The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
HELD FOR TIE JURY.
Pickpocket Could Not
Furnish Necessary
Bonds.
EDGAR S. HILL A WINNER.
He VIII Have Secured Ma
jority Of Webster & Dud-
ley Stock Soon.

Webster, Septt16.z-Itis thought that
the backbone of. the gang that has
been committing the systematic rob
berries of late has been broken, when
officer S. w. Patterson Of Sturbridge
arrested a shrewd young fellow, who
gave. his name as Joseph Reynolds Of
Boston, for picking the pocket Of Frank
x. Lawrence at the SJurbridge fair
yesterday.
For the past two or three weeks there
has been a clever crowd of about a
dozen crooks hanging in and around
this section. At the recent muster here
when several got touched, was the first
time that the crooks showed their hand,
and it has ever since been in evidence
more or less throughout this vicinity
with more or less luck
Several places We're cracked during
the intervening time between the mus
Ter here and the recent Putnam. Conn.
fair, at which it is reported that the
pickpockets Verysnear $500 in mo-
ney, rings and watches The police
/ eXerted every kind of a diligence but
could not locate them.
The gangs latest move was to do the
sturbridge fair. They succeeded pref
ty we1b and then again. they didn't
The officials of the fair had expected
that something OF the sort would oc-
eur and accordingly made preparations.
Detective Felega-F Murray of Worces-
Ter and Deputy Sheriff Franklin ia
cObs of Sotlfhbridge with others We're
on the grounds.
The first day of the fair went off all
right as far as the apprehension of the
crooks went Yesterday they worked
it a tride heavier. There were a dozen
Of them, and many IA fhayseed'' Fe-
turned to his rural home wearing a
trimmed" expression by gosh, I'll
never go there any more
If the gang had not trimmed Larivi-
ere, in all probability they would have
escaped all right They took from him
two silver dollars and a gold filled
case watch and chain, valued at $40.
There We're others, but the proof is
lacking. All they can say is that they
are minus articles of value.
The trimming of Of Lariviere took
place in an electric car coming from
the fair grounds about o'clock last
night. The offender was spotted in
fifty, and so were his confederates, but
they managed to escape,
The officers-a and the men who assist
ed in the arrest of the crook told the
Webster cores por dent OF The Spy to-I
day that5thse go5 all that was coming
to them when they had finished the
job. Reynolds is only % years old, 5
4 feet and inches kgh, and only
weighs 1913 pounds but he is a scrapper.
He showed the Spec town boys a thing
or two they had never heard of be-
fore. He Knocked them right and left
and then distanqed them in asrace for
libertS but there..esw ers- too many
around and he was finally captured,
although his companions escaped and
two of them came to Webster on the
early morning train. Where they are
now is simply. conjecture They are
probably now figuring to do some 9TH
er job
The crook was, finally landed1in the
lookup, after a hard struggle, and
brought to Webster this morning and
tried before Judge Henry J. Clarke. He
was charged with larceny.
The watch that he stole from Lari-
Were was recovered and produced in,
cogrt for the inspection of all con-
eerned. When Reynolds saw that cap.
ture was inevitable, he pulled the
stolen watch from his pocket and
hurled it far oyer fence some 40 feet
from where he was then running. The
officers recovered it later.
Charles Breckenridge George e.
LacroiX and James e. Curley testified
10 the effect that they assisted Officer
PATTERSON in making the arrest and
mat they We're among the ones that
chased the prisoner. They said that
lhey saw the prisoner take something
from his pocket and hurl it over
a neighboring fence. breckenridge
climbed over the wall and recovered
what at the time was thought to have
Deen blackjack but it turned out to
be Lariviere's watch
Oitcer Patterson was the next wit
ness. He said he was on another case
al the time, money being picked that
ume. He told of the fight the prisoner
put up and how he struck at him. He
also told Of finding money on his per-
son that from appearances, looked sus-
piCious
Deputy Sheriff Jacobs was next on
The stand He was doing duty on the
grounds that day and had spotted the
gang. He was engaged in hunting them
GOWN at the time. He said he searched
The prisoner and found three $40 bills
IN his stocking He also had other
pllls and silver dollars in his pockets.
Judge Clarke found probable cause
OF guilt and bound the prisoner over
TO the grand jury that convenes in
Worcester the third Monday in Octo-
Der, In bonds of $500, but, as he could
not furnish them, Sheriff Jacobs and
Oihcer Patterson accompanied the
crook to the Worcester Jail
Barney Theriacque and Robert FL
hott were each fined S11 for assault on
9 Polander, a week ago. Edward
Theriacque was also fined $S5 on the
same case. The Spy printed the case
IN detail last Wednesday
For the third time the civil case of
James A. Lind VS., Charles ]. Rawson
mas been continued, this time until
Saturday, Sept go
There We're. one or two other cases
postponed until next week. The court
room was crowded today as something