The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
Many Citizens of Leicester Centre
Do Not Think Police Did Right
in Raiding the Prior Farm Last
Sunday
THINK TOWN SHOULD
NOT BEAR EXPENSE
NOT BEAR EXPENSES
NU DENn LNT EIVOEO
Officers on the Other Hand Say
They Simply Did Their Duty and
designations May Be Handed
in if Criticisms Are Not Stopped
at Once

Special to The Spy.
! Leicester, Dec. S.-Some Of the cit
liens of Leicester Centre do not think
that officers Of the town did right in
raiding the Prior Farm last Sunday
afternoon. They also think the action
of the officers was a needless expendi-
ture of money. The people who express
these opinions claim to be Christians,
and all have said at one time or an
other they would like to see the law
enforced.
The officers have heard OF these re-
marks and do not take kindly to them.
They say the Prior farm had the
name Of being the most disreputable
place in this vicinity and that their
action should be endorsed by every
citizen who wishes TO see the law en-
( forced. The officers who made the raid
( were Leicester officers and they would
have been aided in the raid BY Deputy
Sheriff H. B. Draper of Spencer had
that officer been able to be present It
is thought the fact that the sheriff Of
( Spencer did not take part in the raid
I has LED some Of the citizens to believe
I that Leicester is bearing the brunt of
all the work and expense Of eXtermin-
ating a place that is a disgrace 10 the
I community.
! The citizens OF Leicester nee6 not
/ look 10 the town Of Spencer to help
/ them bear the expense of putting out
. of existence a place like the Prior farm
I that Is within the borders Of the town
! OF Leicester. 1t has also been said that
/ the officers found no one in the house
/ at the time of the raid but Spencer
/ people. This the officers considered all
/ the more reason why the town OF
! Leicester should not allow a place Of
the kind to exist within the town lin
/ it's. Ia the past raids have been made
on many such places and because the
officers did not make arrests and Sc
/ cure evidence that would convict the
. parties Taided the officers were the OBJ
jeCt of many unpleasant remarks. This
they do not propose to endure any
/ longer ana some Of the people who
have made the remarks may be called
upon to verify their sta Elements.
! What will happen when the town
( election comes around and X is lot
/ very far away IS hard 10 tell. Already
some hard thingg have been said about
these officers. but many Of them VIII
find that st VIII ne hard 70 elect IN this
town another corps Of officers that win
be as faithful to duty az the present
police force Of Leicester. Already more
than one member of the present force
has threatened 10 resign, and if this
should happen It would he very Infor-
tUnate for the town Of Leicester.
+ Next Tuesday night is the date Of tie
special town meeting in Leicester. The
meeting is called principally TO q ap-
propriate an additional sum Of money
for the use of tine school committee and
the board Of Overseers Of the poor. This
latter department of the town has been
in hard luck this year. When the pres
ent board took up the work Of looking
after the towns poor il was found the
board was confronted with an out
standing debt Of more than $1,000. Part
Of this Indebtedness run back more
than five years. The board, after pay
ing up this debt found there was but
$500 left Of the appropriation Of $500