Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-11-05

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| the green goods fraternity,' is still at
| liberty. and seems likely to remain so.
! 1t seems just as easy for Mr. Reed TO
/ keep out of he way as il was for him to
| hypnOtize cr ~tiding farmers. The state
offers $500 for his capture, but Mr.. Reed
can probably afford to pay more than
that to remain at liberty.
| Worcester has been searched from end
1 to end. Everyone who saw Reed at the
| Sherwood House has been questioned.
livery stable keepers have been made
give an account of the dOirgs of all t'<ir
teams Sunday night ard Monday morn
| ing. and every board and piece of plaster
in the Sherwood House has been eX-
nmined, and slill even the slightest
traces of him are missing.
Yesterday it was said that for week
Il mysterious man has been around Wor-
cestvr making plans for the "bunco
kings escape when he should be brought
to the Sherwood House Sunday night,
and people were found who said they
knew positively he was provided with
$50, 900 which he was to distribute among
those who would aid in spiriting Reed
away: but they don't know who got any
of the money, who the mysterious man
was. where he stopped. and when they
were questioned closely none of them
had ever seen him.
Albert j. Moon an officer of oxford. is
sure he saw Reed drive through there in
a carriage between | and 2 o'clock Mon
day morning, and there are a dozen men
in Worcester who also saw it.
Detective Murray of the state police
says John Mclean, a New York UNDER
taker. who paid the money to the differ
ent courts to bail Reed, was in Worcester
with a Mr. Doherty Thursday and Fri
day. when Reed was here to plead to
the Comfort X. Thompson indictmelS.
Friday afternoon, when Reed went
back to state prison, the detective says
they disappeared, and Is far as he knows
they have not been seen since. Perhaps
they were in town when Reed escaped,
the detective says
Colonel w. T.. Gile, Reeds counsel, does
not agree with the detective about Nc
Lean being in Worcester. He Is sure he
was not. Colonel Gile does not know
what will be done with the bal Reed has
left but he suggests that it would be a
good idea for Middlesex county to take
the $4,000 it has to put Reed memorial
window in its new courthouse.
Reed" said the colonel, has very
-
houses now building in the different
counties. ana l think it is only fair that
he should he remembered"
II have not yet single bit of informa-
ton about the whereabouts of Reed"
said Warden Bridges yesterday but
will willingly pay for information out of
my own pocket if necessary, to recapture
the bunco man. The escape of Reed
rrieves me deeply. especially so. as it is
the first man that the state ha lost since
| have been warden. nearly six years. !
have not seen Abbott since he was sus-
pended. and I have not received any adj
Gitional information about the escape
from him. ! still believe Abbott To be an
honest man, and | believe that Reed Sc
cured his liberty simply by 'buncoing'
the officer"
Boston. Nov. 3.-The prison commits
soners have taken up the question of
the escape of John Reed. the bunco man.
and are making full investigation of
the whole matter. No facts regarding
the work Of the commiss ion or who il
holds responsible will he given out until
the Conch siur.