Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-12
STRANGE FATALITY NEAR WESTERLY
Laborer Dies From Injuries Received When Small Gravel
Bank Gives Way-Night and Day Work at Moore Plant
-DeBartolo Held in Heavy Bonds-Death of Everett
W. Willis Native Of Lebanon.

ten years exemption of taxes allowed |
for new industries, he was satisfied |
with the proposition that he be grant ,
ed the defunct Westerly Narrow Fab
ric company and which proved a Sc /
rious financial loss to many citizens |
of the town.
In answer to queries concerning his
business, Mr.. Moore modeStly told the
council that he had been carrying on
the business in Worcester for several
years and he believed he could do
business to better advantage in Wes-
terly. 1t was a case of work with him,
| he said, and that work was no stranger
| to him. He certainly has worked to
make the Westerly venture a sue
cess, and with his two sons. who are
also real workers and who have full
| knowledge of all the details of the
| business the concern has become the
| busiest in the town. There are about
| $50 persons employed at good wages.
| Mr.. Moore has since purchased the
large tract adjoining his plant and is
planning for additions to his mill
property. He has also in course of
construction nearby one of the finest
residences in the town. The Moore
family and their plant are valuable
| acquisitions to the town. Their COM
ing has also aided in the increase in
population to over 10000, as among
the male employees of the plant there
is only one who is native of Wes-
terly, the others havinb specially
trained for the work before coming
| to Westerly.
Nutziato DeBartoIo was arraigned
Saturday evening before Judge Oliver
n. Williams in the Third district court
at Westerly, changing on the 4th day
of April, 1915. violent assault upon
the body of Luigi Pelligrino. De Bar
telo entered a plea of not guilty. He
was adjudged probably guilty and was
held in default of bonds of $4,000 fer
a hearing in the district court next
Friday =.
Thomas e. Brown. chief of police
and the complainant. told the court
that he had visited the wounded man
Saturday morning in the Rhode Island
hospital. The shot fired by the ac
cused had entered the body of Pelli-
grino just to the right of the navel and
came out just above the right hip,
making nine punctures in the intes-
tines. These wounds had been closed
and the surgeon in charge at the hos
pital said that the chances of recov-
cry were not favorable, but while there
was life there was hope
Chief Brown believes that it was
the intention of De Bartelo to kill
Pelligrino when he invited him to walk
with him from the boarding place to
the De Bartelo home. Just before
leaving the boarding house De Bartelo
was seen to take a long carving knife
| and place it in his pocket, which the
boarding mistress succeeded in secur-
ing before he left and without the
knowledge of De Bartelo. Chief Brown
has possession of this knife and it
: may be used as evidence against De
Bartelo when the case reaches the
superior court
Forty eight hours work with fifty
five hours pay prevails under the new
schedule at the Cottrel plant, and for
the first period in its long existence,
there is no Sunday work in it's sched-
ule and, as the management is of the
Seventh day Baptist denomination
there has never been work on Satur-
day. the Sabbath day. The forty eight
a part holiday on Friday. For sew
eral months this plant has been on
greatly reduced time and with a re-
duced working force. Now there is
material increase in business and con-
| sequent increase in number of en-
| ployes and more satisfactory working
conditions.
Chief of Police Brown has sent out
to police of other places in the hope
of experimenting Frank FiIgoina, known
as Frank Falcone, and commonly call
ed The Indian, from his racial similar
ity to an Indian, but he is an Italian,
height about TT. 8 IL inches; weight
Il
i brown eyes, small mustache; swarthy
complexion; he shows his teeth when
talking, and same are very white; he
has a scar over the left eye; he has
a tendency to hesitate or lisp his
words, and at times speaks back in
his throat. so it is hard to understand
him.
This man was born in Acri. Italy,
April 2, 1887 emigrated from Naples
on the Republic, and arrived in New
| Wv =
man and worked for the Crumb Quar-
ry company of Westerly, at their quar-
ry located at Bradford
Chief Brown holds a warrant for
: his arrest for committing a violent
| assault upon Frank May with a dan
gerous weapon April 1, 1915.
Arthur. w: sparao, of Hartford, for
merIy of Westerly, and for several
years employed in the Brown Thomp
son store. Hartford, died Saturday
morning in ST. Francis hospital in
that city from injuries received in an
automobile accident, Friday evening
He was riding with Leon w. Parker
when their automobile struck a West
Hartford trolley car head-on. Spargo
| sustained a fracture of the skull and
Parker escaped with cuts in the head
and face. Parker turned to close the
, automobile door when in front of st
Joseph's cathedral, and when he look
ed aneaQ again Lnere was another au-
tomobile standing in front of the cath
) edra1. In order to avoid collision
Parker swerved the car sharply to the
/ left and smashed into the trolley car
l. Mr.. Spargo was born in Westerly
/ son of the late William Spargo. and
graduated from the Westerly High
school, where he took active part il
kathletics. He leaves a widow and two
? sons, Arthur II, and Clifton W. Spargo
and sister. Mrs. Martin j. Sullivan
, Of Hartford and brother. William
/ Spargo of Westerly.
Local Lacoaics.
!, Rev. Samuel M. Cartcart Of wester-
: ly supplied the pulpit of the Kingston
Congregational church Sunday.
] The Westerly High school team de.
feated the East Greenwich academy
: team at baseball Friday by a score O.
: 5 to 8. The local team makes win.
. ming start.
: Everett Ward willis. 80. died at hi.