The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-23
Did, while Miss Perron is 10 years of

old, while Miss Perron is 10 years of
age.
Delphine was placed on the stand,
after the defendants plea of mot
guilty was entered. She said that she
had known the prisoner for the past
three years, and that he was in the
habit of calling at her home. Last Au-
gust he left the little village and went
to Philadelphia.
She said that she had had many
scraps" with Miller, and that he had
threatened to kill her and take his own
life afterwards. He frequently carried
a revolver on his person, and two or
three times he had shown it to her. On
New Years last she stopped keeping
company with him, and since that time
she has never spoken to him. When he
went to Philadelphia and got settled,
he wrote several letters to her, many of
them being of an indecent and threat
ening nature. After some argument the
letters were admitted as evidence. The
complainant was again called to the
stand. She testified that she was ter
ribly afraid of her former lover now,
and that she seldom went out now since
he had returned. She never promised to
marry Miller I
Lawyer Haggerty--"Didy you love him
much when you were stuck on him ?''
Her answer was in the negative.
Mrs Perron, the girls mother, said
that after her daughter Delephine had
received the letters, she cried, com
menced to lose her appetite grew thin
and finally was sick. Here the govern
ment rested 1t was agreed to continue
the case until Tuesday when the de-
PENDANT will be bound over to the
grand jury The boys uncle, Peter
Gaucher a wealthy Southbridge man,
went bonds in the shape of $500.
A RoBBER SCARE.
Robbers were out in full force last
night despite the heavy rain, but their
efforts We're unrewarded except that
they got little experience in the bust
ness and probably next time will be
better posted.
Night patrolmen Gilbert Osborne and
Henry j. King heard unusual noises in
the grocery store of Joseph Labarre,
Main street, at about 2 o'clock this
morning They started to investigate,
but whoever was making the disturb
ance was shrewd enough to get away
without being seen. The police searched
the store with aadark lantern three diff
ferent times before morning, but they
failed to locate any thieves.
An unsuccessful attempt was also
made to enter Charles E. Mason's drug
store.
DEATH OF MRS. CRABTREE.
Mrs. Walter Crabtree, aged "a years,
the youngest daughter of Henry Fake,
died last evening at S45 o'clock. at her
boarding place at the Tracy House. The
cause of death was rheumatism of the
heart. About Is minutes before death
she asked her husband to get her a
drink of water, which he did, and while
he was absent she expired ISL
The funeral will be held at the home
of her father, Henry Fake, in Jericho
village Monday, at 1 o'clock Rev. H.
A. Blake win officiate.
AFFAIR SETTLED.
The wrargle over the Union square
block property was today settled agree
ably, and Max Weiner of Hartford. son
of Samuel Weiner, a local merchant,
will hereafter manage the estate, There
is however, another person in the
deal in the shape of Luman II. Tiffany.
He owns 10 shares out Of possible so,
while Weiner controls II, giving him a
majority and control.
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
L. P. Maginnis has resumed his duties
as ticket agent at the local depot, after
a weeks vacation.
A dance was held at the town hall
tonight.
William Tranty of Webster was fined
~ IS for drunkenness in court today.
A surprise party was rendered Miss