Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-04

ofhcers Rudd and Mitchell of the 1 Connecticut state police were at the Westerly police station Saturday and with Chief of Police Brown closely questioned Tony Teressa, who was taken in by Chief Brown Friday in connection with the theft of SO auto mobile tires from the Backus Tire mart in Mystic Nov 21.. Sixteen of the tires were in the possession of Tony, who declared that he bought. 30 tires from an Italian that he did not know and that he had sold 14 tires to purchasers in Hartford. He says at the time of the purchase he had no idea that the tires had been stolen. He claims he paid $500 for the tires. bor- rowing $500 from Patsy Toscano and that he had paid that sum back to Toscano The state policemen were satisfied that Teresa had no direct connection with the theft and there fore did not ask for his arrest. The only charge that could be made against him would be. for receiving stolen goods, and that was matter for the Rhode Island authorities to probe, if deemed expedient.
 From the description given of the man who sold the tires to Teressa he is one of the pair now under arrest for breaks in that city. and Toney went to New London with the state policemen to identify that individual A shotgun taken from the Backus mart, with the tires. has been found in the apartment of one of the New London prisoners. There is positive proof that the men arrested in New London cleaned out a grocery store in hot r.ifx hot 1od n a rest and that since then the New London police have connected them with the theft at a tailor shop and a garage in that city. It is probable that these same chaps cleaned out the Backus Tire mart in Mystic. The l state police are now endeavoring to learn of the disposition of. the balance of the tires that. were stolen.
 Dennis Burkett, who claims he. has been in and out of the army since 1872 and who claimed Boston as his home,
 was before Judge Williams in the arraigned on the charge of being an having no visible means of support, and with living without employment. l He pleaded not guilty After hearing | the evidence. which showed that he 1 had been panfandling and had been at ! that game in Westerly for three days. he was adjudged guilty and sentenced l to one year in the state workhouse.
 Burkett made himself obnoxious in
 High street Friday afternoon and after squaring off f to pedestrians would
 have a set-to with aniimaginary foe. | He is the man who strongly resisted Police Sergeant West who placed him
 under arrest and took him to the DO. lice station. Five minutes afterwards the police officer dropped dead in front of the Rhode Island hotel
 An act amendinns the act creating a highway commission for the town oi
 Westerly came to the senate Friday favorably reported from the judiciary | committee, with recommendation foi its passage. The amendment provides for the construction of sidewalks or the 50-o0 basis between the town and
 abutting property owners. Senator Casey criticized the bill and said thai
 in many respects it was repetition ,oi
 existing laws. He said that some o1
 it's provisions might work hardship
 upon some citizens of Westerly.
 Senator Langworthy of Westerly sait
 the people of Westerly in financia 1 town, meeting voted to ask for the
 passage of the bill He said it was
 satisfactory to the people most inter. 1 ested: He said he wanted the passage
 of the bill s- I Senator Arcfambau1t said the bil
 was defective in that it did not givt
 the person whose property was in
 volved the right of appeal, Senator Aldrich said, this provision
 was provided, for and quoted the sec
 tion. adding that similar acts had beer
 passed. The act was then adopted b, } the senate