Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-27
PECULIAR SUIT IN WESTERLY
Man who had Unsatisfactory Shampoo Demands Damages Arguments Finished in Forest Fire Case-Cand= date Favored for Highway Supervisor of Town of Stonington-Detention of Dog may Cause Suit.

After the return of the jury from a V@sit to the premises in connection with the case, the trial of Benjamin Locke against William A. Palmer, an action to recover for loss by forest fire. was resumed in the superior court fsE Washington county.
 Mir. Palmer. the defendant, testified fss- on the Sunday morning of the fire he went to his mothers house to pile up some brush. and had been there some time when he discovered fire and immediately went to fight it. He denied emphatically having told w. -A. H- Potter and Archie Kenyon that he had lighted a cigar. thrown light ed match away, and thus causing the destructive fire. ~ He said he did not know vixen. how or where the fire started. He had seen a tramp in the road just before the fire was discov- cred
 There was a fire not only on the Palmer place that Sunday forenoon but also southeast from there on the east side Of the river, according to the teS- 1imOny of Isaac T. Prosser. This fire was about two miles off but worked its way along and extended over to the Palmer place. He was present with zfT Palmer when Messrs. Potter and kenyon were there and he did not hear s1r Palmer tell the alleged cigar and lighted match story. He also saw the mysterious tramp.
 John C. James testified that he, too saw the tramp in the case. MT. James went with Prosser and the others to the fire on the Palmer land. He saw fi~> at the game time on the east side o< Queens river which he located as on the John c. Clarke farm This fire was burning northeasteriy and would surely reach the Palmer land He wSE present with the party when Pot ter and Kenyon joined them. He did net hesr 1fr. Palmer make the state rnsnt in regard to the origin of the ire. He had seen Potter and Kenyon at his store frequently since the fire and never heard them even intimate as To she claim Of what they heard Mir. Palmer say with reference to the starting ef the fire.
 The testimony was completed at arguments were made and Judge Rath- bun gave his charge to the jury.
 A new case entered in the Third district court by George R. Mckenna is ths outcome of the alleged mistake If local barber in the preparation of a hair tonic or mixture for use in shaTnpoofng in which too much of pasefcu2ar Ingredient was used It is the ease Of Edwin L. Marr against Main street barber. not Russi or Nhaien or De Perry, and under a declaration following the old common law pls@dings which still to a large ! extent prevails in Rhode Island.
 Tse declaration states in effect that ! on the 18th of July, 1911. Marr went to l the barber shop and received and paid l for a shave. haircut and shampoo. and l that the defendant did not exercise due ] and proper care in serving his custom CT and by reason of neglect on the 1 part of the defendant the plaintiffs | head was burned scalded and scabbed. | causing the hair to fall out and other wise in1uring the plaintiff. It is de- | clsres that Narr suffered much pain | and was obliged to expend considerable i money ts be relieved ef his injuries. ! He claims s5sO in damages
 The case was continued 10 next Fri days session Of the district court. The 1 defendant denies any responsibility for | the alleged injuries of the plaintiff
 At the annual meeting of the town of Stonington held recently a road | commission having a membership of | three was selected to have charge of ! the highways of the town and relieving i the selectmen of that duty. This | change necessitates the creation of an | office new to the town which will be | designated as highway supervisor. who will have direct charge of the work | Cr the highways under the supervision | cf the road commission.
 Tuesday Ralph Wheeler. son of Silas | 2. Wheeler of Mystic. was in Pawca- tuck circulating for signatures a peti- ton to the road commission urging the appointment of Ralph Wheeler to 1 the position. Some signatures were | secured. but others were not given. as | candidates other than Mir Wheeler 1 were favored IL is said that at least | 1f applications for the place will be | fled with the commission.
 stranger of muscular build, almost | a head taller than Deputy Chief Brown, i was arrested ny that officer Tuesday ! r1orning in High street The fellow i was partially intoxicated and was i playing the panhandling act like an eX- 1 gert. At the station house he gave his | occupation as a railroad hobo resi- ! dence any old place and his name as | Neisos Rowe. lie was very glib and | very very Drofane of tongue, using phrases that were new even 10 the | police in the vocabulary of profanity | .ind abuse. He declared that he was | no novice in the police field and that | Inc would have lawyer in court and | play rings around the police Of this ' heat town. Then the big fellow coil | ei himself mp on the cell bench and | f-umbied himself off to sleep. Judge | Williams will give him hearing to- | cay Wednesday,.
 There IS liability Of a lawsuit over tFe recovery of dog that may result l fr the abolition of new industry in ,