Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-02
Westerly Hears of Mysterious Death
Fatally Injured at Centervie While Pre- pairing to Move to: Brothers Home Norwich-Taggers Who Butt In Not t-Wecomed-Bequests in Will of Mrs. Esarfs Burdck. F..

There is mystery surrounding the ideath of Thomas Tourgee, in Center }vtlle Saturday. MT. Tourgee when 1 assisted to his former boarding place ! said he had been in the company oI tseveraI PD1anders in a Riverpo1nt sa, loon and had been hit over the heao with. a bottle. and that is all he would , say concerning the injury. Dr. Arch iambault who dressed the wound, was of the opinion that Tourgee had been lstrtck in the head by some blunt ln- :strument, either a bottle or a club. !Medical Examiner Griffin. who made an examination of Tourgee at the nos, pitalS states that death was caused I by bullet shot at close range rom a Ipowder marks about the wound: The fbullet penetrated above the left eye, ffractuting the skull and entered the thead one and a half inches above tne seye, ploughed backward and inward and lodged in the tissues of the right side of the brain Dr. Griffin will re- sport the case to the attorney general flor investigation. 2s>r
 Tourgee. who up to two weeks ago sboarded with MT. and Mrs. Ernest {home following a visit to his brother George Tourgee. in Norwich. and went ito live with his sister. Mrs. Charles kJennison, in Arctic Centre. He also iquft work at Hope companys Pnoen1x mill and is said to have gone to Nor freturned to the Jennison home early Hast week. He packed his suis case and left Tuesday morning of last week ftor Norwich. From that time until Hast Saturday morning. when he was !dssisted to the Mason home. with his ie1aift. vest and trousers wet. as if he |:had been in the open all night, his sCoat missing. and the left side of his Iface covered with congealed blood. nothing was heard of Tourgee by his irelatfves pr acquaintances in PaWtuxet ea
 Robert Hunter. noticing that Tour ;gee was on the verge of collapse, when lin Arctic Centre square, asked him where. he lived and offered to assist him home. Tourgee said he lived in Henterville, about a quarter of mile IdiBtant. and upon arrival in that vil- s1age he pointed out the Mason home &nd wHs taken in there, where the blood was washed from his face by Inc whs only in a condition that he had been several times before, and would be all right after having sleep 3Up fo=2 o'clock in the afternoon, when iTourgee dropped off to sleep. The was !al, 1n a conscious state. At otad 4cloch M,s a 7Sason hastened to the home of Chief aS,f Police Andrews and the chief sum- 91oned Dr. Archambault, the medical ;8xaminer, who ordered the patient re- moved to the Rhode Island hospital, where he died shortly thereafter.
 Some who have to do with the Wes- .terfy District zN Nurse association, and with the annual tag day in part supr port thereof desire the public to know Yaat every cent collected is devoted to the purpose for which it is donated and that there is no expense in con necfion with the collection, as the work ds an done by volunteers who are in- terested, in the good results achieved contrast to the visitation of a dozen or. more strangers sdnvading Westerly Monday and having a tag day for. the benefit of the Rhode Island Depart ment of the United States Volunteer
 These solicitors, presumably under pays eatab1ished headquarters at The Wno16 .IsIand and were busy during t1R day Eetting coin for the tags. The 3iS1fora did not walk from Providence fo Westerly. nor did they bring lunch s,lmed that in addition to pay for ser vice. their transportation and meals were paid4 for from the money cellect- ed. If this be- so. there is a ques- ance to devote to the aid of the Rhode Island department of the United States Life Saving Corps.
 It has been suggested that if a tag day be contemplat$d for Westerly in the future by the life saving corps, that a permit be first obtained from the proper authorities. or that local parties be interested to. conduct tag 5, day in order that all the money con- tr4buted will be used for the purpose For which contributed and none used tor expense of collection
 -.
 The will of Abbie Jane Burdick, skvitIow of Evan ~Burdick, with codicil, 5gas admitted to probate at a regular session of the Westerly probate court N. Burke presiding. Specified personal effects are bequeathed to relatives and fine balance are to be disposed of by sister of Stestator in accordance with Rrreement. The codicil, after 8 be- uuest of $1,000 to the First Baptist | church. the interest of which is to be used for general church work, cash be- ux1ests are made to seven relatives, the largest sum being $l-000 and the small
 est s100, and whatever balance remains Is to be distributed equally between the nieces and nephews of the late Evan
 Burdick Judge John w. Sweeney
 was confirmed as executor of the es-
 tate and the bond fixed at $S,000. The
 Appraisers are Everett A. Kingsley,
 Eugene B. Pendleton and James A.
 Dunn.
 Alma B. Tanner was appointed ad-
 n1Snistratrix of the estate of, her late
 husband c. Gilbert Tanner, who died
 Aug. 19,s 1914, intestate, but leaving personal property to be administered.
 The bond was fixed at $12,000 and the 2 Maryland Casualty company of Balti-
 more was accepted as surety. The court 2 appointed as appraisers D. Harold < Rogers, Ira B.. Crandall and Stephen < 8. Brown of Providence.
 The petition of Annie B. Allison ask
 Ing that she be appointed guardian of
 the person, and estate of Samuel A.
 Allison, her husband, person of un-
 sound mind. was received. The matter
 was referred to a session of the court ,6 be held Sept. Is. with order of cita-
 Hon. served upon respondent who is in
 i1ekstate hospital for the insane.
 ~ The first and final account of Ev-
 rett Barns, administrator of the estate
 If George B. Wright, was received and 2 kpproved for record.
 George Benjamin Utter, Westerly
 member of the Republican State Cen.
 raj committee attended a meeting in
 Providence, Tuesday afternoon. when
 twas decided that the state and con
 n. ,.