Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
WESTERLY ITALIANS GIVEN HEARING
For Assault on Officer Curtined for Appearance Friday Rural Carrier Goes Providence for investigation of Accounts-Catholic Clubs Eecton-Specal Trip to Hear Billy Sunday January 5th-Job Thorp Starts for Oklahoma.


 Monday morning Chief Brown and | returned with Luigi Ganeerella and
 Jimmy Cofone. the two men who
 really led in the assault upon Officer
 Curtin Sunday, as told in Mondays Bulletin.
 Policeman Curtin in speaking of the affair said that he had a suspicion
 that there was a. kitchen bar room in Pond street. and that he was watch ing the place from 8 distance when he
 saw Luigi Gancella, the young tough who used knife on e man in a Canal
 Street saloon several m1nths ago, and who also figured in @ near shooting
 affray few weeks ago. come out of that house, accompanied by George Gancereila- a cousin, Fred Grebella and James Cofohe. They were intoxicat-
 cd and went down the street and into Canal street singing and shouting, and
 they stopped in front of Turano's Ea- loon.
 Policeman Curtin told the gang that they must stop making noise. He
 noticed Luigui Gancella putting his | hand in his hip pocket. and knowing
 the character of the fellow, the officer took hold of him, and told him he was
 under arrest. Fred Grebella grabbed | t5e officers hand, and the officer push i ed him away and knocked him down with his club. Luigui passed one of | the most dangerous blackjacks known
 to the police department to George | Grebella and Policeman Curtin wrest- | ed it from him. It is a roller of a wringing machine, composed of an i iron rod covered with rubber. With | the exception of a tuft of rubber at the end surrounding an iron bolt, the rub l Der sad been paved down and shaped
 into Q handle A blow from that I weapon meant death. From the time
 the officer placed Luigi under arrest | he and the others fought him like de-
 mons. They succeeding ill releasing | Luigi.
 1 Policeman Curtin undaunted made a
 second attempt to arrest Luigi Can
 cerella, and again he was viciously at- 1 tackled by the four men. He got the l twisters around Luigui's left wrist. and
 was endeavoring to fight the others off
 with his club, when Luigi got the of | icer's fore-finger of the right hand | in his mouth and commenced to chew | 1t a la bull dog. All this time the
 officer was being struck and kicked by
 the four men. One of them, Cofone I managed to get the officers club and 1 struck him in the head with it. The
 officer throttIed young Gancerella and | forced him to release the bleeding finger, and then the officer tackled Co., | fone, secured his club, and again
 started for the leader, Luigi Ganercella,
 but the four managed to escape. Po- l T6cS1NSu several DOQy | bruises and his legs bear marks of l the vicious kicks of his adversaries. 1 Luigi Gancerella is just about old | enough to vote, and said with pride:
 TT never killed anybody yet. so they
 ain't got anything on me. I did not
 prove it on me" His cousin George l Is from New York. here on a visit. Ga
 breIla and Cofone have resided in | Westerly several years.
 At 8 special session of the Third l district court Monday evening before | Judge Alloy H. Williams, the four 1 young fellows were arraigned. Fred | erick Clebello was the first called. He | was charged with assault on Police
 man Michael Curtin. He pleaded not l guilty and was held in bonds of $500 | to appear in the Third district court l next Friday morning.
 l ames Coffoni was charged with com- James Coffoni was charged with com- mittintg a vicious assault upon Po- | ty and his bond was fixed at $500. He | is to appear in court Friday.
 l George Gencerella was charged with
 a violent assault on Policeman Curtin. l He said the charge might be true that
 he was drunk and did not know pos
 sibly. He intended to plead not guil- | ty and was placed under bonds of $500
 to appear in court Friday.
 SeniZ Ganerilla, charged with car rying a bludgeon, a concealed weapon pleaded not guilty and bond of l 5000 was required for his appear
 ance in court next Friday. Another | count charged against him was dis
 locating. the fourth finger of the left | hand of Policeman Curtin and also was committing another assault on
 an officer. He pleaded not guilty and
 was placed under an additional bond
 of 5000.
 Hardly had the proceedings ended | 11,., I1o
 against the same person, James Cof- l foni, before he had returned to his | cell. Frank Feriemoer appeared in court and made a complaint that the
 accused made a violent assault upon
 him with a bludgeon Sunday, inf1ict- | ing a severe wound on the head. A
 plea of not guilty was entered and
 bonds for appearance before the Third | district court Friday was fixed at
 5000, a total of $3ooo.
 l Deputy United States Marshal Daley | came to Westerly from Providence, on
 Monday, and arrested Arthur H. Clark on the charge of embezzlement. Mir,
 Clark has been a rural free delivery | carrier from the Westerly post office
 sixteen years. and. so far as the pub | lie knew, was a faithful carrier of 1 the mail. His arrest was upon war | rant sworn out by post office inspec- I ceived money from patrons for money
 orders, giving his receipt for same l He evidently delayed the purchase of
 the orders, using the money. and mak- ing good later when money came to l him 1egitimately. It is not believed 1 that he has taken a very large amount | of money and converted it to his own use, that he has not replaced. His | accounts are correct with the local post office. MT. Clark was taken to T T T. T- fore the United States commissioner | At the annual meeting of the West eriy Catholic club, President James