Putnam patriot., 1915-01-22
City Court Mann Judge

E AGe cikF cB4fE r flaH8 Hi3fHlHE 7 George Lovely was affaigned on q charge of tat8zieallon aud TagfaBey lfz aas foaud guilty and &as sentenced ta Je days ia jail and t0 pay costs oi ss ng F6e police 7fficers testiiied that Lovely has pot worked in t@o years buf hung about saloons and slept iH
 sheds and oath7gses. They stated tbal he has been under suspicion for same aate as an underground meaas for men on the blacklist to secure liquor as well is 10 making illegal sales although they had never been able to catch him.
 Edward Jarvis of Waafegan paid the court sl for his nights lodging on \ charge of drunkenness. Monday morning Jarvis was back in court on an intoxicalion charge and sentenced l to 3o days and costs.
 l Louis Boulay Of Compton, k, l., wss brought to Putnam Monday after. ] noon alter he had been arrested by 1 Deputy Sheriff Michael Gdmshaw, 0f
 
 ] KilIingly, on warrant issued by the Putnam city court charging him with the larceny Of an oVetcoat In the court Tuesday morning the prescott Ing attorney stated to the court that he did not feel that he had sufficient evidence of the defendants guilt 10 warrant putting bim on ldal and ask- ed permission of the court b noiie iie case which was granted.
 On tAe morning Of Jan. 3th Henry \ Wheeloek, designer for tbe Putnam Woolen Company, test tis ovefcont in the patlern rlom of the mill while he went 10 the miu office some 100 yards away He was gone about half an hour and when be returned tee evef- coat was gone The matter was re- ported to Captain of Police Murray who went to work on the case. On Sunday the coat was located in the possession of man who had bought it and was returned 10 the police office Monday morning. From evidence ob tained by the police il was believed that the coat had been stolen by one man and disposed Q! by Boulay and \ warrant was issued charging them jointly with the crime. The officer lo- cated both men in Crompton. The man whom .the police think was the actual thief escaped. After Boulay was brought to Putnam he was ques- toned for number of hours but told story which the officer could not shake
 Boulay told Judge Mann the same story he had told the officers. He said Chat he came to Putnam week ago Monday ia week after the coat was l stolen4 and learned from relatives that l the other man was in town and was well dressed. ne met the mnn in saloon aud they had some drinks and when the money was gone his friend wanted to sell his oNetcoat and tried several times to dispose of Il. The man told him that he had bought the coat cheap tn second hand store in | Providence, and as Boulay had known of his buying clothing this way and ot getting it from benevolent institutions he believed him and thought 1t was all right. Late in the afternoon he was asked to see if he could sell the coat and found purchaser. He stayed around Putnam several days and final- ly he and his wife went home. lie said the first he knew of the coat being stolen was when he was arrested. He did not think that the man would be wearing the coat as he was fl il had been stolen Boulay is 25 years old and married. His wife came to Put nam with him aud was in court. They have two small children.