The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-07
PAWTUXET VALLEY.

The Peeping Tom. who made himself SO dis
agreeable to tho residents Of Arkwright and
Baskerville came 70 grief last evening, while at
his old tricks and il will be some time before
he will feel like amusing himself with other
peoples affairs again. About half past nine
last night Henry Gaylord saw a man acting
suspiciously in the new village at Harris and
after watching him for few minutes saw
him go TO one OF the bedroom windows at the
rear of one of the houses and cautiously peer
in. Gaylord crept up behind the man and
had nearly reached him when he turned and
seeing that he was discovered ran up the
street. Gaylord followed him and the man
seeing that he coula rot escape suddenly
dropped In the road his pursuer falling head
long over him. As he fell, however, Gaylord
grabbed the man by the coat and both men
scrambled 10 their feet at once, the pepper
striking out savagey and trying TO wrench
himself from Gaylords grasp which he finally
did ana made his escape, but not until he
had received a sound thrSshing from his cap
tor, who weighs two hundred pounds and was
ms he says considerably riled" at his fall in
the road.
Mrs. Katherine Murray died at her home
at Riverpoint Of pneumonia after an illness
of only few days.
James Holloway filed himself with fighting
fluid yesterday and then went to his home in
Crompton, whore he proceeded to demolish
the furniture and attempted 10 whip his wife.
officer Riley was called in and arrested Hollo-
way and locked him mp In the police station
at Lippitt. This morning he was taken to
East Greenwich and arraigned in the Fourth
district court. whore he was compelled to
settle for his sunday outing
The Standard, n weekly paper which has
been published 10y Isaac H. Chase at Artic for
the past two months has suspended publica-
tion.
The proprietor OF tine pool room and bowl
ing alley at Jericho. who appeared before the
town council at its last meeting and demanded
permission to keep his place open on Sunday
although he had not taken out license for
either his tables or alleys has apparently de-
cided that he will run the place in spite OF
the orders OF the council and has dubbed il
the Bon Marche Club and now his customers
are all supplied with keys and their names
enrolled on the "club" books for which
charge of twenty Ave cents is made.
Joseph Rogers, better known as "Joe the
Portuguese, who lives on the road between
Centrevile and Apponaug reported to the
police this morning that man who had been
boarding with him for n week or ten days
suddenly disappeared Friday night taking a
horse and wagon with him. The police are
looking for the rig, but have not yet dis
covered any trace OF IL or the thief.
A family named Mannion are in destitute
circumstances at Lippitt aud the case calls
for the attention of the agent for the society
for the prevention of cruelty TO children as
well as that of the overseer of the poor. The
family which consists of Mannon and his
wife and two children, the youngest of whom
is not yet two weeks old. occupy small cot
tage belonging TO Robert Caswel near the
Lippitt town house. There is scarcely any
furniture in the house and when the woman
was i'll about two weeks ago, she was without
any medical attendance and the neignbors.
who were called in by the ve-year-old
daughter found her lying on a mattress
| spread on the floor in the squalid and half
heated room. The husband is lather and
sometimes the woman, who is n weaver works
in the mill, but according 60 the ncighbors all
Of their money goes for drink. Mannion was
offered work by Contractor Mcmahon last
week. but refused TO accept IL and at present
the family are in starving condition and the
little girl its only support,