The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-09
WEBB IS DISCHARGED.
The Question Now Is 4Who
Struck Tim Nc
Auliffe ?"

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George D. Webb, president of the
Webb Granite and Construction Com
pany was arragned in the central dis
trict court before Judge Utley yester-
day morning, charged with assault and
battery on Timothy ]. McAuliffe, tn
sculptor.
The case was the star attraction Of
the session and the spectators who
were lucky enough to get by The Off
Ger in charge of the door, threw up
their hands when the case was finished
After listening to the evidence as of
fered by both sides, Judge Utiey or
dered the defendant discharged Mr..
Webb was represented by Webster
Thayer and Mr.. McAuliffe by Phillip j.
O'Connell, and both lawyers fought
every statement made, so that they
were finally obliged to stop for want
of something to talk about.
Mr.. McAuliffe was called to the stand
and told of the affair as it occurred in
Mr.. Webb's office Friday. He stated
that he went to the office and asked
that Mr.. Webb pay him part of $1l5
due for work on the Dwight Foster
ted that he wanted Mr. McAuiiffe to
listen to communication from man
named Earle in Boston who would turn
out for $40 the same work Mr.. McAul-
life turned out for SIS. The result was
that Mr.. McAuliffe said things about
cheap jacks
Some words followed and the result
was that Mr.. McAuliffe, according to
his statement, got a crack on the
oh nd he
out of the office only to return in q
second and call on the clerks inside
to bear witness to the fact that he
had been struck and also to bear in
mind that he had not struck back. He
also informed Mr. Webb that ne was
aware of a difference in price on the
work because Of his - ignorance.
Mr.. Thayer then got in his work in
a cross-examination on the number Of
doors the distance they were apart
where he was standing when he got
struck and what he said. He also got
Mr.. McAuliffe to admit that he SAID
he could lick two like Mr.. Webb II ne
felt that way, and for the first time
during the trial Mr.. Webb raised MS
eyes. 54 e.,
J. L. Chamberlain, superintendent Tor
Mr.. Webb, was called, and ne testllleu
that he told McAuliffe Of the difference
in the price of the Boston man ana
the one charged by him, and then sud
denly both Mr. Webb and Mr.. McAu-.
life got excited and left his room.
What followed he did not know, but
he did hear Mr.. Auliffe say things about
Mr.. Webb's "- ignorance.
Mr.. Webb took the stand in his own
behalf. and stated that he did not care
to nav s75 for a Job which he could
have had done for 800, and he TOLD
McAuliffe so, but the sculptor did not
look at the matter in that light ana
decided that he would argue the ques-
ton McAulfffe threatened to sue, and
Mr.. Webb told him to go ahead, ana
then McAuliffe said things ABOUT
Webb's ignorance According to Mr..
Webb's statement, he pushed Mr.. NC
Auliffe out of the door.
"You did not strike him?" asked
Counsel O'Connell.
mo, I just took hold Of him ana ne
went out
Mr.. Webb also admitted that he was
in the habit of saying bad words some
times when he got excited and admit.
ted that he might have said some OF
them to Mr.. McAuliffe.
A. F. Turner, a clerk in Webb's Of
fee, testified that he heard his en-
ployer order the sculptor out twice, ana
then saw Mr.. McAuliffe get pushed out.
He did not see any blows struck.
Mr.. McAuliffe insists that ne got
struck in the jaw, and Mr.. Webb states
that he did not do the punching, and
so there is another mystery VINO
struck Tim McAuliffe in the jaw? IL
promises to go down in history along
side the similar one about Billie Pat
terson.
Kasop Algeiaian, an Assyrian, ar
rested Sunday night for assault and
battery on Theophlius Charbonneau,
and also booked for carrying a dan
gerous weapon, was fined $25. Joseph
johnson. who was brought back from
Hartford by Inspector Stone, was ar
raigned on a charge of larceny from
person. He was bound over to the
grand jury in $1,000.
Carl Delute was fined $40 for keeping
a barber shop open on Sunday.
Dennis and John Gitteman, charged
with vagrancy, were discharged, as
they proved to the satisfaction of the
court that they were working every
time they got a chance.
Drunk cases were disposed of as fol-
lows: Mary Trahant, continued to June
12: Thomas Calvin, $40; James P. Fa-
gan, continued until Wednesday; Frank
Conley, $40; John Cummings, IS; Harry |
Mccarthy, $40; Wilfred Ponze, on file; |
NTfcbael HartDett on file