Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-26
BODY FOUND NEAR WESTESLY TRACKS
Unknown Syede Killed By the Cars-Pasquae Salan,enos Sentence to Kingston Jail Hearing on Stoddard'Gn' bert Cornpanys Caina-North Stonington Man in Stab g>Afray--Prof. Kendall May Be Stonington School Superintendent
Superintendent.

Early Friday morning the body of a man was found between the double tracks of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company at a point about 1,500 feet south of the dry bridge over West Broad street, in the village of Pawcatuck, town of Ston- tngton, Dr. George D. Stanton or Ston- tngton borough, medical examiner, was notified and he ordered the removal of the body to the ,morgue of the H. B. Iavitt company. Soon thereafter pr. Stanton arrived and made an investt- gation. In his opinion the dead man Is perhaps a Swede, about 30 years or age. He was probably struck py a westbound freight train, and the fatal injury was a blow in the forehead, which crushed the frontal bone and Fractured the skull. A letter that had never been mailed was found on his person. It was written with lead pen ril on stationery of the Plains hotel, Cheyenne. Wyo;. and addressed TO yer. It referred to the writer expect tng to get a job in a lunch cart, but was unsigned. In a small pOcketbook, with the letter " on the clasp, was found five cent piece. five pennies and two small keys. A pocket comb ticles in the clothing of the dead man. He was comfortably dressed and the medical examiner was of the opinion that he was a laborer, or possibly d restaurant employe, as indicated in the letter. Coroner Franklin H. Brown of Norwich was notified, but he did not consider it a case for his personal in- Vestigation, there being no evidence of foul play or any negligence on the part of the railroad company. pr. Stanton authorized the burial of the body.
 Dr. Stanton has been medical exam tner of the town of Stonington for q ticut added county medical examiners to the corps of county coroners. He said that during that period he has been called to more fatalities on the railroad track between Pawcatuck river bridge and the thread mill in. the village of Pawcatuck than in all other sections of the town of Stonington combined.
 PasquaL SaIameno, convicted last April for assault with a dangerous weapon, when arraigned for sentence In the superior court for Washington county, was sent to the Washington county jail at Kingston for six months and not to the Providence county jail. There is a vast difference in the con- duct of these institutions, as the for mer is on a line with those in New London county. only even more 1enient 1n the treatment of prisoners, while and compares well with the state prison. Prisoners are worked to their full capacity and when not working are confined in cells. The case against Salameno for carrying a concealed weapon, sentence was deferred upor payment of costs.
 h~fA Oliver H. Williams in the Third dis krict court Friday of the, adjourned ease of the Stoddard. Gilbert company bf Norwich against Louis Gentle, an action to recover on 8 bill due for goods delivered. Upon the opening of he case, Attorney John J. Dunn, coun- sel for Gentle. made a. motion for non Euit, claiming that plaintiffs had not shown that Gentle was in any way Indebted to them, and that the only evidence introduced at the first hear Ing was simply that some boxes had been delivered at the Gentile store, the contents Of the boxes were unknown tnd might have contained sawdust or waste paper. Attorney Everett A Kingsley, counsel for plaintiffs, claim ed. that prinna facia case had been proven at the first hearing. Judge suit.
 Gentile, the defendant, was called to he witness stand and number of re- eeSpts from the plaintiff and declared that he did not owe the concern 8 sent. He said he had done no busi- ness with, that Norwich firm since demand was made upon him for the payment of goods he had not received Tn response to queries by Attorney Kingsley, Gentile said he was not in he store much of the time, but that
 1is wife, son and daughter attended
 10 customers He did not know
 whether they signed receipts for al
 soods received, but it was their GUS.
 sorn to do so.
 Attorney Dunn insisted that the
 slaintiffs had only shown by witnesses
 hat some boxes were delivered, but
 lhe contents were not known to the
 leliverers, and therefore might have
 seen something of no value. He saio
 hat no goods had been described 1T
 he testimony nor no value establish
 d. Attorney Kingsley contended tha,