Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-26
OFFENSIVE CIRCULAR IN WESTERLY
Starts Wransle Among Ialans-Men Mentioned Therein Bring Suit Against Writer-Peasant View Catholics Petition For Mass Every Sunday-Funeral of Charles H. Babcock
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j, service with honorable discharge Sept | 2, 1862. He was vice commander ot l Budlong post. Grand Army of the Re | public. MT. Sisson was deserving o1 the honor conferred by the Veteran
 association, but he will not serve, as 1 he died nearly two months ago. | George G. Graham Of Westerly and | Nutiey, N, J., is defendant In a law | suit brought by William w. Little, of
 Cranston, R. l.. on book account. and attachment has been filed against Mir. Graham in the sum of $1,0G0, to
 satisfy an alleged debt of S552.25. Pa pefs have been served upon Mr Ora ham at his New Jersey home and Dep uty Sheriff Herman Faster has pasted an attachment on the Graham launch Pandora. The writ is returnable to
 the next term of the superior court.
 Two criminal cases were disposed
 of in the Third district court. Friday,
 Judge Williams granting discontinu-
 ance upon recommendation of Town
 Solicitor Harry E. Agard, who, after
 careful investigation, did not believe
 the circumstances warranted prosecu-
 tion. The cases were that of Over
 seer of the Poor Ellery Barber against James Loughlin, charged with bas-
 tardy and that of the state against
 Cosma Pitz who was charged with l
 years of age.
 Morton Booth, who was adiudqed
 guilty of assault and penaIized to the
 extent of $10 and costs by the Third district court. has taken an appeal to the superior court. Booth was con- victed of an assault upon John Rear don, policeman of Wilcox park, and now claims that Reardon was the real offender. Booth claims that he was assaulted without pTNovocetton and was struck several times with a blackjack only offense was that while under the influence of liquor he fell asleep on a park bench. He was aroused and as- saulted by Reardon and not knowing that Reardon was an officer, as he was without uniform, he struck Reardon in self defense. Booth and intimate friends believe that he was not at fault hence the appeal.
 CathoIicss spending the summer at Pleasant View are desirous of Sun day mass at that resort, as 1t is great inconvenience to attend mass in Westerly. There was a meeting of those interested Friday evening at Ardnore, the summer cottage of Mrs Higgins. at which Rev Peter McOsCap, pastor of the Church of the Imma culate Conception, was present and II is believed that mass will be celebrated for the first time at Pleas ant View next Sunday It Is planned to hold service at the Pleasant View Casino, which Is unoccupied the pres ent season.
 At the annual convention cf the National Association Of Fire Chiefs to be held In New York the first week in September, Chief Cottrell, a mem Der of the association, should repre- sent Westerly in appreciation of his foTty-nine years of active service in the department.
 Charles HI. BabeoeL, who died sud- denly in Westerly Tuesday, was buried in the Babcock burial plot in Toma- quag Valley, Hopkinton, not far from the Babcock homestead. Rev. Clayton A. Burdick conducted prayer service at the home of the deceased in Pond street. Westerly. The funeral service at Tomaquag Valley was conducted by Rev. TheOphilus H. Root of Alton. and the committal service was directed by John A. Lagon post, according to the ritual of the Grand Army of the Re public. The bearers were Ezekiel Per