Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-01
When The Boys Had to Say
 Farewell to. Friends
MOTHERS AND SISTERS WEPT

And Chung to Their Own to the Last
 There Was a Large Throng at the
 Depot to Get 8 Last Look at the
 Youthful Fellows Who Were Led
 Astray.
 The scenes at the depot yesterday af-
 ternoon as the eight boys who were sentenced to jail for ten months for conspiracy to assault a car crew on the Waterville line last February were
 leaving for jail were extremely pathet- ic. Their friends and relatives had gathered by the score to see them off, and though many affecting scenes have taken place at the Naugatuck de- pot none were so much so as those of yesterday afternoon. When the Span- ish war was in full swing and re-
 cruits for the army were leaving here
 every day by the score, many heart
 rending sights were daily witnessed
 at the depot, but the sorrow on those
 occasions had different cry. Glory
 or fame or a soldiers grave awaited the recruits, but the jail was at the end
 of the boys short Journey.
 The verdict of guilty seemed to have spread through the city like magic. Scarcely soul attended the final scenes in court, indicating what little interest was taken in the case.
 But half an hour after the verdict ! was given the entrance to the court
 house was thronged and hundreds started for the Naugatuck depot to l catch last glimpse of the boys as they would leave on the 4:4O train for | New Haven. The boys were in the custody Of half dozen sheriffs to pro- l tect them from the great surging throng that threatened to sweep away | the depot. The walls and lamenta- hons of women were heard above the | clamor and racket of the big crowd, | the orders of policemen and sheriffs. l Annie Quinn, sister of the two of the accused of that name, was hysterical l at dimes, and it was feared she would become faint and drop, in which case she would be in danger of being | trampled by the throng. Mrs Thorpe | mother of Charles. was inconsolable, and with all mothers love for her boy she chung to him to the last mo- l ment when it was almost necessary to l tear her away. The women friends
 and relatives of the youthful prisoners, the scapegoats of older heads, the cats paws of others who had not the cour- age to do their dastardly deeds alone, made scenes that will not be forgotten ! by the railroad officials for some time. Yet through it all the boys main tained a manly behavior and never by | the slightest indication told the emo AT,n+ 1,x1 p& lf1nfrs
 hearts. When they were conveyed to the cells in the court house they quailed for 8 time. The verdict was so unexpected by them, they had been so unprepared for anything like 1t, that they were actually astounded, and when Miss Quinn gave vent to an outburst of tears that commanded the
 attention of the court for a moment,
 not one of them turned his head to see the cause of the uproar.
 As they filed out of the room boy friend was at the door and clasped the hand of each-as he passed. But not one of them uttered word From
 that time until they left on the train they were surrounded by sheriffs and friends and relatives. It was relief
 to all when. the train started.
 Notice of appeal to the supreme court has been filed. but as such step is attended with considerable expense the case may not be taken to that ex- treme.
 It was a remarkable case, and, as Judge Wheeler said in his charge to the jury, a far different case from that of the eight strikers. Almost all through it the court ruled against the defense and. as was well known
 among lawyers, when the evidence of the boys given in the city court. to-
 gether with their statements to Judge
 Burpee, Detective Dodds and Detec- tive Rogers, were admitted as evil dence, the defense practically threw up their hands. for that point was the
 battle ground of their case.
 And when, again, the defense was
 overruled in their objection to admit tins Thorpe's statement to the jury room. all hope was given up for the boys. This was not said then. It was known nevertheless, and it is ad- mitted now. That was the last prop to any hope of escape for the boys. for it was the only one of the contes- sions that was signed. With that be- fore their eyes 1t was, it is now said, impossible for the jury to come to any other conclusion but that which they reached. Nevertheless. sympathy IS with the boys. Even officers Of the court sympathiZe for them and the1r people.
 One of the attorneys for the defense said that their work in the case was not paid for not even cent did they receive. and that the prime motive in tying the boys tongues in the case of the strikers was the opinion of their comrades and neighbors. All of the labor unions fiocked to the assistance of the strikers, he said. There was plenty of money to contest that case, but in the case of the boys all the ex- pense was borne by the attorneys, and the expense of taking 1t to the supreme court will also be borne by them.
 There seems to be misunderstand- ing about the matter of fees, for 1t was said by one in way to know that