The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-01
0LNEYVILLE.
Sherlock Family Narrowly Es-
capped Death al Boyden Heights
Busy Month for Police. ..BIan.
ketS Recovered. Pretty window
Olneyville branch of the Providence
News at Heffernans New Store. l5
Hartford avenue. Telephone 40-West.

John b. Sherlock his wife and three
children had a very narrow escape from
serious injuries ard that none of them
was killed is looked upon as a miracle.
Yesterday Mr.. Sherlock, who for a num-
Der of years has been employed by the
Providence Apron and Coat Supply COM
pany on MARVIN street. drove to Boy
den Heights with consignment of goods
for the many employees of that place.
and with the consent of the company
took his wife and children with him.
On starting for home his horse shied al
the Flying Swings and instead of going
ahead, the horse began to back" I'm so
doing the outfit went over ten-foot bank
Mr.. Sherlock. his wife and two Of the
children were pulled out from under the
heavy wagon and his little daughter was
pulled out from under the feet of the
horse, which did not make a move after
IL fen.
The condition OF the little girl was the
most dangerous, for had the horse. which
lay on its side. began to thrash about the
little one would have been killed
As it were all were more or less bruised,
none seriously
BUSY MONTH.
June was one OF the busiest months in
the history OF the Chaffee Street Po-
lice station, there having been ITO ar
rests, 81 OF which were for drunkenness,
8 assaults. | defacing a building, 6 petty
larceny; ! grand larcey, non-support.
! held for the oVerSeer Of the poor I for
probation officer, revelling. | safe keep
ing. l sturdy beggar, : suspicious per-
sons. | throwing missiles at passing
trains, | throwing glass IN the street, and
for violation ~ city ordinances
or tho amount reported stolen StSS ~
has been recovered The officials OF tho
Chanee street station. hy this report
shows that every officer has been attend
ing to his duty and no small portion of
the credit Is due 10 tho work of petec-
tive Mcguire.
During the month Lieutenant Tyler has
been on duty night and dav. owing to the
Illness OF Captain Rove and tho citizens
OF the district have hut little conception
OF tho amount Of work that must he pre-
pared by this officer In preparing the
cases for the Police and Sixth District
court, In securing witnesses. etc.
Tho showing is an excellent one and
most successful one, as we'll as not one
OF the 10 cases have been lost by the Of
ficials
BLANKETS ARE SAFE.
James Armstrong was taken into Gus
tody last evening on a charge Of stealing
two army blnKets from Francis CORN
lev OF 81 Bergen street. Tho story goes
that Armstrong sold the blankets TO Mr.
Gormlcy some time ago, and yesterday
Armstrong called at the Mr.. Gormley's
home and told Mr.. Gormleys sister that
Gornley had sent him. Armstrong. after
the blankets
Miss Gormlcy CAV" them to Armstrong
when Mr. Gornley came home nj night
his sister told him of tho incident
\ little later Armstrong was arrested
hut would not tell whore the blankets
we're, but last evening Detective Mcguire
went out on still hunt aud returned
with iher. bar this not known to Arm
strong, Nhp tbs polire thought would