Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 20, 1916, Page 2

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, ‘OCTOBER 20, s = 5 & s WILLIMANTIC WILLIMANTIC OFFICE, 7 Church St. Telephone 210-2. COFFEY FOUND GUILTY Ordered to Pay Original Fine—Ed- ward Rourke on Trial for Assault on George Young and Deputy Sher- iff Bliven. Thursday’s sessioh of the superior court that is being held in this city was called to order at 10.15 Thursday morning. The case of state vs. Cof- fey, which had taken nearly all the time of the preceding day's session, was the first case to come up before Judge Webb. As all of the testimony in the case had been given and As- stant Prosecuting Attorney Keiley finished his argument, Attorney William King, acting for the defend- ant, presented his argument. Charles Searls, state attorney, gave a re- sume of the case after which Judge Webb charged the jury. The jury had not reached any decision at 1 o'clock and a recess was ordered. While the jury was trying to reach Jack Frost Is Here Retter get ready for the winter The Quaker and Glenwood Ranges and Heating Stoves are standard goods. The Electric Oil Heaters are safe and reliable. A Come in and let us show you. LINCOLN Furniture Store Telephone 285-3 Main and Union Streets Willimantic, Conn. | | | | { | i a_ decision, the court de-assigned the civil case of Speare vs. Schultz which was to be presented before the court Thursday. The case will come up for a hearing today. After being out for nearly three hours the jury returned to the court room about 4 olclock with a verdict of guilty against Coffey. He was or- dered by the court to pay the origi- nal fine of $3 and costs. Testimony in Rourke Case. The next case to come before the court was that of the state vs. Ed- ward Rourke, charged with assault upon George Young and Deputy Sher- iff Geérge Bliven on the night of Oct. 7. Charles L. Torrey of Putnam ap- peared for the defendant and Attor- ney T. J. Kelley assisted the state’s attorney in the case. The following jurors were selected to hear the evidence and render ver- dict in_the case of the state against Edward O’Rourke: Windham, Ray- mond Harris, Geo. B. McCracken Putnam, Geo. Potvin; Ashfogd, Al- exander Bassett: Brooklyn, Leroy P. Pearl; Canterbury, Michasl Shea; Chaplin, Charles Ross; Hampton, Irv- ing Hammond; Killingly, Henry D. Crosby Scotland, Byron A. Wilson; Sterling, Josiah Owens; Woodstock, George L. Keach. George Brousseau, of Putnam, one of the jurors on the previous case, asked to be excused from this case on the ground of “business reasons.” Attorney Charles L. Torrey, of Put- nam, counsel for O’'Rourke, told the court that the defense would chal- lenge O’Rourke if the court did not excuse him. Judge Webb then ex- cused Brousseau. Dr. William Adams of Plainfield, the first witness called, stated that he had been called to the Young home about 11 o'clock on the night in ques- tion_and found Mr. Young in a_dazed condition. Mr. Young’s face and shirt were covered with blood and the man’s eves were almost closed as the result of the affair. One car was cut and swollen, chin was cut and there was a deep gash in the back of the man’s head. His attention was called upstairs where he found Sher- iff Bliven on the floor of a bedroom in back of the bed with Rourke on top of him. Rourke started for the doctor and they both fell to the floor with the doctor on top. Henry Du- mas, who was in the room at the time, grabbed Rourke and helped to hold him down while the sheriff put the handcuffs on hi ams stated that the sheriff’s hea cut and as otherwise bruised. The room in disorder, toilet articlas strewn around -the floo and the reau gl vas broken. Benjamin R. I of Plainfield, stated that Rou appeared before him on Oct. § and entered a plea of guilty to both es and to the charge of intoxication. On cross ex- amination Mr. Bri ted that the accused had no counsel at the time he_pleaded guilty. Sheriff George R field, the next witnes had been called to Yc n the night in ind Mr. Young covered >d. He then proceeded + nd found yurke lying on the ked as if asleep. He shook the me 1d told him he k got no response. Sudden jumped from the bed and )" throw at him. 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After he was struck over the head he was knocked to the floor. Joseph Simons, an auto driver of Plainfleld, told of going to the house of Young and of the condition of Mr. Young at the time. He said that he had seen the sheriff make a swing at the accused but that in his opinion the blow did not reach its mark. He also stated that he had made his de- parture at the time- things were be- ing thrown about the room. He heard the accused make a remark about not allowing the sheriff to arrest him. Joseph Frenett of Moosup, stated that he and a friend named Dumas met Mr. Young the night in guestion and that Dumas accompanied Young to his home while Frenett zot some- one to telephone to the sheriff. He did_not_go near Young'’s house that night. He also told of the condition of Young at the time. H. F. Barber of Plainfleld, who did the telephoning to the sheriff, stated what he knew of the case and was soon dismissed. Court adjourned at five minutes past five, untll this morn- ng. IMPROVEMENT HOPED FOR - Hugh C. Murray Undergoes Another Operation Thursday. Dr. John Weldon “was in New York Thursday attending the operation on }Iughg: Murray of this city. It is thougHt that this last operation will improve the health of Mr. Murray to a great extent. Fined in City Court. Peter Sank and Benjamin Schultz were before the police court Thursday morning on the charge of intoxication to which each man entered a plea of guilty. Two two men were arrested ‘Wednesday evening. A flne of one dollar and costs was imposed on each. Philip Cheney Named as Candidate. The republican town committee has selected Philip Cheney to take the place of Joseph M. Berard on the ticket for the office of representative to the general assembly. Mr. Berard declined the nomination on the ground that he had too much business to at- tend to in this city. The vacancy was filled Thursday morning. Nineteen Marriages in September The records at the office of the town clerk show that there were nine- teen marriages contracted during the month of September by people giving the town of Windham as their home. FUNERALS. Michael Coodrawez, Jr. The funeral of Michael Coc Jr., the infant son of Mr. Michael Coodrawéz of 78 Eim from o'cl the home of his par- < Thursday afsernoon. in St. Joseph's cemetery. Lione! Girouard. ral of Lionel Girouard, the n_of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Gi- m street, was held from the of his parents at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. rouar: WILSON CLUB OFFICIALLY OPENED W. N. Palmer of Oxford Principal Speaker of the Evening. Owing to the bad weather that pre- vailed Thursday evening, the opening of the Wilson club was attended by only a few people. The meeting w: lled to order by John Collins, presi- dent of the club, at 8.30. Mr. Col- introduced W. N. Palmer of Ox- 1{’(,,-(1 who spoke on the Issues of the day Ar. Palmer opened his remarks by iting that campaign had the history of this . As the slaves were emanci- after the great Civil war so > the white people of t country emancipated by the present ad- s , said the aler. The of the country can hold their higher and have be I n ever before a for those ety he past few a s that were before made by hand are now made by machinery and > turned out by the thousands. Un- tely won and children have nto work in the concerns and have been underpaid by the owners. president realized the conditions t once started out to remedy the trouble. Mr. Palmer stated that he was a farmer by occupation and for that reason had become interested in this campaign as the president had done a reat deal to help the farmers of the country. During panics and hard times the farmer can find no market for Lis productions and consequently things go wrong. 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FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 62 Church St Willimantic, Ct. -@elepban~ Lady Apsistant. | All you have ever longed for in a range is found in the Plain Cabinet Glenwood. It’s made in natural black iron finish—so smooth and easy to clean—the ‘‘Mission Idea” applied to a range. A room saver too like the upright piano. 7 It is said to be the most perfect piece of machinery Ket devised to make house- eeping drudgeless. Burns either coal, wood or gas and you can get just the. right size to fit your kitchen. Call and lock them over and Is;ou will understand more a- out why Glenwood Ranges Make Cooking Easy. Shea @ Burke, 37-47 Main St., Norwich C. 0. Murphy, 259 Central Ave., Norwich for his goods. The speaker explained the way pani started in the days of other administrations and he PRESIDENT WILSON CHEERED IN STREETS OF CHICAGO. and the women were roughly handled. President Wilson was seafed in an automobile a few hundred feet away HIGH RATE OF INTEREST ON BRITISH TREASURY BONDS showed how it was impossibl 7 = ici. | when the demonstration started, but T s e Delivered Three Speeches and Partici- | 1o ; % ASRORSHRKon started, Dit| Government Using About $10,000,000 ; The demt{crat lmx;ty ; pated in Demonstrations. a witness to the scene that followed. a Day for Every Working Day. of the money that is under the co i 3 Shouting “Shame!” “Dicgrace” and trol of the other pa they are C: —President Wilson | “Get the banners!” a crowd of several London, Oct. 19, p. m.—Regi- composed of while | came to e his view | hundred, sprinkled with women, { nald Mc , chancellor of the e this party on problems facing the nation. Arriv-|charged the banner holders. Umbrel- | Chequer, repiying in the house of com- class 190 after shaking hands(las and canes were used in the de- |MOns to_criticisms of the high rate The president ywds in Jh(uav\x,‘ he deliv- | struction of the placards. Many of the | °f mimr\st D able on !ll_w new tr - for e . peechc ticipated 1| women were knocked down and near- | 4ry bonds and_ the objection raised law, said the cer. was | several s demonstrations and went | Iy all were roughly handled, especially B S T b R e not fair every one rc hat the | over western < paign plans with | those who strove to retain their ban- gely held abroad, d: best worl be done hat time. | his managers here. He | ners. “That is the very thing we desire, Although it is Tarmer | will return to Long Branch, N. J, to- It must be remembered that we had vorks 0! 10T i Mr. o 2Ty Ct siders works from morning u 1t, Mr. | morrow. FOUR PERSONS KILLED to pay a very considerable amount Palme; t or Erniinn | e b arore (e Chicago Eead day by day in the United States. At man & to work more than S o R BY STORM IN ALABAMA | present we have to find 2,000,000 1 club the president predicted the begin- o i Gk = eight and the plan has been | ino or g rens oFf fhelsentoior e pounds a day for every working day. very si sful patriotic respor and urzed the | Many Buildings Were Unroofed—Sev- | That means a prodigious amount to A numbicr Sof iother is development of progressiveness. eral Marine Disasters. Bt ieNry Sixds A present administration w 0] hE L Mr. McKenna prefaced his state- A e ey Scaith beforoia eatlianiis fof Womcr | SRS ment regarding the large amounts be- plained in dc SisEE Begunced gmote lcipation of | Moblle, Ala, Oct 10 —Reports 1ats|ing spent in America by a defense of the other spe thojeysijen e o SN0, Sraits the nation, |today from hurricane-swept districts}yig action in pavins a hish rate of M Pk Dunn, and at a meeting of & Hfl\ern‘ Al;Lk»)L\.md increased the interest upon tre ry bonds. re Mayor P._Dunn,f ;4 he declared a united|death toll in Wednesday's storm to [ PESrest upon SO T amee, and F P. Fe b AraB e Dt et 1 It is not possible,” he said, “to ap- The two latter men are the democratic | ATnerica- . $100,00 Anloet he Florida | P1Y pre-v standards and to say that 5 ia fi epres 3 The president was cheered by |$100,000. Andalusia, near the Florida |g- r ce ugh.” candidates for representatives from . pre : 4 Ses ve per cen enough. ¢ Windho throngs in the streets during auto- | line, appears to have been the chief | "'y, P prn 5 T the town of Windham. B ; 2 faies W fr. McKenna proceeded to explain mobile rides from place to place and |sufferer. There many bulldings were | 2t ynjess Great Britain was able ; ST in halls where he spoke. He stood |unroofed, several residences were |y "l ice the needed money in the Accident on Windham Road. constantly in his automobile while in|blown down. Jnited States she would have to go A pair of horses belonging to Mer- | passing through the streets and smil- | First reports of the damage in Mo- rill Jones and a local gar ingly hat to the people on[bile and Pensacola were approximate- ured in an a ent on Wi the ts and in the windows of |ly correct. The loss was confined early Thursday evening he car | building to unroofed buildings and neared the team, ich being | An at ent demonstration” | broken windows. There were several drawn by four horses, it skidded and | by member national woman'’s | mar frightened two of the horses which {party.in front of ihe Auditorium de- e . fell to the ground. In the fall one of | veloped into a near-riot in which the| New Britain—Mrs. George W. Traut the s became entangled in the | banners opposing Wilson were torn|has been elected president of the arness and was nearly strangled be- |from the demonstrators and trampled | Woman's hosuital board. the harness could be cut away. The team was finally drawn off by a r of the horses, the injured ones eing brought to a local livery stable. A trolley car that came aldr the accident gave val -1 ht enabled the men “ | to ce as how Engine Disabled. The train from Hartford that is due Willimantic at 6.18 v 1ur late Thursday ev owing to ne trouble which urT Just of S It could not bé carned what went wrong with the lo- comotive. Short of Power. Owing to a shortage of power the r from Norwich due at this terminal at 10.25 remained at the top of Jill- son Hill instead of going down and taking the chance of getting up aga Later full power w: restored. Brief Mention. Lieut. J. B. Fullerton w: ford on business Thursd; P. H. Albright of Winfield, Kansas, is spending some time in this city, the guest of P. H. Hills. / There was a good attendance at the meeting of the Daughters of the King | held in the rectory of St. Paul's church Thursday afternoon at 3 o’zlock. Many attended the meeting of the Obwebetu held in their rooms on Main street on Thursday evening. First degres work was the object of the meeti: Branstow Pola, a Polish resident ofi s in Hart- this city, is in St. Francis hospital, Hartford, as the result of placing his | foot on the track in front of an on- coming locomotive. His foot was so badly crushed that amputation was found necessary by the hospital sur- geon. Waterbury—Flour, one of the vital necessities of life, is keeping pace with its food competitor, potatoes, in the matter of soaring prices, and yes- terday added insult to injury so far as the general public is concerned by jumping an additional ten cents in price per barrel so that the dealer to- day is obliged to pay $9.95 per barrel for the best brands of flour. < lodge, No. 16, I. O. O. F., 7 Tempting Biscuits— You will make them when you use Cottolene for shortening. Biscuits shortened with Cottolene are light, flaky, pleasing to the eye and grateful to the appetite. Cottolene is a pure food product that is a real aid to digestion. Use it for all shortening and frying. With Cottolene you are always sure of cooking better foods. For your convenience, Cottolene is put up in pails of different sizes. Ar- range with your grocer today for a regular supply. . short of supplies from were absolutely poses of the allie: onditions _of anford Congregational church Sun- v evening. there which essential to the pur- Mary C. Welles of secretary of the Consum- will speak on The Store Boys and Girls at the Cottolene Baking- Powder Biscuits Into two cups of sifted pastry flour, sift and mix one level tea- spoon of salt and four level or two rounded teaspoons baking powder; chop in one level table- spoon of chilled Cottolene, wet toa stiffdoughwithabout 34 cup of milk, or half.water and half milk. Toss out on a floured board, pat it down and roll % inch thick. Cut intosmallrounds and bake in a bot oven. From “HOME HELPS,” mailed free if you write our General Offices, Chicago. ““Cottolene makes good cookii better” &