Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-07


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SUPERIOR (CRIMINAL) CoURT-RocKwELL
J.-TRlAL or THE GRAFTON BANK ROBBERS
Tuesday, FEB. 6.-The court was crowded TO its
utmost cdpasity an at carly hoHr, and at quarter
past nine O'Clock the prisoners, Daniel Dochcrty,
Samuel Perris, and Charles Gleason, were
brought in for trial. After the district attorney
had called up the case, and previous to the en-
panneng of the jury, the counsel fer Gleason.
Mcssrs. Staples and Goulding, renewed their
motion on plea in abatement for the discharge
Of Gleason on the ground that when arrested he
was in the legal custody Of an officer of Yer.
mont, for crime committed in that state. The
same counsel, who also appeared in behalf D0Ch-
erty, moved to quash the indictments against
Daclerty and Gleason on several grounds First
that the Indictment was not suit by the coiia
monwealth second, that it did not appear to be
signed by ain officer having authority TO prose-
cute, &c.; third, that there was in it no sufficient
allegation of intent to commit the crime of lar
ceny; fourth, there was no sufficient allegation
of ownership Of the property alleged to be
Btoleni fifth, for other sufficient reasons. Coun.
some length, which were replied 10 by the district
attorney. The court ovcrruled the motions
Gleason was then arraigned, the two others hav-
ing previously heen.
Major McCIferty, counsel for PERKS, alluded
to the provisions Of the law guaranteeing the
right of challenging Jurors, in order to secure
fair and just trial, and in view of the fact that
this case had been so long before the public and
had ELECTED 50 much expression of opinion in
all quarters, he moved that the defendants in
this case be permitted to avail themselves of
this privilege Two upon the second jury,
Messrs. r. &. Taylor, foreman, and John G,
White OF Worcester, were challenged, on the
ground of bias or of having expressed or enter
tanned opinions on the case, the others upon the
panel undergoing the searching interrogatories
without exclusion. The jury as empanneled is
constituted as follows: VIM. Murdoch of West
Boylston, foreman; ARENAS D. Bascom of Hol-
den, Samuel Parker of W Worcester, S. P. Perry of
Auburn, George C. Spring of Uxbrdge, Elliot
Swan and Charles P. Stevens of Worcester,
Emory Thompson Of West Brookfeld, Cornelius
A Whtcomb of Leominster, George Wight of
Sturbridge, George S. Wright of Templetou.
The indictment charges that these defendants
together with John Dobbs, alias Kerrigan, and
VIM. Dunn, not yet arrested,) on the night OF
October %, 1870, did break and enter the build
ing known as Warren block, and owned by
Jonathan Warren, in Grafton, with intent, and
did then and there steal, take and carry away
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gregate value of $1,000; sundry national bank
notes of the aggregate value Of $4,000; sundry
United States bonds of the aggregate value of
$4,000; suudry promssory notes of the aggre-
gate value of 100000; sundry pieces of gold
coin current as money of the aggregate value of
$1,000; all being the money, goods and chattelS
of the First national bank of Grafton. The in
dctment, in the positive designation Of the own
ership ofthe building, obviatcs the defect in the
first Indictment which rendered another trial
necessary.
Hon. George F. Very, who assists District AZ
torney Rice in the management of this case,
opened for the government. lie began by allu-
sion to the extent of the crime, the accounts of
which filled the newspapers on the morning Of
Oct 26, 1870 with their astounding details, and
although the matter was put into the hands of
careful and vigilant Officers yet it was not till
March of the following year they were able to
get any of them. Allusion was then made to
the arraigned, but one of whom (Perris) was
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ihucn khown Ill thls clty' luz oInel l"o' piaiH-
ly professional burglars, had resided In New
York. The district attorney had accented of the
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the otherSl' us soVeriiincnt "i'hess Ut s'dte
evidence, so that he is not now under proSecu-
tion either as principal or accessory. Welch had
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ants had, previous 10 the ROBBERY, made his sa-
loon their place of resort as q Stopping place
Dobbs had been here for weeks and hoardod
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WI" "ei0u' ""' JuoV "eloie INC ioooeTy went
away, leaving his vile at Welch'S, but she soon
after went to him on being sent for. While here
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some panh, anu II lell 10 inc lou OF the bank IN
Grafton to be the victim. The deed was most
deliberately and boldly nlonned and exocutod
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va th7 o'nins Vi oet' 20, TWO men, one OF
whom was Dochcrty aud the other Dunn, were
seen by two witnesses on the southeast corner
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VI '"i WV any, ""'uo i'"eeu
10 the VuinslSamond hotei, IN New England
| Village to which place they were seen To
| oo nm foot from Grafton C,on..o m,
~ y" 80. o" N0u''e' ine
landlord .! llls nolel ana ms clerk
testify 10 lnelr stopping thefe, taxing breakfast
and proceedlng 10 take tle cars az Graiton sta
lloH ABOUT III iie all ' Al the deiend,
anus were AZ Meoii s"ioou tilat ul'oInooh ana
| evening, WneIe my Eot Iguor' testimony
Wo,lu w . " snom t'aI aneSe paltles