The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-28

Representative James Hunt of this
city made an important discovery yes
terday morning in Boston at the
Charles street Jail, which will probably
be received with satisfaction by at least
a dozen patrons of the Boston and AL
bany Railroad, who have been robbed
of money in the past two months.
Inspector Gilman of the Boston police
force called at the State House yester-
day morning, and asked Mr.. Hunt to
come to the Charles street Jail as soon
as possible, as he had prisoner there
whom he thought Mr.. Hunt might be
interested in.
Mr.. Hunt was attending the session
of the legislature and as soon as ne
got an opportunity, he went over to
the lail and the jailer allowed him
the privilege of looking over the pris-
oners to see if he might recognizes any
one in whom he was interested.
In the section of the prison where
Mr.. Hunt was placed there were about
Is prisoners, among them four who were
arrested Tuesday for picking pockets
on a Boston street car. They were
caught in the act by several members
of the Boston police force and taken
to the Charles street station and tried
at the session of the court the follow
ing morning and bound over to the
grand jury, which is to meet next week.
Mr.. Hunt examined each prisoner
thoroughly from a safe distance, ana
one of them impressed him with Tor
mer acquaintance as soon as ne saw
him. He looked the man over, but as
he was Invested of some OF his clothes,
Mr.. Hunt asked that he dress up, when
the prisoner did, and Mr.. Hunt ldentl-
fed him positively as the man VINO
took $3.50 from him at the Boston q
Albany depot, March Is.
He also recognized another of the
four men arrested as a companion OF
the first, and he will appear at the SIT
ting of the grand jury to testify.
Mr.. Hunt was getting on the Boston
and Albany train March Is, intending
to come to Worcester, and as he went
to get up on the first step of the car,
two men jumped in ahead of him and
two others followed after him very
closely. The two men in front seemed.
to be unable to get the door open, and
the two behind him were more than
anxious to get inside the car, so that
Mr.. Hunt was squeezed into a small
space.
Finally the door was opened ana the
men walked quickly through the car
and had got out of sight about one
minute when Mr. Hunt discovered that
he had been robbed of his pocketbook.
He remembered distinctly that one OF
the men in his rear got very close, and
is certain that he must have been
robbed by this one, whom he recog-
nized yesterday at the Charles street
station.
For about two months at least a
dozen persons have been relieved of
money on the Boston and Albany cars,
and the Boston police have as result
been kept busy. Tuesday four men
were caught on a street car in the act
Of making a haul, and they were gath
cred in.
A New York business man, c. Hea-
ley, who was in Worcester a few days
ago on visit, was also the victim of
gang Of pickpockets, and he was re-
lieved Of about $50. The Boston police
are of the opinion that they have cap
tured the gang out and out, and feel
1ubilant over it, while the local police
are congratulating themselves on their
part, that the gang have been rounded
up.
Last night Mr.. Hunt told the story
to a Spy man at the Webster Square
M. e. church. where he was attending
a reception, and at the time, could not
remember the names of the men who
were arrested, although he knew one
was booked by the name Of Murphy.