Middlesex County Newspaper Abstracts


The Arlington Advocate, 4 November 1898

POLICE COURT
After a considerable period of watching, the police have captured the boys responsible for several burglaries recently committed in the center, and they appear in Court today. Sunday night, Arthur Densmore, 14, Herbert H. Lesley, 10, and John Pendergast Jr., 12, entered the store of Mr. P. T. Hendricks through a basement window in the rear, and stole several pairs of rubber boots. This they did so cleverly that they escaped the notice of the officer on the beat; but while passing through Cambridge, about two o'clock in the morning, they encountered an officer who wanted them to give an account of themselves, and out of this investigation came an identification of the thieves and the property. When closely questioned by Chief Harriman they admitted having been responsible for other thefts.
A tragedy in dog life was enacted on the center crossing Monday morning. Mr. Frank P. Winn's dog, Dan, being the victim. The 8.07 train from Boston caught the poor fellow on the track and the body was severed in two. Dan was a favorite and no man was better known than he at the center. His special delight was to follow the fire department and he will be missed by the department stationed at the Broadway Hose House.
Submitted by dja

The Arlington Advocate, 11 November 1898

POLICE COURT
The juvenile burglars captured last week who confessed to breaking into the stores in Swan's Block and other felonies, were in court at Cambridge last Friday. The Densmore boy was returned to the Lyman School, from which he was not long ago released on probation, the case of the Lesley boy was continued until December, while the Pendergast boy, implicated only in earlier breaks, was turned over to his parents on their promise to look after him and see that he attended school regularly.
Submitted by dja

1898 Newspaper Abstracts
Middlesex County Massachusetts

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All rights to the pages found within this site are retained by the original submitter of the information. Pages may be printed or copied for personal use only. They may NOT be reproduced in any form in whole or in part by any individual or organization for profit.