The Worcester spy., 1899-07-25
SHANTY BOSS GONE,
Gene Frank Left Sud-
denly Prior to the
Big Raids.
POLICE EQUIPMENT MOVED.
Enforcers of the Law Are
Comfortably Installed
In a Barn.

Clinton, July 24.-The police would
very much like to meet Gene Frank,
The shanty boss whose absence from
the domain of the Wachusett reservoir
preceded the appearance of the police
yesterday by few brief seconds.
The police have Franks beer but
they would rather have him. They
think he is in Boston today. Frank is
in deeper hole than the two other
shanty bosses who were arrested for
keeping beer with intent to sell. With
them it is the first time. Frank has
been confined once and imprisoned
once, on occasions that the police know
OF. 1t means imprisonment for him if
ne is convicted on the new charge.
Therefore the police are not certain
that Frank will reappear although
they think he may perhaps return and
make an effort to settle UP the business.
He is supposed to have quite sum Of
money coming to him from Moulton &
y OMahoney, whose men he has been
supplying with provisions.
Frank is the best known of all the
shanty bosses. He is short, dapper
little fellow. He dresses we'll and he
speaks the English language much bet
ter than most of his counrymen. He
has been clever enough to get the large
end of most of the financial transac-
tions he has had with local business
men. There are any number of people
Who don't care If he never comes back
The police are in this last category.
Chief Bates isn't looking for sentences.
He merely desires to break up the traf-
tic in the Illicit sale oe beer.
Luigi Romano Ot heryisa CharIas Pc
ma, and Peter Pedro, who signs his
name Pasquale Pietro, appeared before
Associate Justice Jonathan d. Smith
this morning. Pietro was represented
by Allan G. Buttrick
Romano had secured David L Walsh
for counsel. Mr.. Walsh was unable to
be present. On motion of T. l.. Walsh
the hearing in Romano's case was con-
tinued until Monday. The case against
Pietro was continued until the same
time.
There was plenty of feeling over the
raids in the reservoir district this
morning. There were no more angry
men to be found anywhere than the
contractors. 1t is pretty well under
stood, although the positive evidence is
lacking, that the contractors have an
interest in the shanties, no matter who
runs them. The trouble is deeper than
1t seems. The raids are not merely
against the beer, but they are against
the whole commissary system. 1t is
doubtless true that the commissaries
can exist and do business at profit
without selling beer, but they would not
be the attractive source of revenue
they are now.
Deprived of the privilege of selling
beer, the shanty bosses will find 1t more
difficult to keep the laborerss in the
uncomfortable shanties, as well as less
profitable.
But the authorities of other towns
will have to join in the crusade before
the maximum result is attained The
shanties in Sterling do more business
perhaps. than the three in Clinton
If the Sterling authorities would add
performance of their duty to the
work done by Chief Bates men, the
commissaries would get blow between
the eyes that would stagger them.
1t was recalled by Clinton readers Of
The Spy, today, that The Spy feretold
the action Of the police in making these
raids, when 1t printed an interview with
William Rodger, chairman of the Sc
lectmen. Mr.. Rodger said that the IL
legal sale of beer in the commissaries
must cease.
It is not forgotten that the traffic has
been winked at by the metropolitan
water board which has been and is
winking at or actually supporting many
other abuses of a character that will
make the labor organizations of the
commonwealth hop in indignant anger
If the facts ever become public in their
true iniquity.
The police are in new quarters to-
night The box stalls formerly occu-
pied by the fire horses have been con-
verted into cells. There are four of
them. The names Tom, Jerry Dan
and Maud are over the doors respect
lively. These are the names of the
horses that formerly occupied the
stalls. The cell labeled MAUD" will be
devoted to the female prisoners.
The tops of the cells have been board
ed over. They are so constructed that
If prisoner should break through, he
would only be in the cell room, and he
would have to get by the man on
guard.
A bunk made of two pine planks has
been placed in each cell. The cells are
lighted through two small square
tg8ned-barred windows. The horses
used to scratch their noses on these
bars.
The chief office was formerly the Of
fee of a livery stable. The
the chiefs roll-top desk, the mirror that
hung in the chiefs room in the old sta
tion, and the chiefs library. 1t is
lighted with Welsbachs.
The men will occupy the cell room
which is also the floor of the barn. 1t
is large room, which has a free cir
culation of air. In it the men can
take anv amount of comfort. The tel
ephone has been removed to the chief s
office The same old number gets it..
Told on Saturday, moved on Monday,
is the record. A lot of carpenter work
had to be done in advance too. The
l police hold the banner record for light
AMing change of quarters.
Peter Flynn was the first prisoner to
nor the mal1eshift headquarters with
s presence. He was put into the
HI marked Jerry" which is next to
e cell labeled Tom But he stoutly