The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-14
A Webster Man Sus-
tanned a Broken Nose.
STILL HUNTING.
Officers Looking for Assail-
ant Of lombard.

Webster, March 13.-People are COM
mencing to think that Webster, and
It's neighborhood town. Dudley. is the
rendezvous Of crime. The towns are
favored with all sorts Of hold-ups, sui
cides. highway assaults and deliberate
attempts ct murder. The spy's agita-
ton Of abOlishing the present night
watch district and conforming with the
uniformity Of more enterprislng towns
and organizing regular POLICE force,
is sure to come with all this additional
crime that has lately occurred. There
is not he least bit of doubt that with
q uniform polio. force and a chief at
its head, crime would be less in the
local villages.
The deliberate attempt to do away
with Raphael lombard early Sunday
morning, which The spy mentioned that
same morning, has set local people to
thinking; they are wondering when it
VIII all stop. rs there 10 be no end to
thjs?' asked the citizens. It does not
seem so for last night another escapade
occurred, and the victim is now suffer-
ing considerable pain with a broken
nose and gashed eye as result of an
attack made upon him.
lille Henry SWarton, formerly a
butcher at the Slater meat markets, and
Wen Known III town, was on his way
south ~ the Lime house. and when near
the Webster boundary line on the
thompson road. he was accOsted by
Two unknown men, presumably tramps,
who held him up"
During the fracas SWarton received
blow that rendered him unconscious.
when he came 10 he found that his
nose PANIED good deal and that blood
was running down his face He turned
around and at once drove back 10 town
where his injuries were dressed by Dr..
J. o. Genareux.
me strangest part of the whole pro-
ceedlngs that, although Swarton
mad considerable money in his pockets
al the time not penny Of it was touch
ca. 1t seems, however that all that
was taken was pipe. The robbers. evil
gently got scared away before they
could finish their work, and rather than
leave without securing any booty. took
tne pipe with them, or else assaulted
wharton for revenge
When SWarton reached town he drove
Immediately TO the office Of DR.. Gener-
euX After an examination it was as
Certained that his nose was broken had
~, and there was a rather deep ga Sin
over his left eve. Neither of the iniur-
les is serious, but they are causing con-
siderable pain.
The officers are on the hunt for evil
dence to appreheud the assailant OF
Lombard. but as yet there has been
no arrest The injured man tells a
story Of going with two friends TO the
nome Of jose Fenaro. which is situated
near the Boston and Albany railroad
sIatlon, in Jericho village, Dudley, and
when near the house saw. as he claims
Eenaro emerge from his home, saw a
hash Of a revolver, heard the report.
ana then felt bullet enter his shoulder.
ne dld not see any more of FenarO nor
mas any Of the Webster people. The
ef1cers have searched for him. but he
mas completely disappeared. and his
Mhefes poqts at the present time are
Snrouded in mystery.
Dr.. Brown. who has been ATTENDING
lombard since he was shot. has beeE
unable to remove the leadan pellet IN
less he performs a knife operation
which under the circumstances would
not be beneficial at that time. Tho
physician has inserted his probe into
the mans shoulder for three inches,
but h. was unable to locate the bullet
Upon Dr. Browns advice, the injured
man has been taken to the Worcester
city hospital where today or tOmoT-
row the bullet viii be removed. The
shoulder VIII have to be cut open 10
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