Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-17


Gil, with view of extorting money. The story
of the alleged crime, as appeared from the
evidence presented, is as follows: On the 9th of
July last, Amos j. Brooks father Of the defend
ant, who is employed in the car shop, lost sum
of money from his clothes while they were hang
ing in a closet at the shop. A few weeks after
this a young man named George Kibby, who
had been suspected of the theft by Mr.. Childs,
came to young Brooks and persuaded him to
write a letter to Childs charging the latter
with the crime. The letter, which was produced
in court, says that suspicion has fallen upon an
innocent person, and that Mr.. Childs seems
willing it should rest there. 1t gives
detailed account of the manner in
which the money was taken, and closes with the
threat that if the money is not refunded within
one week the whole matter must and shall be
exposed, but in case it is returned the matter
will continue to remain a secret. The letter is
signed 81 am an eye witness" Mr. Childs on
receipt of the letter placed it in the hands of
Geo F. Very, Esq, who traced its origin to
Brooks, and called on him at the post office,
where the latter confessed its authorship. Mr..
Very spoke of the serious nature of the charge,
and gave Brooks the alternative of preferring a
complaint of larceny against Mr.. Childs or de-
Tending himself on charge of threatening.
Brooks asked time to consult with his father,
which was granted, and there the matter rested
till the young man was arrested few days ago.
Messrs. Chids and Very testified substanti-
ally in accordance with the above facts, after
which NJ. j. McCafferty, Esq, counsel for the
defense, opened his case He argued that the
language of the letter could not be made to bear
a construction bringing it under that statute,
since it contained no threat of accusation, but
only of exposure, and claimed that evidence to
substantiate the charges made in the letter could
be introduced The court ruled that any such
evidence would not affsct the necessity of the
writer to defend himself against the liabilities
for the threats it contained. Under this ruling
Mr.. McCafferty rested his case, and Mr. Brooks
was bound over in $1,000 bonds to appear for
trial before the superior court on the 21st inst.
WORCESTER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL So.
cIETY.-The annual meeting OF this society was
held at Natural History hall, yesterday morn
ing Mr.. c. B. Pratt presided, and was unan-
mously reelected president for the ensuing year.
John Brooks Of Princeton and S. Salisbury, Jr.,
were chosen vice presidents, and Mr. James R.
Pierce secretary and treasurer, Mr.. Thayer de-
cliuing to serve again. Mr.. j. A. Fayerweather
OF Westboro was chosen member of the commit
tee on grounds, to serve for three years. The
following list of trustees was chosen:
Auburn, D G Aldrich, P Eaton Ashburnham
Samuel l. Woods; Barre, VIM Robinson. JT, Peter
HARDWOOD, j T Ellsworth; Berlin, Babcocki Boil
tom Roswell Barrett, Jonathan Forbush; Boylston,
D I Moore 81 II Brigham, N I Moore; BroOktied
Francis Howe; Clinton, Howe; Charlton
David Carpenter, D Carpenter, Jackson Phelps;
Douglas Abijah Bigelow Dudley, II ii Stevens
Daniel Dwight; Fitchburg Augustus Whitman, E
I Miles; Grafton, John A Sweetser, ii Wing, II
5 Warren, Geo 2 Slocumb, Joseph Adams: Hard,
wick, Moses Smith; Harvard, Trumbull Bull A
SAWYER; Holden, Archelaus Putnam, Sumner Cham
berlain; VIM II Walker, John Adams, II Gleason;
Leominster, Oliver Hall, L Burrage; Lancaster,
Russell, A Denny; Mendon. Perry Wood; Mill
bury, John G Wood Nelson Walling, George
Hastings, Peter simpson; Milford, Mayhem;
Marlborough, Geo Davis, A Maynard; North
bridge, Paul Within, H osgoodi North
Brookield, NJ B Ayresi 0akham, Perley Ayresi
ton, S s Hastings William G0odnow, N
B Reed, Merriam; Rutland, w Bigelow;
Shrewsbury, B Wyman, L B Hapgood, Ward,
George II Harlow, Thomas Rice, N Walker,
w U Maynard; Southbridge, " Bacon;
scarborough, Joseph Burnett, Peter Fay;
Sterling, Ezra Sawyer, Otis Howe, Moses
ton, Harvey Dodge Putnam King, stephen K
Marsh John NJ Marble Rufus King; Iempleton,
John " Works; Upton VIM knowlton W Batch
Webster, II Slater, Solomon Shumway; Warren,
j r Burroughs; West Brookfeld VIM Adams, Jri
Westboro z Rice, Anson Warren, Z Davis,
Jonas Stone, Lyman Belknap, Fayerweather,
Bella Stone; West Boylston, Lyman Pierce, Chas
GoodeL, ! 3 GoodslI; Worcester, Stephen Sails
bury, d Waldo Lincoln, Geo Howe (grocerl John
Barnard, VIM Eames, VIM Lincoln, VIM I Merri-
field, w Wellington, I E Hall, D w Bemis, II B
Very, c l. Hartshorn, Perry, Chas NJ Miles o
berlain Geo Nj Walker, Willard Pond. Elijah
Hammond, Otis s Hammond, Thayer, ID Par
ker, A NJ Howe.
The treaSurer's report for last year was re-
ceived and accepted. The receipts for the year,
including a balance of $2S4277, were sS644.85;
expenditures, S6S96 OF; leaving a balance of
$174S.2S to the credit of the society The re-
ceipts during the two days of the fair were
S8432.11.
A committee, consisting of Gen. W. S. Lin
coin and VIM. T. Harlow of Worcester, and N
S. Walker Of Shrewsbury, was appointed to in
yesngate charges preferred against d. W. Vince
lock of Worcester for exhibiting borrowed oxen
for competition, and the payment of premiums
awarded him was deferred until after the
trustees meeting in January, when the matter
will be reported on.
Gen. VIM S. Lincoln, o. B. Hadwen, VIM. T.
Harlow aud 7. L. Hall of Worcester, and j. H.
Gleason OF Holden, were appointed a committee
to make the award for excellence in committee
reports, as offered by the society, at the January
meeting, and tie trustees were authorized to
grant certificates of membership in accordance
with the committees recommendation.
The matter of providing sheds for the exhi'
bition of cattle was discussed, but a motion to
appoint committee to consider the subject was
voted down. Other Improvements, such as
removing the horse stalls to the southwest cor
ner of the grounds, and grading certain portions
OF the enclosure, were referred to the president
and the committee on grounds. VIM. S. Lin
coin, j. A. Fayerweather and 7. E. Hall, were
appointed auditors for the ensuing year.