The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
Has a Nature That
is Quite Unlike
His Name.
CAUGHT WITH A FERRET.
Was Hunting Rabbits in
Greendale
Woods.

Christian Slick, who is not quite as
slick as they make EN-, and not as
much of a Christian as his name would
indicate, was arrested early yesterday
morning by State Deputy Game War
den George j. Jerard of Haverhill, for
hunting rabbits with ferret.
Slick was sliding along through the
woods back of Greendale, with large
leather grip in his hand, and if he had
been in the road might easily have
been mistaken for physician hurry
ing to keep an important surgical en-
gagement When accosted by the Off
Ger and asked what he had in the bag,
he allowed that he had been gathering
a few walnuts Then the officer said
to him a second time, What have you
in the bag?" and the man admitted
that he had brought along some lunch
con. When the deputy inquired of him
the third time and desired to take a
peep into the bag, the hurrying trav-
eler was forced to own that he was in
possession of a ferret. yet claimed that
it was not his but belonged to one of
his companions, for whom he was car
Tying it.
The other men with him were Jacob
Dornes and Martin L. Nordberg, who
hunt up bailor at the police station.
They were afterwards brought in on a
warrant, and all will appear before
Judge Utley this morning. Dornes was
carrying gun, and complaint will
also be made against him for hunting
on the Lords day. Nordberg had no
gun or ferret.
All will be charged with hunting with
a ferret and hunting on Sunday
Mr.. Jerard was at Union station
when the first trains. went out, and saw
man, carrying, a gun, buy ticket
for Sterling Junction and get on the
train. At first he thought he would fol-
low him and went as far as Lincoln
square, when he saw two other men
with dogs and guns, and decided to
get on TO the Greendale car with them.
When Greendale was reached the man
with
THE FERRET JOINED THE PARTY.
After landing his nan in the lock-
up, and getting out warrants for ar
rest of the others, Jerard went to the
state fish hatchery at Wilkinsonville
and got back to Greendale in time to
take the train there on which he ex-
pected to find his man returning from
Sterling Junction. He had no trouble
in finding the man. for he was sittins
in the car with his gun beside him,
apparently with no thought that 1t was
not a proper thing to do. He acknowl-
edged that he had been shooting a ri
fie at target and had shot a dozen
or more times during the day AS the
man had Killed no game and only had
small rifle, the warden told him that
he was not the kind he was looking
for, but that he had clear case
against him for firing a gun on Sun
day, the penalty for which is $40 for
each offense, and, advising him not to
keep up his practice, let him go.
While waiting for the train to come
in, Jerard came across a dozen or more
young men below North pond, catching
fish, of which they had thrown several
hundred out on the bank The officer
caught four, and summoned them to
appear in court this morning, advising
the others to go home and not fish again
on Sunday.
Today VIII be the game warden's busy
day, for besides the seven cases which
he will have in the central district
court, he has two at BrookfieId. where
he arrested six men early in the week
for shooting ducks near the church in
that place on Sunday. Four weeks acc
in Lynn he arrested eleven in one day,
eight of them in one bunch for fishing
and hunting on the Lords day Since
the middle of May the fines under his
arrests have amounted to more than
$500. During his stay in Worcester he
looked over the markets for salmon and
short Holsters, and also the millinery
stores for birds prohibited from being
sold.
Ladies in Worcester are not now
wearing birds on their bonnets. an6
only two short Holsters were found in
the city. the fish dealers evidently hav-
ing well in mind his last visit. when
most of them were attending the butch
ers and grocers' picnic, at which time
he caught seven hotel keepers and fish
men with the shorts Things sem tc
go with him at skies and sevens, and
sometimes elevens. If it were not so, he
might have arrested two more hunters
who about dark crossed from Peat Mea.
dow inro Elm park and over Newton
hill They appeared to have been sue