The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-18
CONCERN
Still Exists in the Ma
chaby Case.
WHERE Is THE MAN?
All Absorbing Topic in the
Town Of Clinton.

Clinton, Feb. I7.-Inter=zr in missing
John n &achaby is undated here.
The latest developments tend 70 show
that he Is not s1fez5ng with any zber-
ration OF the mind, but abandoned wife.
child, friends ard business deliberately
and with z purpose Prosper Nschz-
By. uncis Of the missing man, who Is
told IN the SPY. yesterday. has learned,
from e source he declines 10 reveal.
that Machaby had recently threaten
Cd 70 leave town, Z something az his
home did not change,
The something aIr. Machaby believes.
IS Z step son. Mrs. Eachaby was Z
widow when 3Lachaby married her, d
Mrs, Draper. She had { son. After &
Eecoad marriage another son came. Re
Gently, as Prosper 3Iachaby has been
Informed Aachaby found it necessary
Or convenient to punish his step son
V Whenever this happened the mother
objected, much 70 the husbands dig
satisfaction
TIE person TO whom 3Lacdzoy said:
= will leave il things don't change
pretty quick" did not attach any SIX
nihcance to the speech. Il Is believed
nov that hachsby brooded On his then
haL formed resolve On each occasion
.. o4HeFence over his step son, Until
Ne earned the threat into execution
Erospsr 3achaby has a thsory that
S-ner reasons Influenced him Pr0SDer
9!achaoy IS q FTeEcnmsn. so was John
2iacnaby. Prosper says tha. Mrs. Lor-
en- Kendall, 1Iachaby's ucther-in-Iz--
olont Ike FEsIchmau { little bit
and didn't like Il because her daughter
married Erenchusn. His nephew
D4y2Ied over the Circumstance Of his
L4otEeF-ln-laE prejudice against him
II Is now thought that he might have
Dsen pressed for money. J. c. Par
sons. MS partner, thinks ne was. 4
can tel why il should bs so" said
-1r. Parsons. He never seemed 10
spend any money On himsalf, and he
wasn't drinking man. Z don't know
Wnsthsr ne had an expensive family or
not"
Another fac. confirming the theory
that 3Iachaby knew what he was aboUr
Wnsn hs went away Is that ne paid
on3y two 70 a man, 70 whom he should
nave paid 81, that amount Of money
be!ng given him Cor the purpose, By
hr. Parsons. The resolution rnus,
nave been taken hurriedly, at the last
however, because he could have OBJ
tanned very readily Iaors moray than
the 20 Which 1t IS supposed vas ali
the money he had upon his person.
Chief Thomas Murphy thinks that fl,
91acnapy IS purposely s-bsenting him
s-I It VIII be worse than useless for
self.
At 10 a. m. supt. George 5. Burgess
H.Asned the work Of clearing the tracks
q the LeOninster and Clinton Street
Railway Company. ~ noon cars yTs~e
running on schedule an hour apart
ana shortly after dinner on tbs regu-
lar schedule. The warmth did won
GERS IN fastening the work
Supt. John ". Ogden viii have cars
running between Clinton and Worceg-
Yer tomorrow morning. The trip over
the Worcester and Clinton line IS In
teresting al this time. The track rms
between walls Of snow, six feet high.
ana nlgnsr, with kere and there a.
preak that showed the wind had dis
tF4outed It's faVOrs Lnequaliy. The re-
opening Of the trolley between Clinton
ana Lancaster was hailed with ere
cfal Joy, by the citizens OF Lancaster.
VINO labor IN this town.
This afternoon Agent Burditt posted
z notice on -he gate Of the Bigelovv
'aFpet Company's mill, Union street
announcing that the dye house would
be open for work on Monday Work
IN this department Of the milY-was sus-
pended because the mill was short Of
AoLt coal. There IS plenty Of the power
prpcucihg material IN town this after
noon, and any danger Of coal famine
tnat existed has Tfasse5
The sun came today as a mediator
between Superintendent of Roads I.or-
en T. Walker and Superintendent Bur
cess o. the /. IL @. Mr. Wake. said
70 the correspondent Of The sgy tbar
lnasmuch as the heat Of today had
done SO much to make the roads "a sz-
able. and the problem was deferred, At
4easL until the mex storm he should
take no further steps to get the troll
ley company to cart away more Of the
snow than it has.
Thanks 10 the kindly sun again. the
cos1 Of cleaning W after this blizzard
WIN not be more than $500. SUp,. Walk
CT thinks. The bills Will not b. paid
out Of the appropriation for this year.
Tor the reason that all bills incurred
after FEB. ] are paid from the appro-
SEiations for the ensuing year.
4-'~ ~ hannah vs. 7 dLI4Ek EAlI-
tredge was tried in the district court.
civil side, this morning. The suit is bv
the daughter to recover 1854, claimed
70 be due as recOm0ense for the care
Of her brothers and sisters, the minor
children % the defendant The n4nnee
Of the children ara Julia Agnes. Pat
rick and William. The plaiutin alleges
that she has seen TO the education of
the children and has otherwise cared
for them. The defendant makes a gan
ersl denial.
DR.. Charles L. French escaped per-
sonal injury narrowly Thursday after
noon. In trying to pass a team OF
An eminent scientist re-