The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27

well-informed republicans that Well
fington E. Parkhurst, who is well known
| as the brother Of the famous clergyman,
DR.. Charles F. Parkhurst, will enter the
race for senator. He wants the Clinton
delegation, and as much from the small
towns outside the Worcester section of
the district as he can get. But Clin-
toms turn to have the senatorship does
not come until next year. Almost all
the leading republicans in the district
are reported as being Of the opinion
that Senator Harrington should have
another year.
1t is probable that Mr.. Parkhurst
wants to make a showing so as to be-
come the logical candidate in 1900 with
no expectation of winning in the
convention this fall
OF course, the district is hopeless to
democrats, and there is not even a peep
as TO whom they are considering. But
the candidate ON the democratic ticket
VIII be a man from Clinton. William
II. Fay ran last year.
The continued case of the state
against Martha and William Bush. who
We're charged with making an assault
with dangerous weapon on Harry
hennedy and Thomas Ryan, on the
evening of July 15, came UP today.
Kennedy was so badly cut during the
fracas with Bush that he was confined
10 the hospital for a week. He was lit
tie the worse for wear in court this
morning. Ryan was slashed in several
places, enough SO that he will remem-
per the occasion. Judge c. C. Stone
fined Bush $40. He acquitted the Wo-
man. The evidence tended to show that
kennedy and Ryan committed an I'M
provoked assault upon the colored man
and his wife, although that was by no
means their story There were more
witnesses called than usually appear in
the district court and a number of in
terested spectators including Robert
Jones of Boston, brother of Mrs. Rush
Jones still displayed diamond in one
Oh MS golden teeth as he complacently
announced: Eyes, sab, yes. sab. 7 have
a hundred dollars apiece for NAH sis
tan and her husband, sab, if dey's con-
vlcted.' Jones had previously put up
pan for the accused to the amount of
SeOe. DR.. L. French and Dr. Walter P.
Bowers testified to the nature of the
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Thomas f. Ryan, one of the injured
men, said that he first saw the defend
ants opposite the Office of DR.. George
y. Tobey. Kennedy, Malcolm Munroe
Joseph Armstrong and Henry Moran
We're In his company Ryan's story was
mat somebody just merely jostled into
BUSH and his wife, quite by. accident.
me cutting followed, and Ryan was
one OF the victims. But he didn't know
he was cut until some time after the
wounds were inflicted. On cross-exam-
nation by Attorney C. G. Bancroft,
Ryan admitted striking Bush in the
race before any cutting was done.
Henry Moran duplicated this story
AIDING that he saw Mrs. Bush take
Ryan by the shoulder and make a. mo-
ton with her right hand. Armstrong
and Munroe gave each a similar YER
sion.
Richard Bush told a different story.
he said he was laborer. and that he
lived at As Chace street. He was going
ooWn Church street with his wife on
the night of the assault, when he met
these five men. His wife was on the
inside. The men separated and one
took the inside, almost knocking Mrs.
Bush down. Bush turned to pick his
wife up. One Of the men spoke to MIN
in bad language, asking him what he
was going to do about it. One of them
hit him in the eye and another hit him
on the back of the neck Bush then
used knife. He produced large
pocket knife, which he said was the
one with which he did the cutting.
Mrs. Bush corroborated her hus-
bands story, denying that she did any
cutting herself She said her husband
did not use razor.
The police were of the opinion that
razor was used. and searched the
trunk of the defendant without finding
such weapon. Mrs. Bush said the RAJ
zor was in the trunk
William Porter, disinterested per-
son, was standing in the door of Tor
rent Hose house, when the fracas oc-
Cured He heard one Of the Ave men
say: 'All coons look alike to me-" as
the party passed Bush and his wife.
Mrs Bush did not take part in the as
sault. The remainder Of his story was
in accordance with the stories of the
other witnesses
Judge Stone found Mrs. Bush not
guilty He said the question in the
mans case was If he was justified in
using knife under the circumstances.
He found Bush guilty, as charged, but
because of the strong extenuating cir
cumstances, fined him only $40.
Robert Jones smiled a smile that was
as wide as the diamond in his front
tooth was brilliant and said: 1.-THE eul-
lahed man is JUS as good in the courts
| of Massachusetts as the white man.
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