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Vol. VI. No. 7 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1908. 
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UPzTOzDATE BURGLAR 
Drinks Wine and Smokes Cigars, then Jumps Wall 20 feet to the Ground. 
Manchester had a burglar scare Thurs- 
day night, but as far as can be ascertained 
the would-be burglar escaped with noth- 
ing more than the contents of a bottle of 
wine, a gill or two of whiskey, and after 
he had smoked four good cigars. 
The scene of the excitement was the 
summer cottage of the Walter J. 
Mitchells at Manchester Cove. Owing 
tothe good work of the caretaker, Joseph 
Katen, and the prompt actions of Chief 
of Police Peabody the burglar was in- 
terrupted in his work before he had pro- 
ceeded far. 
Before 3 o’clock Mr. Katen noticed 
tracks leading up to the house which at- 
tracted his suspicions, especially so as 
he could not find where the tracks led 
away from the house again. He later 
telephoned to the police and Chief Pea- 
body took the 5.15 train for Magnolia 
and was soon at the house. Meanwhile 
the chauffeur, Fred Southergreen, with 
a rifle; William Roberts. the coachman, 
with a revolver, and a young man living 
at the Cove had surrounded the house. 
The Chief and Mr. Katen entered the 
basement while the others kept guard 
~ without. 
They passed from the basement to the 
first floor and the first thing to attract 
their attention was the fact that a small 
closet near the front door of the house, 
was locked, but there was no key either 
on the outside or inside, and they passed 
on through the house and up stairs to the 
attic. 
In the attic traces of his presence were 
found in the butt ends of two cigars, an 
almost empty bottle of wine and a bottle 
of whiskey, the contents of which had 
also been investigated by the visitor. 
They were looking around for further 
evidence of a visit when they heard shots 
on the outside and it was later found that 
the burglar had broken the shutter off the 
window in the little closet down stairs 
and had escaped. He was seen by one 
of the three men watching and the others 
were quickly notified with the result that 
the fellow was persued by all. 
He jumped over a wall, some twenty 
feet tothe ground on the back side of 
the house and escaped to the highway 
down over the hill, but not until four 
shots from the weapons carried by the 
coachman and chauffeur had been sent 
in his direction. ‘The fellow left his cap 
behind, —the only thing with which to 
identify him. He wore no overcoat, 
and was a man of medium build. 
Later in the evening a man was seen 
on University lane, with bare head, and 
from the description, the police think it 
was the same man. 
Yesterday morning in following up 
the tracks of the burglar a pin and a pair 
of gloves that he had dropped in running 
were found, but it is known that he did 
not take away anything of value. 
LINCOLN’S DAY 
Observed in Manchester by Exercises in 
G. A. R. Hall. 
Lincoln's Birthday was recognized in 
Manchester this week by exercises at all 
the schools on Wednesday and by ex- 
ercises in G. A. R. hall Thursday even- 
ing, in charge of Allen Relief corps. 
The latter was a semi-public affair and 
the little hall was crowded, the program 
presented being of an especially interest - 
ing nature. 
Mrs. J. S. Reed, president of the 
corps, presided, and on her right and 
left, respectively, were Commanders 
Enoch Crombie of the post, and Fred 
K. Swett of the camp. Mrs. Seddie 
Follett, patriotic instructor of the corps, 
had charge of the exercises. The first 
number was singing by all, ‘‘ The 
Battle Cry of Freedom.’’ 
Continued on page 35 
WEST BEACH CORPORATION. 
Some Facts of Interest Connected with West Beach, One of the Most 
Popular Spots Along the North Shore, 
In view of the fact that the annual 
meeting of the West Beach corporation 
—-the Beverly Farms’ town meeting—is 
to be held at Beverly Farms next Mon- 
day evening, and inasmuch as West 
Beach is probably used to a greater ex- 
tend and by more people in the summer 
months than any other beach along the 
North Shore, the following facts in _re- 
gard to the property and the corporation 
which owns it might be of interest to a 
big proportion of BREEZE readers. 
The West Beach corporation property 
is located at Beverly Farms, and the 
West Beach corporation was incorpor- 
ated by an act of the Massachusetts Leg- 
islature in the year 1852, it being a grant 
from John West to the people living 
within that portion of Beverly known as 
the West Farms, which portion embraces 
all of that part of Beverly east of a 
straight line at Pride’s Crossing running 
through the estates of Miss K. P. Lor- 
ing and Judge W. H. Moore to the sea. 
The West Beach corporation was 
created so that there might be a place for 
boating, bathing, the gathering of drift 
stuff, etc. , by the inhabitants residing with- 
in the district. 
In the natural order of events and es- 
pecially within the last few years there 
has come a material change in almost 
everything connected with the property, 
as formerly the property was simply cer- 
tain upland, beach and flats, used as a 
general rule by fishermen and farmers 
and with but few buildings; - today, ow- 
ing to the increase of population a con- 
siderable portion of the upland and some 
portions of the beach are utilized for 
buildings, they being practically all bath 
houses, many and varied in size and 
style; to such an extent has the property 
become a boating and bathing resort that 
it has become congested and it will be 
necessary in the near future to provide 
better facilities, especially with the idea 
of utilizing the property in such a man- 
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