The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-23
Prison Board
is Through
WITH REEDS CASE,
The Matter viii be Lett
With the Governor.

Especial Dispatch TO The Spy)
Boston. Nov. 22-The state. prisou
commission mat tba sts+, l,-,,sa +bi.,
ae, mo
"' moon al CLOCK. Inc John Reed
case came before the board. but no
witnesses were examined II is re-
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Jpn SUI" @N'lOIllE' tuaI Nus
commission has made its finding, and
that il is ready to be sent to Gov. VOL
colt vbo al tn, nr.sa,t +t,,o is
''i'i0 Is 0No
VI '"e Guy
Ordinarily the prison commission
hears a. case and inst.ucts tha u,ar-
A.
40 " INC course ne sHaH pursue
But the John Reed case is of such i'm
portance that the chief executive will
ha f,r.,tsi,,1 ,..iL
way" 'l'e eEIueHce mat
cahte 70 the notice OF the board, and
will also be given their opinion.
The fact tbat The paad c,sa Win ~,
WA ~"
p'"GeN ia NoN' "olGol1 hahds causes
al sorts of rumors to fill the air and
considerable spec,tlati,o. is baino done
~ '''17 0ii'''eis : "S wen as lhe ponce
authorities Of this city.
The opinion seemed to he general TO-
day that officer J. H. Abbott stands i'm
a. rather ticklish position The fart tbat
the commissions finding is ia he eanr
to the governor causes neople in nfficiaI
circles to imagine that The hoard is
either not perfectly satisfied mar II
was A case ar e-rose aa,,aIeee,,ess M,
Abbotts part IN. elise the oantIaroar Of
the commission want Gov WToicott ~
decide what sort of nunisbuant sbo,,Id
be neted ont to the oficer and otbsr.,
who were either. ,noraIlvr n. 1aeaIl,l re-.
~. $3.50"
Abbott Is much worried ana sboyys.
it in mis- looks ana actinns n is nroh-
able -hat the governor. vii MOI officisIl,,
take notice Of the nrfson rom n,isstTl1ie,
finding foY. Al Ieas. fyvo weeks
Abbott's nrevious raeord was an a,-
cellent one ana fn vieu- ~ mis- ranr
il is Thought In official circIas that be
win not he severelvr dealt win
The srata noItca are vvnrl<tne u,,o,,
clues in conjunction with tbe nolioe Of
Boston. Mrs. Reed has been closely fol-
lowed nearly every dav since, she LEFT
Worcester She. sDent several DAYS IN
New York city and then Mrs Reed
went to New Hampshire. in the neigh
borhood of the village of Pelham. where
she is now said to be
Friday. a man who refused to give his
name. visited Warden Bridges at the
state prison. and said that he lived
near Pelham, n h, and that he had
seen John Reed in that neighborhood.
He claimed that he knew Reed, but
would n4 say where he had met the
king of bunco steerers" This fellow
was very retieent. but was positive that
he had met Reed near his home
The stranger was told that the reward
of 5000 would be increased considerably
If he would cause Reeds arrest
Steps wers Immediately taken 10 fol-
low the clue, and detectives have been
at work In New Hampshire since Sat
urday morning.
1t is thought that the stranger from
Pelham had been ''buncoed" by Mr.
Reed, and did not care to tell that part
OF the story But he was positive that
he had met the prisoner. and seemed
to want to land him behind the bars.
Mrs. Reeds visit to the neighborhood
Of Pelham and the strangers story of
having met Reed in that vicinity, was
considered TO be very significant by the
jail officials and the police, as they
think that Reed win see his wife
at all hazards. as il is a well-kuown
fact that this mans love for Mrs Reed
was the only known redeeming feature
of his makeup.
The Pelham chase may have SEN
sational ending in a few days It is
the only clue. So far. that has had even
the semblance of being a clue to the
Whereabouts Of Reed and it viii be
worked by the detectives LOr all IL IS
worth.
officer Abbott is not accessible to in
terviewers. He says nothing, but
those who know him say that the af-
fair and the suspense has aged the man
10 wears.
Abbott declares that he ate only one
suDper IN company with Reed at a. ho-
tel and that he was not in the COM
panv of Mrs Reed at any time. He
Thinks that the public and the news
paners have added insult to injury. and
mar he mas been abused unnecessarily.
Warden Bridges in an interview with
a Snv representative TODAY. said that
rba criticisms made in Worcester and
Worcester county about him were ah-