The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-03
OLNEYvILLE
Fell Among Thieves-Crowd Here a
Record Breaker-She Was Broke. {"
Thrown From His HOrse-Death
of Little Boy-General Mention.

young man giving his name as James
Smith, and said that he was employed at
Rocky Point. called at the Chaffee street
police station this morning and SAID that
he had fallen among thieves and his con-
dition warranted the statement for he
was barefocted. He said that he met three
young men in the square, and after ''en-
tertaining" them they asked him to some
10 their home and spend the rest of the
night. They led him up Hartford avenue
and sat down on the grass, and as he
Smith, had had a rather strenuous day
ne soon went 10 sleep and when he awoke
this morning found that he was IS. pair
OF shoes and a pair of stockings shy. He
was fitted up with pair OF shoes and
stockings and an effort will be made to
find the &c.
WAS A RECORD BREAKER.
Never In the history OF Olneyville were
there so many people on the square as
there was last evening TO witness the inn
posing electrical parade, and the crowd
was good natured In the extreme, which
left but little for the large force OF mount
ed and foot men Of the police department
to do. The parade last evening was al
most all that Olneyville got or will get of
the Old Home Week celebration. and this
caused more than one business man TO
say that no one should make any attempt
TO wipe Olneyville from the map, for
she has public library. a bank, tee-
graph office. "A telephone station. an ex-
press office and in fact anything that
full fiedged city has got, and her citizens
are thrifty and law-ahding citizens, as
the records OF the Chaffee street police
station will show, for more than three
quarters OF the arrests made are non
residents.
SHE WAS BROKE
The patrolmen about olneyville square
were called into a chop suey factory" at
an early hour this morning by the screa m
or young woman. who used such words
as Murder! etc. The young woman
had been served with portion OF chop
suey, but appeared to be without funds.
and this started the racket She was
placed on car bound for the city and
politely requested not to call i'm this part
OF the state again
WERE BOYS TOGETHER.
John Bryant. county commissioner OF
New Bedford, Mass. a man who has rep
resented that city in most every capacity
| from state senator and has, according to
the statement OF his friends always found
him to be true blue Is the guest of his
old crony, Patrolman p J. Sullivan. of
the Chaffee street station. In their
younger days Messrs. Bryant and Sullivan
were stone cutters and were workmen to-
gether.
John Gormley, who for many years has !.
been the superintendent OF the Manton 1
| mills has resigned that position, and IL is
understood, for the purpose Of becoming
member Of the firm of the c. L. Bland
Ing Manufacturing company Uncorporat-
| ed. whose plant Is on Manton avenue,
near Aleppo street. Mr.. Gormley has been
connected with the Manton mills for
many years, working his way up from
position OF dresser TO superintendent.
PERHAPS HE LOST 1T.
| A well-known Back Bay resident had
the members of his family ND bright ann
early this morning 10 search for $l2
which he claimed he lost, but his better
| half intimated that he had been just a
little too flip" with his money before he
came home for neither hide nor hair Of
the sl2 could be found in the house.
LOOK BAD FOR A WHILE.
A grass fire in front of the Brown es
tate at the head OF Westminster hill, OPP
posite Messer street, caused considerable
excitement yesterday afternoon, which
for few moments threatened to do con-
siderable damage, but the clerks for M.
II. Corrigan's drug store with the assist
ance of the occupants of the house. sue
ceeded in beating the blaze out without
calling on the fire department.
THROWN FROM HIS HORSE.
Timothy Kelleher. secretary OF Provi-
dence aerie OF Eagles who was acting az
one of the aids for the big street demon
stration yesterday was thrown from his
horse on Broadway. but was not much
injured. He was assisted into Fuller's
drug store by Patrolman Dessault OF the
Chaffee street station and from there
taken to his home, 722 Atwells avenue, in
one OF the ambulances that followed the
parade.
RED MEN DID THEIR SHARE.
Woonasquatucket tribe OF Red Men OF
this place made an excellent showing in
the splendid street demonstration yester-
day, and among those who took a prom
inent part we're Sachem Edward Garvey,
Senior Sycamore Walter Wyman: Junior
Sycamore T. Melon, Prophet James Len
non. Mystery Men Mathew Kelly and
William Fish
DEATH FROM DIPHTHERIA
Henry Golumbesky. the little son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Anthony Golumbesky Of IS Lena
street died at the Rhode Island hospital
this morning from diphtheria. The little
fellow was taken to that institution yes
terday, but the physicians were unable TO
save his life. He was particularly bright
boy and was quite favorite among those
who resided in the vicinity where he
lived. .
GONE TO SPRINGFIELD.
Mr. George Bottomley. assistant fore
man OF the dyeing department at the
Manton mills, with his wife ard two
children, left their home at lis Laurel
hill avenue this morning for Springfield,
Mass. where they will be met by Mr..
Bottomly's brother n-law, Mr.. j. Il. VIII
son and from there will go to Holyoke In
an automobile. where they will spend a
two weeks vacation.
WILL TENDER HIM A RECEPTION.
St Theresas Institute. which is COM
posed of young men OF 81. Theresa
Catholic church on Manton avenue are
arranging TO tender Col NJ. j. Degnan
reception. Monday evening. Mr.. Degnan
and his daughter. Mary, have Just re-
turned from an extended European tour
A LITTLE GIRL AND A MATCH.
The nre department was called TO the
home OF Charles ONeil, II Amherst street
yesterday afternoon. by an alarm from
box 226. The blaze was confined TO
clothes press and was started by the lit
tie daughter OF Mr.. O'Neil going into the