Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-06
INDIGNATION AT LORDS POINT.
Summer Residents III Pleased at Game
Warden Pease's Tactics-Henry
Lewis Of FitchviIe and PlainfieId
Boy Give Examples,

Down at Lords Point, where many
Norwich people are summering. there
is great indignation over the rough
shod tactics of Game Warden Pease,
in his investigation of suspected short
lobster catches. That Pease has not
exercised as much discretion as he
might have done in pursuing his du-
ties as short lobster slueth is evident
enough from the bitter feeling that has
made itself evident toward him. His
alleged maltreatment of Henry Lewis
OF Fitchville, who has suffered no lit
tie discomfort since Pease accosted
him with Holsters last Monday. fur
nishes one illustration of his methods;
another sample of which is vouched
for by James e. Lord, proprietor of
Lords Point The objects of Pease's
investigations in This instance are two
small boys of about ten years of age,
Charlie Hopkins, son of Charles e.
Hopkins of Plainfeld, who has a cot
tage there. and another boy named
Breglio, whose parents are also spend
ing the summer at this point
The boys had rowed out to Rock
island, a short distance off the point,
and a well known breeding place for
Matched out here during the season.
which is nearly over now. In rambling
over the rocky little island the boys
ran across two or more of the eggs.
When they had picked them up, Pease
bobbed up from behind one Of the
rocks and asked the boys what they
were going TO do with the eggs They
said they were going to take them
nome. Instead of warning the boys
that it was against the law to- take
the gulls' eggs fact which the par
ents of the boys are quite sure the
boys were ignorant of, he watched
them leave the island for the point.
following after them in his own boat
With an entire change of front Pease
once more accosted the little fellows
on shore and frightened them out OF
nights sleep by telling them that
he would have them arrested for steal
Ing gull eggs. seeking further to ter
rortze and tntimidate them by display
Ing his official badge and q pair OF
handouts. The boys parents are in
censed against the treatment they re-
ceived at the hands OF this official
and they are expecting to be notified
that their cases have been reported to
the town authorities and the arrest
Of the boys asked for. Mr. Lord said
that Pease's treatment of these BOYS
had done as much as anything else to
arouse the resentment of all the cot
tagers there against the mans pres
ence on the point.
Judge Herbert W. Rathbun. who
has been engaged as counsel for the
lobstermen and others who have been
arrested for lobster laws offenses. said
that if Pease pressed the matter to the
extent of having the cases prosecuted
he would prefer charges against Pease
for assault on Henry Lewis. Mr.. Lewis
has been in Ill health for some time
as the result of long and severe i'll
ness, and, besides a general shaking
up as the result of Pease's bouncing
upon him when he came ashore in his
boat with the Holsters that were the
cause Of the trouble Mr.. Lewis sus-
tanned painful injury to his leg, from
which he is still suffering
James E. Lord also stated that War
rem L. Broadway of Putnam, who has
a summer cottage here told him that
Pease had on several occasions sug-
gested that he make use of some lob
ster pots that were in his possession.
for no other purpose than to put him
in way of breaking the law by catch
ing and taking out short Holsters. In
this instance Pease is frankly accused
of attempting to trap some one into
breaking the law so that he could ar
rest him.
In town court Saturday morning.