The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-14
Amusing, Fake Dis
played Under a
Circus Head.
NOTHING BUT BONES OF FISHES.
Yet Sufficient Ground for
Yellow Journal to In
dulge a Weakness.

Milbury, July 19.-The Gram this
morning under a nondescript head,
printed a nauseating and nonseneIcal
story about finding the dead body of
an infant III the woods at West Null
bury. Alas, the dead body of the in
FAINT proved to be some dead fishes,
and another pipe dream of the gem
less gems has vanished in thin air.
1t Is custom of some of the "rlIbes
in various suburban districts to hatch
up fake sensations calculated to ap-
peal to the credulity of searchers for
everything that is vile in newspaper
dom. This is true of the case in point,
and the victim was easy, the Gram
was easy as usual, and readers OF the
story are mad clear through.
The Tip was investigated last night
by The SPY man. and was readily found
to be but hoax of innocents, and that
ended the matter, The story as printed
intimated foul play, and was calculated
to incite an interest which would be
unequaled even by the great swamp
mystery. The writer awoke and found
that the only thing foul about the mat
ter was the phraseology of the story.
A. j. Harris and Frederick GooGell
declared to The Spy man and Or. \.
n. Charbonneau today, that the story
was a fake. The two latter drove to
the spot today, and looked over the
Eruesome pies of "decayed human
BONES"
A paper pie plate, some decon,posed
remnants Of bones of fishes, the loaves
being missing resting upon piece of
old rubber, which had evidently been
used as an improvised table cloth fer
picnic lunch, were the grounds sum
total for the awful mystery, which was
calculated to stir Worcester county
with a new horror.
DIR. Charbonneau is a judge between
bones of human beings, be they ever
so young, and those of fishes which
had been picked by a merry party of
picnickers who had no murder in treir
soul. The Doctor however, cannot dag
nose properly, in this case at least,
what possible combination produces
pipe dreams.
meeting was held in West Mill
bury tonight, at the home of w. G. Win
die, to make arrangements for the re-
union of the Shaw Buckley and Broad
bent families, and to decide upon a.
place for the reunion.
John F. Leary, D. G. c. R., of this
place, and Thomas A. Dowd, D. G. c.
r., of Court Harmony, in Worcester,
went to Grafton tonight and installed
Officers of the local F. of A.
superintendent Libby of the MillburyI
Electric Light Company has his men
at work removing the town hall. He
expects to have the building all re-
moved by next Tuesday.
William E. Horne is the guest of his
father in Charlton.
Capt. O'Neil of the Worcester and SUI
burban road had a rather lively race
this morning. He recently purchased
some young pigs, and this morning two
of the youngsters broke out of the pen
and started out for parts unknown.
O'Neil saw the pigs and gave chase
Now, O'Neil is a stout man and did
not gain much on the pigs, but he was
assisted in the chase by Smith, AM
employee at the Millbury car barn.
Smith cornered one in the car barn
and returned it to O'Neil, but the other
continued his journey up towards West
Millbury, and when last seen was max
ing good time for the woods.
Napoleon Wood, an employee at the
Baker shops in Worcester, met with
a painful accident at the MCGOWAN
bridge this afternoon. He was riding
on his bicycle towards Millbury centre
when his wheel caught between the
rails of the electric car tracks, and he
and his bicycle were thrown up against
the iron sides of the bridge. Wood re-
ceived a painful sprain to his left leg,
besides several severe bruises on his
side. His wheel Jared worse, and was
q total wreck Wood was able to board
tn. electric car for Worcester, and con-
signed his bicycle to the repair shop.
Shepard Russell, the real estate agent,
goes to Montreal, Canada, on Saturday,
for a vacation.
Repairs are being made on Upsala
street by the Worcester & Suburban.
The rails are being Strengthened at the
breaks and the paving relaid.
A trolley party of twenty young la |
lies and gents enjoyed ride from Wor-
cester to Northbridge tonight.
At meeting of the school commit
tee of this town in the Bank block this |
afternoon routine business was trans |
acted and the contract for furnishings
coal for the different schools in town
was awarded to Jerry Lyons of this |
town. The contract for painting the
West Millbury school house was award |
ed to James Branagan whose bid was
S55
The ball game between the Graftons |
and the Millburys on Saturday may not
be played. Manager Perry OF the Mill |
bury team Is III and the game for Sat- |
lrday may 80 up in air.