The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-09
Revolvers and Fists
Used in Cherry
Valley.
ONE MAN SHOT IN THE BODY.
Black Eyes and Other In
juries Result from a
Beer Debauch.

Leicester, Oct. S.-James P. Conroy
of Chapel street received a flesh wound
from a revolver bullet at the farm of
P. ]. McGuinness, on Chapel street, this
afternoon.
A number of Cherry Valley anG Wor-
cester men were at the place, and the
proprietor had a quantity of beer on
hand.
Some of the Worcester men became
excited. and in the quarrel which fol-
lowed five or six revolver shots were
fired. Only one bullet took effect. and
that hit Conroy in the right side Of the
abdomen. 1t struck a lower vest pock-
ct. plowed through the flesh, and
glanced off the hip bone and passed out.
Conroy and another friend came to
Leicester, where the wound was dressed
by DR.. A. McNegsh. No one else was
shot. but other men are suffering from
black eyes and sore heads. A Spy re-
porter drove over to the McGuinness
place tonight, but found everything
dark and all doors locked.
Conroy is at his home in Lakeside. He
is feeling very sore, but expects TO go
TO work tomorrow. Whether any ar
rests will follow is doubtful C3nroy
said he did not know who fired the
shots, and is not sure whether there
was one bang or six.
THE TAX MIDDLE.
Ifan article in a Worcester paper this
morning could be taken as exact truth,
all parties who are striving to solve
the muddle in the accounts of Tax Col
lector Henry B. Watts would be re-
lieved. The article states that Watts
is 5000 short, and that interested parties
had made such a statement. The paper
has a scoop this time, for neither
Chairman E. j. McDermott Of the Sc
lectmen nor Albert E. Booth and Harry
7. Sanderson, who are figuring on the
books, knows whether Watts owes the
town or the town owes Watts. Watts
promised to settle whenever the select
men could point out that he owed any
thing, and reiterated that statement
Saturday
is dead wrong. We don't know what
amount is due, and we won't know till
the last column of figures is added
up" The selectmen will not meet Mon
day, as stated, to settle, for no one
knows how the settlement should be
made. Amy one who has sat up nights
till IL and 10 o'clock for the past few
Qdyb DIS We nave, WOULD De
glad to have things settled, but nothing
is settled yet
Mr.. Sanderson reiterated the state
ment that nothing definite was known
as to how matters stood. He denied
that there was any trouble when he got
the books from Mr.. Watts as the ar :
ticle stated.
NEW FOOT BALL TEAM.
va,,r-- ...o,, &c (St.<....~ 1r.11e.
last night and organized a foot ball
team to represent the Cherry Valley
Athletic Association. A team can be
formed from Leicester and Cherry
Valley that can make the best of coun-
ty teams hustle to win. One Of the in
terested men said today: III the
Rochdale team wants q game they can
answer this challenge through any of
the papers, for we want to get a game
with them right off. II we can get our
guarantee we will play them anywhere
but we won't accept $1.50 instead of S.
which was all the base ball team re-
csfved from the Rochdale Clippers. "
Miss Anastasia s. Scanlan, aged q
ysafs, 10 months, died last evening al
the home Of her sister, Mrs. Catherine
e. Weller. of Brook street. Both Mrs
Weller and Miss Scanlon had typhoid
fever, and that disease, coupled with
nervous trouble, proved too much.
The funeral viii take place from ST.
greeph's church at o'clock Monday
n3oT11inE.
A white" social will be given to all
Hun1ay school pupils who have been
faitnful IN attendance at the First
CongreS4fio vestry Friday evening.
NM, Hovey L Shepard and daugf-
ter Of Winchester are guests Of T. S.
Snow and family.
The Sunday school board Of the