The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-09
MiIIbury People Satisfied the
Gang That Made the Rich Haul
:. at Car Barn Intended to Con-
tinue Their Work
FIRE SET TO DRAW
ATTENTION FROM CENTRE
Prompt Action by Chief Horne,
After Being Told a Masked
. Stranger Had Been Seen,
Frustrated Plans Of Burglars,
If any Had Been Made


Special to The SPY.
Millbury, Oct S.-The citizens Of
Millbury are in quandry. There are
all kinds Of mysteries to be solved
Every one is in a frenzy caused by the
happenings of the past two days.
Early Monday morning the office of
the Blackstone Valley Street Railway
Company at Providence Street was
broken into Early Tuesday morning
the house and barn and contents of
each at the A. ]. Harris place were
burned to the ground. The break at
the Valley road car barn netted the
burglars between $500 and $500. The
fire this morning was undoubtedly of
incendiary origin and the facts that
have been disclosed today would lead
one to believe that the break and fire
were connected to a certain extent
Thomas Sherlock, who is employed as
a night weaver at the mill of the Mayo
Wooden Company at Bramanville,
stated to The Spy reporter and the
chief of the Millbury fire department
his experience between 2 and 3lo'clock
this morning at the Steamer 2 House.
He stated that he was unable to work
Monday night and kept to his room at
the Mayo mill boarding house. When
the alarm Of fire rang in at 1.50 o'clock
Tuesday morning he dressed and went
to the Steamer 2 House. He was de-
tanned in the closet at least 10 minutes
after the fire apparatus had left the
house Coming to the main floor he
saw a person at the side entrance look
ing in. Supposing him to be
friend he opened the door and beheld
a stranger, about 5 feet 10 inches in
i4h Jic down n the
Hip, was concealed by mask of dark
lcolored material. He had a dark
lmoustache, wore suit of dark material
with overcoat to match, and had on a
dark soft hat.
| Sherlock was surprised but retained
his composure. The stranger re-
marked that there was quite a fire
over there" pointing toward West
Millbury. Yes says Sherlock. What
do you know about it." Nothing only
lit is not in the right place tonight" re-
piled the mysterious stranger. With
this he walked off toward the old
Common.
Sherlock at once came to the fire and
told his experience to The Spy re-
porter and Chief Horne. Chief Horne
dispatched Hose 1 Company and the
hook and ladder company back to Mill
bury proper with strict instructions to
inspect all business places in town to
see if a break had been attempted. At
IBramanville the fire ladies inspected
the stores Of A. S. Winter and w. E.
Horne Further down they inspected
the drug stores of e. E. Wood, Theo-
dore st. Onge, Jacob Appel and Frank
Collins the Millbury National Bank
and Millbury Savings Bank, the stores
of Dunton e. Winter James Cronin, r.
IC. Cunningham & Son, G. K Fisher, j.
| H. Ferguson, E. C. Putnam and P. C.
Paradis. Everything was found all
right and the apparatus was driven
back to the scene of the fire at break
neck pace
The forethought of Chief Horne is
! commended on all sides by the mer-
chants of the town. The general opin-
| ion seems to be that the same gang
that broke into the Valley Road office
did not travel far, and returned to set
the fire of the early morning and make
another haul That Sherlock was left
behind probably spoiled their plans,
and the job was given up for the night
at least.
The loss sustained by A. j. Harris at
this mornings fire, as exclusively
state in the '%Old Reliable" footed up
to $4,000. The insurance is but $780, All
kinds of rumors are afoat, and there
is chance for the fire marshals to
show their mettle.
AS regards the break at the Valley
Road office, Supt. j. w. Anderson stat
ed that he had no new clues
j. A. Beeso has purchased a wood
lot and tract of land from the Garvey
the old wool shop, off Riverlon Street
the old wool shop, off Riverton Street.
A d. Windle and Max Chamberlin,
the latter from Cottage City, made a
record hunt Tuesday. They got five
birds Windle brought down four
cartridges in four shots, and Chamber
lin brought down the other in two
shots. This is good shooting in the
brush. Mr.. Wndle holds a record that
is hard to beat this season. He went
out the opening day and brought home
II birds, five cartridges, three quail
and three woodcock.
Dennis j. Shackrow, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dennis Shackrow, returned to his
home at 1880 o'clock Tuesday. after an
absence of % years, during 20 years Of
which his parents never heard from
him and supposed him dead. Mr..
Shackrow on leaving Millbury went
West and settled in Arizona, as a
miner. He drifted from there to Cal
fornia and acquired a valuable mining
claim in each state. He is reputed to
be well fixed" and decided at last to
once more visit his old home. His
father. who is 81 years old and in fee
BILE health. was filled with joy. His
mother. who for years thought her son
dead. was made happy.
Mrs. Cushing Johnson, the popu-
lar Main Street milliner, has one of the
finest show windows in the millinery
line ever seen in Millbury. The latest
and most fetching novelties are dis
played.
THE Billiards and Bramans played
the last ball game of the season at the
River Street grounds Tuesday. The
Billiards won, rs to 81.