The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

tween the roads, we'll overgrown with
brush, was accessible from either side.
1t was an ideal spot. When the horse
was taken from the shafts, and the
body was out Of the way, there was
nothing to attract attention in the
light, except horse feeding In a safe
place. In the night a half hundred
persons might pass and never learn
that the team was there.
The carriage stood where it was
found for at least two hours and a
half, and without an owner. It was
broad daylight when the owner drove
out and away Charles T. Osgood saw
nothing of him when he passed tho
place at o'clock
II there is anything In the theory
that the carriage brought the body to
the barway, where was the driver dur
ing those two hours but in the swamp?
The body wasn't dropped at the first
place reached by the man in charge
of it. A spot bad to be selected whore
it was least likely to be found, and
a spot had to be found where the
smoke and flame of fire could not
be seen from the railroad, the road or
any of the houses in the ne4ghborheod.
This would take time.
The plea has been made that the
work would be done in the night Chief
Oren B. Bates theory is that a shfeBd
man would select that portion of the
night just before the dawn. But a hun
dred things might delay a man, bent
on such an errand. Noises that would
not disturb another man. would be
appalling to him.
He would take the safe side even il
1t made him little later.
The theory that the carriage was
used in the crime would be even
stronger than It Is, without the pres
ence of the supposed body. as Wade
describes the MATTER In the vehacla
The natural course that would be fol-
lowed would be TO first drive the team
to the barway, and lift the body over
the fence. Then the team would be
driven on a few rods further to It's
concea1ment in the underbrush. In this
fashion the team could have come by
one Hoad and back by another. without
going over the same ground twice. But
if the team had reached the neIghbor-
hood and something occurred to staItle
it's driver, he might have stopped and
hastily prepared himself to distract
suspicion.
There is no knowing but that this
person. whoever he was. might have
stood beside the carriage. and out OF
sight, even while Wade was looking
at It.
By Wade's description, the appear
ance Of this vehicle was sufficiently
singular, yet thus far no person has
been found who has seen it and no
man has appeared to say: 81 owned
that team, and 1 hitched 1t in that
cIump Of bushes on certain day"
Spy men have been to all or nearly
all of the houses for three-quarters OF
a mile around, in an effort to find per-
sons who may have seen the carriage
which Wade has described as old and
rickety, and the horse, which he says
had a swelling on one Of its hind legs.
So far, every effort has been unsue-
cessful.
About the first Of May there was
gypsy camp on the Clinton road about
a mile from the crossing. At the en-
campment, or what was its location.
there was found an abundance CT
fragments Of women's clothing, a wo-
mans shoe, and even a woman's stock
ing. Of d pattern very similar to that
found on the dead woman. The stock
ing was in fair condition. but the shoe
was well worn. 1t was smaller than
the shoes worn by the dead woman.
There were women with the camp,
several Of them, but the people in the
neighborhood say the gipsies were
very nice people and that, in their
opinion, as many women went away
with the gipsies as came with them
Now that the remains of the victim
are buried. It will be impossible TO see
them. All Identification hereafter must
be attempted through Medical Exami-
ner George L. Tobey. from the de-
scription in his possession, and from
the clothing which is still preserved.
The teeth found. 1t is alleged. whers
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