Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-29
INFANTS BODY FOUND AT WESTERLY
Belief that Child Born Alive-Jail Sentence for band Charged with Non-Support-Fine in Liquor Case-Appeal Taken-State Red Mems Officers-To- days Ball Games Stonington Boy Missing

In the Third district court Friday,
 Judge Oliver H. Williams, the case against Pasquale Turnover. charged with non-support of his wife and two children, had it's pathetic side. His wife sat in the witness chair in a deli- cate condition, with a two year old child in her arms and another four years old by her side, and she testified that her husband had struck her.
 blackened her eye. had refused admit tance to her home to herself and two children, and declined to contribute to her support for the past three months The complainant is the second wife of Turnover and was married June s, 1903, in Westerly. She is stepmother to five of Turnover's children. In the cross examination it was att tempted to show that Mrs. Turnover
 showed dislike for her stepohildren and that was the cause of disruption in the household.
 Turnover was adjudged guilty and
 sentenced to term of one year in the Providence county jail. From this judgment he took appeal and furnish
 ed a bond of $500 for appearance at
 the next term of the superior court. The next case tried was one of five cases against Italian residents of
 Pierce street, charged with keeping | liquors with intent to sell, the princi- pal witnesses being Ashaway liquor
 detectives of Constable Charles P. Ec- clostone's force. Charles Gabrielle wes
 the accused.
 Police Officers Bransfeld, West and
 Brown testified to seeing men drinking
 beer in the Gabrielle house on different
 occasions. Detectives Hugh Ecclestone,
 Alvin Rodman and Frederick l.. Spoon
 CT testified to purchasing beer and
 whiskey at Gabrielle's, and Charles P.
 Ecclestone testified to the receipt of a
 bottle of whiskey purchased which was
 labeled and delivered to Chief Brans-
 field.
 Arguments were made for the com
 plainant and defendant by Attorney
 Harry B. Agard and Judge John W. | Sweeney, respectively. Judge Williams
 found the accused guilty and imposed
 a fine of -$20 and ten days in jail. Ap-
 peal was taken from this decision and
 bonds furnished.
 | Court adjourned at 5.30. The liquor cases against Oliver F. Gavitt and Willis Amy were perempto-
 rily assigned for trial next Friday. | An Italian woman picking dandelon
 greens in the section of Westerly des-
 ignated as Shady lane found Friday
 morning in the rear of shed and in
 an open lot the dead body of a large, well formed female child, wrapped in | a Boston American dated Feb. 2S, and | a piece of cloth besmeared with axle
 grease or black paint. The attention
 of physician who was driving in the vicinity was called to the find and Dr. l J. Howard Morgan, the medical exam 1 iner, and Chief of Police Bransfield
 were notified.
 It is believed the child was born
 alive, based on the general appearance, but this cannot be determined unless a test of the lungs are made, and even | then that important point could not be
 positively determined by reason of condition. In case the mother or per l son who placed the child where found is arrested this point in a trial would be problematical. It is a fact, how ever. that no physician was present
 when the child was deliverec. The dead body had probably been l placed behind this shed two weeks | ago The medical examiner is to make farther examination in order to ascer- tain whether the child was born dead or alive.
 The body was removed to Under | taker Murphys by order of pr. Nor gan.
 John Cisco of Pierce street was ar-
 rested by Chief BransfieId Thursday afternoon, charged with stealing 126
 new railroad ties from the yard of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, just above the High
 street bridge in Westerly. Cisco was arraigned in the Third district court and he furnished bonds of $500 for his appearance at the regular session of court Friday, June 4. The stolen ties were found in Cisco's yard. The list of officers elected at the Red Mems state council Thursday, sent to The Bulletin by messenger. was not delivered in time to complete the report of the council in Fridays issue. The twigging for great council officers re- suited in the choice of the following: Frank Carpenter of Pawtucket great sachem; Edmond Roberts of Pawtuck- ct, great senior sagamore: Edward M. Burke of Westerly, great junior saga