Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-09
WESTERLY AND
VICINITY
G. A. R. Posts Meet in the Afternoon Hereater-Resut of Religious Census-Annual Meeting of Washington Trust Company-Death of James K Ryan-Nanagan- sett Pier Buglaries.

annual meeting of the Washington
 Trust company, held Monday after
 noon, directors, officers, tellers were
 electe dand appointed follow: Ed
 gar H. Cottren, Charles Perry, Charles
 Perry, Charles P. Cottren, Arthur
 Perry, Edwin R. Allen. John Champ
 lin. c. Clarence Maxson, William Se-
 gar. John T. Edmond, William D. Hox-
 sic, Edward E. Bradley, Arthur M.
 Cottrell, Charles E. sherman, Arthur
 L. Perry. Silas R. Richmond and liar Charles Perry. president; Charles P. Cottrell, vice president; Arthur L.. Perry, treasurer; Thomas Perry. as- sistant treasurer. as F. Nichols, B. Edward Grinnell, Harold D. Livingstone and Robert E. Mitchell, tellers.
 Charles D. Maxson, Annie M. Kele- l her, Josephine E. King, Annie l.. Ed l mond, clerk.
 Officers of the Gayety club were elected as follows in annual meeting held with Miss Anna Keenan at her home in Liberty street: Miss Anna l Trant, president; Miss Rita O'Con- | nell, vice president; Miss Anna Kee- l nan, secretary; Miss Caroline Nc ] gerald, Joan Sullivan and Loretta McMurray, entertainment committee. After the election there was a social session.
 Hope council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, elected officers as follows in the annual meeting: Howard Greene, councillor; Daniel $. Earring ton, vice councillor; Charles R. Brown, l recording secretary; David A Austin, secretary; Irving B. Lewis treasurer; William Champlin, conductor; Charles Opie, warden; G. w. Strachan, inside sentinel; John B. Wilcox. outside sen- ,011N C in1 fr1T fon John ]. Bentley, chaplain. These off, cers will be installed by Deputy State Councillor Henry A. Davis of Wake l field.
 Mrs. Alice Seckater Montey of Mar ragansett Pier was before Judge Ma than B. Lewis Monday at the weekly session of the Second District court, l held in Bells hall. Wakefield. on com plaint of James D. Caswell, chief of police. The warrant charged that on December 18th she broke into two dwellings in Rose court, Narragansett Pier, and stole a large quantity of household effects The respondent. when arraigned, broke down complete iy and between her Sobs pleaded not guilty.
 According to her story, a man nam ed by her and known to the police came to her house and demanded a hammer
 with which to smash the door Of a certain house. She said he returned
 with the stolen articles and told her
 she was to keep them and in event
 she told on him he would kill her. Her
 husband was away at the time, she said and she was so afraid she did not dare to tell of the incident. Judge Lewis continued the case for one week and suggested that the re- spondent engage counsel to represent her Bail was fixed at $500, with Peleg Brown surety.
 According to the police, the robbery was the largest in the number of arti- cles stolen that has ever occurred at the Pier. Two cottages were ransack- ed and a large portion of their con- tents taken.
 Each of the cottages had been clos ed since last summer and diScoV cry of the breaks was made by Reuben G. Burdick on Dec. P. An investigation
 led up to the arrest of the Montey wo-
 man.
 In her home was found several wagon
 loads of stolen articles, including pie
 tures wearing apparel, laundry and
 kitchen utensils, household goods, as
 well as certain fixtures belongsAs to
 the house. In all there fere over 300
 articles, which completely fills the
 west cell at the police station, where
 they are to be stored until after the
 trial.