The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-28
But Webster Sport
Did Not Set Fire
to His Roll.
He MERELY THREW IT AWAY.
Crowd on Street Profits
By a Shower of
Coins.

Webster, Oct PA dead game sport
in the person of Joseph A. Develin
rolled into town yesterday afternoon.
He was well dressed and apparently
had all kinds of coin. Possessed with
an over abundance of sporting blood
and money, he made the rounds, and in
visiting the various points Of interest
the saloons We're included among the
list
He told those around him who were
enjoying his hospitality that he was
Joseph A, Develn, and that he was a
typo on a New York daily. He stated
that he had quite pull with the fore
man of the Journals composing de-
partment, and the officers think that
he works for that paper in New York
He told his admirers that he had lots
Of money, and was out for a good, old
rollicking time, and didn't care what
happened"
He went from saloon to saloon, fol-
lowed by a small crowd and in each
case blew EN- up on the crowd. AZ
ter making the rounds a few times he
commenced to cut irregular circles as
| a result of too much of the ardent.
Then he was happy and didn't care
who knew it.
SAW SOME FUN.
In each place he invariably broke a
| bill when buying drinks, and by the
| time he had been around a few times
he had his pockets full of change of
| various denominations. He then told
| his admirers to watch him if they
| wanted to see some fun. Walking up
to crowd of youngsters who were
| playing on the sidewalk, he reached
| down in his pocket and pulled out q
| handful Of change. He told them to
| get ready and then threw the money in
the air. In a minute the boys were
fighting for dear life for the various
| pieces of money that were rolling
around in the gutter His admirers al
so jumped into the scramble and man.
| aged to get the price of few drinks
| for themselves.
He did this not once, but many times
| When he thought the youngsters haC
| secured enough, he would leave then
and locate another crowd of young fel
lows, when he would go through thu
| same performance again. During hi
sport he must have thrown away
l
porter met several young lads thi
morning that had two and three dol
lars apiece, and they said they knew
| of many more.
Where he stayed last he does no
know, or will not tell, but this morning
about o'clock, he was wheeling aroun
the railroad sheds in rear of Osca
Shumway's block, and placed unde
arrest by officer James Connell.
i When searched at the lookup thi
forenoon he did not have a cent Q
money on his person, but when he wa
displaying his money yesterday h
must have had at least $50, those VIII
saw him say. He either threw all hi
money away, spent it, or else wa
touched" for it by his Admirers" 0
last night He doesn't know which. H
will be arraigned before Judge Clark
tomorrow morning.
DEER SEEN AGAIN.
AS Tax Collector James H. Dwyer o
Dudley was driving to town today, h
suddenly came upon a deer grazing b
the side of the road, but before h
could alight from his vehicle the dee
!; had vanished in the adjacent woods
Mr. Dwyer says the deer was a beau
tiful specimen
Il None of the public schools held ses
i sions today, as the teachers went t.
| Worcester and attended the convention
there.
While Lowell Marcy, a student of tn,
high school, was roaming through tn
woods at East Webster, this morning
his alert ear caught the sound of groans
| He investigated the strange sounds anC
found young lad lying on rock be
tween a chestnut tree.
Lowell went to the little fellow anC
found him suffering intense pain, hi:
left arm useless and bleeding. Marcy
| picked him up and carried him to the
highway where he fortunately me
Grocer Bleys team, and the little fel
low was driven to his home at II Pros
pect street He was Louis, 11-year-olC
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stoll.
The little fellow went into the wooS:
for chestnuts, and in climbing a tree
lost his balance and fell, striking ;
rock beneath.
Drs. c. S. Sargent and Fred A.. Brown
were called. An examination of tn
injured arm proved it to be serious
The bone had been broken and jammet
through the flesh. An artery, the mail
one, was crushed and the arm belov
the break had become paralyzed. TIL
| hospital 1t is the opinion of the at
tending physician that the boy will
| have to endure amputation of the arm
above the elbow,
On account of the Fitchburg teams
inability to arrive in town until thu
boat train, $50 o'clock, the game O.
basket ball between this team and the
| Websters viii not be called until tri
| file after 8 20