Putnam patriot., 1909-11-19
cs.y ceur,-Ra..en Judge.


 John Robinson was taken into GUS tody by the police last Friday for so- lIeiiing money on the street. Upon his promise to immediately leave town his case was nolled Saturday morning. Robinson lived in Putnam when boy and was familiarly known about the street as "Jiugle.n He has done time in southern prisons, and al one time was wanted in Tennessee for breaking jail. He has . reputation in that part of the country for skipping board and hotel bills. He Ia . machinist by trade.
 It is familiar saying that it Is easy enough to get Into jail but hard to get out. This was not the experience Of William Edwards. William went down to Mayhew's restaurant Satur- day night and ordered up . repsst con- sisting of Boston baked beans, . piece of custard pie and two cups of coffee. When he had been served with a glass of water and toothplck William rs- fused to pay the restaurant keeper. His arrest followed. He appeared be. tore his honor Monday morning charg- ed with defrauding the restaurant man and plead guilty. He told the officer that he wanted to go 10 jail AS he was crippled and could not do heavy work. He appeared to think that the world owed him living and he had just as soon get 1t in jail as anywhere else. But he promised to immediately take the pike towards Bridgeport if allowed to 20 and he was given the oppor- tunity.
 Allison Wilcox, 2I, of Woodstock was before the court Tuesday evening charged with drunkenness, breach oi l the peace, and assault. Wilcox made dastardly assault upon Arthur Walk CT, a weaver for the French River Tex tile company. Had not two women in l house near by seen the cowardly act the victim might have bled to death and his assailant never been discover ed. Wilcox was fined so on the first, S10 on the second and S20 on the third l count, with costs of sll 69, making q tolal of s6i .69. Anna Langlois testi. fled that from the window of her mothers home, the house formerly the old Methodist church, she saw two men coming along apparently intoxi- cated. Behind the two were two more, one of whom was Wilcox, hurrying to overtake the first pair. She saw Will cox go into the bushes and hide. She next saw the man Walker lying down and the man with him going away and leaving him alone. After the man had gone Wilcox came out Of the bushes and went towards the prostrate man and hit him over the head with a bottle. From where she WAS she thought Wilcox went through the mans pockets She would not want to swear to II but that was the way 1t appeared to her. She and her mother went out and asked Wilcox what lie was doing. Saw the man all covered with blood and asked Wilcox why he didn't get doctor. Wilcox replied that there was nothing the matter with him that he was only drunk as he, Wilcox, was. Wilcox then disappear ed towards the railroad and they noti- fled the police. Captain Murray tes- tified to going to the spot and finding the man with horse shoe shaped cut on the side of his head which was bleeding freely. He procured doctor who sewed it up and put on bandage. The man appeared in court with his head bandaged, and appeared to still be in dazed condition. The case was disposed of as stal ed above.