Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-28
WESTERLY

| The Ihlrd district court. Judge Oli- | yer II. Williams, presiding, convened | m westerly, Friday morning. After calling the civil and criminal docket l the court took recess Until one o. clock, after disposing of the case against Joseph 1ombardo, who pleaded | guilty to the charge of intoxlcation, | He was fined s2 and costs.
 In the afternoon the case against 1 Harold Coon. charged with an assault with dangerous weapon, by shooting Gordon Batty at Watch Hill, was called The complaint was changed I to simple assault in order to get the l case into the district court jurisdic- ton. To this complaint John e, Geary counsel for Coan, entered a plea of nolo. Harry B. Agard, town counsel- Tor, said the assault was more of an accident than a malicious nature, and that all concerned would be satisfied Il II the accused were on probation. At torney Herbert W. Rathbun. counsel for defense, stated that the recom- nendation of the prosecution was reached with the approval of the ia ther of the Batty boy.
 II Attorney Geary told of the good
 character of the accused and of his
 hopeful future, that the shooting was
 not a malicious act, but more of an
 accident. This boy is not the owner
 or gun put on the day of the shoot
 ing he was with MT. Wilson in a boat
 and MT. Wilson let him use the rife
 to nre at target. There was no one \ within his vision, when the boy was
 firing, and he did not know the Batty
 boy had been shot until some lime
 afterward. The Coan boy had prom
 lsed not to handle a firearm yolun
 tarily for the next five years. Judge
 Williams placed the accused on pro
 eatlon ana the case was continued for one month.
 The cases were called against liar.
 old Miner and Russell e Dhtouid
 charged in Richmond, Va, with the
 theft of an automobile from that city which was traced to Norwich vhf1e
 the accused remained two weeks WNh tie automobile, without removing the
 virginia registry plate. From that
 City they went to Providence where
 the machine was offered for safe. IL
 was finally sold in New Haven where
 recovery was made. The automobile
 Was stolen in December f9. and sev-
 eral months ago warrants for the ar
 rest of. Miner and Duquid was placed
 With Police Chief Brown. Duquitl was
 arrested some time ago, but made his
 escape from a moving automobile which he was driving, leaving the of ficers in the car while he made his es cape, Miner was arrested just after
 he had registered under the civil ser
 Vice law. Soon thereafter Duquid surrendered. They were released on bonds of 5000 each, bonded as fugi, tives from justice. Armed with reqti-
 sltion papers signed by the governors Of Virginia and Rhode Island, Ser
 seants Atkinson and Thurman of the Rlchmond detective service, were in court. They started for Richmond : with their prisoners on the 315 train.
 Eugene Alden arrested by Sheriff 5 John K. Wilcox, for breaking and en- 5 tering the residence of Joseph Hoxie , in the town of Charlestown. and com hitting larceny therein, pleaded guilty tc the charge. He was adjudged prob ably guilty and held for trial at the !. November term of the superior court : Tor Washington county. Bond was
 fixed a sl.500. Alden was recommitted
 to the Kingston jail.
 Tn appreciation Of faithful services
 rendered, Captain Arthur Downing of . Long Island. president of the Aid as- 5 sociation- of the United States Lite : savers, was presented a gold watch : at the meeting and dinner of the or ganlzation, Thursday night in Provi-
 dence. The presentation was made by
 Captain Herbert W. Knowles. of : Wakefield, superintendent of the Third I Llfe Saving district. In his presenta D ton address Captain Knowles alluded
 10 the incident when Captain Doniny e had presented him a similar gift in
 behalf of the organization, at a meet Ing in Washington in 1909.
 Major Charles H. Ledward, of Wes-
 terIy First battalion, Rhode Island a State Guard, has been promoted to be
 neutenant colonel. to succeed Colonel ' I IBhPtfAnlapa cit E. Whipple. Fourth company. of
 westerly, has been promoted 10 be
 battalion major. First Lieutenant Q Abraham P. Datson is made captain cl the Fourth company and Secon , Lieutenant Henry RI, Clarke becomes
 hrst lieutenant. Captain Henry c.
 Card, formerly of Westerly, is ap- . pointed major of the Third battalion, Q to ill the vacancy caused by the death
 of Major Walter T. Gatchen
 I A social organization composed of
 members of the Fourth company, has f eeen organized The officers of the
 company are members of the execu
 tive committee, with these officers of
 the social feature: Frank Ahern, pres.
 icent; Herbert P. Clark. seer etarv :; t Iarl E. Burdick. treasurer: Fred N. n kobinson, John Fergason, Jr.. Harold f Nudge, Cash Miller and Harold D. 2 Livingstone, committee.
 l Local Lsconics.
 5 Local draft boards have been ordered
 to begin physical examination of new
 reSlstrants at once.
 2 Men between the ages of IS and 45
 are desired for induction into the coast artillery in the coast defeuces of Mar
 ragansett Bay.
 ! Harold W. K. Peterson, inspector for : the Shore Line Electric Railway com pany, who died at his home in Asha- way, of pneumonia, was buried Fri
 day afternoon. The funeral was under the direction of Franklin Lodge of Ma : sons. Rev. Clayton A. Burdick con : oucted the services at the home. Bur
 ial was in Oak Grove cemetery and the bearers were: Harry L. Bolles. Walter c. Hiscox. A. Lloyd Briggs William c. Rodgers. Alexander Fer
 g1son and Lewis E. Peck.
 Attorney John c. Geary, who was
 interested in the Coan case in tla
 1hlrc district court Friday, rcpresen :
 cd Waterford in the last session of fne / legislature and was elected the minor lty leader of the house. He represents , the Shoestring district on the demo- cratic state central committee. 2 Westerly is ready to spring into ac i tion in the drive for the sale of the fourth Liberty loan bonds.
 , William Celia, son of Louis Celia . died from pneumonia Thursday after . EOO0 at hic hayoa b.