The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
Three Indictments of
Murder in First
Degree Found.
ALL DEFENDANTS IN COURT.
King and Hollingsworth
Locked Together Kop-
egian Stood Alone.

III yesterday AFTERNOON was OF u0uSudl
interest from the fact that three murder
cases had been presented to the grand
jury q number that has never before
been considered by grand jury in this
county.
Indictments were brought in in each
case, for murder in the first degree.
Hollingsworth and King were brought
in the court room handcuffed together
Hollingsworth was dressed in a blue
suit and had little Of that unkempt APP
pearance that one associates with a
person confined in Jail. He did not ap-
pear worried about any of the proceed
ings in the court room, and was much
more at ease than King, who acted ner-
vous and i'll at ease. Kopegian, the other
man indicted by the grand jury for
murder, is a coarse looking fellow of the
lowest foreign type. When the three
cases were reached, District Attorney
Hoar stated that the men would be ar
raigned later in the session.
The grand jury came in at O'Clock
and presented a long list of indictments
The small criminal court room was
crowded with prisoners and court Off
Gals. Judge E. ]. Sherman was on the
bench. Assistant Clerk of Courts Har-
low read the indictments, and the pleas
We're as follows:
Harry Potter, charged with larceny
entered a plea of not guilty; trial Mon
day.
Levi Montville charged with breaking
and entering, plead not guilty.
James J. LarlIin, charged with lar
ceny of money and a snuff box, plead
In, rrrvf1 NIL 10 toll F1y1-
day.
Joseph Reynolds, charged with lar
ceny of gold watch and chain, property
of one Frank Lafferty, plead not guilty
| trial Monday.
| Stephen Mitchell of Worcester, charg-
| ed with assault and battery, plea Of
not guilty; trial Monday.
James H. Burke, charged with assault
and battery plea not guilty, and will
| have his trial Monday.
! Peter Welsh breaking and entering
dwelling house, plea entered of no
| guilty trial Monday,
| James Conroy, convicted in lowe
court of larceny of 50 pounds of lead
| has his appeal set down for hearing
| Monday.
John Wallace, charged with robbery
entered a plea of not guilty and viii
| have his trial Tuesday.
| Joel Matson and Annie Saka charged
with adultery, plea not guilty.
Fred Carpenter and Louisa Needon
| charged with adultery, pleaded no
! guilty.
Morrill, Gabriel and Elizabeth Carenc
charged with adultery, pleaded no
guilty; trial Monday.
! Joseph Scarosa charged with adul
| terry, pleaded not guilty.
/ EN1I1oJ1v1iTp ahgrppn wifi
| adultery, entered her plea of guilty
| Sentence will not be passed until later
| Edward w. Duff, charged with com
hitting a lascivious act, entered pie;
| of not guilty.
Adolphus Bedard, charged with lar
ceny of watch and chain, pleaded no
Beta Morris and Joseph MAYNARD
charged with adultery, pleaded no
| guilty.
Lyon charged with adultery pleaded
George Casmire, charged with assault
and battery, entered plea OF no
Joseph F. Reynolds, charged With in
| decent assault, pleaded not guilty.
William ]. Phinney, charged will
forgery. pleaded not guilty. Later NJ
changed his plea to guilty and By
agreement of District Attorney Hoar
the case was placed on file and Phinne1
allowed to go free, with inspector
O'Day giving surety in the sum or SlU0
David r. O'Connell appeared for Tx
| defendant.
Eva Dusoe, charged with adultery
pleaded not guilty.
Edward G. Shaw, charged with adul
terry entered plea of not guilty.
James McMara of Douglas, charged
with violation of the assessment law
pleaded not guilty.
Indictments were found in the threi
murder cases, of Hollingsworth, King
and Kopegian.
A copy of the indictments will bt
served on the defendants, and they viii
doubtless appear with counsel early
next week to enter their plea.
District Attorney Hoar briefly thanked
the grand jury for it's able and consci
entious labors, and the members ware
then dismissed by the court.
Several cases where defendants
pleaded guilty were then disposed Of
and sentences imposed by the court
Levi Mcntville changed his plea tC
guilty, and the district attorney in
formed the court of the facts in the
case He was caught breaking and en-
tering a store by the owner of the store
and several neighbors. He has served
some months in the house of correction
for Illegal liquor selling. The cour;
sentenced him to two years in the
house of correction.
John Collin, brought up on a capias
for assault, was sentenced to -four
months i'll the house of correction.
John Scoville, alias Bailey found
guilty of drunkenness in lower court
was sentenced to six months in TIE
house of correction.
James Thompson, also up on appea
from sentence of lower court for drunk.
enness, was given six months in the
house Of correction.
James O'Connor, found guilty OF
drunkenness in lower court, ha1 his
case continued until the January term
on giving surety.
In the case of Allie ]. Parmenter an6
Abel Curtis Sergeant, charged with
adultery no bill was found by the
grand jury.
D. B. Phelan and J. H. Mcmahon Of
Fitchburg WIN probably be counsel fol
Kopegian, against whom there is an in.
dietment for murder in the first degree
ATTACHMENTS
Attachments filed yesterday in thu
registry of deeds:--
Edward Farrell VS.. Augustus B. Har
wood of Templeton, in an action of con
tract, with ad damnum $500. Wri
served by Deputy Sheriff H. A. Turner
and ratt,rYa bla IN, fI,a ct1rarior oo,,,+