The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-16
SHEA SAID POLICE
WOULD RUIN NASH

whom he comes in contact. lie told you
| the truth so far as he could and not IN
| ture Victorine. himself or those at the
| front IN Providence. He admitted that
| the police would try 10 defame a man 5
| character Shea stuck his foot In IT,.
He wanted TO do a friendly act for
| friend at the front. II any one In the
police department wanted TO get at Nash
| could they have had a better line OF com
munication than this friend OF the police
department In Fall River? Nash had
representative there. We have estab-
lished at Fall River the agencies OF both
Mr. Nash and the police department.
Mash was dragged into this thing. He
was ready 10 listen TO any way OF non
orably getting out Of IL.
Now Nash gives you the whole truth.
victorine tells you all except that which
would inujure his friend Shea, and Shea
everything but that which would injure
him and his friends at the front in Provi-
dence.
Now the 4th item: Nashs manager in
Hartford tells him OF the fact that man
had been there TO tell him before the
2d of May that there was warrant out
for him Before Nash went away there
was the Springfield AFFAIR. Stebbins m mad
been here. lie had been stirred up. Inc
warrant he bore, warrant OF four years
standing, bore the verdure or spring.
"Some one in this department on behalf
OF Chief Matthews, not the board mem
bers. had shown the greatest .ectivity In
regard 10 Nash's record. don't know
whether the chief Is responsible or some
| body else Talk about the power OF TINS
| department. Gentlemen. they have not
| only gone through this state but outside
New England and into Pennsylvania, i
| think we have also been Informed OF Mr:
Nash's birthplace. He has been born and
| think my friend in the corner could say
Now we come 10 Guild. The only
thing Judge Lyman didn't introduce was
| the testimony OF some physicians that
| MIR. Nash was not OF sound mind. This
man was afraid! Hadn't he known these
| things for weeks and did he budge2 lie
| did. not. Let us see what he actually did.
He had had time TO ponder. TO confer
| with friends. There is nothing TO show
| that he intended 10 leave the city. The
rumor that he Intended 10 leave the city
I 1nt1mHtrUn We nHn I brttrvr II originated
right here and that the wish was father
| to the thought.
He was summoned on May and he
| appeared here during the whole day and
| held himself in readiness TO be called.
How dared you do IT," turning to Mr.
| Nash. 'when the chief had shown his
| power and closed your flower stand when
thugs had followed you and your wife
| for weeks, when the chief OF police of
| Springfield came here with n warrant3
Yet he did" said he. turning again t. to
| tended TO come back. He said so. He
| teiephoned 20 Hartford and arranged for
Woods TO come here on Thursday. DO
you think be wanted his friend 10 come
hare and. witness his disappearance? He
did exactly what you or / would have
I! done.
! At II o'clock. May 2, he got the tele-
phone call from Mr.. Guild. Two hours
! later there is such change that II can
be explained I'm no other way than by the
fact he says he got from Mr.. Guild.
| : While the arguments were being
/ a.. .l-. H..
out OF a window with one arm, his
right, over the back OF his chair, and
his head resting upon another hand
| Chairman Luther lay back In his
chair, his hands clasped in front of
him Commissioner Pierce sat with
leegs well extended. leaning back In
his chair and both hands grasping the
sides OF his chair. when they were
not tightly folded across his chest
"Now say Mr.. Nash himself has said
that Shea didn't terrify him, nor yet
those men whofollowed him; he pock-
eted his $3.50 loss on the flowers. Bal
what Il was that terrified him wa;
what he learned after leaving his home
at II o'clock on the night of May ?
He was forced from the city wholly
solely, by what Mr. Guild had tolt
him, building on what had gone he
fore. Everything Nash has tor
about that Crown hotel talk fits II
like a perfect mosaic. IL came L
that point where something had (,
be done. The police department ha'
TO send you 20 Cranston. or you na'
10 be gotten out OF the way. I don
! care where the first impulse cam
from.
. mir. Nash's story Is written all owe
with truth In big letters. do no
? know Mr.. Guild but Il is unfortunat
T | and / repeat again Deliver me fror
2 | gxgo I n =
my enemies.
= Mr. Guild has told the truth so IN
8 as he can 20 protect his friends. III
has gone the pace that was set tu
o him. lie has put himself into he
u position and all 10 defend n friend. III
4 was unwittingly drawn into mat
- ter concerning which he had no Inter
q est whatever. And nine times out {
q 10 the part he played never woul
10 have been made known TO the publ
3 lie took the chance and IL turne
4 against him.
Here he apostrophized the chief "b'
: cause you. too. Mr.. Chief. have bee
y injured by your friends he said
u lie ridlculed Guilds assertion that
:. left his own home 10 tell Nash about tn
police rimor. "Why could not the ma
" Ter which the man who sat at the hearin
q had communicated 90 him by phone.
u communicated TO Mr.. Nash by phone
ne asked "A midnight interview u
e with no one ovcrhcaring, a change In
II tyo<itIon when he was seen by detective
y a further talk on Weybosset street. Do
Z. all OF this look like the sole burden
u his talk with Nash was TO advise hi
: not TO leave the city7 All that he cou
y remember OF the conversation would n
y take five minutes. Still he was there
e hour What transpired In that timer
'i Here he emphasized Guilds attempt
y hide part Of the conversation at the hot
d and Mr. Bakers advice go him To tell {
Is whole truth. Mr.. Guild. Don't conce
'e anything"
y. Then he said: Now. gentlemen, u isi
10 necessary 90 20 over the statements N
le Nash has made regarding that Int
ID view at the Crown hotel Every wtno
- has corroboratod everything he has sal
ID excert this man Guild. who had frien
- 20 protest"
~ Here Mr Gross interioctcd that "tho
IN wa no reason why Guild should strive
ie protcct me-" and witness said II W
A. made plain that Mr.. Pierce was refcrr