The Press., 1918-04-11
Lacey Indicted ca Charge of Murder
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 Simon Lacey of Stafford was in- dioted by the grand jury in the superior court at Rockville on Tuesday for murder in the first degree. Lacey stabbed Edward F Sanger of Stafford ville in the abdomen at the Riverside mill on New Years day, inflict ng injuries from which young Sanger died. The grand jury consisted of the following: Dennis J. Mccarthy, Charles N. Fitch of Rockville; John Miller. R Allen Sikes, Robert E. Hyde of Ellington; Charles s. Fuller, Albert s. Hulbert, Herbert E. Thatcher, Mayro Keeney of Somers {; Thomas F. Garvin of Rockville; i; Oscar A. Leonard. Edwin s Agard. Harry R. Bartlett of Holland; William Fl. Hall, Merritt S. Usher of Willing ton; Frank W Willard of Mansfield; 1; Dr. William L.. Higgins of South Coventry. Before the witnesses were heard, the jury elected Colonel William Fl Hall of Wilmington. foreman and Dennis J. McCarthy clerk. Judge William L Bennett of New Haven read ths charge to the jury, which retired at l Q 20 o'clock and brought in a true bill at 1.55 p m. Lacey pleaded not guilty. He was then committed to jail without bail and his case was assigned to follow the trial of Jennie E, Ferry, charged with attempt to murder, next Tues day.
 Harry Wise of Camp Devens, Aver, was home on Monday.
 Julius Carocari has purchased new Ford touring car from the Hudson Garage Co.
 Henry Taylor and Emil Hansen attended the Hartford automobile show the past week.
 Misses l.. \. and p T. Chandler are spending two weeks with relatives in Chester, Mass.
 Rev O. J. Aldrioh of the NJ F. church being in Boston, prayer meet ing will be omitted this week.
 There will be a regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus Sunday after the second mass. A full attendance is desired.
 Grace Church Notes: Next Sunday the early communion. service will be resumed again at o'clock instead of ten as during the winter. The other services are as usual: Morning prayer and sermon a 10 80 a. m: Sunday school at 12, and evening service at 3 p m. There will be a meeting of the vestry immediately after the five o'clock service.
 A meeting was held at the rooms of the Stafford Business Mems assooi. ation Tuesday evening in the interest of the sale of Thrift Stamps It is desired to form a War Savings society in every organization in the town. Each one was asked to send a repre- sentative to this meeting There was 8 large attendance and 8 society will probably be formed in nearly all of the 26 organizations in the town.
 There will be a musicale at 8 o'clock. Wednesday evening, at the Congregational church, for the benefit of the local Red Cross An excellent and varied program by these we'll known artists assures an evening of pleasure, Mrs. Ella Harris Mullen, soprano; Mrs. Eunice Park Luce. ooBtralto; MT Burtnn s Cornwall of Hartford, baritone and Mrs May Chapman Holt of Rockville, organist. Tickets, 25 cents. &
 The Connecticut State Council of Defense, realizing the necessity of increasing the food production of the state, is putting forth its utmost effort to secure help for the farmers during the coming months. The Business Mems association and the War Bureau of Stafford have been asked to CO., operate in that effort. The first step to be taken is to discover what help in the form of labor the farmers of the town need, and if they will com. munioate with the president of the association, R W Smith, or the chairman of the War Bureau, Rev. l.. Rees, every effort will be made tc meet their labor problem.
 The Fenton place farm house. neal Rockwell Hill, now owned by Yin oenzo Cappo, was damaged Sunday. Sparks and wood from the burning house were carried by the wind tc the nearby woods and in a short time forest fire started. A hundred aorel of heavy pine and oak timber were burned. John M. Larned. fire warden, was soon notified. MT. Larned, with twenty five other men, gathered from Stafford and nearby farms fought desperately for several hours before gaining control. The loss on tn, house is about $1,OOO and it wal insured. 1t is reported that the fir, started from a defective chimney.