The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-18
TAKEN TO JAIL.
Bent of North Brook
field Unable to
Get Bail.
LEATHER THEFT.
Twiss' Friends Secure His
Release at Ply
mouth.

North Brookfeld, May 17.-Otis C..
Bent was taken to the Worcester Jail
this noon He was unable to secure
bail Bent showed sadly the traces of
the intense nervous strain he had been
laboring under the past Sc hours. There
was not a trace of color in his face as
he walked to the depot, in charge Of
officer Arnold Wallace, nor did he look
to the right or left. Hundreds of en-
ployees of the e. & A. H. Batcheller
shoe company were waiting along the
street to get a glimpse of him.
Bent was arraigned before Trial JUS
tice Sylvander Boutwell, this forenoon
and pleaded not guilty to the charge of
larceny of leather He was Immediate
ly bound over in the sum of $4,000 for
the August term of the superior court.
Then began another search for bail,
which proved as fruitless as the form
err ones. Lawyer Vaughan of Worces-
ter, counsel for the Batchellers, was
present.
Early this morning State Detective
Peleg F. Murray of Worcester, with
Deputy Sheriff Warren E. Tarben of
East Brookfield, were here to inquire
into the case.
The extent of the loss is still believed
to be practically what was given in The
Spy this morning. Twiss, however,
sent word here that a small quantity
of leather was stored in an elevator
room in the factory, over which he had
charge. A search was made by Robert
Batcheller, John S. Cooke and Charles
Edgerton, and neatly packed in a sam
pie wooden box was discovered guam
tity of the leather. The leather taken
was a fine vici kid worth 500 a roll, so
that the load of sc rolls taken last
week meant a loss of $4,000 to the cor
poration One of these rolls could be
carried under a mans arm and would
not prove very heavy load
The relatives of Twiss are leaving no
stone unturned to secure for him his
temporary freedom. In order that he
might be bailed out it is stated that his
grandmother, Mrs. Sumner Reed, has
made over her property to Freeman
Glazier the father-in-law of Twiss, and
George Howe, his brother-in-law, and
both went to Plymouth today to endea-
vor to bail him out.
This evening Mrs. Twiss received a
dispatch from Plymouth stating that
her husband had been bailed out and
would be in town tomorrow.
1t is thought likely that Bent may be
able to secure bail within a few days
as strenuous efforts are being made in
his behalf.
A peculiar case engrossed Justice
BothwelPs attention this Afternoon
with the result that the complainant in
the case was fined So for contempt Of
court. Moses Ganeau had Frank Bonir
brought into court charged with abus-
| ing his own 14-year-old son Louis. I'm
| til a short time ago young BONN has
| lived with Ganeau, and since his father
took him, it is claimed that Ganeau has
taken unfair measures to get the chile
back. In court this afternoon Ganeau
claimed that BONN had whipped the
boy to excess and sent him supperless tC
bed. The youngster said he had beer
whipped, but not badly and it trans
pred that his punishment had beer
administered because he did not go to
church Sunday. Justice Boutwell, de-
cided Ganeau was guilty of contempt Of
/ court and fined him.
The Quaboag Pomona Grange had its
regular monthly meeting at Grange hall
| here today and several interesting ques-
tions were discussed by large attend
ance The morning session opened al
| 1890 o'clock with a treatise on bovine
tuberculosis and the best methods OF
preventing and eradicating the disease.
It was discussed by Edward Warren of
Spencer and c. d. Sage of New Brain
tree. Mrs. Mary F. Holmes of West
Brookfield presented paper on Birds
in which she strongly urged against the
use of birds and their plumage for or
namental purposes. Dinner was served
at the Grange hall, after which the af-
ternoon session opened with the ma
irons meeting in charge of Mrs. Amy J.
Richardson of West Brookdeld, Mrs
Lucy P. Mellen of Brookfeld and Mrs
Ella A. Bruce of West Brookfield. A
piano solo was given by Mrs. Hill, and a
paper on Home" by Mrs. Ella F. Pa
trick of Warren; a recitation by Miss
Mabel F. Snow of New Braintree fol-
lowed and a duet by Miss Carrie and
Mrs. Nellie L. Smith of West Brook
| field: Mrs Edward Warren of Spencer
read a good paper on co-education
Mrs. Florence E. Fales of Spencer gave
a reading and the meeting closed with
reading of the Pomona Journal by
Mrs. M. E. Prouty.
Some one placed stones on the cleo
trio road track late this evening and
caused considerable bother.
Here are the entries for the high school
| class games:
Spooner and Rondeau. 100 yards dash.
| the same as for the 40 yards. High jump,
| Tarbell, Mulett and Rondeau. Shot put,
| TarbeH Mullett and Redeman. Relay
race, Mullett, Tarbell and Sargent. Broad
| jump, Rondeau Tarbell and Mullett. 900
Yards dash, Sargent, Tarbell and Null
lett. Pole vault, Mullett and O'Brien; $40
| Yards run Rondeau, Tarbell and Mullett.
| $50 wards run, same as for the $40. Hop,
! step and jump, same as for the 40 Po-
tato race, Rondeau, Sargent and
Sophomore classic yards DASH Per-
rault, Goddard and Maxwell. High jump,
Duncan. Kelliher and Perrault, 100 yards
dash Perrault, Goddard Weber and
Maxwell Shot put, Twiss. Kelliher and
Maxwell. Relay race Twiss. Maxwell and
either Perrault, Trainor or Goddard.
Broad Jump. Twiss. Goddard and Burt.
22O yards dash, Burt Kelliher and Dun
can 44O yards run, Kelliher. Duncan and
| Trainor. Hop step and jump, Twiss, Burt
and Goddard $50 yards run; Twiss, Burt
and Kelliher. Potato race, Twiss. Pole
vault Burt Kelliher and Duncan.
Junior class-Sullivan Ward, Smith
and Donald Smith are entered in every
thing for the Junior class.
Freshmen-Finnucan. Armsby and Dow
ney are entered in everything for the
freshman class.