Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-08
MAIN DENIED HIS Guilt
Mehrholz Girl He Claims Called Him Into Her Room Be
cause She was Afraid but Nothing Wrong Took Place
Prisoners Sent to Jail and Prison.-T omlinson Has
Disappeared.

When the superior court opened on
Thursday morning August Comes Of
Allyn's Point was presented on the
charge of carrying a concealed weapon.
He was given three months in Jail.
According to the story told by At
torney A. A. Browning the accused had
trouble with his boarding mistress No
vember 16; she told her son after leav-
ing the house. When the men met
comes produced a revolver, but was
disarmed.
Philip Wyant, agad 40, Of New Lon
don, pleaded guilty to attempting to
assault an italian girl In New London.
Attorney Freeman spoke for him, stat
ing that he does not drink, is a good
carpenter, and has a wife and four chill
dren. but does not live with them. He
was given not less than a year nor
more than three In state prison. He
cried when sentence was pronounced.
On the charge of carrying a conceal
ed weapon, Ezra Mather was given
three months in Jail and fined $50. He
is 20 years old and lives in Old Lyme.
Attorney Freeman said he had been on
probation for a time and wanted to
join the navy. A shot had been fred
through a window in Old Lyme, and
the bullet fitted Mathers weapon, and
he was supposed to have been in the
vicinity. States Attorney Hull called
him the bad boy of Old Lyme
For the theft of a $400 motor boat
In Groton, Sept. 2. John w. Forbes, who
pleaded guilty Wednesday, was given
one to two years in state prison.
On the charge of entering cottages at
Quaker Hill and stealing junk, Fred
erick, Edward and Charles Chapman
ana Joseph Forsythe pleaded guilty.
They were given good advice by Judge
Wheeler, who sent them to Jail for six
months, excepting Charles, who is to
be put on probation later.
Daniel and Joseph Pierce pleaded not
guilty to cruelty to a horse in Preston,
Dec. z, and Attorney z. w. Perkins
was assigned to their case.
Tonnlinson Disappears.
States Attorney Hull stated Thurs
day that the bond in the case of George
TomlinsOn Of Groton will be held open
a few days longer, pending a search
for Tomlinson. Owing to the fact that
calling off the bond would work a great
hardship on the youths mother, Mrs.
George Lamb of Groton, this leniency
is shown by the state.
Tomlinson is charged with felonious
assault, and has been out on $1,000
bonds waiting trial He has been en-
ployed in a bleachery at Pawtucket,
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charge.
Wednesday it vas noticed that Tom
linson. who had been in court up to
that time had suddenly disappeared. !
Neither his counsel, Ralph Denison, nor
his mother knew where he had gone.
Constable Edward G. Black has since
been. searching for the youth, but in |
vain.
The bond which Mrs. Lamb gave for !
her sons appearance in court was
backed by her home in Groton. Mr. /
Lamb Is in a serious condition with (
heart failure, and the family is not |
In a position where 1t can afford to !
lose their home through having the /
bond called.
Tonnlinson will be diligently searched |
for and meanwhile the bond will be |
continued for the sake Of his family. |
States Attorney Hull attributes Tom
inson's sudden disappearance to fright |
when he saw the way the other pris-
,ners were being sentenced. Up to this
line Major Hull says, he thinks Tom
inson treated the charge lightly.
Charged with theft from the person
n a New London saloon, James Cor
nan pleaded guilty and was given two
months in jail. Attorney Geary said he