Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
BURGLARS CAUGHT AT WESTERLY
7rove to be Skete Allen and Kiddy Murphy, Each With
 Record-Crowd Attends Public Christmas Tree Exer-
 cses-Speca Music in the Churches For Feast of the a Natiy>y.

quite drunk. Entrance to the Wool
 worth store was made by breaking the plate glass in the door The 20 cents
 taken was a dime and 15 pennies that
 clerk had placed in a box containing pins which was on the office desk. | When Murphy was searched some of
 the small black pins, such as were at
 Woolworth's, were found, as was also
 a bottle of whiskey of the kind taken ! from the Toscano saloon and the keys
 of the cash register.
 The police believe that Allen and | Murphy worked together. as they have been seen in each others company re- 1 gently. This opinion is strengthened by the fact that Lafayette F. Main of l North Stonington made a complaint
 to Deputy Sheriff William H. Casey of l Pawcatuck Tuesday that Allen and | Murphy, who had been about his | place, had entered his house and had broken open the children's banks and stolen the pennies they had been SaV- | ing for Christmas.
 Allen and Murphy, by the acts, can 1 rightfully be placed in the criminal class and have probably gone beyond
 the reformatory period. Some years
 ago, as boys, they were convicted of
 breaking and entering the store Of Andrew Tower in PaWCatuck. Allen, who was under 16 at the time, was
 sentenced to the state school for boys,
 and Murphy, who was older than Allen,
 was given a jail sentence. Since then
 Murphy has served several terms for , theft and breaking and entering. Allen was released from the jail in New Lon don about six months ago after serving
 8 term of a year and half for high way robbery. the holding up of an ice ! cream delivery wagon in Mechanic l street and relieving the boy driver of | his cash. At about the same time he ! committed several other robberies and managed to escape arrest. lie was | finally arrested at Watch Hill by i Sheriff Casey and lodged in the Paw catuck lookup. The sheriff placed : Thomas Totten in charge of the pris- oner, with instructions to keep sharp
 lookout and to not unlock the cell door,
 Totten and Allen were well acquaint ! ed. Allen complained of the condition 1 of the soil bucket and asked Totten to remove it. which Totten started to do. i As he reached into the cell for the i bucket Allen forced his way from the cell. assaulted Totten with a cf<Ir and
 after a severe tusSle sealed 1ne roof of
 the cells and made his es@ape through
 a small window. AI3<n remained in
 this section for sCnle time and was seen occasionally emerging from the woods between Westerly and Stoning
 ton, occasionally doing some small
 hold-ups on the tside- He finally dis
 Sheriff Casey continued on his trail
 and finally located him, about two
 months after his escape from the Pawcatuck lookup. in a camp about 12 miles from Westchester, N. Y., where
 he was employed in water construction work. The sheriff brought Allen back to the old lookup and took personal custody of the young man until he was taken to jail.
 Allen and Murphy will be arraigned in the Third district court today, but as the final disposition of their cases is ] f of a11I-f they will be held for the grand jury at the January session of the superior court for Washington county.
 At least 1,5oo men. women and ehiI- dren gathered around the brilliantly lighted Christmas tree in Wilcox park Wednesday evening and participated in the celebration of Christmas eve Ther was @ concert of especially se- lected music by the Westerly band Un der the direction of Leader Charles O ! Gavitt, followed by the singing of | Christmas carols. led by a trained chor- us and conducted by Robert Valentine, musical instructor for Westerly schools.
 It-was the first event of the kind for Westerly and it is expected that it will be an annual occurrence. The weather was exceptionally fine and moderate for the season and in consequence the exercises were carried out without the slightest weather inconvenience. On Christmas eve a year ago heavy snowstorm prevailed, but last night was almost of the midsummer variety.
 The customary Christmas services will be held at St. MichaeFs church today, with a sermon suitable to the greatest of feast days in the church, by Rev. Dr. John Neale at the high mass. The special musical programme will be as follows:
 o'clock mass-Children' choir: It Came from the Midnight Clear Silent Night; Venite in Bethlehem; Adeste Fideles; Ring Christmas Bells.
 10 o'clock mass-Organ prelude: O, Holy Night; Kyrie. Gloria, Credo, Cams; Adeste Ffdeles. chorus and Leo Higgins, soloist Sanctus, Agnue Dei, Cams, chorus and Joseph Lenihan, soloist; Mrs. Thomas Murray, organist, assisted by Gavitts orchestra.
 Herbert O. Brigham, state records commissioner whose duties require him to see that cities and towns in Rhode Island have proper fireprOof equipment for the preservation of pub- lis records. has been for two years en- deavoring to have the city of ProVi- denCe provide such equipment, has de- clared that if there is not a move in that direction by Jan. 2 he will have the equipment provided and the city will pay the expense according to law. Mir Brigham recently inspected the record room of the Westerly town hall and declared il to be one of the best equipped in the state.
 The special musical programme for Christmas in the Church of the I'm
 naculate Corcepticn win be as fol- lows: s o'clock nass-Junior choir Come Ali Ye Faithful: Hark! the Her aid Angels Sing; Christ is Born To- day. In Bethlehem Town. 10 o'clock mass-Kyrie. Gloria, Credo, Cams; offertory. Adeste Fideles; Sanctum Agnus Dei, Cams; Benediction, o Salutaris, Jordan; Tantum Ergo; Lau- date Dominum soloists, Martin H. Spellman, Kenyon Doyle, Mrs. NJ. Dris- coil.
 At Christ Episcopal church the fol- lowing musical programme will be rendered at the Christmas morning service: Processional hymn, MendeI- ssohn: Veneti ex Gloria. Randall: Te Deum. F flat, Clough-Leiter; Jubilate, King Hall; Introit hymn, Redner; Ky rie. Barnby; Gloria Tibi, Dyke; Credo, Stanford; Sanctus, Stanford; com munjon hymn 225, Hodges: Gloria in Excelsis, Stanford; SevenfoId Amen, Stanford; RecesSional hymn, Smart Local Laconics.
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