Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-10

Officer B. D. Chaffee Denies Coroner Bills Charge of Neglect of Duty Writing Featured at Teachers lnsti- tute-Howarth and His Counsel in Town.
 Officer Benjamin D. Chaffee takes 1 exception to Coroner A. c. Bills charge l that he was guilty of neglect of duty 1 on the night that Frank Roze, alias l CreseSto EspoSftio, was shot in this l city. Officer Chaffee said Saturday | afternoon that Joseph Minervas Whe l has since been sentenced for the shoot 1 ing of Roze, was not pointed out to | him on the night of the shooting.
 Officer Chaffee's story of the hap 1 penings of the night follows: After the 1 shooting occurred he started to trail l Roze, who, wounded, had fled from l the scene of the shooting up School l street and eventually. into saloon on 1 Elm street, from where he was taken | to Dr. J. J. RusselPs office. Returning, 1 he met young Italian who talked l with him and gave a version of how 1 the shooting had come to occur. He l talked with the young man for some time and then left him. the officer 1, coming through from School street un- ] der the Front street railroad bridge to | point near where the stone steps l come down from the Chickering hotel. | This was about 10.30 o'clock, and 1 something like half an hour after the shooting,
 It was at this place, and about this i hour, Officer Chaffee says, that he met | Howard James, who told him that he | had seen a man who had been mixed 1 up in the shooting. Officer Chaffee says that MT. James told him where 1 the man had been; that he had left 1 another young man to watch the fel- 1 low, but did not know where the quar- ry was at just that time. The officer says that Minerva was not pointed out to him at that time, or any other time l by MT. James, or by any other person, ] but that he told Mir. James to show him where the man was, remar&ing: Hes my meat" As Officer Chaffee passed along the street man came to him, saying there was a telephone call for him at the Putnam inn. Going there, he found that he was wanted at Dr. Russell'S office, where ROze was lying, awaiting the ambulance to take him to the hos pital. Officer Chaffee went to the phy- sician's office to remain with the wounded man until the ambulance should take him away It was while he was at the office of Dr. Russell, he says, that another telephone message came requesting that he come over into the Grove street section and arrest a drunk who was in that vicinity. Officer Chaffee responded to the call and got the man, who proved to be Minerva, but the fact that the fellow was the one IIlaI III luS SuOOliIS dlld1I h was not known to the officer at the time he made the arrest I Officer Chaffee feels that he has been unfairly criticised and that he did his full duty on the night in ques- tion, not shirking any detail He fur ther complains that he was not sum- moned as a witness in the coroner's inquest and was thereby deprived of an opportunity to tell of his actions on the night of the shooting. Officer Chaffee will make a strong defense of his action before the police committee of the common council to which the matter has been referred.
 Teachers Institute.
 Teachers from various towns came here Saturday for the teachers insti- ute held under the auspices of the state board of education and in the Israel Putnam school Some of the pupils of the school were called In dur ing the afternoon for work in connec- ton with the writing features of the days programme.
 Strict Quarantine Maintained.
 Exceptional care has been taken in the quarantine restrictions that have been placed about the home of the young smallpox patient on May street and there seems to be no need of wor- l ny over the spread of the disease The 1 case is not regarded as a severe one, 
 been found in various nearby towns
 Howarth's Brief Visit.
 Attorney Frank E. Howarth was in this city for a short time Saturday morning in charge of Sheriff P B. Sibley and Deputy Sheriff John H. Fitts. The young attorney was brought ! here that he might have an opportuni- 1 ty to get from his office some papers | needed in connection with his case,
 The trial continued to be almost the 1 sole topic of conV ton for Putnam people on Saturday and Sunday. There l
 is not conceivable angle from which every phase of the case already deVel- oped has not been considered and all kinds of opinions find expression.
 Attorney w. A King, Wlm4.1antic, one of Howarths attorneys, was in Putnam Saturday afternoon and found it difficult not to talk about the cases as he was questioned or offered broad | hints aas to a liking for his opinion by | the many persons whom he encounter ed. especially at the railroad station, | where he was waiting for train home. 1 Mir King talked some about the case. He expressed his personal faith in the l innocence of his client. Mir. King had 1 been at Danielson in connection with 1 another case in which he is interested 1 No Excitement About Election.
 r Putnams approaching city election l is completely overshadoWed by arson trlaI talk, ana SuCn dlIpd4SLlhS os l may be done before election day will 1 have to wait until the court matter is 1 disposed of. Indications are that the 1 campaign will not be a very lively one
 until within few days before election. 1 when some work may be expected to
 be done in the interest of the candi- l dates on both city tickets.
 Electrical Gauge on Water Tank.
 An attachment has been placed in the water supply tank on Oak Hill