Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-24

Others-Warren Coon Given Fine
 and Jail Sentence foe Maintaining
 Liquor Nuisanee-eorouuh of Ston-
 innton Plans Psrl<Iet System.
 While Westerly has but one park, and that among the best in the state, the nelghboring borough of Stoning- on is planning for Q general park ystem, but of much lesser preten- ops than Wilcox park.
 Edward Bradley, head of the high .uy commission of the town. has plans
 .! changes in the vicinity of the rail-
 ,, station that provide for a change the location of the highway just It h of the station and the establish .l uf two paTklets in the immediate ity between the station and Mat ~. park.
 representative of the New York, N Haven & Hartford railroad com- l4, will meet with Mr. Bradley and C.. CTS of the Stonington Improve rtt society in regard to the pro- t,sed Identification. IL is expected inaf the railroad company wtn CO., olorate so that the parklets will be eqsily recognizable as beauty spots by next spring and improve as the sea- son advances.
 .The improvement society that now cares for Wadawann1ck square and Matthews park win voluntarily take proper care of the proposed parklets. IL is believed the movement will meet with the approval of the railroad peo-' ple. as 1t is the policy of the com pany to make the grounds in the vii cinity of railway stations as attrac- tive as possible.
 When the general building is fin- ished in connection with the tranSfor- nation of the general railroad layout in Westerly, which includes new pas senger station and freight depot, att tenLion will be given to beautifying the grounds that are not strictly de- voted to railroad purposes. It is planned to have park in front of the station, to be laid out by an ex- pert landscape gardener and receive f71e best of attention as to its care With the old station removed there will be a large area of land facing Railroad avenue, available for park purposes.
 Capt. Cyril D. Wells, vaao has ss- pervised the construction of the new town building and courthouse for the contractor, William Williams of Prov idence, has been relieved from the work here. but will probably make weekly trips of inspection He has been called to Providence to super wise the construction of the s15e,0oo addition to the Outlet building, for which MT. Williams has the contract The new town hall building is com plete4y closed in and ali the exterior work completed. The interior work will be under the direction of David Caraay, the boss carpenter, who has been at work on the building since it was started MT. Cariey has had much experience in the construction of large buildings. He was a former resident of Norwich.
 MT. Wells has become attached to Westerly and regrets that he cannot remain here until the new building is formally dedicated. But for the nature of his business, which necessitates residence in Providence, he says he would be glad to make Westerly his home town
 A giri of seventeen, Alice Briggs, whose home is near North Stonington has a tendency to purlofn the property of others. and is now within the limits of police prosecution. The girl was employed at the home of Dr. Samuel c. Webster. A short time ago she left the doctors employ so suddenly that She did not wait to collect wages due her. Subsequently it was ascertained that child's savings bank had been broken open and about $2 in coin taken, and that tin box containing 8 bank book, S20 in cash and some papers were missing.
 Later this girl was employed in the Silverstetn family in Pawcatuck. She left there without giving any notice. and soon after articles of women's wearing apparel, including a shirt wa1st, were missed.
 Since then there was no trace of the girl until located by Chief Thom- afl E. Brown at Watch Hill. The keys of the trunk that contained the tin box were recovered and the tin box was found in the attic of the Webster home upon information given by the girl. She said she did not take any of the contents of the box, but investigation proved to the con- trary. The girl denied that she had taken anything from the Silverstein home, though she wore one of the stolen shirtwafsts at the time she made the statement. The girl was placed under surveillance pending the action of the parties in interest in re- gard to prosecution.
  At the session of the superior court for Washington county, Monday, at Kingston, Warren Coon of Westerly, Indicted for maintaining a liquor nui- eance, pleaded noio contendere. Judge Baker imposed fine of $100 and to seFre a term of thirty days in Provi- sfence jail William Benson, who was found guilty in the Third district court as being lewd and wanton person and was sentenced to two years in the state workhouse, and appealed from rhaf Judgment, asked that the co11rt pass his case temporarily. He expect ed an attorney from Westerly to de- lend him. but this attorney had moi put in appearance. The request ot Benson was granted
 In the embezzlement case against Peter M. Rose. Attorney John w sweeney entered a demurrer on the ground that the complaint was in adequate and faulty in several partic. ulars. The demurrer was sustained This will result in a delay in furthel tr1a! should a new complaint be is. sued.
 The state rifle range will olose fo general practice shooting next Satur day, and it is expected that many vii endeavor to make records during tn