The Worcester spy., 1899-02-22
Clinton Hears About
Southern Trip.
COURT WAS BUSY.
Some Offenders Disposed of
By Judge Stone. \

Clinton, Feb. 21-Capt. Peter ].
Cannon received a letter from Sergt.
Martin ]. Garvey, postmarked from
Porto Rico, this morning. Garvey is
the representative of the Ninth Mas
sachusetts regiment, who went with
the expedition that will bring home the
bodies of Uncle Sans soldiers who fell
before Santiago, and in the lesser is,
land. The letter is an interesting doc
ment. The Roumania, on which the
expedition sailed, touched at San Juan,
Feb. 10.
The expedition had pleasant voyage
With the exception of one day when
the sea was very rough, and the YES
sci rolled and pitched fearfully and
many of those aboard were seasick
The Roumania had 2OO0 coffins on
board. GarYey describes the captain
of the ship as a very pleasant man. He
is pleased with the treatment he re-
ceived and with the quarters, al
though he says there is some dissatis-
faction with the food. Some of the
men pay so cents a day in addition to
very satisfactory diet. He describes
the harbor and the port and says that
the city is much cleaner and handSom-
er than the city of Santiago He
thinks the expedition will be on the
island about 10 days. He thinks that
not more than 100 bodies will be taken
aboard there.
The Roumania will then steam for
Cuba. She may touch at Havana:
From the talk that he hears, Sergt.
Garvey thinks that it may be three
months before the expedition will leave
Cuba with its freight of precious dust
and ashes. He does not know how
long 1t will take to get all the dead
ready for shipment, but three months
is the talk All things considered, he
is we'll and happy, and he finds the
journey much more pleasant than his
previous journey with Co. X on a
transport when the mission was ito
fight.
The forty hours devotion in st.
Johns came to a beautiful end this
morning. There were masses at 4.45,
Z and s o'clock, each of which was at
tended by large numbers of worship
pers. The o'clock mass was what is
known as a mass of reposition. 1t was
celebrated by Rev. FIR. w c. Nc
Caughan. The mass concluded with a
professional. FIRST came the CIoSS-
bearer, who was followed by the AGO.
lytes and altar boys, then q school
girls dressed in white, and the choir
singing Pangey Lingua, six little girls
in white scattering flowers, and the
priest, bearing the sacrament. During
the devotions the priests have admin
i istered 5000 communions, which repre-
sents an unusual devotedness on the
part of the people Of ST. Johns flock
Father p. J. Paterson, Father Nc
Caughan and Father f. ]. Fitzgerald
have been assisted by Father Henry
Powers, and Father James Calvin OF
West Boylston, Father Edward Dunn
ply of Leominster and Father Thomas
O'Connor of Leominster Lenten de-
votions have been arranged for Tues
day and Friday evenings. Friday eve
ming will be the stations of the cross.
The district court this morning was
as busy as the magistrates court in 8
populous section of New York city, anC
presented types of humanity almost as
various. Incidentally Judge c. c. Stone
reunited a family, somewhat against
the will of the wife and administered
more justice in an hour than he has
opportunity to do in a full week some
times.
A contrast were Bridget Mohan and
Margaret McEvelley. The first was old
bent and beaten by her son; the seconC
was young and beaten by her husband
so she said. The older woman had {
black eye. a cut and swollen lip and ar
air OF enduring patience. Martin II
Mohan, the brute of son whose un'
manly hand inflicted these injuries, wa.
convicted on the testimony of GustaVt
Rolf, q German neighbor and Henry
Cain, who testified that they witnessed
the assault and protected the aged
mother From the son. Mohan, black and
bsetle-browed, exclaimed to Rolf
weren't you drunk" and of hi,
mother: She was intoxicated" IL
Officer Michael Smith, who testified tC
seeing Mrs. Mohan after the assault
he said: Wasn't she intoxicated then? o
The officers no. was polite, but firm
Judge Stone said: Three months" anG
Mofan was led out of the court room
exclaiming that the town would have tC
support his mother now. She said moth
ing.
McEvelley works for William A. Full
Ter. He SAID he was guilty of the as