Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-06

SStdtS VI IheTflll "A. w neeleI Ol lLSlCSS-
ter, and also upon the petition for the
of Henry Converse, guardian
of William A. Wheeler, the son of Mer-
rift A. Wheeler. On the petition for the
removal of the guardian, Henry A. Con-
verse, who is now acting in that capac-
ity, was allowed to resign, and the
court appointed Charles H. Wood guar
dian in his place, upon petition of Wood
& Wood. counsel for the petitioners. The
closing Of the account of Henry Q,
Smith as administrator, was adjourned,
pending the settlement of the guardians
account. Wood & Wood appeared for
the petitioners; H. o. Smith for HIM
self.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
At the meeting of the county COM
missioners, Wednesday,, the oath of
Office was administered to Edwin A,
Brown, county treasurer; Harvey B.
Wilder, register Of deeds: Mrs. Lizzie A.
Barker, assistant register of deeds;
David Merriam, register of deeds at
and Charles H. Merriam, the
newly-appointed assistant register of
the northern district. The oath was
also taken By Commissioner Emerson
Stone, who, with the other department
ton. The bonds of all were approved,
and another year of official life began.
David Merriam of F'itchburg, register of
deeds for the northern district of Wor-
eester county, at Fitchburg, appeared
at court, Wednesday, and appointed
Charles H. Merriam assistant register,
and the latter was duty sworn in with
the other officials
The organization of the board of coun-
ty commissioners was adjourned until
this morning, when the election of
chairman will take place.
ATTACHMENTS.
o. A. Kelley VS.. j. A. Brown, Grafton,
$500, central district court; writ served
by Hayter. Charles T. Tatman for the
plaintiff.
F. NJ. Bacon ct al. VS.. James Dorr,
100000, Superior court; writ
served by Bacon. Charles NJ Thayer
for the plaintiff.
HOLDEN MAN SUED.
F. NJ. Bacon Of New York brought suit
Wednesday against James Dorr of Hol-
den, in an action of contract to recover
for amount due on commission for bust
ness during the past several years, as
alleged. The plaintiff is a large commits
sion house Of New York, and the claim
is made that moneys are due on COM
mission for selling the goods manufac-
tured by the defendant in Holden. The
of the defendant was attached
in the sum of $780, 900 by Deputy Sheriff
Bacon, Wednesday afternoon. Charles
M. Thayer appears for the plaintiff.
PETITION IN INSOLVENCY.
George A. Macker and Melvin A.
ATacker doing business in Westboro I'M
der the firm name of George A. Macker
& Co., filed a voluntary petition in the
court of insolvency Wednesday. The liza
biities amount to about $3755.37; among
the principal creditors being c. O.
Greene & Co., Shrewsbury, $164.S7;
George L. Smith, Westboro, $1144; L. P.
& Son, New York, $104. Sc; B.
V. Harrison, New York, $206. The as
sets comprise merchandise in stock
leather in process, bank account of $25,
and machinery, etc, mortgaged. With
the petition is filed an offer of 10 per
cent on the dollar, the 18th inst. being
set as the date for the hearing. Ed
ward c. Bates appears for the petition
ers.
AIL1N nal DIO NIL OOOIN1y " l.
LEY, "WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8.
Walter Claflin was arraigned in the
central district court on a charge of
larceny, Inspector Fisher declared the
defendant a notorious thief, and gave
the court several incidents to prove the
statement.
Early last fall he hired gun from the
store Of the liver Johnson Company for
a couple of days hunting. Instead Of
going hunting, he took the gun to Mar
tin Gerrity's and pawned it for S.. A
day or two later he took the gun out
of pawn at Gerrity's and left it at an
other place, where he got Sc on it in
stead of S. A little later Claf1in hired
a bicycle from Lud c. Havener, and
this too was taken direct to a pawn
shop. After this, he got into the Bos-
ton and Maine roundhouse and stole
a large metal cased clock belonging to
Engineer Merritt L. Hamilton and a
number of wrenches belonging to the
railroad The clock he unscrewed from
the side of the cab of the locomotive
upon which Hamilton runs. The clock
and the wrenches followed the gun and
the bicycle to the pawnshops, and then
Claflin disappeared from Worcester.
for about three months, until Tuesday
night, when he walked into the Waldo
street station house and said that he
desired to give himself up, on the
charge of stealing the clock. He claimed
that he had made a trip to England and
back on a cattle steamer since leaving
Worcester, and that he was tired OF
knocking about the world, and wanted
to be sent to some institution where he
l. e., - m.
court imposed sentence of three
months on each complaint, and Clafiin
smiled blandly as he remarked that he
should be out just in season to enjoy
the warm summer days.
Lawrence Kenney was also charged
with larceny, and his case was contin-
ued until Friday, bail being fixed at
$780,
David M. Wright, for drunkenness,
was fined $40. George Logan, colored,
similarly charged, was taken on proba-
ton for month
CIVIL SESSION CASES.
The list Of cases on the docket for
trial at the civil session of the central
district court, next Saturday, is as fol-
lows:
speirs Manufacturing Company VS..
Grout ThayeP & Cobb; e. +. Kent
Bean VS.. Fisher. Scott; Thayer &
Cobb.
Cummings VS.. Fisher Scott; Thayer
& Cobb.
Merritt VS.. Baker. C. r. Johnson;
Thayer & Rugg.
Maher VS.. Wood Meagher; A. NJ.
Taft.
Dolan VS., McGourty. c. S. Dodge;
Sullivan & O'Connel
James VS.. Worcester Consolidated
Street Railroad Company. McGoyern;
Herbert Parker
Kiarseachy VS. Rond SulIivan O.