The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27
office building. Mr.. Mayo is the bank,

10 the best. both as a nursery and toilet powder.
office building. Mr.. Mayo is the banks
conveyancer.
Payne said: IT suppose the papers
are ready in our little NATTER"
Your little matter will be ready in
half an hour" pleasantly responded
Mr.. Mayo.
In half an hour Payne returned. 9TH
take the money now, if you please he
said.
to see the money paid to the contrac-
tor"
Dear me, no. replied Mr. Payne
I've made an appointment with Mr..
Adams to pay him at his home. I'm
going right up there. I'm going to
pay him $780, this check for $500 and
the $500 besides"
Here Payne gently fiourished a bit of
paper that might or might not have
been check as good as one of his Mid
dleboro deeds.
Mr.. Mayo said to the representative
of The Spy: II hesitated, but 1 re-
| membered that he seemed to have the
confidence of Mr.. Barrett, and lin
short 1 let him have the money!
| Eight hundred dollars, the horse, the
buggy, the harness, and as much of his
took away with him. But he escaped
on a narrow margin.
He'd left Mr.. Mayo's office but a few
minutes when in came Mr.. Adams.
Has Barrett got that money YETI"
he asked.
HE has, said Mr.. Mayo.
| II met him at the corner and he said
| he hadn't"
stop him." said Adams and Mayo in
one voice.
1t was too late to stop him. The
swindler had disappeared. He got into
Mr.. Wright's carriage with another
man, and drove in the direction of the
railroad station. That's all Chief La
sale knows about where Payne is. He
| drove in a direction. The alarm was
sent out to all the police stations for
miles around
Mr.. Mayo, for the bank, proceeded to
! attach the cottage first built If the
| bank can maintain a title to it, Mr.
Mayo thinks it will not lose so heavily.
But there is strong probability that
| the unpaid contractors have valid
claims to the superstructure of both
| cottages. Anyhow, Barrett & Killelea
and Edward ]. Payne are the only per-
sons who stood to win. The bank,
| Adams & Davis, Gilman and Smith
Bros. are all wearing Grape on their
pocketbooks.
Payne evidently had aspirations on
Clinton real estate. But Charles w.
Moulter refused to sell land on the
4; Leominster plan. Cashier Hammond
of the Clinton bank, refused to loan
$4,000 on the cottages in Leominster.
| For this Payne told Landlord Childs
1 that Mr.. Hammond was a greedy,
| grasping man who didn't know the
first principles Of putting money out at
interest.
Incidentally, it ought to be said that
! a woman appeared for one brief mo-
ment in the plot. Payne appeared one
day before Mr. Mayo with a very
charming woman on his arm, who he
introduced as his f1ancee.
Il am going to live in one of the cot
tages," he said, with this dear woman
My brother-in-law is going to live in
the other. I think shall like your
beautiful village very much
i THE CAUCUS CONTEST.
The statement published in THE Spy.
that Warren Goodell is in favor of set
Ting the post office contest by a caucus
set The candidates and most Of Their
friends talking caucus today. Candi-
i date G. l.. Stevens said: Nothing
would please me better than a caucus"
This leaves Henry A. Beaudette, the
l only candidate whose position is not
defined. The Spy n an today asked Mr.
! Beaudette if he believed the matter
should be settled by a caucus. He re-
Piled; Il do not care to- say whether
or not l believe a. caucus is a proper
/ way to choose a postmaster" Asked
4 if he would be willing to abide by the
result Of a caucus If there were a eau
Gus, he replied: IF there was caucus
| should be willing to abide by the re-
j suit of it,
i The Clinton Woman's Club met in
! Grand Army hall and heard talk on
| Home and home-making'' by Mrs
| Abbie Morton Diaz
i The new central fire station will not
be ready by Nov. 1.
NEW TIME TABLE.
Il The Leominster and Clinton Street
Il Railway Company issued a new time
table this evening. No cars are taken
off, except on Sunday. On week days
the cars will run between Clinton and
II Leominster, on every hour as before,
and between Clinton and Lancaster ev-
cry half hour but on Sunday car will
run between Clinton and Leominster on
every hour and every half hour.
4 SHELLEY SULLIVAN ,NUPTIALS.
Michael ]. Shelley of Clinton and Miss
Mary j. Sullivan of Groton were mar
ried at Aver Junction this morning by
Rev Father Sheedy, assisted by Rev.
Father Gilfallen. Frank Moran was
best man, and the bridesmaid was Miss
/ Maggie Sullivan, sister of the bride
Mr.. and Mrs. Shelley are now en-
joying their honeymoon. On their re-
turn they will reside in Clinton
A BOLTON MAN
officer James Craig arrested John
Barker of Bolton last night and locked
him up on charge of drunkenness. Bar
ker Is a well known figure around town
! 20 years old and is considered among
! the well-to-do citizens of his commun-
! ity.
When arrested last night he was
drunk full TO the brim. and was noisy
| He had plenty of money with him, and
will not have to go to Jail on that ac-
count.