Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-27

saw 8. man proving about her house Sunday afternoon. he evidently think ing that there was nobody at home, and she prepared to give him warm reception. The stranger went to the front door, which was locked. He then looked through window and then back to the door. which he unlocked with a key which he took from his pocket. Mrs. Browning was the only member of the household at home. and she went into a bedroom and got loaded revolver. The stranger went direct to the bedroom and as he open ed the door he faced revolver held by a determined woman. She ordered the fellow to about face, her intention being to keep him on the march until she could get help. The stranger did not take kindly to the plan and ran away. Mrs Browning fired at him, the bullet striking him in the right leg, but did not prevent him from escaping from the custody of the woman.
 Mrs. Brown telephoned the facts to John R. Wilcox. sheriff for Washing ton county, at his home in Kingston. Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Charles Bennett, he commenced search for the intruder. At Cross description of the fellow who entered the Browning house and who had a fresh bullet flesh wound in the leg. He gave his name as Auger Burdick and his age as 27. He had a jackknife in his possession marked t'H. W. B." which was stolen March 20 from the Browning house. Burdick pleaded not guilty to the charge of breaking and entering when arraigned Sunday af- ternoon and was held in bonds of $1,000 for hearing in the Second d1- trict court.
 The new organ for the First Baptist HtaPrrch Waa&APtV arriVaH M0ndav from Boston. The installation Of the modern instrument is now in progress and will be completed this week, but the instrument will not be turned over to the church before the second Sun day in May. The organ will be op- erated in part by an electric motor. The total expense will be about $2,300 and of this sum $1.000 will be contrib uted from the Carnegie fund devoted to such purposes. Before the instru- ment becomes the church property the builders will give concert, the pro- ceeds to be devoted to aid the church in payment of its share for the organ. An expert organist will play and the concert singers will come from Boston.
 The organ being removed has been in service 55 years, was the second to be installed in a Westerly church, and is the oldest in the town. The first church organ was in Christ Episcopal church when located in Union street and was burned with that edifice about 35 years ago.
 Everett Moves, not of the soundest mind, about 25 years of age, and na- tive of Westerly, has at his own re- quest become a resident of the town farm, declaring that he could not get employment and that the town owed him a living. He has been at the farm all winter and of late has be- nhnnvfnryu hr7r oF r, ,io ir,So cent behaviour A complaint was filed with the prosecuting authorities. He was taken into custody Monday after noon by Chief of Police Brown and in the evening arraigned before Judge Oliver H. Williams in the Third dis months in the state workhouse at Cranston.
 Charles H. Potter, who died recently, a carpenter by trade, but who was un- able to work for many years by rea- son of the loss of a leg from injury received in a runaway accident, left a personal estate valued at $11,0O0. Mr. Potter was unmarried and of a frugal turn, and the general opinion was that he possessed but very little money. He leaves will which gives to his brother two-thirds. of his estate and the other third goes to sister. Some
 
 in local savings bank, MT. Potter drew $400 out of another bank and sewed it in the lining of his clothing, in order that he would have ready money in case the other bank institu- tion delayed the payment of his depos- it's. A few days before his death he told his brother to take that money and pay the expense incurred during his illness. It is said that the money secreted in, his clothing was the same taken from the bank a dozen or more years since. It was a common remark for MT. Potter: 'Tm able to pay all bills and to take care of myself during a rainy season. And he certainly was!
 Tn the absence of Simon P. Nichols, Of Westerly, member of the jury that tried the case of Andrew J. Hazard against the New York, New Haven a sealed verdict in the case last Thursday, the verdict was not re- ceived by Judge Stearns when the su- perior court for Washington county convened at Kingston, Monday. The case of Secindo Sevoli against Ernest C.. Romano, an action for payment for services rendered on farm in North Kingston. The case of William Segar1 against Oscar c. Stott is on the cal endar for trial. An adjourned session of the court will probably convene in next Thursday.
 Mrs. Mary E. Riddle, widow of Har- ry D. Riddle, who conducted the Peo- pIe's Mission several years ago, died Monday at the home of MT. and Mrs David Harper in Chester avenue, where she had resided for the past four years. She leaves a sister, Mrs. George Ash ley, of Brooklyn, N. Y, and brother, Charles Browning, of New York city. Mrs. Riddle was '76 years of age. She assisted her husband for years in mis- sionary work and was well known in Westerly and vicinity.