Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-20

year, having been born in Northamp-
ton, England, December s, 1910. Will
mis- son, Edwin e. King. he was en-
Ngaged in the stone carving and mod
cling business in Westerly, and was
considered one of the best of modelers
sculptors, carvers and statue cutters
He has been a resident of Westerly
for thirty-six years and during thai
time has executed some of the best
designs known in granite work. he
modelled and cut the Thomas Brown
statue, the first to be placed in River
Bend cemetery, and also the BarstoN
statue, the first erected in Forest Hi
cemetery, and his handiwork is scat
tered all over the country in cemeter-
les, in public squares, parks and In
building work
Mr.. Kings masterpiece is perhaP:
the DR.. D. D. Porter Memorial in
Memphis, Tenn, which was designed
modelled and carved by himself. II
was made from single block Of gran
lite which weighed forty-iwo tons In
the rough. On one end is the statue
of DIR. Porter six feet in height, and
on the other a Corinthian column, en-
twined' with ivy and roses, and elab-
orately carved, the whole making one
of the accepted best specimens of
work of granite in the country.
Mr.. King and his son were at work
last Saturday upon the granite statue
of a Frontiersman, eight feet high
which is near completion, and which
will be finished by his son and part
ner Edward G. King.
The deceased was not only q nooeler
and carver, but was also painter in
oil Of considerable note. This he did
for the love of the art, and his pro-
auctions in this line are mainly in the
possession of members of his family.
He was a Biblical student and
scholar, and he was a leading mem
Der of class fourteen of the First Bap-
fist church, of which Judge Thomas
II. Peabody is teacher Last Sunday
afternoon as a member of the COM
mittee arranging for the annual Sum
day school picnic Mr.. King attended
a meeting and seemed in his GUS
tomary condition of health.
Mr.. King leaves two sons and four
daughters: Edwin G. of Westerly, and
Alfred l.. of Portland, Me-, Mrs. Fred
erick r. Cottrell, Mrs. William st.
Onge and Miss Phebe King of West
erly and Mrs. Edith Chick of Ports
mouth, n. II.
There was a mishsp at the corner
of Pleasant and West streets Monday
evening that resulted in the wreclSing
OF a buggy owned by Liveryman
Charles S. Ryon of Stonington and
injuring the occupants. Miss Hortense
States of Stonington. and her two
nieces. the Misses Broman.
Miss States was driving when one
of the forward wheels caught in the
tracks at the point where the Asha-
way Westerly road connects with the
Norwich Westerly. The horse made
a jump upsetting the carriage and dis
connecting the shafts. Miss States and
her nieces were thrown out. The horse
ran away and was captured by E.
Howard Clark in Railroad avenue, and
taken to Young's stable.
Miss States and the young ladies
were assisted to the residence of
George Crosse at Dayton and Pleas
ant streets. where they were given
attention by. DIR. J. Howard Morgan.
Miss States decided to return imme-
diately to- StoHingten. where she would
be cared for by her regular physician.
Miss States had her left. collarbone
broken, her left ear was torn, and
temple. The, elder of the Broman
sisters was cut underneath the chin
and the others left knee was bruised.
BY authority of vote of the Rhode
Island general assembly and by di-
rect order of the adjutant general of
the state, Auetioneer Eugene B.SPen-
dleton has been authorized to sell the
in Main street. the site of
the old state armory, destroyed by fire
several years ago. This arrnory build
ing was once owned by the Westerly
Rifles, local military company. and
was sold to the state
II is expected that Horace Swan
VIII swear out a temporary injunction
that will prevent the sale of the prop
erty at the time specified. on the
ground that the property belongs to
him and not to the state of Rhode Is
land.
Mr.. Swan claims that he was a COM
missioned officer of the Westerly Rifles
and that the organization had no right
to dispose of the property to the state,
as it had never been legally trans
ferred to the military company.
The property was owned by the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Linden Taylor 1t is
that in the transfer of the
property to the rifle company was not
legal, as Mrs. Taylor did not sign the
deed. 1t is said that in addition to
his alleged claim, as commissioned
officer of the old rifle company. he has
since secured quit-claim deeds of the
from the Taylor heirs, and
is therefore the real owner of the
property.
Mrs. Sarah r. Beardsley of Brook
yn, age rs, died suddenly of apoplexy
Just before midnight Sunday, at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. William d.
Hoxie, in Elm street. Mrs Beardsley
was friend of the Hoxie family and
t has been her custom for several
years to spend a week at the sum-
ner home of Mr.. Hexie. and she had
planned to return home on Mr.. Hoxies
YACHT on Monday.
Mrs. Hoxie was born in Northamp-
-on. England. in 1884, but had resided
n Brooklyn for many years, where she
Vas an enthusiastic and jealous
Christian worker as a member Of EN-
manuel Baptist church. q
She attended church Sunday MORN
ng and in the afternoon and evening