Putnam patriot., 1909-05-14
Superior Court.


 Friday at Willimantic, and was not completed until Tuesday afternoon.
 These two young men were charged with assault and theft from the per
 son. The facts alleged were that these
 young men were in the boarding house
 of Mrs. Virginia Montpelier, Proyi- dence street, this city, when Frank 1 Cavanaugh rendered the landlady a five dollar bill in payment for nights
 lodging. She was unable to make the change SO he went out to get Il chang | ed. The young men saw the money
 ar q followed Cavanaugh out and when
 he was returning set upon him and
 took part of the money from him. The jury went out at l.;ss Tuesday alter
 noon, and returned at the end of an
 hour and asked If they could find one of the accused guilty as charged and the other of common assault. Judge Reed stated that they could and they
 were sent out again. They came in at the expiration of another hour and five
 minutes and reported Dellienx guilty as charged with the information and
 St. Andry guilty of common assault. Dellieux was sentenced to not more than three and not less sthan one year
 in States prison, and St. Andry to year in the County jail.
 The case of state vs Louis Ddpre,
 charged with receiving stolen goods,
 was then called. The information charged that Louis Dupre of Putnam
 on the 4th of February received from
 one Charles N. Miller, a transient, ssa worth of gooGs with the intent to aid
 said Miller, and that on the 2sth day of January at Pomfret said Charles w. Miller stole same from the house Of Helen Bradley "a feather boa, valued at $50, that was also received by Dupre on the 7th day of February. The accused entered plea of not guilty. Charles W. Miller was the first witness for the state, and stated in part that he WAS from Michigan, was theatrical man by profession and had last worked for a company on the road last October as property man. Since that time had
 been doing small jobs. Came from Bos- ton, to Hartford, to Putnam, and land
 ed at the gashouse there on the 7th of | December. Paul St. George and Louis Dupre were the only ones there. Asked
 how he got living, replied that he got a little money off of Louis, getting | & weekly or so for shoveling in coal nights, and sold parasoi and some things like that. Days went to sa- loon and had couple of drinks, and l then went to Pomfret to get some | things that he could sell. Got some- thing to eat at first house in Pomfret, and then walked around a while and
 returned to the gashouse, now his reg ular stopping place. He took look 1 into the windows of the eBradley house, getting to Putnam about 4 o'clock in 1 the afternoon. Slept in the gashouse nights. Sometimes there was more | and sometimes less lodgers, who were tramps.
 Went to Pomfret again on the 27th
 or 2sth of January. An old man with
 him. Went to Bradley house, broke a window got in, old man staying out
 side, while he looked around until he l found some stuff that suited him, then went back to Putnam. Said he brought
 back a couple of hats and some leg gins.
 Claimed that he sold the hats and gave the logging to Louis. It was about 9 or 10 o'clock when the arrived | in Putnam gashouse. sG. l.. B. were the initials inside of the hats. 'sI told Louis what I saw in the house and he
 said: "Bring the stun down and 1 will buy it." The second day after went to Pomfret again. In interim went to Fred N Nood's saloon and the following day sawed wood for Wood until o'clock, but, getting tired, quit the job and went into the saloon to refresh himself.
 When question by Louis as to when he was going again, replied that he was going the next day with a horse and wagon. Drove to the vicinity of the Bradley house and going there took thefefrom the elk,s head and filled the bag with parasols, etc.; also black handbag that had nameplate in scribed sGeorge l.. Bradley" Upon return to Putnam, left bags with Louis, who took them home with him Sold the small articles and q bathrobe 1 to Louis and two snakskin pocket books. Claims to have the balance of the stuff hidden under a foot-bridge at Pomfret. Went to Putnam to Woods saloon and unloaded the elk's head. Said he was sick because he was drunk.
 Miller claimed to have walked most of the times to Pomfret and return, but on two occasions, on succeeding morn ings, Louis had given him p and 4o
 cents respectively.
 Missing the train, he went and spent the f0 cents the iast saerning and blew ] is in for drink and then walked to Ponffet. He said that the ansiirons
 were for Fred Wood and that he sold
 three shirts, q fountain pen and a Inaguifying glass fo Louis for the sum
 Of szz-7s. Claimed that Louis reuaons- l lrated wifh him when he told him
 asonr the elk'si head. said he should