The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-04
LINCOLN PARDONED.
Slayer of John Hea-
ley Of Clinton Is
Paroled.
SHANTY BOSSES AT IT AGAIN.
They Have Resumed the
Sale Of Liquor and Have
No Fear of Raids.
SHANTY BOSSES AT IT AGAIN.

Clinton, Aug. S.-News has been re-
ceived here that Governor Roosevelt of
New York has pardoned George H.
Lincoln of Leominster, the slayer of
John Healey of this place.
The crime for which Lincoln was ar
rested, tried, convicted and sentenced
to five years Imprisonment, was com
mitted in a resort in New York city,
Christmas, 1897.
Healey and Lincoln were chums. Lin
coin was small man Healey was a
strapping, big, handsome fellow. Lin
coin had some reason to believe that
Healey was paying too much attention
to a woman in whom the former was
interested. he entered into an alterca-
uon with Healey, and in the heat of
argument, drew a knife, stabbing his
friend several times
There was much feeling against Lin
coin here at the time. He claimed tho
killing was done in self-defense. His
family believed him and employed skill
IuI counsel to secure his acquittal. He
was, however, convicted, and has
served about two years of his SEN
tence.
Among those who believed in his in
nocence was his sister, Mrs. Grace
Goodspeed of Leominster, who almost
before his term commenced, began a
campaign to secure his pardon. During
Governor Blacks term of office, the
effort was futile. Governor Roosevelt
heard the story and signed a pardon.
Lincoln is in New York. 1t is under
stood he will come back to Leominster
in few days. Mrs Goodspeed re-
eeived the news that a pardon had
been granted Tuesday morning. The
news of Lincoln's pardon does not
bring much pleasure to the relatives
and friends of the man whom he
killed
The business men will play the pro-
fessional men on the High street hall
grounds tomorrow afternoon at 8
o'clock. There have been several
changes in the makeup of the teams
since yesterday. and there may be fur
ther changes before the teams go into
the diamond. DR.. M. v. Bastian is in
charge of the professionals.
He has selected Moses ]. Look, a met
ropolitan engineer, as catcher. DR.. P.
A. S. Grady will pitch. DR.. Bastian is
to play shortstop. DR.. j.. A. Coyne has
promised to cover first, and William
H. Fay has agreed to stand upon Sec
ond. Former Town Solicitor Thomas f.
Larkin has been selected to play third.
The churches will be represented by
Rev. Victor M. Houghton in center
f1elo. DIR. w. S. Plasket will play lett
field and Attorney David /. Walsh will
cover right.
The business men should win. Their
team will include two men who have
played professional ball, Frank Con-
naughton, the retired National
Lacquer, and P. F. Kittredge, the shoe
dealer, who played in the Western
league for Milwaukee.
H. H. Garvin will catch. Town Clerk
Samuel W. Tyler will pitch. Humphrey
Coughlin will cover first, and Kittredge
will go to second, while Connaughton
will cover shortstop.
Postmaster Charles S. Stevens will
play third. Selectman William Rodger,
REPRESENTATIVE S. Ives Wallace and
former Town Treasurer Joseph e. Har-
rity will play in the outfield.
The bali game is only part of the en-
tertainment which has been furnished
for the Y. M. c. A. field day. There will
be a fat mans race during the after
noon, a balloon ascension and sports
of several kinds and degrees.
Fifty-four men and three officers of
Company K boarded a special car at
tached to the $50 train for South Fran
ingham this morning. The men wore
their new uniforms and marched from
the armory to the railroad station. All
the boys were looking to good time to
play soldering. They were as happy
as could be. All of those who went to
Cuba, and they were a majority of the
company, said the case would be differ
cent if they were starting for the Phil
ippines instead of for camp. Capt Pc
ter j. Cannon said the work at the
camp this year would be of a very ar
duous character. The number of wish
tors is to be restricted.
David I. Walsh, as counsel for Mrs.
Maria Coyne, has brought suit against
the Leominster and Clinton street rail-
way company for $4,000. Mrs. Coyne
claims to have been injured while
alighting from one of the company S
cars, at High and Water streets. She
sustained, with other injuries, cut on
her face and bruises on her side and
one of her legs.
Mrs. Annie Connors was placed on
probation the second time this morning
by Judge G. c. Stone. She was eau
toned not to come before the court
again and reminded that the first con-
viction for drunkenness was still on the
slate against her.
Daniel j. Mcnamara of Lancaster
was fined $40 for cruelty treating and
over driving horse. The complaint
against Mcnamara was made by Court
officer Abijah Brown who is an agent
of the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals. F. w. willard
John E. Patmore and John e. Farms
worth of Lancaster, told the court that
they saw Mcnamara beating the horse
on both sides with a whip and pulling
and jerking viciously on the reins.
Supt. John w Ogden has been instru-
mental in organizing, and has been
elected president Of, an association
which is known as the Electric EN-
ployes' Association Of Massachusetts.
The association is especially designed
to benefit the employees of the small
electric roads in the state, any one of
which has not men enough to make a
benefit association confined to its own
men practical.
The office of the association will be
in Worcester The association will
charge membership fee of 81. and ex-
act a quarterly payment Of So The
association will pay 81 day for 100
days to any member who Is incapacitat-
Ed by illness and 500 to the family of
a member at time of his death.
Two more commissaries are To he ad
ded to the supply in the reservoir
Nawn & Brock, who have the million
dollar stripping contract, are ereotin !,
two shanties 80 by so feet.
Not all of the contractors maintain
shanties. but all of them contrlve 70
make dollar directly or indirectiy
from the wages of their labor. The
Ialest instance brought to the atten-