Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-01

serving s., .ns". ., -.,..l-,.ea. TOT being da il -t. .s-.,' t,A 5t.-Eln and withoGt ..sl-a al-.4 ls # support, Who refused sC l2-tFe tIg tJa... Gu arriya! at Westerly, vas c&Vijed to New London and tuned ever tG the police of that city ana subsequently returned to Westerly, WAS in tha Third district court saturday. N:s. Morgan and Smith were callet in to make eXSlnina- tion as to hss mental condition. They testified that the! considered it for the best Interests ct the public and to MT. Pryor that he De sent to the state hos pitai, Ss fe was mentally deficient Judge Williams ordered tbe commtttal of MT. Pryor &s the physicians sug- gested.
 A1r Pryor is 62 years old and has an established settlement in W9Eterly, en- iriing him to the privileges of tho towE farm. He positively refused to so there, and the overseGr of the poor declined to put tke town to the expense of his care at the state farm or state almshouse.
 There IS considerable interest in the coming initial debate of n1enrkers cf the Catholic club which is scheduled to take place. in the club rooms on Thursday evening, April II. The sub JecL for debate will be Which was tGe greater general in tho Civil Ear, Gr2ns CT McClellan1 Councilman Maurice V. Flynn, Dr. John M. O'C0nneli. James Collins, Postmaster Charles J Butler ant Dr. Michael F. Scanlon will es- pouse the cause of Mcclellan and the di5putants favorable to Grant wiI be Rev, Peter MoOscar, Judge John w. SW eeney, Edward NurrEy, Joseph Da- ley and Charles St. Onse.
 Assistant Attorney General Harry p. Cross, known to every lawyer and to almost everybody else in Westerly, has retired from that office and Attorney Gerer2l Herbsrl A. E;ice has appointed Ltvingsr)ne Ham of Providence az his successor Mir. Rice explained that it was with the understanding that he should ba relieved on April l that Mir. Cr2as a2oept31 reappolntmcut the first Of the present year Mir. Cress is e member of ths law firm of Greenough, Eston &, Cross. Attorney General Rice has also appointed Antonio A. Capo- toso third assistant He has been act ipG as oua O. ths pUslto prosecutors sicce Mir, Rice was inductod to office Jan. 1. brt he was employed under the stRtuts providing for the employment Of assistance Ey the attorney general and never received formal appointment.
 Attorney Phillips wlll continue to act as seconI assistant attorney general. Policeman James c, Sullivan arrest ed man on suspicion in New London Sunday who is supposed to be Cyrus Randall alias Charles Hazard. coi0red. Wantel for burglary committed in Nerth Kingston Feb. 15 last. A com plete description of the man, with copy or warrant for his arrest, was given the New London police department by Deputy Sheriff William II. Casey of PaWcatuck, Policeman Sullivan saw this man who answered the descrip- tion and asked him if he was not George Johnson Of Waterbury. and re- eelTed the reply: No, sir, I'm not the chap you want; my name is Cyrus Randall, and belong in Wakefield part 0l the time and in North Kingston the | rest of the time"
 t Policeman Sullivan's ruse worked to charm and Kendall was held for l Identification by Deputy Sheriff Casey l and an officer from Rhode Island. James Dean Fish, who was president | ot the Marine bank of New York, inc failure of which in 1884 swept away the | savings of Ulysses s. Grant, died Sun day, March 24. at the home of his | daughters at 105 St. Felix street.
 Brooklyn. The notice of his death was 1 published in the obituary columns of
 but one New York paper and that in | cluded no address NIr Fish was 93 1 years old. Two months ago he fell and broke his right leg. He did not re- l cover from the shock.
 General Grant went into Da1+nerShin 1 with MT. Fish under the firm nane of ! Grant & Ward. The general bought a l seventh interest in the business for
 S5O,oOO and later Mrs. Grant and Jesse l Grant purchased a similar interest. ] General Grants name brought many
 investors and for a while the Marine ] bank, in which Grant & Ward had S4OO,O00 deposited, was regarded as a powerful institution.
 MT. tish's attentions to Sally Reber.
 who sang in The Mikado and WAS a popular fayorite, attracted considerable
 nouce. Just before the doors of the
 MaI1ne bank closed on May 6. 1884. MT.
 flsh privately married Miss ReOer who | was his third wife.
 Tor his share in bringing about the
 Iallure of the bank MT. Fish was sent
 10 the state prison in Auburn in May
 Iooo' me oay he was sentenced his
 new Vile bore him a child. and fve
 weeks later she died. He served three years, ten months and fifteen days and
 then President Cleveland commuted
 the sentence.
 AIter his release Mr. Fish lived with
 ms daughters i'll the Brooklyn home
 ana Of his neighbors knew of his his
 eory. He was buried Monday. Marcr
 zo' at Mystic, Conn, his birthplace.