Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-31
A BOLD ATTEMPT.
Three Masked Burglars in Ilovell's
Store at Spencer.
AN EXCITING CHASE.
Sleigh Ride Party Discovers the
Robbers.
Store Surrounded But Masked Men
AN EXCITING CHASE.
Store Surrounded But Masked Men
Proved Too Shrewd for Their Would
Be captors-Poice on the Trail.


attempted in Spencer for many years
was discovered between 2 and o'clock
Sunday morning. Several men had
been out for sleigh-ride and were re-
turning to their homes, when they dis
covered a bright light in Ethan H. Low
ellis clothing and mems furnishing goods
store. in the bank block, corner of Main
and Maple streets. They were on the
north side of the street, but as soon as
they discovered the light, crossed over
TO investigate.
In the party were Arthur w. Hap
good. George S. Rich, L. C. Howe, A. r.
-Coughlin and one or two others. Mr..
Hapgood led the investigating party
-End as he approached the window, saw
three masked men in the back part Of
the store trying on clothing. As he
stepped upon the sidewalk, the three
men started with clothing in their hands
foE-the front of the store. The voices
of the party outside attracted the bur-
glarG attention, and they saw that they
were=discovered, and at once turned off
thesgps and attempted to escape. They
went=to a rear window and broke off
the Fastening, but could not raise the
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fron18he ground, and part of the dis
eoverfhg party went round there to
guaras the back part of the building,
while-1thers remained in front and still
othersgstarted after the police The
burglGfs triad to find other avenues Of
escape but finally the leader of the bur-
glars who was a large, powerful man
and carried big club. rushed to the
front double doors, drew the bolt at
the top and bottom of the doors, and
pulled them inward, breaking the lock,
ana the three rushed out.
One Of the men ran up Main street.
while two ran down the street. At the
corner of Main and Mechanic streets the
two separated, the large man going
down Mechanic straet, while the other
continued down Main street. Mr.. Hap
good and Mr.. Coughiin followed the big
man. who was armed With a club down
Mechanic street to the depot and
through the freight yard as far as S.
D. Hobbs & Co.'S coal office, where they
lost sight of him in the darkness. Ha
wore an overcoat that reached about to
his knees, and a derby hat. He had a
gruff, heavy voice with a French accent,
and threatened to Shoot his pursgers,
but they were convinced that he had no
gun in his possession.
The man who ran UP street was
much smaller. and Mr.. Howe noticed
tnaJ ne dropped 5OUleliQI5 AGdNy out
Of his pocket, as it struck fire when it
fell upon the concrete walk. He went
td Mr.. LovelPs residence to inform him
what was going on, and as they re-
turned to the store with a lantern they
picked up two chisels such as are used
by, stone nasons.
:. Officers H. p. Draper, William H.
Hathaway and George F. McKenna
were called but the burglars were out
of sight when they reached the scene.
When MIR Lowell reached the store
he found that parcels which were
packet ready to be taken away, were
d.. turbsd. There were three dress-suit
cases. two large telescope bags and a
large travelling bag filled with general
assortment of clothing and furnishing
goods There was also small hand
bag which contained an assortment Of
jewelry. several silk mufflers and two or
three anegAigee shirts. Two packages
conta3ned irge sizes of mems clothing,
buckskip gloves, buttons, etc, showing
that the BIS man meant to be good to
Entraile e was gained by breaking out
the glass IN. the front door. This was %
inches WIDE by about feet 10 inches
long, arm was probably broken by a
single ybf65r of the heavy club carried
by the Bf8 burglar. Mrs. Emeline BuX-
ton, gmot3ter of Mrs. A. A. Hapgood, who
NVgSe0ilEE1IS OEipuSikt SUE VI Lle SLLeel,
heard tfe-crash.
Mr. ssvell says that as far as he can
tell, n6Fhing was taken from the store
IAN attempt was also made to gain an
s entrance to A. Grinnen & Co.'S news and
+, Tarietysstore. When Frank Rhien went
!, To open the store Sunday morning, he
! lfol1rS9 a long quarter-inch log or wood
sscrewshad been forced through the door,
s. c]oses.to the lock, with the evident in
tentioa Of forcing off the hasp that
holds the lock when fastened. The
screw just missed the mark. The head
OF the screw had been fitted to a bit
stalk. and an old bit-stalk was found at
Mr. Iovells store, which was probably
used to turn the screw.
Stephen Dufaut, who is clerk in Mr..
I,ovells store, says that a strange man
came into the store Saturday night
whom he at once took for a crook. He
answers somewhat the description Of
the larger of the three men, and Mr..
Dufault thinks he was one Of the party
The shouting of the men after they
discovered the burglars, awoke the
h neighborhood, and there was consider
e abe excitement for a time.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Rev. Sherman w, Brown of the First
Congregational Church, at the morning
service Sunday, preached a telling SER
mon on GOOC resulting from evil TAX
ing his text from Paul's Epistle to Phile-
mon i, II to IS, inclusive. At the peoples
service there was an interesting pro-
gram Of music, the voluntary being
"Andante'' in D fiat by Buck. After the
Call to worship" the choir sang the
anthem, Praise We the Father" by
Gounod. After the responsive reading
and prayer the response" was Near
er, my God, TO Thee" by Holden The
offertory was There is a green hill,''
by Gounod. The pastors sermon was
on "The denial and confession of sim
based upon John j, s. .. The postlude
was march in d by Lamaigre
Rev. FIR g. Fl. Doian celebrated high
mass at the Church of the Rosary at
the 10 o'clock service, and preached an
able sermon, taking for his theme, THE
church" The choir sang selections from
Geralds and BalTaann's masses, and at
the offertory Miss Mary Cunningham of
Worcester seng Hammond's 20 saluta-
ris'' as a. snprano solo.
At the-M. r. church. in the absence of
the pastor Rev. G. w. s;imonson, who
" is on visit to his old home in New
York William Hull preached a sermon,
taking for his theme, THE supreme
message of Paul's ministry"
Rev. F. Z. Heath of the Baptist
Church preached a sermon Sunday
morning on Eternal punishment" TAX
VI ing for his text: Depart from me, we
cursed. into eternal fire." In the evening