The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-11
FOliLORN HOPE.
A Clue That Was Not a
Clue, Followed by Police.

Clue, Followed by Police.
There was promise beforehand ant
for long time yesterday the local po
lice authorities thought they were OF
the eve of learning something definite
regarding the identity of the men lock.
ed up in the Summer street Jail on the
charge Of breaking and entering the
North Grafton post office.
! Their hopes We're only raised to be
dashed rudely to the earth, however
Landlord Rowe of the Charlesbank Ho-
TEL Boston, came to Worcester yester-
day, and accompanied by Inspector
| ODay, visited the Summer street Jail
where he was allowed to view the pris-
oners.
Rowe went surety for a man who
was arrested for breaking and enter
| ing in Boston some time ago, ana when
he read the description of McGrath, he
was inclined to the belief that the man
locked up in Worcester and James
Kenney, the man for whose appearance
he gave bond in the sum of 500, were
identical. He says, however, that Nc
Grath is not the man he is looking for,
ard the prisoners identity is still
shrouded in mystery
| II. ID. James of Haydenville, a town
near Northampton. whose store was
| broken into about two weeks ago, came
to Worcester yesterday, and subse-
quently went to North Grafton to see
if he could identify the underwear worn
by the burglars, a quantity of which
| was taken from his store.
| The garments worn by McGrath and
the dead burglar are of the same ma
terial and the same size as some of the
articles taken from his store, although
there are so many dealers handling the
same line of goods, it is impossible to
say that the underwear came from
James store.
inspectors O'Day and Stone say it is
! impossible to say whether the men APP
pretended in the North Grafton bur
glary are the same who have commit
| ted depredationS in and about Worces-
ter or not There is a strong likelihood
| that they have been working here
abouts, but there is nothing that will
serve as absolute confirmation OF the
theory.
Two marks that may lead to an iden-
LITIGATION of the dead burglar were dis
covered yesterday. The marks on the
left leg Just above the knee consist of
a scar that looks as though made by
a bullet and the figure of a woman
Ipricked into the skin i'll india ink.
Further than French Louie" the
name by which the dead man is still
called for lack of a better, the police
are unable to establish his identity. A
remark made by McGrath to Consta-
| bic Getchell after the burglars We're IN
| formed that their pal was dead
strengthens the belief that they know
nothing further regarding the man
| antecedents.
| AT that time McGFath said he knew
nothing about the dead man turthel
| than that he had joined the gang rev
weeks before, and had given his name
as French Louie" under which tltie
i he continued UP to the time OF ms
death. McGrath explained that nlne
ont of ten times men engaged in thell
vocation know little or nothing of the
| fellows with whom they come IN coll-
| tact from time to time.
The exclamation is borne out by inc
notice who have noticed the same
thing on many occasions. Very seldon
! ,InIess +he men have been working To-
oether for some time are they acqualnt
| ed with each others past lives. rms
anticipates a possible turning OF the
states evidence by a companion AM
does away with many disagreeaolt
| features regarding man past ieOoi
in event of capture.
The old saying that there is honol
among thieves seems to have been CIV
on a. practical demonstration IN tn'
/ case at hand. On the morning aItel
| +hA BURGLARY. Constable Getchel pie
tured to the prisoners what a vas
amount of satisfaction 1t would give
them to see their former comrades Wht
got away when they were captured
| led by their cells, and to know that tneS
1 fI-.a oT11a
McGrath. who served as spokesman
replied. with considerable vehemence
that he would rather die, II need be
than give information that would leao
up to such a condition Of affairs.
a number of pictures of McGratlf and
Day. who were arrested in North Graz
ton Monday morning, and OF MOTIFS,
who was arrested in this city Monday
night together with a description OF
the men, have been sent out all over
the country, in the hope of receiving
something tangible that will lead up to
their identification.
The inspectors visited the jail yester-
day and talked with the prisoners IN
the endeavor to learn something aDout
them. The men talked freely enough
on some subjects, but when the ques-
ton at issue came up they smut up
with the promptitude of the proverbial
clam.
Norris. who was arrested by Inspect
or stone on suspicion of being connect
ed with the gang, is equally reticent on
the subject, and refuses to have any
thing to say regarding himself or the
other men.
Messrs O'Day and Stone think that
while the gang may have worked in Va
rious places throughout New England,
while in Worcester they made their
headquarters at Casey's lodging house
in East Worcester and not at the ia
vorite resort of tramps, in the neigh
borhood of the Davis cottage, although
they admit that there is possibility
that the gang may have made their
headquarters there for time.
The body of the dead burglar still re-
poses in the hearse house at Grafton
cemetery, but will be buried within a
short time unless something definite is
learned regarding the mans identity.
PUBLIC REQUEST.