Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-01

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OFFER OF COMPOSITION.
George H. Mann of this city, who
went into insolvency in December, filed
an offer of composition at the court of
insolvency, Monday afternoon, on the
basis of 10 cents per dollar. The hear
ing for the acceptance of the offer by
the creditors will be held March IL.
INSOLVENCY COURT DOCKET.
The docket in the court of insolvency
for today is as follows:
l669-Rollins & Frank, Northboro:
third meeting.
1eSO-Arthur W, Fish, Northbridge;
third meeting.
16S2--John F. Deedy, Worcester, third
meeting.
17l9-Lyman G. Pitts, Holden; second
meeting.
1722-Almar Holmberg, Gardner; sec
ond meeting.
1725-Arthur ]. witherell, Clinton;
first meeting.
1726-Waliace R. Harrington, Fitch
burg; first meeting.
i67s-Franklin G. Lord, Athol; final
composition.
15sl-Wallace G. Gerald; hearing on
discharge.
DIVORCE LIBEL FILED.
Frank B. Hail, as counsel for Florence
M. Greenwood, has filed libel for di-
vorce for her from her husband, Arthur
B. Greenwood, the druggist at 1853 Chan
dler street, on the grounds of gross and
confirmed habits of intoXication. She
also prays for the custody of two minor
children, aged eight and seven years.
The libel has been served on the re-
spondent by Deputy Sheriff James
Hunt, and is returnable at the superior
court the first Monday in April,
CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT, UT
LEY, j., MONDAY, FEB. %.
Alvah w. Holbrook was charged with
assault and battery and larceny. The
alleged assault was committed Feb. II,
on MRS Rose Langcourt, who also ap-
pears as the complainant iE the larceny
case Mrs. Langcourt testified that she
had lived with the defendant at 20
Kingsbury street On Nov. 8, 1897, Hol-
brook gave her a bill of his furniture
and horse and buggy, SOD after they
moved to Lagrange street. She is a
married woman, but does not live with
her husband. Holbrook is a divorced
man. Holbrook came to the house the
morning of the day the assault took
place, and asked her if she had mort
gagged the horse and buggy, she replied
that she had Two assaults followed,
and she decided to have Holbrook ar
rested. Friday the horse and buggy
disappeared, and she had not seen them
since.
Cross examined, she said she was CIV
en- the bill of sale, under certain condi-
tions, and that Holbrook had paid the
running expenses of the house. Inspec-
tor Stone testified to the arrest of Hol-
brook in Providence and the locating Of
the team, which is in that city at the
present time. Holbrook said that while
they were living on Kingsbury street,
Mrs. Langcourt expressed a wish to go
into the dressmaking business with an
other woman down street. He furnished
her share of the furniture and gave her
a bill of sale, to secure the property for
her in case of his death. The furniture
was not hers, however. except in case
he should die before she did. He did
not intend to assault her, but thought
she was going to strike him with fat
iron. He went to Providence with the
team, on business.
He was fined $40 on the assault case,
and held in $500 on the larceny charge,
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Sullivan & OConnell, for the govern
ment; Thomas H. Sullivan for the de-
fendant,
William H. Goode was charged with
/ assault with dangerous weapon on
William Stevenson. The assault grew
out of dispute between the men, Sum
day afternoon; during, which Geode fired
shot from revolver at Stevenson, as
told in Mondays Spy. Robert and Louis
| Vaughn said they saw the shooting, and
rushed to the scene Goode was on the
ground with a revolver in his hand
| They separated the men, and Goode
went away. Goode said he drew the
revolver merely to scare Stevenson, who
had given him a bill that was worthless
early in the day, in payment of debt.
Stevenson struck him, and during the
struggle, the revolver went off. Goode
tol, handouts and all the parapherna-
liza of the profession, He was held in
$500 for the superior court.
John F. Rogers, the platinum thief,
withdrew his appeal, and was sentenced
to the Massachusetts reformatory He
is wanted on the same offence in other
places, and will be held on other
| charges after his release on the Wor-
| cester charge.
Cornelius Cronin, charged with va
grancy, had his case placed on file, as
his friends promised to send him out
of the city.
The drunk cases were disposed OF as
| follows: John CZsZawski, 50; Horace Ma
rion, filed; William Shearon, John Kelly
and Michael Hoban, probated; Nils Nell
son and Morris Leonard, house of cor
Erection, four months.
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