Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-27

him. Bond was fixed at s1 1000 in each case.
 Both men first broke and entered the Toscano saloon where they secured and some -whiskey. They partook freely of that which intoxicates and as one of the accused puts 1t: We then lost our heads and didn't care what we did and took a chance and lost" After leaving the saloon they went in the heavy rain to the Bur dick store in Beach street where they took Ss and some cigarettes. From there they went to the Haswen store and took s35O Allen believes they could have got away from the place safely, but for Murphy who was then drunk, lighting matches. He believes the lighting of the matches attracted the attention of Clerk Williams, who was about to open the store and then went and summoned George Harper the proprietor. Allen believes he could have made successful escape from Williams alone. and added that he did not believe Williams would have chased him without Harper. Murphy managed to hide just outside the building and Allen ran with Williams and Harper In pursuit and was finally captured. In the meantime Murphy sauntered down into High street, kick ed hole in the plate glass door of the Woolworth store, entered and took twenty-five cents from a box on the office desk
 Allen was in the police station about four hours, when Chief Brown brought Murphy in staggering drunk. He was asleep within five minutes after he was placed in the cell. When he &Woke and realized that evidence of his guilt was found on his person he acknowledged that he was guilty. When told that Allen had been arrest ed and some of the booty found with hlm. he told the story of the nights work There was nothing left for AL len but to confess. which he did, giv- ing the information that he know notI1- Ing of the theft at the Woolworth store. Both men were committed by Chief Brown Friday.
 A paragraph in the annual report Of the Interstate Commerce Commits rP4fS in q way that has a bearing on the recent accident to the Shore Line express train near Westerly. Accord ing to the report there is particular need for an investigation of the con- dluons surrounding the use of steel rails and car wheels.
 Tn the last annual report the com pissiOners called attention to it's in- -Festigations of accidents involving broken rails in which it had received valuable aid from the bureau of stan- dards. These investigations have con- tinued and have emphasized the need of information pertaining to track and rail conditions with respect to the vastly increased wheel loads conse- quent upon the use of heavier Iocomo- tlVeS and cars and higher rate of speed. AS was pointed out in e recent report of the commission covering it's investigation of an accident caused by a broken rail: It Is difficult to refer to more fragrant example than that of steel rails. where definite knowledge e Cf m of in service is laclling.'"
 Patrick B. McNeIley was severely in- Jured by being thrown from his laun- dry wagon in West Broad street Christmas eve and was found uncon- scious on the sidewalk in West Broad street with his wagon overturned and wrecked near by. He is now some what improved. He Is unable to give any account of the mishap, the last he dry at the residence of Michael Higgins and then getting into his wagon The horse escaped injury and was found standing near the wrecked wagon.
 There were no witnesses to the mis- hap, so far as known, except the occu- pants of the automobile that struck the wagon, and they are not known. There is a story to the effect that in an attempt to drive from the curb to the travelled roadway he made a sharp turn, cramped 8 forward wheel too short, and thereby caused the wagon to overturn with the resultant injuries. This story is riddled by the unmistaka- ble evidence furnished by the finding of broken glass of an automobile lan- tern, part of a wheel spoke and splinter from the door of an automo- bile at the scene of the mishap.
 It is possible that MT. McNe1ley drove his team from the curb directly in front of an automobile approaching from the rear, and that it is one of those unavoidable accident cases. But the fact that the automobile driver continued on without even an attempt to ascertain the damage removes all extenuating conditions. The police of Pawcatuck have been unable to locate any damaged automobile that might be suspected as the one that struck MT. McNelley's wagon, so the real cause of the mshap is sl1rouded in mystery.
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