Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-22
PUTNAM
Joseph Edward Davieau, Attempting to Cheat Hartford Taxi Drivers Out of Fare, is Arrested as Horse Thief Herbert Smith in Aviation Service Temperature e4 Degrees Tuesday Exemption Board to Certify Physical Examination Reports.

l Joseph Edward Davieau was arrest ed here during the early hours of ! Tuesday morning and later was turned over to Deputy Sheriff Charles E.. l face a charge of horse stealing | Davieau at his hearing pleaded | guilty and was bound over under bonds | of $500, which he could not procure, and was sent to jail to remain until October
 1 Davieau started something when be hired a seagoing taxi in Hartford to l bring him back to Putnam. According l to Louis Kruh. 2S Russell street, Hart | ford and Jacob Laufer. South Man chester. owners of the machine. DaV1- eau approached them at their taxi stand in the Capitol City and bargain
 ed with them to bring him out to this town This was just before 10 o'clock Monday night. They agreed to make the trip, for which they were to re-
 Kruh and Laufer did not show the
 keenness that might have been ex
 pected of them in starting with the
 passenger before they saw the colo-
 of his money, but this they did, much
 to their sorrow, it has since devel-
 oped
 La1er said Tuesday afternoon that
 wheh the party drove into Putnam, at about 1215 Tuesday morning, Davie2u got out of the car without offering to pay them Laufer immediately became
 suspicious and tagged closely after Davieau everywhere he went.
 Later. Laufer said. Davieau took him to Davieau's mothers home and there was some talk about the money being paid over, but none was forthcoming.
 On a pretext D1vieau left the room Laufer said. and did not reappear. It later developed he had gotten out of the house
 Kruh and Laufer then sought out an officer and with him they went to Davieau's own home. where his wife was staying. It was here that Davieau was placed under arrest.
 Kruh and Laufer did not press their charge here for the collection of the S25 they say is coming to them but rather directed the efforts toward be- ing regarded IS successful claimants of the S100 reward that will be. allowed probably, for the capture of a horse thief
 It matters little that they did not know that DaVieau had anything to do with the horse case until they sought the officers aid to arrest tho man for having declined to pay their iitney charge-they figure that they brought him back here and were in strumental in having him turned over to the authorities.
 They're going TO have some opposi- tion in their efforts to collect that hundred. however. Sergeant Julius l has q claim for it. and one of Davieau's sisters. who was in the town court t 1 Da nielson Tuesday afternoon. also ap- pears 2 claimant
 She told Prosecutor 4. c. Bill that | she sent the officer to her brothers | home to get him. then sine went into | the cell room where her brother was | locked up and cried.
 The horse Davieau pleaded guilty to l stealing is the property of Edward l Murray of Ponsret. Mr. Murray was | driving to Danielson one day when he l mA Davieau on the highway and took | him in for ride. DaVieau noted in | which sta ble the horse was put uD and | later went there and got it. saving that l Mir. Murray had sent him after the rig |
 Herbert Smith in Aviation Service.
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