Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-07


/ Reed took his seat and prayer was Of
| fered by Rev. Hugh Treanor. Sheriff
Brown opened the session and a num-
Der of the prisoners were put to plea.
| There are IA continued and A new
| cases on the docket this term.
| During the morning Royal Croker
| pleaded not guilty. as did Joseph l..
| Fenner to the charges as read. Pleas
| of not guilty were entered by Edward
| Harrington and Peter Kelley. Mary
| Levi of Bozrah. Amasa Maine of
North Stonington entered plea Of
not guilty. as did CORTLAND Maynard
and James Rossi. 1t is probable some
of these will change their pleas to-
day, as did number on Wednesday.
| This morning the grand jury will be
| In attendance to consider the case
against Ossie Van Leu, alias Frank
| Thompson, charged with murder. in
! Old Mystic, as to which degree he
shall be tried on, and the trial jury
will be present to hear the cases which
| come to trial.
! The jurors summoned are Dennis
| Houlihan, Jacob C. Hafner, Cornelius
| Downes, James D. Mccarthy, Wood
bury 0. Rogers. Norwich; William H.
Hamilton Wallis. Samuel Levine, Col
| chester; Joseph B. Sheldon, Charles T..
French. George A. Haskell, Griswold ;
! Charles A. Perkins, Nathaniel c. Bar
ker, lebanon; Governor H. Brown,
North Stonington; Edwin c. Wheeler,
| Bozrah; William C. Smith, Franklin
| George Tatro, Carl Swanson, Sprague;
Fred L. Kanahan, Lisbon; Robert A.
Bailey, Salem; -ames H. Dixon, Vol
| untown.
Mather Has Sentence Suspended.
! Ezra Mather, %, pleaded guilty to
| stealing a horse valued at SIS from
| John Rice in Old Lyme on July II.
| After a plea from Attorney John H.
! Barnes and a statement from Prose-
county Jail was imposed and judgment
was suspended The accused was
placed in charge of the probation Of
| ficer.
John Fitch pleaded guilty to the
theft of one barnyard fowl in New
London and Attorney Warren Bur
rows made a plea for him, indica ting
that the hostility of Polish woman
towards the prisoner had led to the
charge, but the accused claimed that
the fowl was one he bought from a
Jew peddler and sold to Chinese
laundryman. Sentence of so days in
the county Jail was given.
Wanted More Evidence.
Walter Prairie. mural painter, who
had pleaded not guilty, changed his
plea to guilty of the charge of bur-
glarizing a cottage at Black Point.
Attorney Hollendersky made the plea
for the accused that he had only en-
tered the cottage for shelter and to
get something to eat. the place being
unoccupied at the time. He also read
a letter from a New York house in
commendation of the accused. Judge
Reed said he had grave doubt of
whether the man was guilty of COM
| mon law burglary, although he had
so pleaded and he was unwilling to
commit him to state prison without
hearing more evidence. The case was
continued for that reason.
GuptiI on Probation.
Herbert Guptil, II, charged with as
sault with intent to kill, to which he
had pleaded guilty. had an argument
| made for him by Attorney Douglass.
who claimed that the boy was guilty
of only common assault in striking
John Cote in Montville on the night
of August rs with stick. 1t was
shown he fired one shot from revol-
Yer loaded with blank cartridges. Ed
mond HI. Rogers, for whom the boy had
worked, testified to his general good
character. and said he was ready to
give him employment again. Sen
tence of three months in the county
Jail was imposed, with suspension of
judgment and the boy was placed in
care of the probation officer He was
allowed to go with Mr.. Rogers pend
ing reporting to the officer.
Beckwith Got Six Months.
Albert Beckwith, who pleaded guilty
to the theft of a. watch, pocketbook
and money. all amounting in value to
$10.85, at a New London lodging house,
July 9, was given six months in the
county Jail, after Attorney Smith of
New London had made a statement of
the case and Prosecutor Hull had told
of the previous court record of the
prisoner, who, he said. seemed to have
propensity to do dishonest things.
The prisoner also made statement of
the case, which the judge said sounded
to him like a very improbable story.
Dowd Sent to Prison
John Dowd, Bangor, Me-. pleading
guilty to attempted statutory burglary
in entering the #. P. Fowler store in
Lebanon on the night of August %,
was given sentence of from one to
two years in state prison. The pris-
oner had his hand bandaged where
he was shot on the night of the bur-
glary.
Attorney Telley E. Babcock made a
plea for mitigation of sentence, which
Prosecutor Hull opposed, and Judge
Reed said such crimes were too COM
mon and he could see no reason for
tightening the sentence in this case.
Clark Gets Two to Three Years.
Arthur Clark. colored, New London,
pleaded guilty and asked the mercy
of the court on the charge of break
ing into New London store and
stealing a large quantity of goods,
which were recovered in a Bridgeport
pawn shop, according to the statement
of Prosecutor Hull. The prosecutor
stated that one William Wiley was
associated with the prisoner in this
crime. Wiley confessing, but Clark had
not confessed. and he believed Clark
was the ringleader. Clark's identity
had not been established, and it was
understood that Clark had said he
would rather go to state prison than
reveal his identity
Judge Reed told the prisoner that
it was the public which was entitled
to ask for mercy from such men as
the prisoner, and he proposed to put
him where he belonged. He gave a
sentence of from two to three years in
state prison.
Pleaded Not Guilty.
Robert L. Stone of Stonington
pleaded not guilty on three counts of
nhezzleInent in the sale of certain
stock as an agent, the sums being $3.50,
$S5, and $170. Attorney Charles F.
Thayer moved for a postponement of
the case to the January term stat
ing that he had only known of it Is
minutes before coming into court and
he was convinced the accused had a
perfect denfense, but he had had no
time to prepare it. Prosecutor Hull
opposed the motion, stating that the
continuance was asked that the ac-
cused might settle the matter, which