Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-03
BUT 1s LOCAL MEN
Whose Nance Are Found in the 17o
 Arrested During Eleven Months.

In connection with the publicity be- ing given the number of arrests and prosecutions for intoxication in the town of Killingly during the past II months-a new high record total of 170-through the license campaign, an interesting sidelight on the discussion Is obtained as to the personnel of the unfortunates by an examination of the town court records-who they are, where they came from, their claims on citizenship in Killingly and the permanence of their residence here. The record is not an inspiring one looked at from any angle. It adds nothing to the glory of Killingly con- sidered from any viewpoint. It does, however, relieve the citizenship of Killing1y from the odium of being ad- vertised as a community that might be versant with all the facts as a town in which more than 10 per cent, of its total voting strength have been in it's town court during the last II months charged with intoxication. This. indeed, is not an enyiable repu- tation to earn; but figures are misun- derstood and misinterpreted. more off, ten than not without malice. and for this reason it may be only fair to the town, aside from all arguments on the license question: to write into the rec
 ord of the campaign something of the
 men-ard woman-who have passed
 before the bar of justice for having been intoxicated in this town
 Out of the ITO persons who have been before the local court on intoxi-
 cation charges in the last II months l the names of 15 are to be found on ! the voting lists of Killingly, this all | lowing for two doubtful cases arising from a duplication of names.
 In the list may be found the names | of many confirmed rounders. offenders,
 as shown by the same court records, l for years back. through license and no-lieense periods in Killing1y. The majority of the ITO. probably more | than 100, are transient persons. 1n- | cluded also are the names of persons | who live here and on the West Side | and in the town of Brooklyn. but not registered as voters. but this group | is small.
 Tie record shows that Killingly has | been overrun with what many are ! pleased to term buns during the past | year and that they have managed to get intoxicated and into trouble here | to the expense and disgrace of Killing
 lys citizenship. That the officers and I court have not spared them Is attest | ed by the record.
 I Many Transient Workers.
 l NIiingly Is an important cotton manufacturing center. This fact brings I many transient workers here-for a
 period just long enough to allow them
 earnings sufficient for indulging in de- bauchery and consequent arrest. When they are not doing it here they are doing it elsewhere. With this class, | who do not by any means represent | the great majority of honest, hard
 working and well behaved people en- | gagged in the cotton industry, but only a fraction of them. loiters about a | group of unemployed and unemploy- l able. They help spend the money earn ed by the erstwhile workers and all
 get into trouble. Killingly is more unfortunate than most towns in this respect
 To this class. it would seem, must be credited the bulk of Killingly's ar-
 rests and the confusion of conscience
 that results for many citizens. 'This
 fact is not set down here as an ar
 sument on either side of the license
 question. but to throw Ight on a nhase