Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-05
SENSATION IN BOSTON
Alan g. MAses. Ciutn1n, AeeCsed cf
AssziliEg Macy Wsnsa.
Arrested In E~@n@GtfGn WftS flfgr@ a
Ngrd~rsm. ts.mwsts Thar Have
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Dmri@x R-e~nt M@xtks-

Eess-Gm- S0w. SIN eD--errs11 with
tae zfteen Eaurss4-csas assault esssa.
whseA hare o1ezr-e.3 In Cambridge.
Esro0sE5Ese a1sg .srE@rville within the
gsas4 fer nseata. two ~ which AlaFe
resulted fatally. rhe STATE E-eaiee during
1ae ,4y arrested sk2a q. Mas@sa Of
B<ssso.l- & well En0wn and wealth.
ssgs..gse-rs gazssn. lg4e-1k@s II TIE LlaGo
E@zn4fAeEgriEl2 1rEl 81 Mason * Ham
In. 2 ysG1Eillsrzr dub member and Z
Harvard graduate. TIE pgllee SUSPECT
fror1 =vlsIe2es- gn their LANDS thzE 3.T-
Mason has 8%-s.E 5sYv~gyF-t in near. AZ
11e Gases referred 10. as TIE eIreEEa
STANCES ~ esea4 bare h--~14 very similar
and tbe weapon in each 50 peculiar as
20 have 6es.El Hs5abE@ feature.
Mr.. Mason wa taaes. .Efo CUSTODY III
faI- E10t1@Ts 4olne Oh Newbgry STREET
lie made 10 objection Int soc0I1ssa-
riesl IT, ot1eeF@ 10 headquarters al ts4e
st4Eehozls< 0n tbe w&y il Is sad that
Mr. Mason admitted 70 Inc officers that
1e was ia S<JE4eryilfe q the night On
which Miss &fcfAee wzs fatally In
5lrssL ~ tke state police Office Mr..
Mason was subjected 10 searching ex-
animation.
The prisoner Is 2frgur tAlrry-nine
years Of age. He is the son Of the
founder Of the lr-n Of Mason II Ham
lin. organ and piano manufacturers
lie WAS graduated from Harvard in
49, and entered rhe firrE Of which his
father was the head Mental troubles
Developed within few Years Of his
graduation, and be Went 70 the Nc
Lean asylum for treA tment. After
time he showed improvement and left
the Institution. 4 second time il b.
came necessary for him 10 return but
he soon got better. In 1901, howeyeA
symptoms U3ore serious than ary pre-
v!ous ones developed and his mother
and brother found it unsafe to be with
him a, their Newbi1ry street home.
Threatened His Relatives.
He tad ttrea tened both his mother
and brother ard petition was filed in
the probate court before Judge Nckim
10 have him sent away on the ground
Of insanity. Dr. Jelly and his associ-
ate, Or. Dewey put the man under Oh
seYyation- and upon their testimony
Mason was sent to Waverly for the
third time. The man himself protested
against the injustice and said that be
was what he called perfectly sane and
N-r.7lA ~
bic while he was there. He stayed six
months. Since then he has been free
and has been stock taker at the Ma.
son Il Hamlin organ factory at Cam
bridge.
The accused man has a mother and
three brothers. Edward Palmer Ma
son. Henry Lowell Mason and Daniel
Gregory Mason He is a cousin Of John
Mason. the well known actor While
in college Mason displayed pro-
nounced musical taste and was presi-
dent of the glte club. He was also an
athlete 81 some note.
The peculiar assault cases which
have ierroriZed Cambridge and vicinity
as well as other sections trgan last
June. During the summer there were
half 9 dozen victims Of an unknown
assailani. each Of which was struck
down and heat with a blunt instru-
ment. Early IN October Miss Agnes
McPhee was assaulted in Somerville,
and she died from her injuries Later
an iron furnace wrench was found
and fixed upon as the weapon used
During the month eight other cases fol
lowed. the last Of which occurred last
Saturday night. when Clara A. Morton
a laundress at the Mclean asylum.
was accosted on the grounds Of that in
stifution and beaten witt, a blunt in
strument Miss Morton died Saturday
night.