Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-28

ney Attorney Greenough acknow wl- edged the justice in the objection. and the further hearing in the case was
 continued to next Friday.
 Patrick Brady, who has been de-
 tained as witness in the case at the states expense since the coroner's in
 quest. is retained in custody. failing
 to furnish a bond of $500. The pres ent hearing being merely preliminary, Brady will be under pay of the state of Rhode Island, with leisure quar- ters at the Kingston jail until the September term of the superior court.
 James Roberts, accused of being a common drunkard, pleaGed nolo. Up-
 on representation that ne was the main support of his fa~hs~, who is so years of age, and upv.- oTnise to reform. Judge Williams suspended judgment.
 The trial of John DiFonti, accused of manslaughter m causing the death of Michael Riley by selling wood al- cohoI poisoned whiskey, was then commenced.
 Mrs Mary Riley. whose husband. Michael Riley. died April 25, testi- fled that her husband drank whiskey on Sunday and died Monday. There was whiskey bought three times from DiFonti I, on Sunday. The e, first time time self and the children bought on the other occasions. The last half-pint was bought in a beer bottle and after drinking that stuff Mir Riley went to sleep on the floor, then became rest less, very thirsty and became blind Dr. Briggs was called and MT Riley died soon thereafter. Witness resided near the KIondfke quarry in Man tic. in the town of Charlestown, and near Di Fonti's house. Her husband drank half pint of whiskey Satur- day night that he got from DfFonti. Sunday morning MT. Riley went and I,.- zr.-% ~frtr. l the bottle. Later Sunday two sons were sent for another half pint, and Arthur BHven took a drink from the bottle. They poured the liquor in glass and drank twice each, and MT. BliVen drank the most of it. Later son and nephew or witness went to Di F'onti's and got another half pint of liquor in a beer bottle. After drinking from this bottle. MT. Riley lay down under a tree in the garden and went to sleep, and upon awaking he came into the house and complain ed of feeling drowsy and sick. Of the last bottle Mrs. Riley poured some of the contents into another bottle and sent it out to her husband. The orig inal bottle was placed in a closet and what was left in that bottle was taken by Dr. Briggs for analysis. After drinking from the third bottle MT. Ri- ley said he wanted no more of that Whiskey. On Monday morning Mir. Riley was able to walk downstairs, although he could not see, and fell for ward upon the floor, and was then put into bed. He called for witness and the children just before the doc tor arrived and then became uncon- sciOus.
 Timothy Riley. age F. son of Mi. he bought whiskey at John DiFontrs. on Sunday morning, and bought it from Marguerite, a daughter of John DiFoni. He brought the whiskey to T,s- c1% I1f Hi H. if it. Witness was accompanied by his brother Michael on the first visit and his cousin was with him the sec ond time
 The evidence of Mrs. Riley relative to the subsequent sickness and death of Riley was corroborated.
 Michael Riley, age 12. another son of deceased, testified to going to Di Fonti's Sunday morning with his fa ther, and that he went into the house bought half a pint of the whfskey while his father remained outside. He gave the whiskey to his father. He made second trip for whiskey at Di Fonts with his brother Timothy.
 Dr. A. B Briggs was called to Mi- chael Riley's house at 9.45 on Mon day morning, and he was of opinion that Riley was poisoned, and that he died within fifteen minutes after charge of the bottle from which MT. Riley drank, and which contained small quantity of liquor, which had been taken to Professor Whitney for analysis. Dr. Briggs said it was evil dent that Mr. Riley died under sus- picfous circumstances, from wood al-- cohol poisoning and declined to give certificate of death and notified the medical examiner; he would have so acted had he not known of the other wood alcohol poisoning cases.
 Medical Examiner Rouse made the post-mortem examination of Riley and had sent the stomach, brains and bot tie containing a small amount of li- quid for analysis.
 AS in the Cisco cases, Judge Swee- ney objected to the presentation of the certificate of analyses preferring the testimony of Professor Whitney, and Friday. At that time Professor Whit ney will testify and evidence for the defence will be introduced.
 Pitcher Wilcox of Mystic and Pitch sr GIennon who helped Westerly win land- Connecticut league, last season, are now with the North Adams team. In a game with Pfttsfie1d at North Ad- ans, Wilcox started to pitch for North Adams says the Berkshire Ea- gle, and for three innings he did well enough Then he began to falter- The smile that hovered around his coun- tenance as he retired the Pittsfield
  gan to accumulate. In the fourth he was hit safely twice, but double play prevented any score. In the fifth four singles and a wild pitch resulted in two runs being chalked against the team.
 There was a change in his manner. He did not feel so confident as when he started the game. In the sixth two more singles off his delivery was enough and the captain had the blan- 1et placed around Wilcox and he was led to the stable while Glennon was rrotted out. He was not much of a puzzle, Sullivan pushed out a two Dagger at the beginning. In the sew enth inning a couple of more bingles off GLennon resulted in Pittsfeld vic tory
 Judge Edward Nj. Burke of Vest =rly was elected great senior sagamore at the annual meeting of the Improv- ed Order of Red Men of Rhode Is- and in Providence. The other off, cers elected are: Edmond c. Roberts. great sachem;s James Monroe, great junior sagamore; William E. Carpe1- ter, great prophet; Lewis l.. Ste- vens- great chief of records; Charles 2. Phillips, great keeper of wampum; William Moon, great Mishenena; Will jam Rawson. great sannap; Evan Ma