Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-20
TASTE FOR GIN
STARTED THIS TROUBLE.
Dozen Bottles of Old Tom Stolen from
New Haven Freisht Car.

Arthur Lyons 10 years old. was ar
rested by the police Monday evening
and Is held for the city court this
morning on the charge Of breaking
Haven roads tracks behind the trans
portatfop -ofIlce on Shetucket street on
Friday evening last. Agent G. ]. Is
blister complained to Chief Linton on
led to the arrest OF the young man on
the waterfront about 7.30 in the even
ing by Officer Henry Fenton.
When in June q circus came to Nor
witch and stayed here on the battle
grounds during carnival. Lyons was
one of it's followers. His home was
in Westport. Conn. and apparently he
found life there duh for him. He told
the police that he had seen service in
the navy. But he quit the show here
and since that time he had been hang
ing around the city, unable to find a
steady job. He worked for short
time in a sales stable on Asylum
street. but for most OF the time he was
unsuccessful in matching his ability
and desire for work with a. job. in
Friday evening he came across the
cars near the freight house and about
$50 o'clock attempted to enter them.
He broke the seal on one car, but was
unable to force the door open. Another
car, however, he was able to enter
miscellaneous freight which; it carried
he took away a case containing a doz-
en- quart bottles Of Old Tom gin. des-
tined. according to the consignment,
of cans of cookies One Of these cans
was picked up later on the track be-
meath the car.
The police had had the young man
under surveillance for some time and
upon questioning at police head1uar-
tiers. Lyons confessed to Capt. ID. j.
Twomey all that had happened.
He admitted that he had carried out
the burglary unaided. but the DISPOSE
| ton of the gin involved others, and
among those whom the spreading web
of circumstance enveloped was Fred
Dunbar, So. of this city. Lyons and
Dunbar fell in together on Bath street
and the latter was invited to partalxe
of some gin. The two men went down
to the freight house and there under
the V-shaped part of the platform,
reposing on a beam, was the case Of
Old Tom, now somewhat depleted.
Lyons knew his older friend only by
the name of Fred, but he described him
and little later in the evening Officer
Fenton broght in Dunbar with one Of
the quart gin bottles, empty under his
arm. Dunbar asserted that he didn't
know he. was drinking stolen goods,
but he was held for the city court
along with Lyons.
Two youngsters are also roped into
the case. One is James Pedaeeb IL.
son of Bruno Pedace, of Main street,
East Norwich, and James McNally,
another East Norwich boy. Lyons
gave each of the boys one OF the bright
new bottles and instructed them to go
forth and sell them and bring the
proceeds to him. The Pedace boy had
not carried out his commission by IL
o'clock Monday night, for at that hour
L GnrWoo rNN M0fflnnrra chit In q IN
tact quart to be used as a silent wit
ness in court this morning. Young
| McNally had had better luck and he
| told the police that q. young man named
Bubbles" was the purchaser OF DIS
quart of gin. Thus the web. gathered
around still another unlucky indfyid-
ual, who probably thought. though. that
| he was lucky when he got his bargain,
for the big bottle of Old Tom cost him
| just q nickel. This chap was located
as Bennie Semioskt ~ years old Of -
Golden street. and he was. handed q
summons about midnight to be ON hand
/ this morning.
And the circle Of those who had
come in contact with the stolen gin
/ still kept on widening A couple more
citizens. one of Norwich and the other
| of Chieago. were added to Captain
| Twor1ey's roster at police station Ed
/ ward Handrihan. IS, of this city, was
| routed out at Carbone's boarding house
early this morning by Sergeant Mat
| thews and Oficer Daniel O'Nei1 and
charged with participating m q bever-
age unlawfuliy obtained So was Ar
thur A. Budden. - years old, from the
4 western city, who said he was q mate
of Lyons along with the carnival cir
Gus and got disguised with the show
4 business at Wfllfmantfc and dropped
out there. Last Thursday he got a. job
as deckhand on the Block Island and
| O6icer Fenton found him on the steam
er this morning. There are others too
who helped dispose Of the gin, and
possibly before city court time thf
little group once couvivial. now some-
; what downcast. will Be swe1led By
several other inbibersl OF Old Tom.
All of which foregoing would fndf.
cate. figuratfvely speaking, that murdel
win out and the way Of the transgres.
sor Is hard