Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 3, 1916, Page 6

T | | Ripe Juicy, Sweet 7 T, T Order a dozen or a box ful fruit at every meal. Eastern Headquarters: DN Delicious Teuder Healthful Sl Sunli Oranges caiirs nia All first-class dealers now have a plentiful supply. Save Sunkist tissuc wrappers for beautiful silverware. CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS EXCHANGE Co-operative—Non-proat NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, MARCH 7 ) T st today. Serve this health- 135 N. Clark Street, Chicago o NN BALTIC Steamer on Which Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Donazhoe Sailed For Bermuda is Held Up By British Cruiser—An- thony Wisneski, Forger, Operated in Baltic. Letters received here from Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Donahoe, who have arriv- ed at Hamilton, Bermuda, for a stay of several weeks, tell of an adventur- ous trip by water. The Bermudian, on which they sail- ed, was held up by a British cruiser oft the coast of Florida and searched by a number of sailors captained by a ship's officer. No doubt this was done to discover if there were any German citizens aboard, but. as all were Amer- icans, the ship was permitted to pro- ceed and the cruised disapeared. Young Forger Operated Here. Anthony Wisneski, who was caught in Portland, Oregon, and will be brought to Norwich to be tried for forgery, is well remembered here. Last summed he forged checks on A. D Lamb of Franklin and cashed sever- al of them here. W. C. Smith and David ertrand cashed checks for h which were declared forgeries. Wisneski rarents live in North Franklin, and he is well known in the village. Night Session of Schools. The night session of the public schools was attended by large numbers of relatives and friends of the pupils, Wednesday evening. Teaching met] onstrated the results of careful and systematic training. Personal Items. Harry Cohen of New York is vis- iting local relatives. Philip_ Smith of New York is visit- ing at Riverside View farm. Brother Christopher, of St. hool, Deep River, Conn., was enteriained at Ferncliffe Vil- recently la. Mrs. Mary Leslie. 0, died Wedne: e of her s i She w. erly, R. I, but has made her home with her son for a number of years. Reside the son she leaves three grandchildren, Mary, Alexander and Nelson Leslie of Yalesville. Funeral services will be held this (Friday) ternoon at Yalesville and the body will be taken Saturday to ‘Westerly for burial. Leslie, born in We South Manchester—The treasurer of the senior class Washington trip fund has received a check for $82 from the 12 mercharts who gave a percentage of their profits of last Saturday to- wards the fund. LORIMER PUT ON TRIAL FOR FAILURE OF BANK ods were shown and the pupils dem- ;‘Cbrns AI{ Gone! Let’s ALL Kick!” Every Corn Vanishes by Using Won- derful, Simple “Gets-It.” Never Fails. Applied in 2 Seconds. Isn’t it wonderful what a difference just a little “Gets-It” makes—on corns and calluses? s always night somewhere in the w 714, with many ‘are! I Got NNid of My ‘Gets-it'!” with cork-screwed | i drilling_out | of their | t. holler” in their Don't you do s marvelous, simple t in 2 seconds. - stocking, hurt n stops. Corn It's one of it— vouwll corns, caliuses, old everywhere, 25¢ a sent direct 1y E. Lawrence 1. We have a good variety of We al- JEWELERS important Alarm to the large and stately Chime Clock. WM ATOHES alzo have a good varicty of Watches, from the Dol- gersoll to the highest grade Hamilton Railroad Watch, and the highest grade Swiss Watch. : THE PLAUT- PLAUT-CADDEN BUILDING LOOK FORTH: CLOCK !WILLIRM LOEIMEEI Former United States Senator Wil- liam Lorimer, who was unseated, is an interested but not a perturbed spec- tator of the fight in Chicago to put him behind the bars of the state pen- itentinry. He s placed on trial be- fore Judge William E. Dever of the 1 court, charged with consp ident of the La Salle ' t s bank, to wreck the bank d . Three _indict- inst him, charging to defraud by false pre- receiving deposits when the was insolvent and a confidence zame resulting from alleged misrepre- sentation of the b: assets, were consolidated by stipulation. The de- fense will be that Lorimer, as pres- ident of the bank, knew nothing of any improper conduct of the bank's affai spiring to b lost their positors. On the other hand the sta is bulwarked with nearly a te hundred Clocks, from the small but CADDEN CO. ESTABLISHED 1872 1 WESTERLY D Local Interest in Progress of Stand Three Hours Thursday—Admits Killing Rhoades, But Maintains Act Was in tify in Mellow’s Favor. In the superior court at Kingston, Thursday morning, the case against James Rego Mellow, indicted for the murder of William H. Rhodes, was re- sumed before Judze Doran and a jury. Mellow is also indicted for the mu: der £ the Olsen brothers, Oscar and Gustave, but the present trial is for the killing of Rhodes, which Mellow concedes that he did in_ self-defense. Mellow was on the stand when court adjourned Wednesday afternoon, and resumed his testimony when court opened at .30 Thursday morning. Mel- low continued his story, dating back from the time he first met Oscar Olsen in Milwaukee ten years ago, and cov- ered much of the time up to the time of his arrival in Kingston on the Wed- nesday before the Sunday, when the three men were killed in the old Kingston station, which was occupied by the Olsens and Mellow, on Wed- nesday. Mellow took up his story from this point on Thursday and testified that he could not give the hour when he went to the store with Oscar Olsen and bought groceries. He quit work Saturday afternoon when engaged near the station, and teld the boss he would not work Sunday unless there was a wreck as he had planned to go to Westerly. At the section house there were the two Olsens, Rhodes and ick,” and Rhodes gave them whis- key, witness did not drink at that time. After this Gus went to store, and Rhodes and “Nick” followed. Wit- ness and Oscar remained behind carried firewood to the shack. It was then about dusk. At that time, Gus Rhodes and “Nick” were in the house and there was a bottle of whiskev on the table. Rhodes seemed surprised that witness was there and attempted to_hide something, perhaps whiskey. “Nick,” he said, was not as tall ness but broader, was of sort s of vellow ed, and wore a red sweat- er. There were three chairs in the kitchen, and Gus stood up. Several drinks were served by Rhodes and the Olsens paid for them. Gus opened a ham, but was too drunk to cook It so witness put ham in large frying pan and cooked it. There were three frying pans in the shack. one for each man.. Rhcfies started to eat out of the pan and wi ness gave him a call down. i terfered and Oscar struck nocked him down. Oscar avked Gu to get up and kicked him and th accounts for the bruises found on the body of Gus. Then Oscar and witness went to the store, ond witness waited outside. Then Oscar went across the street and to the market. Oscar hand- ed him a bundle, and a mocketbook and that is the pocketbook that was found in Rhodes’ pocket. it Gus and Rhodes came in the store and id something to Oscar. and then boucht some tobacco and Rhodes left the store. Then witness and Oscar start- ed for the shack, but Oscar su~gested goinz home in a roundabout way, to escape Rhodes who was waiting to collect a_booze bill. Up to this time tness had not t en a drink, and A4 no money v drink or any- - about 8.15, or wpproach of the 8.16. When got to the shack Gus was there When. witness and Oscar nto the house, witness got the frying pan and commenced to fry , and each man had a pan and e pot. On the handle of each pan the word “Belmont,” and that's the shack was called the Belmont lunch. Witness said he wanted to take the boat train for Westerly, and Rhodes was not there at that time, and wore no rubbers. Attorney Roche then pro- duced a frying pan w fied as the kind that was in the shac Witness then identified the S handle of a fryi was what was I the main part of the pan was broken off when he struck Rhodes with it He said he could not find his rubbers | and Gus told him that “Nick” took them. a pass to Wi $2 from Gus and witness gave mackinaw as security. The witness then left the shack and went to the | station to take train for Westrely. The Olsens were there in a social and peaceable condition. At the sta: he asked a man when boat train w. due and he said 9.22, but was late. | Witness then went to toilet and ran to catch the train, but missed it. He could have got on but he had no ticket. id he could not sterly t and he borrowed a The witness said that he wished he had the ticket, for if he had he would not be in this trouble. So he sat down until perhaps 11 o'clock, and he | decided he would not go to W rly. He was going to Mr. Hoxie's house, on the Westerly town farm, to get his working clothes, where he was for- merly employed. He then returned to the shack and when he got there, the curtain was down, and he made no effort to look into the window and had never said he did. There was no light in the house. (IHere the witness iden tified the suit case and clothes that he had left at Mr. Hoxie's) He went to the door and knocked. He ed that he never said he saw the table counting money. s went upstairs. He heard a noise, then the slam of a door. He came down- a and tried the door again. At that time there was a light in the room, for he saw it through another curtain. That curtain is too short to cover the window, is out of order also and cannot be pulled down. He went in and Oscar sat in a chair. Rhodes stood at the table and was barehead- ed. Oscar was sobbing heavily. The witness then illustrated how Os- car Clson could have fallen from the chair, and the body in the position as found. Witness was scared and he had not seen Gus at the time. Rhodes stood near the table and saw Rhodes put the watch in his pocket and also the pocketbook. Rhodes took out some paper money and put it on the table. He saw Rhodes pull his pocket inside out and put some silver on the table Something dropped on the floor and believed it was the bullet found on the floor, Then Rhodes took a revolver out of his hip pocket and placed it Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA BENTIST ous circumstance. There were chairs_in 1t room, but when | the jury ted the scene there were but two c in the room and one has been taken away. There was a blood spot in Rhodes’ hat, and eving that AY BY DAY Mellow Trial—Defendant on Self-Defense—Witnesses Tes- on the table. Then he saw for the first time the body of Gus on the floor, and was terror-stricken. Mellow shouted ‘“What's goiag on here?" Than Rhodes levelled the revolver at wit- ness. Then Mellow grabbed frying pan from stove and struck Rhodes. The revolver dropped on the table, and witness struck him again with the pan and staggered him, then the pan dou- bled up and the handle broke off. Rhodes then grabbed witness by the !:ez\(er. and one button was pulled off. Rhodes was dazed by the blows and held on for support. Rhodes pushed witness backward. Witness thought as he loked at Rhodes that the end was near, and Rhodes was bleeding from the mouth from some previous injury. The witness then told of how he struck against Oscar who was sit- ting on a chair and knocked him to <he floor, which accounts for the blood spots on his clothes. Witness was pushed against Oscar. Rhodes then threw witness up against the wall. Witness then made grab for revolver and Rhodes struck him. When Rhodes struck him again and the revolver fell to the floor. Then witness and Rhodes had a struggle and witness struck and knocked Rhodes down. This gave him a chance, and he secured the revolver. As he raised axe, Rhodes came at witness with an axe, and swing back with such force that axe struck the wall. He became suspic- ious of the contents of the pistol and shouted “Will you give up?” Then Rhodes made another crack at him with the axe. Then they clinched and witness fell with Rhodes. Then witness discharged the revol- ver, and it must be this shot that struck the neck. Then Rhodes raised his arm again_and the second shot was fired and Rhodes fell flat on his back and the axe fell beside him. Wit- ness then unlocked door and went out- s and called for help and shanty man. Then went in again and Rhodes was afire, from the hole in the sweat- er, and witness put out the fire, which he would not have done if he hed planned the awfu} affair. He did not run away and let the house and the men burn. Witness moved Rhodes and that is why he was found on his ide. Mellow said he rolled Rhodes over so that he could get at the fire, and burned his fingers in putting out the fire, and his burns were shown ‘}h:le at the Kingston jail. Witness did not touch him in any other way. #e did not put his hands into Rhodes’ pockets or put anything into them as has been intimated. Witness said Oscar was not dead when he cime Lack to the room. He picked up Oscar and tried to get him If Os had died while 1 his head, he died in th held | of a friend and not a brute, He referred to the fur-lined coat, and declared he never hung it up, but that had been hung up and frying oved since that awful night. s a file or a piece of iron near Gus and looked as if he used it in a fizht. Witness never noticed that the pockets were torn away. Witness to clear out and looked then d a g w but it was gone. He hat he was a victim of Rhodes and he Olsens, he threw wall, and a card el 1 ki some papers dropped out. Wit~ ness then picked up his hat and took an old c > said the bag refer- red to con bottles of whiskey and lots of He believed a case of whislkey 1 been taken from a train and to the race track, and brought from there by Rhodes. As witness left k he heard someone and| ted “Who comes there?" It was ck” and warned him not o to the nd told him there had been enough in the house, loitered and seemed to for witne: N knew that out to get y and he living man who would be liable to tell the story of the crime, that witness believed w mmitted itness said W he went a 3 wise he feared the ne would be charged to him as it Wit sald he was in an ex- v nervous condition and did not know what to d On his second visit to the shack af- ter the killing he took the money that and two bottles of He did not know how much was on the table, and he it a was on the table whislke mon did a thief, but as he y and was in trou- money. He boarded train for Providence and a coal car. There were cartridges in the revolver and one vacant chamber. The revolver was white handled and had been crudely repaired. He threw the re- volver away as the train passed East Greenwich, Here a brief recess was taken Witness declared he had an oppor- | tunity to go on the train to Boston and he could have been far away before the | affair became known, but he did not | want to get away. He wanted the ! facts to be known, as he did not con- | sider himself at fault. He told of his!| through the city of Providence | aid he cold and hungry. He ordered a stew of oysters and in pay- ment he handed out a $10 bill and got the change. It was then in the early morning and he walked along and never saw a policeman, and started for Bristol by the track and reached there | Dby noon, but did not go to his relatives. | He walked along towards a cemetery ! and remained there through Sunday nizht, and on Monday walked to War- | ren. He said he wanted to give him- | self up. All this time he had the blood | stained clothes on, but witness did not | know it, or he would have washed the | lood away. He was given a lead 3, 1878 Trademark Reg’'d nor chip nor craze nor flake! It’s true, though! at them today. cles in regard to the disposition of his | coat. He threw the Oisen coat away at Auburn, his mackinaw was missing, and the other coat is the second-hand one. Mellow said he decided to walk from | Kingston on Tuesday morning, but | weakened, fearing he might be shot,, and then resolved to go to Providence and give himeelf up there. After a shave and the purchase of a_ necktie, he got supper and then visited several saloons and got a bottle of whiskey. | He said he had not drank intoxicants | for a year until after the affair. He| wanted to be a man at heart it not in | size and had no idea of fleeing and | have his name branded as a brute. He had no idea that he would be caught, but he gave himself up because he favored justice. Witness went to a| saloon near the police station and got | a drink and then gave himself up to Chief O'Neill. Witness then contra- dicted statements made by the Provi- dence police inspectors and _Sheriff | Wilcox and Deputy Sheriff Bennett. After telling the facts, as he saw| them, he again asserted his inmocence | of any guilt in connection with the killing of the Olsen boys and that he | shot and killed Rhodes to save him- self. Witness identified the watch found | on Rhodes as the watch of Oscar Olsen | and witness saw the chain hanging | from Rhodes’ trousers pocket. had shown him tickets for chances on an automobile and for other articles at | a fair such as were found on the floor | and fell from Rhodes' hat as witness | cast it aside. Assistant Attorney General Branch, after Mellow had been on the witne: stand for three hours, cross questioned | Mellow, who said he had served three | months in Providence county jail for| assault in 1909, and when 11 years of age he was sent to the state reform | school for the benefit of his family. He was sentenced for larceny in 1902 for | stealing from his mother's bureau, for he wanted to go away. In 1910 he was found guilty of revelling and sen- tenced. He gave the name of Morris In Kingston, for it is a custom of men on the road. Never killed 2 man while in San Francisco in attempting to rob him and said this assertion was trump- ed up. Never told Joseph Sylvia that he assaulted a man in California to rob him and that the man’s head struck a rall and he died. He denied that he existed by stealing from others. Recess was taken until 2 o'clock. A istant Attorney General Branch continued the cross examination of | Mellow, who seemed greatly worrled and appeared as If he would complete- ly break down any moment. Mellow positively denied that he robbed the Olsens and Rhodes in order to go on a three days’' drunk, but he was drunk when he delivered himself | up. pencil stub and wrote this so-called confessicn. Dope had been offered to him in the Kingston jail and he had not eaten for two days there. They | gave him milk with some sort of dope | in it and also some special chicken soup. He feared he would be killed and he wrote that confession. He sald he had $15 with him and $2 of it was what he borrowed. i Mellow said he was forced to kill Rhodes to save himself, and that his confession was true. He signed Regi, for that was his name, and known by DR. E. ]. JONES3 Suite 46 Shannon Building Take elevator Shetucket Sireet en- trance. Phone. WHEN YOU WANT 0 P iness before the pubiic, medium better than throu, vertising columns of The ¥ there n the ad- utletin. that name in Dristol. He did not want anyone to suspect him of killing his friends, Oscar and Gus Lawson. Never dodged or hid. - He did not try to keep The first time he saw a pistol at the shack was when Rhodes took it from | and positively stated he did | see Rhodes through a window. | Witness did not believe Rhodes saw ! witness untll he declared himself in the shack. He belleved that when Rhodes raised the pistol he grabbed the frying pan and struck the revolver | from the hand of Rhodes. I Mellow stated that Deputy Sheriff | Benn*t!zlny.d double with him while | in the Kingston jall. He would not even permit witness to ochange his clothes and told him his case would be well cared for and that he could “Won’t Those GLASS Baking Dishes Break in the Oven?” That’s the question women are constantly asking us—and very naturally—ab>ut the wonderful new Glass Dishes i;or B (“FIRE~GLASS”, No, madam, they will NOT break in the oven! No matter how hot your oven is the Pyrex Glass Baking Dishes will neither crack Sounds like some old fairy tale, doesn’s it? And these new Pyrex Glass Dishes are one of the most remark- able inventions of this age of inventions. By a special process these dishes are rendered so durable that sudden changes of tempeyntutl:go not affect them. And it is astonishing how many hard knocks the dishes will take without breaking. You will be charmed with the daintiness and prettiness of Pyrex Glass Dishes. You will be more than delighted with the quick, thorough baking that’s done in them. With Pyrex you bake and serve in the same dish, and you wash the dishes with ridiculous ease. Not a particle of dirt escapes your eye. It is an education just to see these new glass dishes. Better make it a point to look Ask us for our interesting booklet (FREE) about Pyrex Dishes. dence, as he had after leaving King- ston following the kiiling of Rhodes. “l was never in ifornia in_my life,” said Mellow to a guestion from Attorney Roche, and sald that people in Brisiol had framed that alleged lar- ceny in_California, in which a man named Sylvia had told the attorney general that Meilow told him that he had knocked down and robbed a man in California and that the man died. George E. Wilcox testified that was a farmer in Bristol and first knew James R. Melow last October and he worked on the farm nearly three months and had dcharge of a milk route. He handled considerable money and was thoroughly honest and indus- trious. He did his work well and had no fault to find with him. He gave nls name as James Mellow. After his time was up Mellow worked three days as a matter of accommodation. Mitchell Randall testified that the Olsen boys were at market of witness and made some purchases. Oscar came to the market on the Friday and Gus on the Saturday before the killing of | Rhodes and the Olsens. Their total purchases was a little in excess of $2. John Smith, section boss, was called and excused. Mrs. Elizabeth Hoxie, wife of John Hoxie, superintendent of the town farm, testified that Mellow worked on the farm from April 13 to the latter part of June. When no work outside he helped in the house. He returned in August and remained until October. He went from there to Bristol and upon invitation he came to epend Christmas. He left the town farm on . 10 last. He did his work satis- torily and never saw him under the influence of liquor, and he was as honest as the day is long. She knew im as James R. Meilow. The witness received a letter from him after his arrest, saying that he was the man ar- ted and supposed to be James Mor- Mellow left his suit case and hing_at the farm while he was away. She had recelved no money from Mellow since the shooting affair, and she was not instrumental in get- ting the services of Dr. Scanlon. Mrs. Margaret Wester of Bradford, the next witness, made her home with her aunt, Mrs. Hoxle, on the Westerly town farm for three years and while Mellow worked there. So far as known he was a perfect gentleman and she never saw him under the influence of liquor. Earl, W. Fraser of Westerly testified he knew James R. Mellow and first | met him at the Westerly town farm, where witness was employed. He saw Mellow every day he was on the farm and he worked there on two different occasions. Mellow was perfectly sober and honest and not quarrelsome. Charles J. Sattl of New London, a student at Kingston college, testified that he knew where the old station was where the murder was commit- ted. He was there Wednesday after- noon after the murder, and saw & fry- ing pan on the stove and the pan con- tained a yellow substance. He be- lieved the one he saw was larger than the one in court. He did not see the Mndl‘.otgmnmmlnmu.n exhibit. Dudley St. Clair Donnelly, Jr.,, of New London, a student at Kingston college, testified he eaw a frying pan on the stove in the old Kingston station when he went there with other boys to take a | rheyma: vie wof the scene of the murder. The curtain of the window was raised and he looked in. Dr. Scanlon and Attor- have a first class lawyer to defend him, if he so demired, and recommend- out of the way of officers, for he con- sidered himself an innocent man. He threw his blood-stained coat overboard. Then walked the streets wearing the sweater. He ate and drank in Provi- dence and spent money. coat, but not in a second-hand etore. Mellow explained away the discrepan~ Yo g A R S He bought a | Wilcox ed a colored lawyer who is a cousin of Rhodes, the man he killed in self de- fense. Witness said he not tell Sheriff t he had on the same clothes when he gave himself up, or soon thereaftor, on the way from Provi- s AN USRSV RIS SRR AT ney Roche were there, but had no con. versation with them of consequence. he | aking the stove. There were bottles on the table. The frying pan he thought was iarger than the one in court. Attorney Roche and Dr. Scanlon were there. The court adjourned to 9.30 Friday morning. BRIEF STATE NEWS East Berlin—Work was never so plentiful as it is now and factories | are sending out men to look for em- | ployes. | Wallingford—Between six and seven | hundred dollars of new apparatus wae |added to the High school laboratory | this week. New Britain—There wers 185 more | deeds recorded at the town clerk | fice last month than for the | month a year ago. Hartford—Former Governor Henry Roberts and Mrs. Roberts will leave today for a month's stay at the Home- stead, Hot Springs, Va. Middletown—The liverymen of the | city have decided upon a higher sche- | dule of prices for hack service at fu- | nerals and all local undertakers have been notified that the charge for hacks in the future for funeral services would be $4 each. Southington — Arrangements have now been completed for the holding of services at the Advent church on Eden avenue each Sunday. ‘There have been no regular services at the church since they were conducted by the late Oliver D. Woodruff. Hartford—Prosperity is shown in the February figures from the post of- fice and bullding inspector's depart- ment. The Eross postal receipts for the past month were $66,558,21, a fig- ure $10.453.29 or 13.6 per cent. in ev- cess of last year's receipts. Winsted—Tt was sald at the Winsted Hoslery company yesterday that the 15 men from the dfying department who quit work Tuesday after an In- crease of wages had been refused, would not be taken back. It was sald that their places had been filled. Wethersfield—The Wethersfield Bus- iness Men's & Clvic association held its tenth annual banquet Wednesday evening at the Hartford club. The af- fair surpassed all others in numbers, interest, entertalnment and good fel- lowship. About 250 were present. Buckland—Thomas Spillans, wha has been employed as one of the fore- men at the Buckland plant of the Connecticut Sumatra Tol com- pany, has left the employ of that com-< pany and March 1 started as manage: of a 200-acre plant owned by Lichen- stein Brothers in Simsbury. Ph;;ic'a;’-shli’;‘;l;ri;fion For Rheumatism m who have taken expens sive baths at and have speat mo: lavishly to rid them- selves of and got When Rheuma goes in, polsonous secretions go out. No oplates or mar- used. Rh drives cotics are m‘ out ot “mosk Willard |I. Gray of New London, a|druggists will admit it. student at Kingston oollege, visited the old station with Satti and Donnelly. The curtain of one of the windows was and if raised and he looked in and saw a|bring you the freedom that contained e foor neer stove, with frying pan yellowish substance on the cause of rheumatism an brings comfort and health, Two bottles of Rheuma will cost you a dollar at Lee & d does misery you your for