Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-09-26
BLOW OF AN AXE
William Gavitt's Way of Venting An
ger on Rawson Work-Fugitivs Cap
tured in Brothers House at Frank
lin.

| William Gavitt. aged ga, is locked up
/ la the local police station. charged with
assault with intent to Kill and VIII be
| brought before police court this (Mon-
| day. morning for a preliminary hear
| ing.
Gavitt had been working for Rawson
| Work on the Ia tiers small farm near
Williams Crossing for his board and
small wages. Saturday evening the
! two had some words and as a result
Gavitt hit Work over the head with
| an axe. cutting the head so badly that
| Or. Guild was called in to sew up the
cash and dress the wound.
| The police were notified shortly after
7 o'clock Saturday evening. Mr.. Work
was notified to consult with Prosecut-
| ing Attorney z. Frank Bugbee which
me did, and the following warrant was
gotten out: William Gavitt feloni-
Ously did make an assault upon the
] body or one RaWsOn Work in the peace
l-then and there beingwith a certain axe
old him the said Ra Wson Work strike,
wound and cut in and upon his head
with the intent him the said Rawson
Work then and there feloniously to
kill"
Capt. E. H Richmond and Lieut..
Daniel kiliOurey took the warrant and
went in search OF Gavitt going
through Windham and in the vicinity
Of Pleasure fill in the town of Frank
lin through the woods 10 the house of
samuel GaVitt a basket maker, broth
err OF the fugitive -1fter considerable
hunting around in the dark the Off
GERS found ths house and hearing
voices WithiSf in the dark. knocked and
asked If air. Gavitt lived there and
was tolA that he did. William Gavitt
came. % the door, was asked If he was
not William, and he replied that he
vas. Captain Richmond said, Il want
I YOU From the darkness the elder
hrlfhap said n a nd 60 tn m
quick, doesn't hep
The prisoner was lodged in the sta
ton house About IL O'Clock.
sunday morning Captain Richmond
/ drove with the prisoner TO the Work
| home near Williams Crossing and tried
To locate the axe with which Gavitt did
| thS cutting, but was unable to do So
taVitt fatty denied that he used an axe
, but both Mi and Mrs. Work said that
I he did and that when he left their
| home he brandished it as he was 60
! ing down the road Captain Richmond
and Gavitt continued toward the Cav
itt house in the backwoods and after
q search Cal plain Richmond found the
axe some 200 feet from the Gavitt house
In the woods. forty feet from the road
way. Gayitt had thrown it there just
before he went to his brothers house
for the fight
GaVnt said that he had hesitated in
the road, debating whether or not he
Should 90 to his brothers or down to
Norwich to the home of his daughter,
or some other relative who resides
there
Work and Gavitt had some words
! and Work ordered Gavitt out of the
| house and Off the premises. telling him
\ to Beat it!' He did, but not before
! leaving his mark. Mr.. Work was afraid
| that Gavitt would return and do him
I some more bodily injury and informed
/ the police il they wished to call him
4 up again Sunday, they must do 50 be-
| fore nlghtfaH, as he was. going to the
| home of a neighbor for the night.
! There is rumOr that jealousy was
/ the motive for the act. but that can
not be verified. although it is known
| that Mrs Work has always stood up
| for Gavitt previously and that he was
| the handy man around the house.
| Sunday Mr.. Works condition was
1 some what improved.
Gavitt, according to his own story,
| has done time in states prison and has
/ also been arrested for minor offences
| on a number Of occasions. In 1870
| he served a two and one half year SEN
| tence in Wethersheld for placing ties
/ on the railroad tracks up Bolton way,
\ il is said, although he says that at
1 that time he was convicted upon cir
| cumstantial evidence only.
/ The axe with which he inflicted the
| scalp wound upon Mr.. Work Saturday
\ evening is now on desk in Captain
| Richmolds private Office at police
/ headquarters. The police aid good
work in so promptly capturing Gavitt