Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-01
WHAT IS INTERESTING WESTERLY
AvondaIe Man Pays $2OS for Having Short Lobsters- Police Watching Out for Louis Rsstelli-s leasant View Wreckage Believed to be From Larchmont- Horace Barber Wanted for Obtaining Money Stolen Che ecks-Promoton of !. C. Robertson.

A pair of lobster detectives made a | haul of undersized dark green crus- | tacean crawelrs that change color un- | der certain heated conditions, in the vicinity of Avonda1e early Saturday morning. These detectives were Wn- | liam T. Luth of Newport chief dep-
 uty or the Rhode Island fish commits | sion, and Deputy James Harrington, also of Newport They received a tip | that George F. Nye of Avondale was engaged in the illegal business of buy ing and selling undersized Holsters. the kind that measure less than four and one- eighth inches from the point Of the nose to the end of the schell, no
 consideration being given the length
 of the tail.
 The detectives arrived in Westerly on the 1010 train Friday night, went
 to Avondale by a circuitous route, and -took station on the Nye premises where they could see without being seen. There they remained all night. In the early morning they observed MT. Nye coming from his house carry ing two baskets. He went to the wa ters of the Pawcatuck and placed cap tive holsters in the baskets. On the return trip he was halted and questioned in regard to the Holsters by Messrs. Luth and Harrington, and accused of having unhersized Holsters there was ground for the accusation. Nye had 4, Holsters in his possession and they were measured by the of11- cers. All but one were found under legal size.
 Deputy Luth made formal complaint against Nye, and he was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Frederick T. Mitchell. Soon after he was arraigned before Judge Oliver H. Williams, in the Third district court, charged with having 41 undersized Holsters in his possession. He pleaded guilty and asked for lem iency. stating that he did not catch lTl.e Ir.4 I- txI E~.,wr e-.zII them.
 Judge Williams informed the accus- ed that under the statutes there was specific penalty and that he had no option as to the extent to be imposed. It was plain that the fine was $5 for each underSized lobster found in his possession. He therefore ordered the payment of fine of $205 and costs to the amount of $3.S0, a. total of $20S.S0, which Nye paid.
 MT. Nye stated that the Holsters were for a special order and that the prospective buyer would be disap- pointed. He declined to give the name of the intending purchaser or that of purchased. It is said that many lob ster dealers buy without regard to size and that MT. Nye happened to be tha one singled out for prosecution.
 He tried hard to ascertain who gave the tip to the detectives, but the only information he could receive in that regard was that the detectives were notified that a man who drove bob violating the lobster law, and they added that they had seen no horse of that description in this case until MT. Nye led the animal from the barn Sat urday morning.
 Louis ResteIIi, the granite contractor, who shot and killed his mother and Henry E. Hardwick. quarry owner, in Quincy. Mass. and wounded his broth CT, Gaspare Restelli,. C. Theodore Hardwick, Benjamin Bishop and Will liam NJ. Adrien, was once a. resident of Westerly and worked on Quarry Hill. A brother is now a resident of West erly.
 Chief Bransfield was notified of the tragedy Friday night, given a descrip- ton of the murderer, and asked to keep a sharp lookout for Restelli, as it was barely possible that he might at tept to reach Westerly.
 The ResteIli family were residents of Westerly about 25 years ago, the fath- CT and the brother Gaspere, being ern- ployed as stonecutters in the New England granite works, while the slayer was a tool carrier. being then about 13 years of age. He attended tine Quarry Hill school, and one of his classmates said Sunday that Retelli was always dreaded by his scfloolmates, as he was of vicious disposition and none of the boys dared to oppose him. It was believed by the boys that Restelli all ways carried a long knife, which he would threaten to use upon the slight est provocation, but so far as the in- torment knew RestelH never executed any of his many threats. Once, how ever. he evidently intended to kill the teacher.
 Resterli had been mNdly punished for some violation of school rules. and soon thereafter he declared that he was going to kill the teacher with his knife on the afternoon of the fol- lowing day, after the session of school closed and when the pupils had left for home. That afternoon. true to his threat. Restelli was lurking near the sclhooIhouse, but the teacher was in- formed of the intent Of young Restelli, and several Of the larger boys remain ed to escort her home. After that a close watch was kept on the boy. and when the family removed to Quincy some people in Westerly were greatly eyed