Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-29

tSSN. JOutl OufH iy lJ.. tcOCiCtS ol Marists, who spent a part of the sum- mer at Villa Marie, the Marist home on the Watch Hill road. and as guest of Rev. Peter McOscar, pastor of the church of the Immaculate Conception and who participated in the 50th an- niversary exercises of St Michael s church, Pawcatuck, will be e-consecrated bishop of Natchez. Miss, today Clues day). Among those who will attend are tAe bishops three brothers, James Dunn of Providence. Rev. Edward Dunn, s. M. of St. Mary's college, Dunda1k, Ireland, and Hugh Dunn of Ireland, head of one of the largest lace industries in the world who will meet at the conservation in Atlanta for the first time in 21 years.
 Most Rev. James IT. Blank, $. M., D. D., archbishop of New Orleans, will be the celebrant and consecrator. Rt. Rev. Edward P. Allen bishop of Mo- bile, will be the senior assistant conse- orator, and Rt. Rev. John B. Morris, bishop of Little Rock, will be junior assistant consecrator. Very Rev. J. r. Sollier, provincial of the Marists in the United States, and who has spent va cation at Villa Marie. will be the mo- tary. He was formerly pastor of the Church of Notre Dam des Victories, the French church of San Francisco.
 Very Rev. P. c. Heydn. who has ad- ministered the affairs of Natchez dio- cese since the death of Bishop Heslin, and Rev. Edward Dunn, s. NJ, brother of the bishop-elect, will assist in the conservation mass.
 The Church of the Immaculate Con- ception in Westerly has been in the charge of Marist Fathers for several years.
 Monday noon a young man whose looks appeared familiar entered the Washington Trust company and pre- Dented to Teller Robert G. Thackeray . check to be cashed The check was fer s2s4. payable to bearer and signed by H. T. Kenyon & company and was No. 410s of that concerns checks. MT Thaclxery was satisfied that the sigma ture was genuine but was suspicious of the style of penmanship by which the blanks in the cheek had been filled in. MT. Thackery scrutinized the check closely and then left the counter to make telephone inquiry as to the gen. uineness of the check. being of the opinion that the check had been raised.
 Before MT. Thackeray reached the telephone the young fellow hurried from the bank, passing Treasurer Ar thur l.. Perry in the doorway MT. Thackeray called to MT. Perry to stop the young fellow. but by that time he lad reached the street Wren Mir. Perry. got outside the bank building the cheek raiser had disappeared
 Upon Inquiry at the office of H. T. Kenyon company 1t was ascertained that check No 41os. the identical one presented at the Washington Trust company bank. was issued to a Boston firm; the amount of the check was s6.S5. This check was supposed to have been mailed last Friday night. Ii Is now believed that the letter con- taining the check must have been lost between the Kenyon office and the postoffice and found by the individual whom the bank officials would like to find
 The finder had knowledge of the use of erasure acids, for the name of the Boston firm and the original amount of the check wero cleverly ob1iteratcd, but the crude substitution was not in keeping with the neat signature of H. T. Kenyon & company. The check was endorsed Andy Ralph and strained eff fort was made to have the endorse rent differ materially from the writ ing on the face of the check. The fel- low who presented the check is be- lieved to be a resident of Westerly or Pawca tuck or has close resemblance to someone known herea bouts who cannot he readily called to mind. He is described as being about g years of age. of ordinary build and wore blue suit a straw hat. no vest and collar that drew closely together with close-ft string tie. Although prompt search was made for the fel- low he managed to get out of the way unobserved by anyone save Messrs Perry and Thackeray. and both of these gentlemen made personal search for the check-raiser in the vicinity of the hank.
 representative of the firm of IT. r. Kenyon & com pany is of the opin- ion that the check was received by the Boston firm and that it was surrepti- tiously taken from the office in Bos- ton, as extra care is taken in deliver