Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-07

MUNICIPAL CoURT-INDECENCY AND EXToR-
TIoN.-The whole time and attention of the mu-
nicipal court was occupied yesterday by the two
scandalous cases that have been mentioned pre-
viously. In the morning the case of the Web
ster barber, Marshall, was called on, and the
examination begun last Friday was completed.
Ii will be remembered that this was for an as
sault with intent to ravish, upon a girl of four
teen years, named Mary j. Morris. One of the
witnesses examined gave more important testi-
mony than had been produced before. Although
there seemed to be much falsehood and trickery
about the testimony of some of the witnesses,
still enough was shown in the examination to
warrant the court in binding Marshall over for
trial at the superior court in the sum of $500.
The other case was taken up late in the after
noon, and but little was done with it. In
character it was even worse than the first one,
the charge being eXtortion, and the parties
charged, Lafayette Carpenter and Julia +. Will
lams, whose infamous proceedings were spoken
of in yesterdays paper. They were arraigned
for attempting to extort money from George P.
Martin, by threatening to have him arrested for
adultery if he did not pay the sum of fifty dol
lars, and Martin appeared against them, with
+. NJ. Sprague for counsel. Martin testified
that he had been acquainted with the
woman-Williams-for two years, during which
time she has often urged him to visit her; that
on the goth of February he went to Carpenters
house, in company with her, and went into her
room; that after questioning him in regard to
the wages he was earning and the probability of
his having steady work and sure pay, she used
various means, which he described, to lead him
into an impropriety; that after she had turned
the light down and given things a suspicious
appearance, the man, Carpenter, suddenly burst
into the room, and threatened TO have them
rested, but finally took his (Martn's) note
for fifty dollars as hush money; and
that since that time both the man and
the woman have been constantly an
moving him by visiting him at his place of
business, his home, and on the street. repeating
the threat OF exposure if he did not produce the
money, although they finally concluded that
thirty dollars and his silver watch would pay
them for silence. The lateness of hour pre-.
vented completion OF his testimol and the
case stands over until tomorrow, tn efendants
being put under 81 900 bonds each hicb tLey
were unable to procure. Very for PENDANTS.
The Williams woman has lived in the CITY
some dozen years or more, and has been en-
ployed as nurse in families, as she claims
Her age is forty or thereabouts One interest,"
ing fact in her case is that she was intending To
have been married yesterday afternoon ut three
O'clock the certificate having already been pro.
cured by her intended husband, who is said to
be man from the west, of good standing and
some property. He knew nothing of the affair
until yesterday morning, and had the arrest NOT
taken place probably Mrs. Williams would at
this time have been ON her way to the west,
bearing another name, which she will not be
likely now to disgrace if the charges are sus-
tanned,