Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-12
Westerly Chief Arrests Miss Sargent
Latter Pleads Not Guilty Charge of Manslaugher in Caus ing Death of Cornelius A. Shea-Physicians Want Dr.. G. I. Swarts Renstated--Pleasant View Fire District and Improvement Society Elect OficersNorv~ich Men in List

Upon complaint of Chief of Police
 Thomas E.. Brown, Miss Alice Sargent
 of New Haven, a summer resident of | Watch Hill, was arrested Tuesday morning and arraigned in the Third district court before Judge Oliver H. Williams, charged with nansIaughter in causing the death of Cornelius Au- 1 gustine Shea, twelve year old son of
 MT. and Mrs. John Shea of No. Nor | gan street. The boy was employed. as a caddie at the Misquanicut golf grounds. was struck by an automobile | operated without license by Miss
 Sargent and died an hour later at the home of his parents. The boy receiv- l ed the fatal injury just zfter he aiight- | ed from a trolley car at the entrance to the golf ground on the Watch Hill
 road. The complaint attached to the war
 rant, reads follows:
 1 Thomas E. Brown, chief of police complains on oath that in Westerly July7. 1917, Alice Sargent, on a cer- ] tain highway. to wit: the Watch Hill road, so called. in and upon the bod. 1 of one Cornelius Shea, feloniously, un- l lawfully, recklessly, carelessly and | negligently did make an assault, and
 a certain motor vehicle, to wit: an au- tomobile which she, the said Alice Sargent, was then and there driving and operating along said highway in and against the body of said Cornelius Shea feloniously, unlawfully, reckless ly, carelessly and negligently did force and drive, and him, the said Cor
 nelius Shea, did thereby, then and there throw to and upon the ground, and thereby did then and there give to
 wound. of which the said Cornelius Shea did languish, and languishing on
 said same day did die and so this com plainant upon his oath aforesaid says
 that the said Alice Sargent him the said Cornelius Shea in the manner and
 by the means aforesaid. feloniousIy,
 unlawfully, recklessly, carelessly and negligently did kill and slay, against the statute and peace and dignity of
 the state:
 And said complainant further com plains. on oath and in the name and
 behalf of the state. that at said Westerly, in said county, nsaid 7th day of July, A. D., 1917. with force and arms, Alice Sargent, of said Westerly, did make a violent assault upon the body of one Cornelius Shea and him did beat wound and ill treat
 Miss Sargent was accompanied by her attorney, Samuel H. Davis. Attor- ney Sheffield of Providence who will assist in the defense. representing an B. G. Bettle and Miss Ethel A. Bur net. owners Of valuable property at Watch Hill. The reading of the com plaint was waved and Miss Sargent pleaded not guilty The case was con tinued for hearing to Friday, July 27. The accused furnished bond of $2.000 for appearance, with Mrs. Bet tie and Miss Burnet surety.
 Corner Everett A. Kingsley finished the taking of testimony Tuesday night. but has not yet filed his report with the clerk of the superior court for Washington county and the at torney general of Rhode Island Chief of Police Brown was satisfied that he possessed evidence sufficient to make the arrest. independent of the action of the coroner or state prosecuting au- thorities. Chief Brown against Miss Sargent the l court disposed of two cases of intox- | ication, in which both of the accused 1 pleaded guilty and each was fined | S2,80 and costs of B. Robert Bear 1 tram, testified that he was born in | Germany, that his home is in Web 1 ster Mass, and is employed in the mill l at Potter Hill. He has been in the i United States thirty six years. for the i past two years has been at Potter Hill l and was, never arrested before Mi | chaeI Watson. the other accused. like 1 Beartram had nevei before been ar rested. He is a Russian Finn, age 45 l and resided in Bradford for the past 1 fourteen years, where he is employed 1 as a quarrynen. Before imposing 1 sentence Judge Williams warned them to avoid excessive drinking there would be liability of their arrai gnment as common drunkards that carried 1 with it a maximum sentence of three years in the state workhouse and | house of correction.