The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-25
HOPE ABANDONED.
o. @. Bent Not Able
To Obtain
Bail.
NORTH BROOKFIELD AROUSED.
Diphtheria Claims Another
Victim, the Little Son
Of Thomas Haggerty'

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cial star chamber meeting of the church
committee of the First Congregational
church, in the pastors study, Monday
night, has reused the curiosity of the
townspeople, and great efforts have
been made for two days to ascertain
the results. The utmost secrecy was
maintained.
The Spy reporter found out, by dint
of the greatest perseverance, that the
meeting concerned Otis c.. Bent, now
incarcerated in Worcester charged
with the larceny of a large quantity of
leather from the firm of f. & A. H.
! Batcheller & Co. Mr.. Bent was a
prominent member of the church. Mr..
Bent, after he had been taken to Wor-
| cester, wrote letter to Rev. l.. Sew
| all, pastor of the church, asking the
forgiveness of the church, and accord
| ingly the meeting was called, but con-
trary to Mr. Sewalls expectations the
committee was in no haste to pardon
Mr.. Bents offense nor to procure bail
for him.
| After the question had been debated
pro and con at considerable length, it
was voted to adjourn the meeting until
| Wednesday, May 81 Mr.. Sewall pre-
pared letter of coincidence to Mr.. Bent
and the sequence of the affair is that
the latter is resigning himself to re-
main in Jail until his case comes up for
trial in August. Tonight the last hopes
| OF procuring bail for him were ADAM
doned, and unless the feeling under
goes a material change, he is destined
to remain where he is. Mrs. Bent will
| probably leave North Brookfield soon
and go to her friends in Grafton.
Diphtheria claimed another victim
today in the person of little John Hag-
gerty, the five-year-old son of Thomas
| Haggerty, who died at O'clock this
afternoon, and was buried this even
ing. Two other children have the dis
ease in a malignant form, and their
| recovery is doubtful This new out
break has partly succeeded in opening
the eyes of the public to the fact that
the town is greatly in need of a proper
system of sewerage, as the board of
health has constantly insisted To be
sure, the health board hopes to stretch
the $500 recently appropriated for its
use, so that it will reap the greatest
possible benefit for the town, but even
| this sum, stringent as was the opposi-
ton to it, is entirely inadequate to the
needs of the town.
| Eldridge E. Barnes, lifelong resid-
ent of this town, died suddenly early
this morning of heart disease after but
a few days illness. Death was unex-
pected.
Mr.. Barnes was taken i'll on Thurs
day. but on Monday morning felt we'll
| enough to be at his work in the cut
ting room of the f. & A. H. Batcheller
factory During that day he was taken
i'll again and did not rally.
| Mr. Barnes was 40 years of age, and
was for some years constable He
was member of the First Congrega-
| tional Church, where he held the es-
TEEN of the parishioners. He was
! married in March and is survived by a
wife and a son by a former wife. There
are also three sisters, Mrs Patrick
| Sweeney and Mrs. John O'Hearn of this
town, and Mrs. Augustus Hall of Spen-
GER, and one brother, Lorenzo Barnes
| of North Brookfield. The funeral SER
vices will be from his late home, on
Winter street, Friday afternoon, at 2
o'clock
The silver trophy which the Holy
Rosary c. T. A. S. and the st. Joseph
c. T. A. S. athletes will strive for at
| Spencer, Memorial day, was purchased
today at w. A. England's store in
Worcester. 1t is a handsome silver ice
pitcher. 1t is suitably engraved with
| space left for the name OF the win
| ming team. Until Saturday it will be
Ol eAHlDlliOH mere, dIler winch LlTne
it will go to Spencer, so that Spencer
people will have an opportunity to sd
mire it.
A North BrooIfield base ban team
will go to West Warren Saturds.V to
play the team of the mill village The
battery for the North Brookfield team
will be Frank Holland of this town,
catcher, and Felix Balcolm of East
Brookfield pitcher.
Deputy Lizzie A. Putnam and suite
of Harmony Rebekah lodge of Sper-
Ger visited Cypress lodge, Daughters of
Rebekah, here tonight and conferred
the Rebekah degree on several candi-
dates.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Merritt
took place at 2.30 o'clock this after
noon. The body was taken to st. Jo-
sephs church, where services were con-
Quoted by Rev. James P. Tuite, after
which the interment took place at st.
Joseph's cemetery.