The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28
Few Cases for the
October Crimi-
nal Court.
REPORT MADE ON INQUESTS.
Thirty-four Cases on the
Supreme Court
Docket.

The indications are that the October
term Of the criminal superior court will
be one Of the shortest on record. This
is owing to two reasons; one is that
the August term only ended a few
weeks ago, and so~there are few cases
THAT would come I'D for trial, as the
time from the last term to the next
criminal term is very short. And then
it is fact that there has been little
crime committed lately.
This absence of crime has been com
mented on by thepolice department and
by criminal lawyers. While it may not
be SO gratifying to the latter as to the
FORMER. still the lawyers waiting to be
employed in some big criminal case can
comfort themselves with the thought
that when once the criminals begin to
do their deeds of wickedness there will
be perfect flood OF crime. This seems
curious, but those who make study of
such things say that it is fact AS
they express it, "crime comes in
lunches" and when once a gang of
burglars or other laW-bPeakers get in a
community there is always number of
criminal actions until the gang is run
down.
Sullivan & O'Connell, who do consid-
cradle criminal business, have a num-
Der of cases that go to the superior
court on appeal. Many of these may
be dismissed when they come up for
hearing and others may be withdrawn
from appeal. Among these cases which
are prosecuted by the commonwealth
are Catharine A. Herne. charged with
illegal liquor keeping; John A. Rabbit,
a juvenile, charged with breaking, en-
tering and larceny; John Sloan, for dis
turbing the peace, and. William A. Eng
land, charged with receiving stolen
goods.
In the registry Of probate Office a pc
tition was filed yesterday for the adj
ministration of the estate Of Frederick
M. Leach of Worcester. The heirs of
the estate are Minnie A. and Clara c.
Leach.
A guardians inventory in the matter
Of Nelson Paine shows personal proper
ty to the amount of $2S9250, and real
estate valued at S2442.
The following attachment was filed
yesterday
Leon Delisle VS.. Theophile Fredette of
West Gardner. AID damnum $500. W.
j. Lenoine of Fitchburg is for the plain
tiff. The writ was served by Deputy
Sheriff H. A. Turner.
The personal property of James L.
Gallagher, a farmer, on Paxton street,
Leicester. has been attached i'll the
sum of $500 by Deputy Sheriff James
Early. The attachment was brought
by John w. Snow, A. B. Davidson and
c. E. Perry, all of Leicester.
Gen. lockwood Hoar. as master in
Al XTT 1r- ncsfa 10 In11--
pany, has filed his report with the
United States circuit court. AS he has
failed to sell the real estate it remains
for the court to order as to the dispo-
sition of it.
The Walker divorce case will come up
at the October sitting of the supreme
court. The case has been transferred
from the Hampshire county court to
Worcester county. Property interests
to the amount of 100000 are involved
The counsel are Judge E. C. Bumpus of
Quincy and Elder Wait & Whitman
for Myron P. Walker, and E. H. Lath-
rop of Springfield for Mary N. Walker.
Several inquests were filed in the
county clerks office yesterday. Two
came from the Fitchburg police court
and four from Webster, the first dis
trict court of southern Worcester.
In the case of Lorenzo A. Lamie, who
was found dead, the decision of Charles
H. Blood, special justice, was that he
met his death by violence at the hands
of persons unknown. The same verdict
was given in the case of Nashare Har-
timan.
In the Webster inquests was the case
of William Bell. The verdict was that
he met his death by being struck by
an engine on the tracks of the Nor
witch and Worcester road. In the case
of Patrick Corrigan the verdict was
that he met his death while lying on
the track of the same railroad, getting
run over by freight train. The find
ings in the case of John Connors were
that he fell from train while stealing
a ride and fell under the wheels, being
instantly KILLED. The same verdict was
given in the case Of Robert Howard,
who was run over by a train near
Charlton Depot and KILLED.
Gen. Robert Chamberlain and his
deputies had an outing at the lake yes
terday The start was made from the
State Mutual building about noon, and
on arriving at the lake a steamer ride
was enjoyed, after which a landing was
made at the Washington Social Club
o'clock, by Rebboli. After dinner there
was informal speaking and a general
good time.
The arrangements were in charge of
Deputy Sheriffs James Early and w. w.
Scott. Besides these there We're present
Sheriff Robert H. Chamberlain Of Wor-
cester, Deputy Sheriffs Walter Putnam
of Warren, John P. Ranger of North
Brookfeld Henry Draper of Spencer,
e. w. Metcalf of Holden, Charles A.
Bartlett of Clinton, Henry c. Smell of
Milford, Morris P. Clare of Webster,
D. A. Tarbell of East Brookfield, r. L.
Doane of Athol. James Hunt of Wor-
cester, H. F. Cove of Fitchburg. John
'Nugent of Blackstone, A. A. Jenkins of
Milford, e. p. Heath of East Douglas
Hamilton Boyd of Northbridge, William
Wagner of Westboro, B. d. Dwinnell of
Fitchburg, II. s. Hilman Of Hardwick.
q. A. Bacon of West Boylston, Frank
H. Baldwin of West Boylston Robert
Callahan Of Winchendon, d. H. Hayter
Of Worcester.
The law docket of the supreme III
dicial court, October sitting, is as fol-
lows
Commonwealth VS.. Jones; Common
wealth VS.. Welsh; City of Worcester
vs. Lakeside Manufacturing company.
James f. Hill VS.. Middlesex Assurance
company; F. ]. Libby VS.. inhabitants
Of the town of Douglas; Harrietta r.
Nevins VS.. inhabitants of the city of
Fltchburg; John Green ct ais. VS.
Francis A. Gaskill, exor., and trustee et
al; Inhabitants Of the town Of Clinton
VS.. William F. Heagney ct ais; Peo-
plefs Savings bank VS.. Frank M. Heath.
George III. Muller VS.. Orrin j. Powers;
Margaret McGauley VS.. John ]. Sulli-
n