Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-10
PLIGHT OF A. c. MASON.
The Present Situation In Boston's
Strange ".slugger' Case.
O0L0RED LADS CONFESSION.
hOunE George Perry Says He Re-
ceived From Man In Cambridge
Watches of Victims, Which He
Pawned-POlice Reticent.

Boston. Nov. 10.--The strange case
involving the murder of two young
women, Agnes McThee and Clara A.
Morton, and the murderous assaults
on many others is now step nearer
solution, for the police were given the
custody of the young man who sold or.
as he thought, pawnea the watches
Which were taken by the SO called
Jack the Slugger" from the bodies OF
his victims.
The person in custody is light com
pleXioned negro eighteen years of age
His name is George l.. 0. Perry. He
mas confessed that he received the
watches which he sold from Il man in
central square. Cambridge. lie has
given the name of this man to the
police. but the latter refuse to state
whether or not he gave the name of
Alan q. Mason. the prominent Boston
man who is under detention at the
MiddleseX county Jail in Cambridge
on the charge of having murdered
Miss Clara A. Morton.
The Mason Theory.
While the statement of the boy
clears Mason of having been the man
who personally pawned the watches
still there was nothing in the boys
statement which either disapproved or
confirmed the theory that Mason was
the one who gave him the watches to
pawn.
The police were very reticent as to
What further statements were made
Vy Perry, but there have been rumors
that he had said that the man was a
white man.
The detention of Perry came through
the Boston Children's Aid society and
Immediately through two of it's Off
Gals. Charles w. Birtwell and Samuel
G. Lawrence.
These men We're led to believe thai
the handwriting of young negro
whom they knew through the work of
the society was similar to that con
tanned on the cards filed out by the
man who sold the stolen watches. The
state police Were called in. The young
man, who proved to be Perry. was
found. and later he confessed to having
taken the watches from man in
Cambridge, one Il month ago, just aft
er the murder Of Miss McPhee, and the
second last Sunday, the day following
that upon which Miss Morton was
murdered in Waverly. At first the
young man denied that he had ever
sold a watch, but later made a state
ment. which was taken down by ste
nographer. The boy was then turned
over to Chief Wade of the state polices
and later Officers Letteney and Proctor
removed him to the Cambridge police
headquarters
The Boys Statement.
The boy in his statement says that
he met the man. whose name is not
disclosed. in Central square, Cam
bridge, about four weeks ago.
After some conversation they began
to talk about watches, and the man
gave the boy a small watch. Perry
pawned it with Nemser and. meeting
the man again, gave him 70 cents OF
the proceeds. A week ago Perry met
him again. as he says, accidentally.
and again the man showed a watch.
Perry says the man seemed anxious to
get rid of it, so he took it and pawned
it with Nemser, getting 50. He says he
has not seen the man since.
The boy is evidently most valuable
witness, and the police are using every
endeavor to shield him from outside
parties.
The detention of Perry was the main
feature of the day, although a Somer-
vile car conductor stated that Mason
was ON his car a week ago Saturday
night about Or shortly after the time
Miss Morton was murdered.
Mason will have a hearing in the
Cambridge district court Tuesday.