The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-29
The Uxbridge Man Charged with
Burning a Mill Sentenced to
Serve Five Years and One Day
at the Concord Institution
JUDGE FOX PRESIDES AT
THE CRIMINAL SESSION
0rviIIe C. Salisbury Discharged
on the Charge of Indecent As
sauIt on His Daughter = Col.
brennan Surety for Many De-
PENDANTS

S1ttlnS or the superior CUuFl Was De-J
gun yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
Judge Jabez Fox presided. Rev. Charles
R. simmons of the Worcester County
House of Correction said prayer. Judge
Fox gave the jurymen instruction re
garding their duty. Many cases were
disposed Of and a number of accused
retracted their earlier pleas and re-
ceived sentence. Among these was
Willard D. Paine of Uxbridge, who was
charged with burning on two counts.
The papers in one case were placed on
file. District Attorney lockwood Hoar
moved for sentence on the other, when
was that Paine burned mill in Tx
bridge Judge Fox imposed sentence
of five years and one day in the Mas
sachusetts Reformatory.
Orville C. Salisbury of Worcester was
his own attorney He was indicted for
an alleged indecent assault upon his
seven-year-o daughter, Mabel. The
evidence developed a pitiful story.
Mrs. Salisbury testified to finding the
accused in bed with the little girl.
When she protested, she said, he struck
her. Charles F. Gould, a Worcester
patrolman, testified to seeing the wit
ness with bruised face. DR.. Walter
T. Clark, city physician, told the de-
tails of an examination. The little
girl corroborated the mothers story
Salisbury asked, who told you to say
that?" and she replied Mamma" But
she said in answer to a question by the
district attorney that the story was
true. In his own behalf the accused
testified that the complaint was plot
of his wife's to get him locked up. The
jury retired. At the end of half an
hour they brought in verdict of not
guilty, and Salisbury was discharged.
Charles Wilson of Brooktield was
tried for breaking and entering and for
receiving stolen goods The jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty of larceny on
the first count. On hearing for sem
tence Wilson had no request to make,
except that the judge would send him
either to the reformatory or to the
penitentiary. Judge Fox imposed a
sentence of not less than three nor
more than five years in the peniten-
tiary at Boston. William P. Keith
identified cutlery and other merchan-
disc as rs. Deputy Sheriff Draper
said the goods were found on the
prisoner when he arrested him, at
Nashua, N. H. The prisoner was
brought back on extradition papers.
The accused testified in his own behalf
| that he purchased the articles of .
stranger. He confessed that he was the
|
| years for entering the depot at Lancas-
| ter and stealing mileage books in 1884,
John e. Kenney of Gardner was tried
for assault with intent to ravish. The
| jury found him guilty of assault. He
was sentenced to the House of Cor
rection at hard labor for nine months
| Grace NJ Wetherbee of Gardner, the
complainant, testified that Oct. 10
Kenney seized her around the body.
She escaped and he pursued her and
threw her to the ground, placing his
| hand over her mouth. Austin F. Half
| testified that he heard screams. and,
coming to the rescue, saw the accused
| fleeing into the woods near where the
assault took place. Warren E. Allen,
chief of police of Gardner ]. w.
! Jacques and Andrew Sweet gave evil
dence that the prisoner was not in.
| toxicated.
Matti Hill and Gerta Pala, both of
Worcester, were sentenced to three
months each in the House of Correc-
ton, after they had retracted their
pleas of not guilty to charge of lewd
and lascivious cohabitation. The dis
trict attorney in moving sentence said
that he believed they should not be
placed on probation, but that an ex-
ample should be made of them as a
warning to others of their kind.
Anthony Studd, of Worcester, re-
ltracted his plea of not guilty, and wept
loudly while Judge Fox inquired into
the circumstances Of his case. The con-
versation was conducted through an
interpreter. There was an appearance
of genuineness about his sorrow and
the district attorney said he would be
satisfied if the accused were placed on
probation. Judge Fox confided him to
the care of Col. j. NJ. brennan. Studd
was guilty of clumsy alteration on a
check drawn by the American Steel &
Wire Company, by which he got $10.S0
on it instead of 80 cents.
John Madden of Worcester, who has
been out on bail, retracted his former
plea, and was placed on probation,
Col. ]. M. brennan becoming his sur
ety. He took property from the room
of Michael o. Taylor
Thomas Whitman, Webster, retract-
ed his former plea. He was sentenced
to one year in the Worcester House of
Correction at hard labor His crime
was larceny.
The charge of larceny against Thos.
Lynch of Worcester was placed on file.
Michael ]. Brown, who stole keg
| of beer, and who was charged with
larceny in building, pleaded guilty, and
the case was placed on file, Col Dren-
nan recognizing as surety.
John S. Jackson, charged with adult
| cry, felfaCleQ MS plea ana was sent to
the House. of Correction for four
months.
Leon w. Walker, Webster, indicted
for mischevious driving, was allowed
to go on bail.
The following cases were defaulted:
Timothy ]. Donovan, Spencer, break
ing and entering; Homer Fridette
Spencer, breaking and entering; JOS
eph Perrault. Millbury, embezzlement;
Bernard Lubin, Worcester, adultery
William F. Heating, Southbridge
drunkenness; John r. Casey, Gardner
assault and battery; George Larose OF
Worcester. John DAILY of Worcester
Michael ]. Callahan of Worcester
Dominick Ralph of Worcester, John
Madden of Worcester, John o. Holden
of Southbridge, Patrick Powers, Wal
ter ]. Shea of Worcester, John E
Bradshaw of Worcester all for being
drunk; John r. Casey, Gardner. as
sault and battery; John Madden, Wor-
cester, disturbing the peace; Carl De
luth. Worcester liquor keeping; An
tome Roy, Worcester, assault and bat
terry
Court adjourned at 445 o'clock until
$50 o'clock this morning.
The following cases are down for
trial today: William Belleville, Lam
caster for keeping i'll fame nuisance;
GaetanO Avitabile, for assault with
intent to murder; Charles H. Miller OF
Westboro. for assault to murder; Fos-
ter Boutilier of Worcester, robbery;
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