The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-16
THIEVES AT LARGE.
Webster Police Have
Their Weather
Eyes Open.
MANY OFFENSES REPORTED.
State Police Combine With
Local Officers and Scour
the Neighborhood.

Webster, Sept. 15.-Daring robberies
are commencing to be the real thing
in this section of late, and the peculiar
part of it all is that those implicated
in the affairs are escaping each time.
Not because the officers are not ex-
ercising vigilance and keeping their
eyes open, but it is because the robbers
have been lucky enough to take diff
ferent course each time that the Off
GERS secuted.
Fer the past week the town has been
full of sheriffs, detectives and con-
stables on the scout for offenders of
the law. They didn't get any here, and
those dealing in crime have given Web
ster wide berth.
The latest job is the afternoon rob-
berry of yesterday, when a couple of
young fellows entered the house of
Vinal S. Wright in Oxford, ransacked
the house and departed with quite a
number Of valuable articles. At the
time the owner of the house was out.
His wife is in Tunbridge, VT, nearly
200 miles from Oxford, while the house
keeper had gone to bring the children
from school. Mrs. Wright is nursing
her father, who is seriously i'll and not
expected toliHe.
Mr.. Wright was in Webster today and
had a talk with The Spy man. He was
accompanied by Albert ]. Moon, chief
of police of Oxford, and Officer H. B.
Gates of that town, They talked with
Officer Gilbert Osborne relative to the
affair. They spent some time in search
ing for the offenders, but 1t Is not prob
able that they came here. Officer Os-
borne has not seen the parties, as a
good description of them was given him
by the Oxford officers.
The robbers were not satisfied with
conflseating everything they laid their
hands on and could carry away with
out too much exertion, but they took
a heavy sledge hammer and smashed
q grindStone that was in the tool house.
1t looks as if Oxford parties who were
acquainted with the premises and alb
senoe of the family, did the job. 1t
also looks as If revenge figured in the
affair considerably
The officers have not yet secured any
clues of the whereabouts of Alphonse
Besson of Spencer, who hired one of
James Whites turnouts of Warren and
forgot to return it. Neither has the
stolen rig been returned. He probably
sold it, as the rig that was captured
here proved to be the property of the
Edmunds stables, Foster street, Wor-
cester. Detective Peleg Murray is
working on the case.
No clues have been secured that
would lead to the apprehension of the
clever gang of pickpockets that
trimmed Webster on muster day.
Prentiss Howard, who lost a $3.50 dia-
mond that day, has not yet recovered
it, and he has not secured information
that would lead to its whereabouts.
Judge Henry J. Clarke and wife, Dep
uty Sheriff Maurice P. Glare, Martin v.
B. Back, were among the number of
Webster people that attended the Stu1-
bridge fair today.
The theater was crowded tonight to
witness Maude Hillman in the play
Shaft No. q" The company will prob
ably play a return date here next
spring, as it captured the town by
storm. A matinee will be given tomor-
row afternoon, and the company will
close its engagement tomorrow night
with a sensational drama.
William Emerson, who is taking care
of Edward Rock during the daytime.
reports his patients condition improved
today.
Dr. c. S. Sargent has decided to dis
card the old way of travelling to see his
patients, and will purchase an auto
mobile. 1t will be the first horseless
carriage in town The doctor has de-
cided to wait until the early spring be-
fore purchasing, when he will dispose
of his horsefiesh, 1t will be the wonder
of the town to many who have never
seen one
Charles Brown of Boston, who form
erly clerked in the local post office, is
In town.
Lawrence j. Dugan returned this
morning from an extended tour through
the west, visiting Washington, Phila-
delphia Atlantic City and other places.
He left Joseph P. Love and son James
at Gettysburg.
Herbert S. Shaw visited in Daniel
son, CT, today. on business relative to
~the consolidation of the electric light
works there.
Confirmation services will be held at
the ST. Louis church next Sunday. Sew
eral of the priests in the neighboring
towns have been invited to attend the
exercises. There Will be about lis per-
sons confirmed. There are one or two
adults, and the rest are children.
Work viii be commenced next Mon
day on the Crown street sewer. The
other sewers will be pushed as soon
as this one is completed
The law went off on hunting TODAY,
and the local gunners went out bright
and early this morning. Over thar
was the rendezvous that they congre-
gated at, but The Spy man did NOT
observe any very loaded bags when
they returned Today was spent in To-
eating the new haunts of the game
then in bagging it.
Rev. Nathan S. Hill, former pastor OF
the Cniversalist church, now in Woon-
socket, r. l.. is in town visiting mis-
many friends.
The loss by the recent fire to Macy
Stepniak has been adjusted for $19S.