The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-18
NEW WORLD.
4 Gigantic SNindle.

/ Lowell Moore, OF the defunct Globe Invest
lent company at Boston, was arrested Monday
[crnoon at his Magnolia home, charged with
hbcAlemcnt IN connection with the failure OF
[p company. The indictment was found on a
large made by Judge L \ Bennett, alleging
left of -, 600. The police say It will prove the
ost gigantic swindlc of the age. The com
lnys liabilities were S3,230, 600, while the assets
u, far found aggregate only 1922 The guar
1tg luni of 52,OOD,O0O is mortgagcd, and IN fact
-cr,thur tangible has been turned into cash
one way and another. Since lSSS the company
l. invested $4,000, 000in western mortgages and
bier securities. Judge Bennett allegation is
.lt Ne gave the company $4,000 with which to
irchase certain mortgage, and when the
ortgage came due he gave it TO the company to
,ert In the course of time he received 5000
III was told that was all the money paid in.
Ii investigation showed, it is alleged, that the
hole amount was paid. II is claimed that cvi.
,ncc has been secured proving fraudulent
to the amount of nearly a million
,llars.
Priest Charged with Arson.
Rev John NJ Fitzgerald, pastor of Holy Cross
lurCh at Charlotte has been arrested on an
dictment charging him with arson in setting
e to a building in Charlotte on the night of
nv 81 1898 thereby endangering number of
ies. The object of the fire was, it is believed,
procure the insurance. There have been
ysterious fires in Charlotte for the past five
ten years. and in most of the cases the prop
ty burned belonged to Fitzgerald, who is
ealthy priest, owning many houses and
OckS in the place. The last fire was in July
hen the parochial school building was set on
A sensation was created at Port Huron, Mich,
the funeral of a veteran of the Grand Army
st there. The services were held ut the
thoiic church, conducted by Father Spaeth
hen the pallbearers arrived at the church
or, they were requested by the priest to re
nvu tnniy Grand Army h1Ippl This they
fused to do and remained outside until the
ryires were over. The veterans were angry
er the matter. Father Spaeth said that in
uuesting the soldiers To remove their badges
was only following the rule of the diocese,
lich states that no society not approved by
e church authorities is permitted to wear re-
liza in the church.
The recent earthquake in British Hondu-
ous caused the death of more than 200 PEG
2. The fearful noises were accompanied by
gc flames, and clouds of smoke, hundreds OF
Fl high were visible in the mountains. The
va cngulfed large number of cattle, and
rs fell in the neighborhood like hail. The
rthguakc is said to be the most terrible ever
own there.
About lO0 warrants were recently issued in
uer county, Ky, against miners who refused
work ont their taxes ON the highways or fur
j substitutes. When tie case came up last
lday the defendants appeared in a body and
nomccd that they were not accustomed to
rkng in daylight and would 20 to Jail before
" would do it. II was impossible 10 send them
to Jail, 50 they were released. They ut once
decided TO get drunk, and after decorating
Judge with long streamers of ribbon, parad |
him about town on their shoulders.
'atrick Casey of bridgeport, Conn, who was
icken dumb last week, is a natural curiosity. |
has grown II inches in height in the last II
nths, beng now six feet two inches tail, his |
III are loose because his jaws grow too fast |
r III. ton. time ntft
ne reason, his joints squeak when he moves |
cause there is not sufficient natural oil to III.
cate them, and his hair needs to be clipped |
zee week Patrick is only Is years old, and |
)ple are wondering how tall he will be when |
stops growing.
-hree persons were killed outright and 10 |
ers injured by runaway trolley ear on the |
st End electric ear line at Pitisburg, Pat |
Npng the track and going over an embank.
NJ ~ $40 O'Clock sunday evening.