Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-27
The Stranger Who Started the Excitement
Escapes Unidentified
MR.. PALMER'S PRACTICAL EXAMPLE
He Believes in City Beautifully Disturbing Burglary
The Painting of the Old Mill-The Annual Cruise
of the Marines.

There was mighty peculiar shoot
up in Bank street saloon at dusk, in
winch one man was shot in the thigh
ami the others in the place, including
the proprietor, managed to get out of
harms way According to the story,
the offender was a stranger, who whip
ped revolver from his pocket and
told all IL the saloon to get out, and
all but one escaped the flying bullets
Then the fellow with the gun left thu
saloon and hasn't been seen since. The
story seems Incredible but the saloon
man declares i. to be absolutely true.
There certainly was a man shot in that
particular saloon and at the particular
time denoted, but how the shooter
could escape without detection is just
a bit mystifyfng. The saloon is locat-
ed in a populous section of the street
ana where persons are passing at all
times, and in large numbers at the time
the shooting took place but at that
hour there is no policeman on that
beat. Just why some of those who
were in the saloon did not trail the fell
low and locate him so that he could
be taken by the police is not explained,
but it is evident that they are not be-
levers IN the old maxim that says
something of let no guilty man escape.
The man came from no man knows
where. and went to some place that tbs
police cannot find on the map, ami
this happened on busy Bank street, at
dusk, in progressive New London.
Some who have given the matter SOBER
thought are beginning to think that
there is something in connection with
this shooting that has not yet come TO
the surface, and perhaps that when
some kinks the police are endeavoring
to straighten out are more clearly ex-
planned the shoot-up will not be quite
SO mystifying as it is at this writing.
Although buraiaries occur in large
and fully protected cities, and the bur-
glars escape undeteeted with their loot.
is no plausible reason why the police
force of New London should not be
increased and the protection made even
more efficient. The local police are no.
entirely at fault just because thievi1g
JOBS are done successfully and with
out molestation for such things do
happen in even better police regulated
cities than New London. To those I'M
familiar with the regular duties of the
police officers and with the large
amount of territory each officer is sup
posed to cover, there is expression of
surprise at the possibility of doing such
a job as was done in q State street
store one night this week.
1t is claimed that entrance was ef-
fected by raising a rear window, and
once inside the burglars moved the
safe quite distance in the store back
cove, and did then and there throw the
safe over and with jimmy and sledge.
or some other hand forced power, break
open said safe, and did purloin and
take therefrom and carry away nearly
$500 in legal tenders of the United
States, the denomina tons and numbers
of which are not to the deponent
known. There are circumstances con-
nected with this burglary that are pc
culiar and it is no wonder that some
are surprised that such thing cou-d
take place without detection SO far
as known there is no trace of this
burglar, and it may be that he is the
same chap who shot Up the Bank street
saloon. or he may have been a brother
or q first cousin or something of that
sort. Perhaps both mysteries will be
fully explained in due time. Don't
score the poor policemen. at least I'M
til after thorough and satisfactory in
vestigdtion is made.