The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-10
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
George Casmaire Sus-
pected Of Causing a
Woman's Death.
ARRESTED FOR DRUNKENNESS.
Held at Station l to Await
Investigations by
the Police.
ARRESTED FOR DRUNKENNESS.

George Casmaire, a Polish laborer,
% years old, living in Worcester, is a
prisoner at station /, on Waldo street,
charged with assault and battery, and
the chances are that he will be called
on to answer to a more serious charge,
that of causing the death of Mrs. Ada
j. Damon of Paxton.
Casmaire was arrested Sunday after
noon by officer Gould, on Front street,
on an old warrant issued by Clerk of
Courts E. T. Raymond, Sept. l. The
warrant was sworn out by Mrs. Damon
herself, the day following the alleged
assault, and at that time it was sup
posed by the police that the name of
her assailant was Curtis The story
told by the police is this:
Casmaire was in the employ of Henry
j. Damon at his home in Paxton for
some time previous to the alleged as
sault and for reasons unknown to the
police he got through. The latter part
OF October Cas1naire went to Mr.. Da-
mons house in Paxton, and on finding
that Mr.. Damon was not in, demanded
some money which he claimed was
owed him. The money was not forth
coming, and he threw stones at the
house.
Several of the windows were broken,
and Mrs Damon was struck in the abb
domen by one of the stones. She did
not feel the effects of the blow that
day, and being able to come to this
city, went to Major Raymond's Office
at the police station on Waldo street,
ant e.. 70,
mares arrest at the time, thinking
that his name was Curtis.
Inspector w. ]. E. Stone was de-
tailed on the case, but failed to get any
information in regard to the man be-
cause of the discrepancy in the name
given, and the case was dropped for
the time.
Several days after the affair oc-
CURED, Mrs. Damon had to take her
bed. DR.. c. G. Stearns of Leicester
was summoned, but could do nothing
to relieve the suffering of the woman,
and she died several days later from
septicemia.
No report of her death was made to
the Worcester police, but Inspector
Stone happened to see the account Of it
in The Spy at the time. He recalled the
assault case, but paid no special atten-
ton to it until yesterday morning, when
he was told of Casmaire's arrest by
Officer Gould.
1t appears that Casmaire was walk
ing UP Front street, Sunday afternoon,
when a man whose name the police
would not give, saw him, and knowing
the circumstances of the case, followed
him up until he saw officer Gould and
told the officer the story.
He said that the man had caused the
death Of Mrs. Damon by throwing the
stone, and that warrant was at the
central station in Worcester for his ar
rest. The matter was investigated, and
Casmaire was taken to station l,
where he was booked for assault and
battery.
Yesterday afternoon Inspector Stone
was detailed to go to Paxton and look
up Mr. Damon, but failed to find him.
The police know that Casmaire is the
man who threw the stones, and also
know that he is the man whom Mrs.
Damon swore out the warrant against.
He was brought before the central dis
trict court yesterday morning, but the
case was continued until this morning
to give the officers an opportunity to
get witnesses.
Inspector Stone talked with DR..
Stearns over the telephone yesterday
about the case, and the doctor said
that Mrs. Damon's death was caused
by septicemia, which is form of blood
poisoning.