The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-18
SHOE MEN
Locate Their
Property.
WES7BORO TRIAL
Develops Facts About Re-
cent B. & A. Train Robbery.

Westboro, Oct. Thames F. Wallace
and James f. Collins, of Worcester,
We're before the first district court this
morning, Associate Justice Benjamin B.
Nourse presiding. charged with break
ing and entering freight car at the
North Grafton freight yard, October T.
The case of James Wallace was con-
tinued until Wednesday morning until
9 o'clock, to give him time to secure
counsel.
James Collins was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty. 1t seems that on
the night Of October Z a freight car
standing in the yard, was broken into
and some shoes were taken from it,
William S. Mascot of North Grafton
shipper at the shoe shop of J. S. Nell
son, North Grafton, was the first wit
ness. He stated that the station agent
notified him Immediately after the
break, and that upon looking up the
goods found that a consignment Of
shoes marked 1872 was missing.
James o. Little, the station agent,
stated that he received some cases of
shoes from j. S. Nelson & Sons, Oc-
tober 9th, and placed them in the car
and sealed it. The next morning, upon
going out, he found that the seal upon
the door had been broken. Upon open
ing the door he saw that one of the
cases had been broken into and that
five empty cartons, such as shoes are
packed in, We're lying on the floor He
reported the loss at once to Mr. Nell
son.
Officer William H. Brady of Worces-
ter, the next witness, testified that on
| Friday morning he saw two men enter
a shoe store at 1873 Shrewsbury street,
and after they had come out he went
in and asked the proprietor to let him
see what the fellows had left HeVwas
shown pair of shoes marked 4872
which the dealer claimed he had paid
Is cents for.
He then arrested the men and found
on Collins pair of the shoes that were
missing
Reuben Blosweop, a cobbler. said
that the two prisoners had entered his
shop and tried to sell him a pair of
shoes for rs cents.
Collins. ON behalf of himself, claimed
to be an honest man. having worked
steadily for three years, and said that
| this was the first time that he had ever
been arrested. He had no witnesses
with him, but said that he had not been
east of Worcester for three years, and
therefore was not in any way connect
ed with the break. He claimed to have
bought the shoes from a person named
Brennan of Shrewsbury. He was found
guilty and bound over to the grand
jury, the third Monday in November.
STILL AT LARGE.
The burglars who entered the resi-
dence of Mrs. Burnap last evening are
still at large. About the time of the
break two men were seen in a gig near
the house by John Lynch and Napoleon
Leabeau. They were under the cleo
trio light and the horse was balky The
men tried hard to get the animal into
the dark before a crowd could collect.
1t was noticed that the men had a box
in the bottom of the vehicle which they
were trying hard to conceal. Officers
Frank w. Powers and Walter B. Jour
dan went to Worcester, but were I'M
BILE to catch the thieves.
PRESENTED A PICTURE.
About rs members of the Women's Re
lief corps called upon Mrs. John w.
Fairbanks this evening and present
ed her picture in honor of her 5Oth
birthday. Ice cream and cake were
served and a good time enjoyed