Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-10
WESTERLY MAN ASSAULT IS NEICHBORI
Guseppi Lala Jabs Wife of Abraham Caplan in Dispute Over Cow-Claims SeIf-Defence-Death of Davis (. Anderson Watch Hill State Returning Board Count ing Vote Mission Sunday School Election.

E Giuseppe Lalifna and Abraham Cap Han are unfriendly next door neighb lin Canal street and for more than 1.-the families that was temporarily Iquieted by police intervention. Thurs day morning information came to Po- liceman Michael Curtin that Lalima had committed emurderous 2 assault upon Mrs. CapIan, and he hurried to the house by automobile. He. found Mrs. Caplan lying helpless on the tground, with Lali1na standing over her with a pair of shears in hand and I+holding in the other hand a rope that held a COW. SssEsss s '=r~ , Mrs. Caplan was assisted to her feet and taken into her house, where she was attended by Dr. Payne She was bleeding from the mouth and had se- were bruises on her side, hip and right ! leg, She said her COW went over on to Lalima's land and when she went after it Lalima refused to give up the cow kicked the woman gandrISnocked hep down with a stick of cordwood Acting upon this statement, Policeman Curtin arrested Lali1na and took him to the police station.
 Lalima claims that the Caplan wom- an had repeatedly threatened to kill him and always insulteG him upon sight. He said the. COW came over on his land several times and did much damage. Thursday morning he took B. Caplan came and demanded the animal he refused to release her, intending to hold the COW until his demand for pay ment of damages was met He says that then Mrs. Cap1an assaulted him | with a piece of fence rail which he l WreSted from her. She then came at him with a pair of shears and threat ened to kill him. He took the shears away from the woman before she did him harm. All this time he held the COW by a rope. He says that while the woman was fighting him the COW tried to break away, sided against the woman, knocked her down and into a woodpile, and that she was injured in I that way He declared he did not strike Mrs. Caplan, but was obliged to handle her roughly with his one free hand to prevent her from injuring him. Laii1na said Mrs. Caplan hit him in | the head with a bar of iron, and he showed the scar in substantiatfon
 The case will be aired in the Third district court just as soon as the in jured womans condition will permit her to appear in court. Lalima will be arraigned this (Eriday) morning. Davis C. Anderson, a summer resi- dent Of Watch Hill for tlse past 2s years, and legal resident of the town of Westerly. with q winter home in 1 Cincinnati. died Thursday noon in the Naples cottage on the Watch Hill road,
 
 he closed his summer home.- Mr. An derson had been In failing health for two months Last Tuesday he deposit ed his ballot at the polls in the town hall, being carried in and out of the building in an invalid's chair.
 MT. Anderson was born in Cincinnati, the son of the late Larz and Catherine l.. Anderson, and he was of a family Of ten boys who participated. in the = Civil war. He Was ahnephew of Gen. eral Robert Anderson, defender of Fort Sumter.
 Mr. Anderson is survived by his widow, a son, Friedman, of Cincinnati, and a daughter Mrs. Nelson Perrin, | Jr., of Berllley Springs, Va.- Burial will be in Cincinnati.
 The Rhode Island state returning board commenced the official count of pallets cast in Tuesdays election, We'd nesday afternoon, as required by law
 and will hold daily sessions continu- ously, Saturdays and Sundays except ed, until the count is completed. c. Clarence Maxson of Westerly. a mem Der of the board stated that it had l Westerly Thursday. This vote will be taken up out of order. due to the close 1 ness of the vote for Samuel H. Davis and Maurice ". Flynn for representa- . tive in the general assembly from the Second district. The local count showed a majority of nine for Mr. l Davis.
 Obituaries Of local interest, as pub lished in the current issue of The Sabbath Recorder, are as follows: : With the passing out of Mrs. Cath ;, crime York Stillnan at her home in Westerly the Seventh Day Baptist church has lost one of its oldest and most beloved members. Married to Il Sanford P. Stillman by Rev. George B. 1 1ah -SIoa &nI t,1, self with the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist church of Westerly, K. l., March II, 1S4S, and with her husband, who was one of the charter members, Il was faithful to her-vow of membership to the end. She is survived by two of Daytona, Fla.'
 Morton D. Crandall, son of John and Mary Still1nan Cranda1l, was born in Westerly, R. l.. and died in Friend ship, N. Y. In early life he professed Christ and united with the First Hop Since that time his membership has been with the Seventh Day Baptist churches located at Little Genesee, Richburg and Nile, N.7 Y. At the time Friendship Seventh Day Baptist church He was married to Miss Sarah Bliss in 1853 To the union four chil- dren were born, all Of whom, with Mrs. Crandall, passed on before him. About IA years ago he was married to Mrs. Laura Crandall Mills. She, a sis- ter, Mrs. H. P. Saunders, and a grand | child, survive him. MT. Crandall was kind neighbor and friend, and a 1ov- ing, thoughtful husband in his home
 At the call of President Lincoln he enlisted and served in large part of the Civil war, and many comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic gath cred to pay him tribute of honor and