cause we were no more than that the road
/ we talked on this matter pretty much all the
| way from Coldbrook to Worcester Babbitt said
| he had got himself into their confidence, so that
he might lind them out and detect them.
| Direct resumed. When l asked Babbitt about
| Pond, said there were some dark spots aboutit
| He said there were, but he hoped to clear them
all up | asked him, why, If he knew what the
| business of these fellows was, he did not, when
he had them there, have them arrested He said
| ne aoaS IN doubt, at the time, whether he should
Mt TO Ar,,1aX ! =
sist him and have them arrested
George A. Rogers. Il reside in my brothers
! house, Lyman E. in Barre. I retired at about
| 10 O'Clock, on the 18th of August 1853 l fast
ened the back door. was up ten or fifteen min
| utes, between ii and II O'Clock. l noticed no
| change in the appearance of things. got up at
| O'Clock, and fonndlthe door open from our part
| of the house to his 1t led from our kitchen to
his sitting room. found things very much dis
arranged in our sitting room and his and the pa
pers scattered about The window was open. A
lamp had been removed, and matches both block
and tapers, lay scattered about.
Cross Eranalned.-Ic came home about 10 o'cl'k
that night. My business is getting out palm leaf.
When came home, saw four men standing to-
gether near DR.. Browns. One of them was Rob
lnson.7 Itmight have been IA past 10 O'Clock
was presentwhen my brother paid some money at
the Masasoit House. saw Smith and Williams
standing about there They stood ON the piazza
when went in. My brother was at the desk
There is a window close by the desk at which one
could look in from the piazza. l have frequently
seen this window open. 1t was a warm evening
There is seat under the piazza. l saw Smith
ana Williams about the Common, during the e =
ming When saw them under the piazza they
stood near the door. | saw Pond and Robinson
when they came in with team. 1t was between
and o'clock. 1t was an hour and quarter af-
ter that when went home.
Horatlo Rice Il live in Barre. | saw Pond.
Robinson, Williams and Smith on the 29th Of
August, 1888. am one of the keepers of the
Masasoit House. Williams Smith and Marsh(dhqs
Pond) come first, on the Worcester Stage. Itwas
from IL to O'Clock. Marsh said they would
have dinner for three-two besides himself Pond
entered his name as Charles E. Marsh. After din
ner, Marsh called for pen ink and paper, and
room where he could write letter. put him into
the sitting room, and shortly after, Williams went
IN Marsh came out for an envelope and went
back again. They sat about the bar room some
time, when Marsh asked for room and showed
them to No. Z. Williams, Smith, and Marsh went
up. No. is on the east side of the house Ina
short time they came down-about 4 10 O'Clock
About that time Robinson came. Smith and
Williams went to tea first, and, as they came ONT
Marsh and Robinson went in. After tea Marsh
and Robinson went to the stable and Smith and
Williams followed. They were talking and smok-
ing sometime Marsh and Robinson went down
towards Rabbits and Smith and Williams went
/ another way but they soon came together again
! and saw them going down towards Babbitt's-
/ Half an hour after, | Marsh and Robinson
coming back, and soon after Smith and Williams
| came. Robinson and Marsh wanted horse and
| directed them to stable. After they came
| back M ars}1 went up stars. A hussy came ~,.e3
NJ. and Il. drcTe off in It, Thisw just as was
llghlng up, about o'clock. They returned about
| 8 O'Clock. S. x w were about there while thew
were gone. They tookea light and went to their
room, and did not see them again till the next
morning. When Marsh and Robinson came back.
Marsh took light and went up stairs. WlNen up
there, heard stamp on the hoor, and Robinson
| mn | varafI into fl,n hoe 80.
| leaving lamp at the Bar. When came back
the lamp gone. About IL o'clock | heard
rapplng at the front door and opened and Marsh
and Robinson came in. They took lamp from "a
window, side OF the door, and went up to No. 7.
/ In the morning L heard noise in No. 7, and
went up there, when Smith, Williams, and John
Costello were there. Williams said he had been
robbed OF q watch and pistol and 800 in money,
and the other was robbed of all the money he had
except four cents. They said they had heen ont
in search for the robbers, and, when thew return
ed, found the outside door fast, that Smith got
into the window, and Costello, waking and per-
celVlng 1t, had made the cutlery. Costello offered
20 be searched, but they said it was not he '.at
robbed them and they did not wish to search him
About half past 4, Pond came and took him to
No I, and told them had found one of the men
Inquiry was made for Robinson. Pond said he
was down at Mr.. Rabbits. Pond said they were
an out together and came back and fonnd the
door fastened, that he Williams and Robinson
hoisted Smith up on the piazza. When Smith and
Williams got IN, there was an cutlery, and Robin
lnson sad he would not go in, there was such
noise there.
smith and Williams were arrested, not far
from nine o'clock Tuesday forenoon in the bar
roofn. They were kept there three days. Pond
ana Robinson were brought there on Wednesday,
Pond escaped on Thursday In about half an
hour after | saw him retaken and going towards
the town hall
Mr. Rogers paid the money to me at the desk.
This think was before Pond and Robinson re.
turned. | think he did not take out his pocket
book. saw Babbtt Tuesday morning when he
was going in pursuit. He and Elisha Nye were
going together Mr.. Nye wanted me to 90 to-
Mr.. 6. A. Rogers and borrow pistol Of him I
found Mr.. Rogers, but ne had no pistol. When
returned, met Mr. Babbtt on the piazza, COM
ing IN. He said he wished would get him pistol
for he had had to borrow of Mr. Sibley, when he
mad any. He had none of his own.
Gross Examined. They took dinner about 8
O'Clock, and supper about O'Clock, with the
boarders. After supper they sat down and smok-
ed. 1t was 10 or 10 minutes after they came out,
before they started off. 1t was nearly opposite
the Ware stage office that they came together
agaip. 1t was after supper that they inquired for
| ahorse. When the conversation took place about
| the robbng, Williams said it was double bar
| relied reUotUer thatwas taken. / have never tes-
timed before, to the conversation about trying to
get pistol for Nye. / have not, before, been
questioned relating to it, never told it to the
| District Attorney till last evening.
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