The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-22
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or more, and % he had but little reaoy
get medicine and pay his board.
81 asked him why he did not go to the
Rhode Island Hospital, and told him that
IL he would 40 i would see what i could
do for him. He said that he did not care
to go, 80 the matter dropped. gave him
s2, but when he went out, i sent . man
to follow him, and when the latter came
back he told me that Stearns did not go
lame when he got away from the Office,
and that the most OF the " he had spent
for cigars and cigarettes.
work myself. l told my story to Detec-
tive Parker, and to Captain McGill OF the
wickenden street station.
"When came into my Office the follow
ing Monday morning, i received tele-
phone message from Foster ~ Bailey, tell
| Ing me that Stearns was o crook and
| that they had discharged him.
"a man was then sent to.Stearns' room
| at 108 Aborn street, but he could not gain
| admission. The man heard noise in the
room and was satisfied that Stearns was
in.
"Stearns was told that II he did not open
| the door that IL would be forced open.
| He then consented 10 open, and the man,
| upon opening closet door, also found
| Winterbottom in hiding. Up to this
/ time Stearns said that he had not known
| the other fellow.
! "When / leanred this wanted the police
| officials to arrange some sort OF plan TO
| get the chaps, and to see what they were
| up to- Stearns, by the way, did not
know that had any hand in the matter,
nor did he know that L knew that he
| had been discharged by Foster * Bailey;
/ so a little later in the day he came to my
| Office and said that he had concluded to
| go to the hospital, for he said he was stiii
suffering from the kick. / told him that
| / would attend to the matter during the
| da,y and that IL ha wOuld come TO
home In the evening at $50, would
| tell him what success i had made. This
1 told to Captain McGill, who sent an
officer to my house in the evening, and
he was concealed in the parior, Tor II was
my intention 10 engage in conversation
with Stearns on the piazza and IL possible,
find out something about him, but
| Stearns did not come.
81 sent to the house on Aborn street the
next morning and found that both men
had gone.
1.-The next that heard from Stearns he
was in Boston. He wrote me letter
stating that he was coming back 10 Prov
idence and thanked me very kindly Tor
what had done for him.
"SteaTns also wrote TO Mr.. Wilson and
gave him an order TO draw his salary at
Foster a. Baileys, and also requested
him to send his clothes to Boston.
Neither request was complied with.
"last Monday evening third mysterious
individual called at my house. Early in
the evening the door bell rang, and the
servant found smsrt-looking young
man at the door. He wanted assistance.
The servant informed me OF the fact, but
before going to the door I telephoned TO
Captain Mc1iill of the Wickenden street
station, and told him TO send up an
officer. / then went to the door and told
the young man that he had better go TO
the police station. He said that he did
not care TO go. He thanked me very
kindly for coming to the door, SAID
good night, and departed. The police
officer put in mis- appearance, but the man
was gone, although the officer saw him
going down the street and followed him
TO the residence of j. Il. Battey, III
Aborn street. The policeman returned
TO the station and that was the last seen
of the man.
When the general had finished his
story he said he did not know what to
! think about it. ."for, ~ said he, 81 am OF
the opinion that those three men are
hard characters; IL they are not crooks,
they are beats. But / am inclined to
think that they are crooks, and do not
wish me any good. There is one thing
sure, am not going upon the street un-
protected, and IL they or any one else
call at my house during the night they
will meet with a warm reception, or IN
fact any house in that vicinity, Tor
everybody is armed and ready for the
fray" representative of THE NEWS
called upon Mr.. Battey this morning and
found that the man that called upon the
general Monday evening had "roomed
there for two or three weeks, but Tues
day morning the chamber girl found that
his room had not been used during the
night, and il Is presumed that on Mon
day evening he found that he was being
followed. He went to his room, got lis
effects and stole out through the rear OF
the house. Mr.. Battey thought that the
xnyoa a
that would give the. police any clue.
The restaurant on Aborn street was vis-
tied, and it was found that Mr.. Wilson
had sold it, and the landlady knew but
little of Stearns and Winterbottom, but
one of the BILE girls said that they were
undesh bile bosrders, as they found fault
with everything and everybody. She
said that Winterbottom worked but little
If any, and Stearns was not much better.
They both left on the night that Stearns
was to call upon General Dyer, and nae
they returned to the house that evening
they would have been arrested, as detec-
tiyes were in the house for that purpose.
They did not even stop to take their be-
longings, and both owe Mr.. Wilson fol
board, and the man that skipped out
from Mr.. Battey, owes for part OF one
weeks room rent 1t was also learned
that society connected with the Grace
Church had assisted both Stearns ano
! | Winterbottom.
General Dyer has attached Stearn'
| salary OF S13, which was due him at Fos
ter q Bailey's when he left town.
The general is somewhat dissatisfied be
cause the police did not capture the men,
as he is positive that they should be. HI
says there is one thing sure, and that is
~ have been liberal to strangers all of my
life, but this has taught me a lesson, and
in the future no stranger will receive as
sistance from me; but i would dearly
love to catch Stearns, Winterbottom and
the man that called last. "
lie has requested the police in Bostor
| a.. 10nlr tha,,