Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-10
INVESTIGATES WESTERLY DEATH
Coroner H. Brown, of Norwich, Inquiries Into Automobile Fatality-Funeral of Cornelius A. Shea Held onday- Two More Automobile Accidents-Watch Hill to Buy S9 500 Fire Truck.

1 The authorities of the town of Westerly and Stonington and Coroner Franklin H. Brown of Norwich, cor | oner for New London country have united in the investigation in connec- ton with the death of Cornelius Au- gustus Shea, who was struck by an
 automobile driven by Miss Alice Sar- gent when on the Watch Hill road, and died hour later at his home in Morgan street, Pawcatuck. By order of Coroner Brown an autopsy was per
 formed by Dr. Henry c. Little, medica- examiner of the town of Stonington, Drs. John L. May, C.. Grant Savage,
 who attended the boy just before he died and Dr. M. H. Scanlon, medical examiner for the town of Westerly,
 being present. It was clear that the
 rib. Chief of Police Brown Is actvie
 in collecting all the facts in the case,
 but arrest has been made yet
 Everett A. Kingsley, coroner for tho
 town of Westerly, commenced an in
 quest in the town hall Monday The
 hearing was priv ate and there were
 more than dozeE witnesses. The
 claim is made by Miss Sargent that
 the trolley car was moving when the
 Shea boy aiighted and was struck by
 the automobile, while the conductor
 of the car says the. car was at a
 standStilI, and the motorman declares
 he was sitting down waiting for the
 bell to proceed when the mishap oc-
 cured. It is further aVerTed that the
 glass rom the shattered heddllght was
 scattered along the road for distance of seventy feet, which coupled with the
 fact that the connecting rod between
 the two headlights was bent. indicate
 that the automobile was going at .
 very high rate of speed.
 There was very large attendance at
 the funeral of the Shea boy from the
 home of his parents. Mir and Mrs. John Shea, No. Morgan street, Mon
 day morning and at the requiem high mass in St MichaePs church, with
 Rev. John J. Fitzgerald ceIebrant. At
 the final dissolution, C. Leo Higgins sang They Will be Done. Burial was
 in St. NIichael's cemetery and Rev. Walter Leddy said the prayer at the grave. The bearers were Joseph Shea, James Spellnan, Joseph Donovan and Daniel Shea.
 A pianoforte recital of pupils of
 Miss Grace Carmichael was given at her home in Granite street Saturday afternoon The participants were Mil dred Mackenzie, Constance F.athbun. Laura We, Everett Dawton, Jr, Mill dred Barber. Anna. Scan1on. Gertrude Kingsley, Walter krebs. Marjorie Bab- cock. Mary Taylor, Chester. Main, ridge. Anton Scott, Gladys Pendleton, Alma. Larson, Isabelle Mackenzie, Ray mond Mitchell, Irene Oppy, Irene 1 Lamphere and Dorothy krebs-
 The strike at the American Velvet mill in Stoninetcn may result in a | shu hut-down of the entire plant. More | than a week ago the management de- 1 clined to receive a committee of the ] union and the strike resulted. Sat | urday morning a notice posted in the l plant announced plainly that the mill l would be an open shop and there l would be no recognition of the union. A number of the strikers have secured | in mills at South Man chester and Stamford.
 Robert shackIey, 16, son of Charles E. Shackiey of Stonineton, was struck by an automobile when on the Westerly road late Saturday night rendered unconscious his face and left side cut and bruised and his left hand and leg injured. He stepped aside to get out of the way of an automobile bound towards Stonington and stepped in front of 3 machine that was speed l ing towards Westerly. The machine came to stop and took the injured -oung man to his home where he was attended by Dr. Little.
 John Lew, who died at his home in Stony Greek, Conn. Friday was buried tfter requiem mass in the church of he Immaculate Conception. Mir. Lew vas stone cutter by occupation and Eas interested in public affairs in the own of Branford where he served sew .ra1 years on the school committee. He Fas born in the village of Pawcatuck. he son of Peter and Margaret Lew. He earned his trade in Westerly and held membership in the Granite Cutters Inion and Ancient Order of United