Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.


SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Il. G.. Bockus, Il wellknown news
paper man and night editorial writer
of the Boston Herald was struck
by train at the Park street station
crossing Thursday night while going
to his Office and was instantly killed.
Mr.. Bochus was 66 years of age and
was born in PictOn, Province of Onta-
rio.
While the public at all times hail
with satisfaction the conviction OF
swindler, the qualification is doubly
sweet when the delinquent is mean
one, and certainly no one could be
meaner than one who met his Water
loo in Boston the past week. lie was
the original album man." and his vic
tins were the deserving poor. Young
men out of work were cajoled by his
smooth talk into parting with $4 each
for sample albums, the sale of which
they were to canvass. Failing to sell
one album day they forfeited the ST
and the promised week S salary. The
officer who testified in the case said he
could not mention any one who had
earned $40 from him, besides which
the supply Company" which he rep
resented was ii myth, while his victims
were many. One of them, after paying
his 81. and being unable to sell, was
refused the price of food and lodging
and penniess, was compelled to walk
to his home in Lowell. Judge Lowell,
who heard the case, decided to con-
vict.
The unseasonably fine weather has
helped as nothing else could to swell
the theatre Golfers and the many at
tractive bills are being literally pat
ronizcd. The big spectacular show at
the Colonial. Ben llur." continues to
be the piece de resistance but the com
ing week at the fremont bids fair to
vie with it in vast audiences, when
the absorbing drama, Way Down
East" will occupy the boards. The
snow scene in this play will be mar
vel of mechanical ingenuity, eclipsing
all efforts in that line. Uncle Tom $
Cabin" is the Offering al the Grand
Opera House and all the pathos CT
Harriet Bcecher Stoves legacy will be
brought out by capable company of
60 players, the stage settings being
taken from the actual scenes in the
south and the25 horses, ,burros and other
accessories rendering it the most real
istic production in Boston in years.
Those who patronize Keith's model
playhouse like it so we'll that they
seldom want to visit another, and the
management is now catering to excel
lent business. The bill this week is
an exceptionally attractive one.
In striking contrast to this was the
action of three patrOlmen Tuesday
night. who when appealed to by a
Federal street restaurant keeper to
come to his place of business where n
crazy-drunk colored man was creating
Il reign of terror" Two of the police
men had as an excuse that they We're
off duty, while the third man said the
place was not on his beat. The fourth
policemen very reluctantly agreed to go
when lie found a comrade. The Colored
cook had been discharged from the
restaurant the day previous and he en-
tered the place at the busy hour of 5 p.
m. brandishing huge carving knife and
threatening to Kill the man at the
oyster counter, who was compelled to
draw Il revolver to protect himself.
The prospect of bullets and the sight
of the cold steel sent the diners in
terror into the street. Before the pO-
lCemen arrived the colored man had
tired of looking down the gun barrel
and had departed. but he returned
while they were investigating, and
after a fight he was taken into custody.
In court he was sentenced to six
months Imprisonment. High police
officials. when interviewed, gave it rs
their opinion that in time of danger
a policeman should always consider
himself on duty. and these patrolmen
should be certainly made aware of the
tact.
Another clever capture was made in
the early morning Wednesday. after
a desperate battle. by Reserve Patrol
man McNenna at East Boston. At
1l30 a. m. he noticed a small boat at
the pier of the Jeffries Point Yacht
club, and the fact of such a craft in
the water at such n season aroused his
suspicious, and he watched. He was
soon rewarded by hearing noise in
the boathouse. shortly after which
William II. Farmiloe emerged from it
with Il big bundle of property. This
he dropped rs the big patrolman made
for him, and then ensued a fierce fight
for supremacy. the rohber. who do