Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-30
MADE DARING ATTACK ON FRANK HERTZ
Norwich Butcher Was Knocked Out
 and Robbed on Sprague Road.
Especial to The Builetin !

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 Baltic, May 29.-One of the boldest and most daring daylight robberies in New London county in a number of ears was perpetrated about 10 o'clock
 Wednesday morning a short distance from the Lillibridge road in the west ern part of Spragge, when two young men about IS years of age assaulted and robbed Frank Hertz a butcher of
 Norwich. as he was riding :n his au- totruck.
 Hertz had purchased some cattle from a farmer iii Canterbury. and had made arrangement to come to Baltic tc lead the stock back to Norwich. He i left Norwich in a Ford autotr1ck with
 two young men whom he had to assist him in driving the COWS to the city. l |. Rev. F. R. DesSureault, pastor of 1 St Joseph's church, Occum, was trav- cling to Baltic in his touring car when l he discovered a man hanging to an l autotruck just above the town line As the priest approached the place 1 he found MT. Hertz in a comatose 1 condition and bleeding proFusely from
 the head. His face was covered with blood and Father DesSureault step-
 ped and asked him if he had met with
 an accident.
 Mir. Hertz could not answer and Fa- | ther DesSureault suspected that he haG 1 either met with foul play or had beer crashed into by an automobile trav- cling southbound
 l The Occum pastor noticed that tho 1 truck was diagonal to the track anC I that the spokes in the wheels were damaged from severe strain as he car. ried Hertz to his (Father DesSe- eault's) machine. He glanced at tht fence on the easterly side of the cal Itrack toward which it was headed. Hs could not see where any crash had oc. cured as all the boards were intact | He then brought Hertz to the Bal tic offices of Dr. Bourrett
 Upon examination of the deep in. cisions in Hertz's head Dr. Bourrett
 after rendering first aid, advised tha Hertz be taken to the hospital d Norwich.
 Shortly after being administered ait
 by the local physician Hertz came on
 of his coma and made the followin,
 statement to Father DesSureault ant the doctor:
 I had purchased some cattle from
 farmer and needed men to assist m
 in driving the cows to Norwich. Tn
 day previous to the knockout blow had seen two young men hangini
 about the streets of Norwich. and o,
 Wednesday morning encountered tn same young men and I started on m, journey to bring back the cattle knowing that I needed assistance offered the boys jobs Shortly afte leaving the city one of the young mel asked me if 1 had money in my pos session. I answered Yes and will pa you when your work is completed. Al went we'll until we neared the sit where the assault took place II MT. Hertz said that one of the youn men was sitting beside him, watchin him operate the machine. The othe fellow was standing in the rear c the truck. As Hertz approached Lii liNridge road he received sever : blow with some blunt instrument tha : caused a deep incision about fiv : inches long from the top of his righ 7 ear to tke lower part of his neck. Thi blow was quickly followed by tw 7 other blows which were delivered wit l severity on the top of his head, caus ing large lump on the left side ( 7 his head and wound Of a subcuta 5 neous nature on the right side of tn
 head Hertz was badly cut about tn
 face He was very feeble after re
 l ceiYrng medical attention.
 l After the injured man had made hi t statement, Father DesSureault drox t to the home of Deputy Sheriff Joh y J. Mcclure to notify him of the rob
 lbery. Deputy McGuire's wife inform