Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 2, 1912, Page 6

Jury Fails to Agree In Case of -~ Valley Street Railway Decreed Insolvent — Brother Against Brothers Wins In dings—Local Quarry Gets Providence Contract Soon after the superior court opened W may morning, the jury in the case of Dr. Edwin A. Lewis against the town of Westerly reported through their foreman inability to agree upon | a verdict, The jury was then dis-| charged by Judge George T. Brown. The vote stood 9 to 3 for defendant. Attorney Everett A. Kingsley pro sented the petition of the Pawcatuck Valley Street Railway company, leas- ed by the Norwich & Westerly Trac- tion com) representing that the Pawcat: Valley company was in-| solvent and asked that it be decreed | igsolvent by the court. Attorney Crafts. counsel for George E. Cham-! plin, who bas a judgment of $15,000 against the company for injuries To- celved, made technical objections, which’ were nt sustained. Judge mu ed the company to be and issued a decree to that offect. A second decrse was issued, referring the entire matter to Attor- mey Harry B. Agard, standing regis- ter for Washingion county. A jury was then empaneled, with J. Frank Segar of Westeriy as fore- man, for the trial of the case of Thomas W. Mathewson against his , brothers, Herbert 1. and Syria W. * Mathewson, and the Mathewson com- pany, which involved the ownership of land and buiidings at Narragansett Pier, There were three adjoining lots | in dispute, one of which is known as the Spring lot, with pumping station | that furnishes water for the Mathew- | mon hotel and on another lot is a dwelling house which serves as dor- mitary for employes of the hotel Thomes W, Mathewson, the plaintiff, testified that he had in his posses. sion a deed of the property frofl his was exeruted in 1902, This deed was put In evidence, as was also deeds showing the transfer of | the property by his father to Willlam | tc H. Taylor and then to mother of wit ness. He also presented a document, | showing that he had given his mother a iife lease o rty after it had been to him, His mother died and he testified that he had nveyed the prop- erty to anyome. In response to que Olney, counsel for defendants, who olaimed the property by adverse pos etasion, the witness said that the deed ‘was executed at his mother's home in | North Kingstown, was delivered the #ume day and that he paid the $10 consideration specified in the deed, and at the same time the life lease of the property was n Mrs. Mathewson, He came into possession of the doc ments at this time, except the life lease, which came (0 his possession on the death of his mother F said Rhis mother's was 1o spend | w summers al Narragansett Pier and winters at North Kingstown. He said he had never seen his moth- r in personal possession of the prop- erty, fut that she did possession by title. He had been with his father on the prope: His father was for many vears owner Mathewson at his brotbers, Syria empioyed at the he president or vice presid thewson company si and manager of the Narragansett Pler d Everett, and were ton, but' he had never given notice to the sompam he held deed of the property in dispute, but he had told the falt to his br He sald his mother never paid on the life lease. Witness said that In 1910 he went to “Just Say’ | HORLICK’'S | It Means Original and Genuine MALTED MILK TM Food-drink for All More healthful than Tea or Coffee. Agrees with the weakest dlgabom Delicious, invigorating and nutritious, | Rich milk, malted grain, powde: form, | Apckllxiprmmdm-mmnux Take no substitute, Ask for HORLICK’S, | P Others are imitations. ‘-' : RECORD OFA GREAT MEDICINE Doctors Could Not Help Mrs. Templeton —Regained Health through Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound. Hooper, Nebraska. —“T am very glad L)dinE.P:n ran[x;:\' getable Comj has helpedme. Forfive years 1 n;:::ifrom (e‘;nalu troubles so I was scarcely able to domy work. 1 took doc- tors’ medicines used local treatments but was not heiped. I had such awful bearing down pains and my back was so weak I could hardly walk and could not xide. 1often had to sit up nights tosleep and my friends thought I could not live At my request my husband got mes bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg- etable Compound and I commenced to take it. By the time I had taken the seventh bottle my health had returned and I began doing my washing and wes a wei woman. Atone time for three weeks 1 did all the work for eighteen boarders ‘with no signs of my old trouble return- Many have taken your medicine i seeing what it did for me. Iwould pot take $1000 and be where I was. Ym; ission to use my name i :':mw anyone.”’—Mrs. SUSIE TEMe pLETON, Hocper, Nebraska. ‘ThePinkham record isa proud and peer less one. It is & record of constant vie- over the obstinate ills of woman—ills that deal out despair. It is an established fact that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegets- ‘ble Compound has re- stored health to thou- sands of such suffer- women. Why don’t you try itif you peedsucha medicine? Lewis Vs. Town—Pawcatuck Mathewson Hotel Suit—Wed- Narragansett Pier with his counsel, ldredge, to take possession but that his brothers imed ownership of the property. Dverett told of building an art an well, repairing buildings and the premises, So far as knew none hut his brothers claimed ssion over him and they had used property since 1905, as did his fa- ther while managing the hotel prop- t the time of visitation of witness, his broth that he was in po erty ang claimed ownership, improving h The plaintiff witn fer deeds had been since 1902, but tha ed u 1 1910. He tion that his father was in litigation ry line and that if the recorded the witness would to meat the expense of Iitigation said the trans- n his_possession it was not record. gave as explana- ve which was being horne by the grantee. He sald his father retired from the rotel management in 1897, but that he did not give Syria and Eve of the comp; the business over to t. Though an officer iy, witness said he had nothing to do with the management of hotel the He said he was never con- d whatever he suggested was wn, 2 to 1, so he dropped out. john R. Wilcox, sheriff of Washing- on county, testified to serving notice on defenc to vacate the premises. The notice was served September 30, Syria W. Mathewson testified that his father was manager for many years of the Mathewson on the ocean front at Narragansett Pier and that he had been in the hotel business at that place since 1868. In 1897, the business was turned over to him and his brother Everett by his d the father had nothing o hotel thereafter, and t in dispute was always hotel _Dbusiness. was deeded to his ver took possession and had never seen her on the prop- now in dispute. She died in 1910 s never in possession. Witness brother Everett ieen In ession since 1897, had repaired the buildir dug wells and pald for in- surance and the taxes. The miother s told of these bills coming in and | old her that as the witness ald the bills they would operty, She made no ob- jections, Witness smd no one had ciaimed posseesion of the property until suit was brought Ly his brother, Thom: He said that Thomas was never de- | privi n the eWSon com- He orked for a salary had ed v lis father managed the hotel, | but since en he and his brother Everett had income “from (he hotel but had no regular saiary aft- ither’s death. L. Mathewson was the next estimony was corrob- witn, orative of his brother Syria, At the conclusion of the argliments Judge Brown stated that the defend- ants had fa ate the to return and ordered a verdict for the the jury plaintiff, The only other cases to be tried at the Westerly session of the court will be the two brousht Concettini Grilis ¢ the York, New | Haven tford Railroad Co. ad | agair lefendant and Natalie | Bonvenut case is for tresp. on prope to he owned ¢ Mrs, ( ¢ other is for erec ding on the premi e tried together. A rmed, covasel for that the jurors be t the | ses in or- ¢ ¢ ght bave more intel- | e ersta of the evidence to | Juest was grant- ceeded in he preliminary evidence of surveys | s were introduced, and the | . k continued at the ng rt at 9.30 this (Thurs- | ) morning, H Victor Gervasini and Miss Esther Josephine Catto, daushter of Mr. and | L Jehn Catto, were married at a | ma N e ( of the [ fon, by Rev, Peter | 1 1O | attendan were | | A New York and liss e (at smaids, and Mr G el, matron of hone and FFaverio of W erly and Frank i of New York, best men. The wer ere Miss Jose ne Croci | Zilss Marion Bervasini. Thera | was ception and dinner at the | the bride's_parents, and Mr. Gervasini left on the 10.08 n on their wedding trip. They will de in W rly. Miss May inez Whitten, daughter and Mrs. Fredsrick B, Wh\ten.‘ Rankin of Wi hington, | of Westerly, were | i Geor Rigler, ) formerly of West- | of the bride's p: he bride was | E. Frost of s bridesmaid, and Mrs. Robe on was, matron, of honor. owell was best mam n was usher. were served and Mr. am! nkin left on the 10.08 train hington, where they will re- | Governor Pothier has appointed tor Louis W. Arnold of Westerly ne commission of 1Dply have control of of the state in- joard is given large moneys ap- pplies and Bennett Parker FACE AND SCALP SORE. Preventable, Try This Remedy at Our Risk. fiure to treat eczema of the face rly, or the wro kind of treatment, most cortainly results in spreading nd avating the complaint, ome one violent continuous itching and Fortw ately this need not for our new skin remed Salve, allays the itching skin is no longer lacerated by the gerpails, And it sinks into irates the skin so thoroughl 0 wonderfully its_nature hat it kills all in the skin nd promotes u All who have o skin affection of any kind, eczema, barber , vy pois- or uny ¥ Saxon at our risk results holiy. tailarsetny b give Y. Broadway Pharmacy, » Norwich, Conn, happen the | ¢ 16 sult of Neglected Eczema—This is | d sat- | —— dence, James T. Freeman of Tast Greenwich. Tt was the governor’s desire to name a board which would go into the mat- ter thoroughly and which would prob- ably save the state from waste or loss in the purchasing of supplies or in making contracts, He estimates that the board will save at least $30,000 a year to the state because it can pur- chase in large quantity and thereby recelve lower rates. - Witnessed by members of the fam- ilies_interested, there was a wedding at the home of the bride’s parents in School _street, Westerly, . when Miss Grace Noyes Kinne and ilarle Whiting ‘Norman of the Anquilla section of the town of Stonington, were married John G. Dutton. The attend- Daisy R. Norman and Kinne, They will spend a ih relatives in_Springfield, nd then take up residence on Williams farm in Stoning- One Westerly concern was among the successful “bidders for furnishing granite paving blocks, 100,000 in num- ber, to the city of Providencs The bids were ogened Wednesday the bids and bidders were as follows: Rock- port, Mass., Granite company, $63.50 per (hmls:md: Booth Bros., Hurricane Island Granite Co, New York and New London, $64 per thousand; New ‘England Granite works, Westerly, 000 at $64 per thousand, $25,000 at 000 at $66, $25,000 at $67 per The contract was awarded ooth Bros. Co., and an ads 000 was awarded to the New nite works on the $64 bid. Local Laconics. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Willard and daughter, Mrs, Frederick Robin- son, are en route from their winter home in Florida to Westerly. In tie suit of Lester E. Burdick against Charles W. Hewitt, that in- volvea the ownership of a horse, the Jury rendered a verdict for defendant and not the plaintiff, he Colonial club, of Westerly, ators: John Champlin, Arthur M. Cot- trell, Franl James dleton, Arthur L. Perry, W Ibert H. Jr. Whipple, W. Frederick Wi . Woodward. D. A. R. Chapter Hears Reports from Washington Cengress—May Break- fast Nots $20—Westerly Speakers at V. C. T. U. Meeting. eeting of Fanny Led- . R.. was held Wi n the Masonic te with a large , Miss Jos Reports w at and vice re; and Mrs. Ch ent, rsom, sher f the ontinental cor in they were del After the time was enjoyed and refr Te i Many at May Breakfast. There wa large .'\'H*xld.(nr'c at the reakfast b the pa = un’l Edna. Wheele arg, irlor mesting of the d at the home £ » on Denison ave day afternoon. = toplc of the day was The Press. The following programme was carried out: Done Can Do for Has T. fellie Lord: Press for Christ emper- ance, Mrs. O. Earnshaw; poem, Ship of Temperance, Mrs. Alice Cut. ler; The F of A Fiction, Mrs ; ori poem ung Maria a soclal meeting was held and s were served by the here were ppesent Mr wsh, county superintend of | and Mrs, Carrie B. Fra »rintenddnt i parlor m Westerly work who gave orief in Rhode Island. Conferred Third Degree. f thewr \t the regular mee toning- ton lodge, No. 26, L Wed- evening in tl n block the conferred on a class of candidates. Heard and Seen, and daughters, ara Daboll ‘London after mother, the have a visit Lydia Mr has returned from a rk Tolmes returned fr in Tifton, Ga. rburne of Providence i mother, Mrs. Alice and Emil m three Ratibun h morial ho returned rwent nd atien for appendi- s of New London is andparen(s Gates have re- visit te DESPAIR OF FINDING BODY OF MAJOR BUTT. Titanic Flotsam is Now Scattered Over Fifty Mile Radius. Halifax, Wins that he rom tl Archiba ajor noticeable 1 among the at there were names of those but I have neither of W Major Butt 1 can do but wa made them So it for ars to s nothing Aiin st of the was claimed dead nley H. Fox to his widow few to be 5 miles east of g how widely nd how difficult bodles ‘ar rth Branford w s celebrated on Forty-five in LrA italn, Wednesd: ay 1s to find from passing steamers {0 Tieln ores numer- ous s far soutn s 40.30, In 48.30." ‘Bflflf S!ale NBWS | | Branford.—The solden wedding niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Albert tions many different participate in the county . will_be church in New -BASTBIHA 11900 DRops) NoT NARCOTIC. Revjpe of 01 DeSKMUELPITOER ot - Hn‘kl‘nfl'- tion, Sour Stomach,Di WornmsCorvulsions.feverisf nessand LOSS OF SLEEP. | FacSinile Signaare of For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature For Over ity Years Thi from @ long visit to friends in Green- | port. street were recent callers in New Lon- don. James Campbell has returned home from a short visit with friends in Mys- tie, old hymns; Andrew J, Potte Lucy E. Da- boll on 83d Birthday—State Lobster Hatchery Soon to Open. M M Birthday Party. asant birthday party was giv- E. Daboll at her home afternoon on gifts and e afternoon was passed in singing praver was offered by Rs Among those present were Mrs. Daniel _Chester, Miss William P. Fitch, Mrs. William Wilbur, Misses He Mrs. Hattie Aghbey, Mrs. Ira Chester, Rev. and Mrs. Andrew Potter, Mrs. August agner, Mrs, Samuel Coles, Mrs. B. W. Latham, Mrs. A. V. Morgan, M Joseph Adams, A table was bo | spread wit grange, in h good things and t day party was greatly enjoyed. Gmmg Hatchery Ready. the state lobst getting the interlor season, which open: is expected that re the in in a fi the local QUINEEAUG PON‘ONA CRM’\CE Interesting Meeting at North Wind- ham—Hon. George B. Chandler Speaks on Parcels Post. 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