Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

In the Third district court, Thurs
day, before Judge Oliver H. Williams,
upon ssquest of Town Solicitor Harry
B. Agard and with the consent CT the
court and the accused, Larry Cole
man. the charge against whom was
breaking ana entering a saloon and
the commission of larceny, was chang
ed to larceny, in order that the case
might be kept within the jurisdiction
Of the district court In requesting
cnange in the complaint MIR. AgaTd
said * was a disappointment to a
prosecutor to have grana jury cases
disposed OF without sentence, and that
he did not favor holding cases over for
the grand jury unless there was a
change in the methods of the attor-
uey generals department tie cited
several JIM ortaut and serious cases
which had been continued or disposed
If IN q way that was discoura ging to
prosecuting officers: he did not believe
that such tactics We're for the best in
teresls of the state. Judge Williams
said he was surprised ana pleased 20
hesr the town solicitor make such
plain reference i'm regard TO the cases
that 60 beyond the jurisdiction Of the
district court.
Coleman pleaded guilty to the
amendcd complaint and was sentenced
10 four months ia the Providence coun-
~ jail ana to pay the costs. which
means imprisonment for about seven
months.
When the court asked Coleman whs
ne committed the crime he replied
that ne WAS drunk for were he in mis-
right mind. he would never have done
BARN 20 Nike Mccarthy OF his prop
ertF. When Coleman was arrested his
clothes were I'm tatters and parts held
in places with shoelaces. He had
been IN the Westerly police station bus
e. few hours when Mccarthy. the man
who had been ROBBED, furnished Cole
u,an with suit Of clothes that gave
hitn . respectable and preseLtable APP
pe.lrance.
New Years eve, NieoIo Comodi was
slssned with a razor and cut from tSe
left ear 10 the point of the chin, du
ing q row in a house i'll Pierce stree :
Ills lssailant escaped. ComOdi is con-
fined 10 his home by reason Of the
INJURY. Chief Brown has made in
voSUgation Of the case and Louis and
Joseph Erogn1o were arrested in con-
ue1tiOn with the affair. it being alleged
that they had hold of Comodi when
he was cut with the razor. Both men
L.
They pleaded rot guilty and furnished
bonds OF $500 each for appearance at
the regular session Of the Third dis
tTict court today (Friday).
A the plaintiff has relatives and
many scqusintsnees in Westerly there
ls local interest in the decision of
Justice Stapletcn in the supreme court
~ Brooklyn, that Bessie Babcock Hunt
CT Br0olcieId, X. Y. is not the Legal
WIDOW OF John Wright Huntington.
known as the Turpentine King, and
could not be declared so, even though
the evidence on which he divorced her
- owed fraudulent as the status of
the case ends with the death OF either
party. Had AIRS. Hunt won the case
she would have been entitled to dow
o. right in an estate valued at more
than s2.010,500-
1ir. Hunt the original plaintiff, died
December Is. 1910 IN the summer
CT that year. al the age OF -, ne Sc
Cured q divorce from his wife, who
vas 81 on the ground that she had
ei17ed while they We're hcneymoOning
il Paris. witt Count Alexander de Tri-
ternadief described in the papers as
q relative of the Russian car. Ac-
cording TO the testimony of a private
DEF eCuve. Mrs. Hunt ana the count
toured France and Spain.
When the case came up for trial,
Mrs. Hunt was represented by coun-
eel, but she offered no defense. After
the death Of Mr. Hunt she petitioned
Judge StapletOn to order the case re-
opened that she might be declared
the legal widow Of the man VINO had
divorced her. She stated that the
private detective had given false tes-
timony and she charged that her hus-
band made frequent trips to Europe
with young women VINO Travelled as
MS nieces bat actually were not re-
lated 70 him. One Of these women
submitted an AFFIDAVIT in support of
this charge, stating that she and Mr.
Hunt n June, 1909. spent several