Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-09-01
SUPERIOR COURT
Putnam Woman Gets Divorce
Archibald Macdonald. Jr, Admitted 10 Bar

Judge joel H. Reed presided AT a
short calendar session of the superior
court in Putnam this Friday morning.
The case Of Robert 4. Smith v
i Ralph Tracy, in which there is consid.
cradle local interest, was assigned for
Thursday, September 18th. The case
grows out of the alleged theft of some
/ skunk skins \ criminal action on the
/ theft charge is also pending
States Attorney Searls gave notice
that prisoners would be put to plea
when the regular september term
opens next Tuesday. He announced
that he has - eases to present.
Grace Nj, Evans of Putnam was
granted a divorce from William IL.
Evans on the grounds of desertion.
The petitioner testified that she was
married in East Orange, \. j., Dec.
ember l4th, 1885, She has two daugh-
tiers, May -, end Edna Il, both living
with her. She said she has lived in
Putnam for the past eight years. She
last saw her husband 10 years ago. He
bid her good by in the morning as
usual and never came back and she
has never heard from him. She said
her husband and another young fellow
played the races and she learned that
her husband had appropriated Sl50 OF
his employers money. He also took
SO belonging 10 her and money from
ehildis bank in the house. A warrant
was issued for him but he was never
apprehended A sister of her husband
to whom she had recently written an
swered that she believed her brother to
be dead.
The daughter May testified that she
had lived continuously with her moth.
her father as he left when she was but
years old.
Dir. Frederick +. Baldwin testified
that for the past eight years Mrs. Evans
has kept house for him and that her
husband had never been to the house.
Archibald Macdonald, Jr., son of
Ex.mayor Macdonald, was admitted
10 the bar of the state of Connecticut
and the oath was administered by
Clerk Il. NJ. Warner ON order of the
court. MI Macdonald passed the ex-
animation ut New Haven last June
but did not arrive Mt the age of q
years until last sunday, Aug. 2Sth.
The following is "a list of criminal
cases to come up next week:
Continued Cases
State VS. William G. Clark, violation
of liquor law
State VS. Ralph Tracy, statutory bur.
glary
State VS. Leroy Allen, cruelty to ami
State VS. Joseph Hochberg, manslaugh-
State VS. Nicolo Cavalo, breach of the
peace
New Cases
State vs. Christopher Johnson, intoxi
cation and breach of the peace
State VS. Arthur Ramshaw, embezzle-
ment
State VS., Henry Skyler, mansIaughter
State VS. John Weaver, Jr. ,intoxication
State VS. Henry G. knight, intoxi
State VS. Alexander Ouietter, rape
State VS. Frank Stepona, statutory
burglary
State VS. Patrick Roach, intoxication,
breach of The peace, resisting officer
State VS. Joseph Brady, intoxication
State VS. James Morrison, breach of the
peace and inioxication
State VS. Lilly May Moran, breach of
the peace
State VS. Asa Benoit, assault
State VS. Stanislaus Jubliski, theft and
statutory burglary
State VS. Raymond l.. Gray, theft and
burglary
State VS. Stanley Lack, assault upon
female child
State VS. Leon Kilpatric, assault and
breach of the peace
State VS. George Baker, breach of the
pence
State VS. John Elliott, murder in the
first degree
Upon Probation
State VS. John skinner
State VS. Henry Trudeau
State VS. William Rathburn
State VS. John Curran
State vs. Arthur Ramshaw
State VS. Willis Bennett