Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-12


dington OF Groton, charged with as
sault with intent to kill Fred Whip
! pie of Poquonoc with a dose of ar
senic on March 4. was started in the
criminal superior court in New Lon
/ don Tuesday afternoon. Buddington is
sugar bowl from which Whipple used
sugar daily. Buddington pleaded not
| guilty to the charge several days ago.
Judge Shumway asked If any Of the
about the case or had formed any
| opinion which would prevent their trial
of the case and Albert Stanton. a Grot-
| On juryman, stated that he had formed
an opinion and was excused. The other
Groton jurors had been previously ex-
selected to try the case; James P.
Johnston. w. A. Ames, George /. Will
cox, Fred D. Knapp, William P. Bind
loss, Charles w. Chapman, George
Copp, w. A. Harrison, Lyman D.
Harding; W. n. Sawyer. William Rob-
| Whipple, whom Buddington is
charged with attempting to poison,
| was the first, witness called by the
state. Whipple said that he was en-
gagged in carpentering now and re-
sided IN Poquonoc on the Centre
known Buddington for about five
years, which is the time he had lived
at his present home and Buddington
stayed at his home for about two
weeks in December three years ago,
On the day of the alleged attempted
| poisoning the witness said that Bud
dington came. to his house about 8
o'clock, saying that he was on his way
| to Centre Groton to buy some apples.
Buddington stayed there until shortly
after II o'clock, when he left. About
IL o'clock Whipple said that he went
out to get an armfu1 of kindling wood,
leaving Buddington in the kitchen
alone. The witness testified that he
was in the habit of having his table
set all the time and the sugar bowl
together with other dishes was on
the table when Buddington called.
After Buddington's departure, Whip
pie noticed sugar on the plate from
which he ate each day and he sur
| missed that Buddington must have
| taken some sugar. He saw that the
cover to the sugar bowl was tipped
which was unusual and upon looking
| into the receptacle noticed a lump of
some foreign substance which he knew
was not sugar. His suspicious were
aroused and he took the contents of
the bowl to Prosecuting Attorney Bur-
was made and it was found to contain
arsenic or rough on rats.
After testimony by DR.. E. w. Hewes
| as to his examination of Buddington
| two years ago. when the man was
committed to the Norwich state hos
pital, and by Judge Of Probate An
dePson of Groton, court adjourned till
the next day at 10 in the morning.
Jail Sentence for Assault.
Frank Chimbroski of New London
was placed on trial in the criminal
superior court in court in the morn
ing charged with assault with intent
| to murder Anthony Bula of New Lon
don on the evening of Feb a. CHM
| bfoski was put to plea on the open
guilty, He Is accused of having stab
| bed Buka with q knife. infiieting Sc
we're wounds on the chest. back and
head.
After the jury had been chosen, DR..
w. D Cronin was the first witness
and he described the wounds which
he found when he attended Buka at
the police station on the night of the
cutting. He said that he found three
wounds, one of the right side of the
chest about two inches from the spine
and a third on the head. The first
was the most serious, the other two
being superficial. They were all stab
wounds.
At the conclusion of the testimony
of DR.. Crontn, Attorney Smith stated
to the court after the jury had been
excused that his client was willing to
plead guilty to the charge Of simple
assault.
State Attorney Hull agreed to with
draw the charge of assault with in
tent to kill and substitute the charge
Of simple assault Judge shumway
accepted the substituted complaint
and the accused was put to plea on
the new charge and pleaded guilty.
State Attorney Hull moved for a
sentence Immediately, and Judge
Shumway sentenced Chimbroski to
three months in iail
Boy 30 Reform School.
Edward Dorsey. Is year old son of
Attorney Thomas f. Dorsey of New
London, was committed to the state
school for boys in Meriden by Judge
fore the court on the charge of steal
ing q bicycle belonging to Eugene Will
lis from the barn of Judge William r.
Colt on April 49,
Dorsey had pleaded not guilty to the
charge of breaking and entering on
the opening day of the court, but this
morning State Attorney Hull said that
he had withdrawn that charge and
substituted a charge of simple theft.
The boy was put to plea and pleaded
guilty. Attorney Warren B. Burrows,
who appeared for the boy, was guar
dian ad litem and made plea for
lenierey. which was opposed by the
states attorney.
Nelie In Barge Case.
In the case against Lewis Barge,
States Attorney Hull made a statement
thaat the man had separated from
his wife for long time and had be-
come intimate with a young girl and
they lived together. He was arrested
ON the charge of seduction and at
the last term of the court the case
was continued to permit of Barge
getting divorce and marry the girl.
He had obtained the divorce and mar
ried the girl and moved for a nolle
in the case which was granted.
The Same in Spencer Case.
The case against Fred Spencer.
grand juror of the town of Montville,
charged with assault with intent to
kill Joseph Gallipo last fall was nolled
State Attorney Hull stated that the
trouble between the two men arose
when Spencer as grand juror went
to Galiipo's house to adnonish him
against the illegal sale of liquor. A
quarrel ensued in which both men
were quite seriously injured. At the
last term of the court GalIipo was
placed on THAI but after the testimony
for the state was in, he had become
satisfied that Gallipo could not be
convicted and the case was nolled.
There was a great deal of conflict
ing evidence in the affair and the state