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Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12

The frequent tapping of baby hands on an attic window pane and a little emaciated baby face seen through the glass by neighbors led to the disclosure of the most inhuman act of cruelty to child that has ever been brought to light in Windham county. As a result of the disclosure William Lane of Attawaugan and his wife. Bertha Lane, are confined In Brooklyn jail for period of 1SO days each and it was with regret that Judge Woodward of the Killingly town court imposed such light sen tence, but the only one he could i'm pose under the statute In passing sentence Judge Woodward said:
 II am sentencing each of you to serve 1S0 days in jail for cruelty to child It is the maximum that l am permitted to give you under the law, wish I could impose far heavier penalty and if the whipping post were in use l would sentence you to be whipped and would relish aiding in giving you such punishment"
 When a neighbor of the Lanes in- formed Constable Michael Grimshaw of their suspicious that all was not right at the Lane home, the constable immediately began an investigation. He found that other neighbors had witnessed the same thing and had the same suspicious Constable Grim shaw went to the Lane home Saturday evening. He found 1t locked and it was not until after II o'clock that the Lanes returned When they arrived the constable demanded to go to the room where the boy had been seen, and was allowed to do so. The first thing he noticed upon climbing to the top of the attic stairs was door with a rope tied from the door knob to the banister. He removed the obstruc- tion and opened the door to the room. The stench that came from the room, according to the official, was some thing awful, and he soon became nau- seated. He .entered the room and found Frank Edward Homer, aged 2 years and months. The boy was covering in a corner shivering and whimpering. He resembled a little animal and when the officer approach ed him he cringed and shook with fear. Both of the small windows in the room were tightly fastened and
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
Judge Sorry Whipping Post Is Abolished
 Would Hdue Liked to Apply Lash HinaseD
 BILE CONDITIONS N ArTAwAUGAN
shng Sh and No AWia and
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there was not a breath of air in the place. On the floor was part of an old mattress and 1t was found to be reeking with vermin. According to the officer the lad had at times been confined for Is hours without food or water. and had not even been allowed to leave the room for the demands of nature, and the room was saturated with filth and steneh that caused the officer to take the boy and retire as quickly as possible. The officer told afterwards that he would not have al lowed his dog to be confined in such a hole and it seemed incredible that human beings could be so hardened as to keep a child in such a place, locked in and alone for hours at a time without food, water or air
 When the little fellow was taken away by the constable he was given something to eat. He bolted pork chop, several pieces of bread, pota- toes and other food and cried for more. Being afraid to allow more food at the time it was denied the child. When the constable told the lad he was to be put to bed he again be- gan to whimper, cringe and cry and kept repeating: Rats, rats, rats.' It was evident that these creatures had infested the room where he had been confined as he seemed in mortal ter TOT of the animals.
 From further investigation, accord ing to the official, it became evident that the boy had been confined since the first of April On one of two oc casions he had been allowed in the yard during that time. He had spent much of the time during his incarcer ation curled up near the window as if seeking breath of fresh air. II was his little hands tapping the glass in the window sash that kept the fresi air from him, that attracted the mo tice of neighhors. According to thu officer nothing more horrible has eve been uncovered in Windham county He said that he felt like administering personal chastisement to the mar who was responsible for the boy' condition, but he was afraid that l. he started it with the awful suffering of the lad fresh in his mind, he would go too far.
 Sunday the boy had somewhat re covered. He was out in the yard play ing about the lawn, turning summer
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
THE PATRIOT
 IS THREE CENTS
Newsboys Have Charged Four
 Cents Without Authority.
The Paper Has Not Been Advanced
 In Price.


 What has happened in other nearby cities and in sales of the city daily papers has at last happened with sales of The Patriot We were in formed that in several instances last week newsboys on the street charged four cents for The Patriot. They gave the customers to understand that the paper had advanced in price and the advance was paid.
 The Patriot wishes to state that there has been no advance in price at this office The subscription price and the price to dealers remains as before. If four cents is charged The Patriot would appreciate information as to the name of the boy or dealer charging the unwarranted advance
 While it may he necessary in the not distant future to advance the price of the paper as many weeklies have already done, the advance has not as yet been made and will not be made if it can possibly be avoided. If such an advance is made The Pa triot will give due notice of the fact
 Two weeks ago The Patriot, under the caption, "Newsies becoming little grafters," told how in Willimantic, The Chronicle had had the experience of having it's paper sold at cent ad- vance without authority, and how some of the local 'newsies" had charged an extra penny for papers to soldiers on troop trains passing through, giving as their reason, "Ev- erybody's doin' it." It was not until last week that the graft was brought directly home to The Patriot, and we hope that it will be stopped. No one need pay but three cents for The Pa triot as that is the only price for sin gle copies. The subscription price is $150 year.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
Former Has Cut On Face and Broken Rib.-Bodo's Right
 Leg Broken
Machine Crashes Into Fence On Road
 to Children's Home

A Pope Hartford touring car weighing over two tons, driven by Ralph Bugbee, crashed into fence on a small bridge over brook about half way between the Little Dam Tav- ern and the Windham County Tenn porary Home, Thursday evening, and Mir Bugbee received bad cut on the left side of the face and one rib brok- en, while his companion, Alfred Bodo, who has a barber shop of Pomfret street. had his right leg broken below the knee. Both were taken to the Day Kimball hospital by the driver of a Rhode Island automobile that came along. MT. Bugbee was discharged this Friday morning and taken to his home. Bodo will be confined at the institution for some weeks.
 Just how the accident happened is not known. According to Bodo they had passed number of cars coming in the opposite direction and when they swung back into the road after passing the last one the heavy ma chine crossed the road and crashed in- to the fence. Bodo went out over the windshield, but Bugbee, who was be- hind the wheel, did not leave the car.
 The fence leading up to the bridge is of wood and on top of the bridge is an iron fence. The impact broke two of the large wooden posts and three iron posts. The machine did not leave the bridge or tip over, being ap- parently held by one of the broken iron posts. The drop over the side of the bridge was only from 8 to 10 feet
 MT. Bugbee decided to go fishing over at Keach's pond and invited MT. Bodo to accompany him. They left Putnam between four and five o'clock and were driving to the pond when the accident happened.
 According to Albert Mouir, broth er-in-law of Bodo, who called to see him Thursday evening, Bodo told him that the first he knew the car hit the fence. He says when it hit the third post he flew out over the wind shield and landed sitting down. At the time
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
LITTLE GIRL SAW A COW ONCE
 BUT IT WAS KEPT IN A ZOO
Eighty Children From New York's East Side Arrive For Two Weeks Outing In
 Putnam And Vicinity
Few Had Ever Been On Railroad Train Or In Automo
 biles and All Find Country Life Full of Wonders.

opened to receive the little visitors. The work of receiving the children was made much easier by tagging system that had been prepared in New York.
 All of the children are from the East Side, and the task of gathering them together and safely getting them out of the city was done under the direction of settlement workers. A number of the children came through the social worker of the New York Hospital, and these were from homes where there was sickness of a non contagious character. Others came through the Jacob Riis Settlement House, Presentation Nursery, Child's Welfare Society, and Bowling Green Neighborhood House Tuesday morn ing they gathered at these houses, and were given careful examination by a nurse, who then signed statement that each child examined was free from disease, was clean. and that there was no disease in the house from which 1t came This latter is important inasmueh as if the precau- tion of Investigating each house was not taken, contagious diseases might readily be spread. While all of the children are free from disease, all of them are undernourished, and need such vacation as is being given them.
 "The children stood the long trip from New York remarkably well, !" said Mrs. Reed. "Of course, they were all excited and anxious to reach their destination. Everything was new to them, many had never rid den on a rialroad train before, and naturally the excitement and all, they were rather tired after the days jour ney."
 When asked regarding homesick- ness, Mrs. Reed replied that very lit tie difficulty was experienced Very
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of the conversation Bodo was not sui fering much pain from his injury.
 Mrs Mouir, MT Bodo's sister, upon her return from the hospital at l0.45 this morning, said her brother was resting comfortably and was not suf- fering any pain. Besides his leg, which she said is broken in two places, she said he had a cut on his face.
 The machine was badly damaged. The front of the radiator was stove in, one headlight smashed and the running gear put out of commission. Fred Gagnon with his large truck and a gang of men brought the heavy ma chine to the city at late hour last night
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12

Lieutenant John Blaelmar Hcaley. U. s. R.. son Of Mir and Mrs Leonard H. Healey. North Woe stock, and Miss Grace Hawkins. daughter of MT. and Mrs. Jacob Hawkins, Brooklyn, N. Y. were married on Tuesday eve ming, July 2nd, in St Mathews Epis- eopal church, Willard avenue, Wood haven, L. | The nuptial ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr Smith. Miss Edna Lewis, Richmond Hill, L. l., niece of the bride, was brides maid, and Leonard Il. Healey, Jr.. of Simbsbury, Conn, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man, Both young people are graduates of Wood stock Academy, and the bridegroom is a graduate of the Connecticut Ag-
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
MESS ANDEM WEEDS
 A CHICAGO MAN
Ceremony Performed Friday By Rev. Frank D. Sargent At Home Of Brides Parents.
Couple Will Reside In Chicago Where Groom Is Employed As An Ex- i.
 pert Chemist

There was a quiet home wedding last Friday afternoon at the home of MT. and Mrs. Clinton s. Andem, on Grove street, when their eldest daugh- tel, Miss Ethel Leona, became the bride of Herbert A. Baker of Chicago. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Frank D. Sargent, pastor of the Sec ond Congregational church, and only members of the immediate family were present.
 Directly following the wedding Mir. and Mrs Baker left Putnam for New York, from which city they went to Chicago. where they will make their home
 The bride is well known in Putnam and vicinity. She is a graduate of Putnam High school, of the class of 1906. On completing her studies here she attended Wellesley, graduat- ing from there with the A. B. degree in 1910, and returning the following year for her M A. degree. In 1912 she was assistant in the Department of Education. While at Wellesley, Miss Andem distinguished herself as a scholar, and was awarded the Du- rant and Wellesley scholarships. She also had the honor of being elected to Phi Beta Kappa. From Wellesley Miss Andem went to Chambersburg. Penn, where she was connected with the education department of Wilson College. Here she also taught French. After four years at Wilson. Miss Andem went to Mount Clair, N. J., where she accepted position to teach psychology at the Mount Clair Normal school This position she has held for the past two years.
 Mr. Baker is an expert chemist, and is employed by the American Can Go. of New York as head distributor for the middle west. Before going to Chicago he was employed by the same company, but with headquarters in New York. MT. Baker is a gradua- ate of the University of Toronto.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
WOULDN'T GOT ME
 IF I'D HAD MY CAT"
Eugene Wells Arrested As De- serter From U. s. Navy In
 Belligerent Frame of Mind
Was Taken Into Custody By Deputy
 Sheriff Latham of Phoenixville.

Eugene NJ. Wells, U. s. Navy, was arrested at the home of his father, Louis Wells, Union, Tuesday after noon, by Deputy Sheriff Caro P. La than of Phoenixville. Although Wells came along without any trouble and was locked up in the Putnam po- lice station, he became belligerent in his talk while in the cell, threatening to shoot some of his officers and also stating that the deputy would not have arrested him if he had had his ''gat."
 Wells had been in the detention camp at Deer Island, Mass. He said he was put there after court mar tial for overstaying his shore leave for 10 hours. He used vile language all the time he talked and said that the commissioned and non-commis- stoned officers did not treat him right and that he would enjoy shooting some of them if he had the chance. Wells said he had been in the navy for a year and half and he was dis satisfied, he said, because he had not been assigned to ship
 "I hope they'll send me up the riv- er," said Wells.
 Captain Ryan suggested to him that there were few soldiers and sailors that would rather be behind the bars than to go across.
 Wells refuted this suggestion.N He said he had been across once and would just as soon go again.
 The sailor threatened to desert again if he gets the opportunity.
 The man was taken to Boston on the o'clock express by Deputy La than, where he was met by naval off cials The officials were told of Wells attitude and he will probably be dealt with accordingly.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
NEW ORDERS TO EXEMPTION
 BOARD

Orders received by local exemp- tion board direct that even Class IA registrants who are engaged in farm ing be taken to fill up quotas for this month, if such action is necessary. In this particular district it will not be necessary to take young men of the farms this month, but if next months quota is large, as it may be expected to prove, the Class IA men on the farms will have to be taken in Au- gust, and possibly some of the young men who registered on June of this year and who qualify as physically fit for general military service.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12

ueultural College, Storrs.
 Al the time Of his enlistment Lieut.. Healey Vas an inspector of state roaGs in Connecticut. He applied for admission to the Plattsburg- Training Camp, was accepted, and af- ter satisfactorily completing the in- tensive training. received his com mission and was assigned to Camp Dix, New Jersey.
 Foll wing the wedding Lieutenant and Mrs. Healey made a short trip to Connecticut, where they were guests of Lieutenant Healey's parents at Echo Farm. They left for Camp Cor don, Atlanta, Ga, to which camp Lieutenant Healey was transferred in May.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
SWALLOWED TEETH
 DEATH RESULTS
Francis Elliott Wright Died at Day kimball Hospital at 1.3O Wednesday Afternoon
Was Operated on June 20.

Francis Elliott Wright, 31, of Pom fret. died at the Day kimball hos pital Wednesday afternoon at l.30 o'clock, following an operation per formed Thursday, June 2oth, when plate on which were several false teeth was removed from his esopha- gus.
 Mr. Wright awoke in the night and found that his false teeth were lodged in his throat. He swallowed them and the next day the operation was per formed.
 MT. Wright was born in Norfolk, Mass, May IA, 1887 He removed with his parents to Dudley and from there to a farm in South Woodstock in 1910. where he worked at his trade as a painter and carpenter.
 While in South Woodstock Mr Wright became acquainted with Miss Mildred Wells. granddaughter of the late Judson Sanger, with whom she made her home They were married August goth, 1911.
 Shortly after the marriage the cou- pie went to Los Angeles, Cal, to live, but remained there only six months, when they returned east and lived at the Sanger home.
 MT. Sanger died in February, 1917, and Mrs. Wright inherited about S12.0o0 Not long after MT San gers death Mir. and Mrs. Wright left for Colorado An automobile and trailer were fitted out and they made the trip overland by slow stages. MT Wright bought home at Golden, Col, but only remained there a short while, when they returned east again. They lived for time in Prov idenee and on the Thomas w. Will hams place in South Woodstock Shortly before his death MT. Wright occupied, under an agreement to pur- chase, the Mathewson Angell place in Pomfret. He had started the cree ton of a dwelling house, as the for mer house had been destroyed by fire.
 Besides his wife Mir Wright leaves two children, Doris Evelyn, aged $ years, and Judson Elliott, aged ? yeays.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12

The children of the tenements are having their vacation.
 On Tuesday of this week eighty youngsters from New York's East Side arrived in Putnam. all happy and smiling in anticipation of two weeks outing that has been planned for them To the little visitors, who come as guests of the New York Fri bune's Fresh Air Fund, the trip to New England is like entering new world, for to nearly all of them green fields, growing vegetables, fruit trees, cows, pigs, and everything else that is to be found on well stocked Windham county farm, are products of veritable wonderland. Do wild flowers grow near here?' questioned one slender little miss as she waited on the platform at the Putnam rail road station And on being assured that there was an abundance of dai- sies. wide-eyed and hardly able to contain her glee, she exclaimed. And I'll be able to pick them?' To these frail children the opportunity to breathe pure country air is the grand est experience of their short lives.
 After having seen nothing but hard pavements and keep off the grass signs for seven or more years, these lads and lassies from the biggest city in the world scarce know how to behave themselves. Their delight in everything they find is unbounded.
 The children arrived in this city in special car attached to the IA train, and they were in charge of Mrs. Ida Reed, Brooklyn church worker. The local committee had it's plans well made, and those who had offered to take one or more of the children into their homes were at the station to receive them. In many localities the children sent out by the Tribune are boarded at some institution, but in Putnam, Thompson and Wood stock, private homes have been freely
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
FOUR MEN IN FIRST INDUCTION ORDERED FOR LIMITED
 SERVICE

In compliance with an order for four men for limited service the local exemption board, at a meeting Tues day afternoon, selected Samuel Ros- off, Killingly; Maurice L. DeParlier, Worcester, formerly of Goodyear !; Adonat F.. Morin, Providence. for merly of Grosvenordale, and Eli C.. Grandmason, Cambridge, formerly of Goodyear. These men will leave Monday for Camp Meigs, Washing ton, D. C., for clerical work in the quartermaster's department.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
WOMAN 75 HAS LEG AMPUTAT-
 ED ABOVE THE KNEE

Mrs. Mary Sullivan. 75, of Daniel son, was brought to the Day Kimball hospital the first of the week with eangreneous toes of the left foot Thursday her left leg was amputated just above the knee.
 While in her home someone stepped or Mrs. Sullivan's foot. bruising one of her toes, and later she further in- jured it by hitting it against some thing. Gangrene developed and spread to the four other toes.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
MAXWELL B. SEDER AWARDED
 SCHOLARSHIP

Maxwell B. Seder, this year a gard uate of Clark College, Worcester, and nephew of Charles Seder of this city has been awarded a scholarship of $500 in political science and sociology by the Carnegie Institute of Technol- ogy, Pittsburg.
 This summer MT. Seder is attend ing the New England Training Camp for College Students, at Williams town, Mass. He will go to Pittsburg in the fall.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12

A memorial service for Raymond Benson, the North Woodstock boy, member of the U. S. Marine Corps, recently reported killed in action in France, will be held at the North Woodstock church next Sunday at 1.30 o'clock. The committee of ar engagements is c. Nj Perrin, Frank Barrett, Rev. F. B. Harrison and Mary F. Potter of North Woodstock
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12
CARL WITTER IS
 MARRIED

The marriage of J. Carleton WittsR and Miss Margaret Aylward, both of Danielson, has been announced. Ar. Witter is an auctioneer and is VII known from one end of Windhan county to the other.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12

saults and still acting like little ani- mai. He tumbed about until he was physically exhausted.
 Where the boy came from is not known It is believed that the Lanes adopted him from some institution Then came a baby of their own and the foster child seemed in the way The lad, 1t seems certain. would have died had not the case been discovered.
 Meanwhile the Lanes were placed under arrest A complaint was pre- pared Sunday morning by Prosecut- ing Attorney Bill and the man and woman placed under arrest and lock ed up in the Danielson police station. Constable Grimshaw was somewhat perturbed to think that the case had not been reported to him sooner AL though he lives not far from the Lane home he knew nothing of conditions there.
 After the warrant of arrest had been placed in his hands to serve, he took a woman with him as a witness to conditions in the room. They found that an attempt had been made to clean the place, but the stench re- maining again made the officer sick to his stomach, as 1t also did the woman. And it was in this vile, filthy. hole that the baby boy had been a prisoner for nearly three months.
 On being put to plea in the bor- ough court Monday morning, Lane said mot guilty" and the same plea later was entered by his wife, who was locked up Sunday evening some time after her husband had been ar rested, and spent the night with him in a cell. Upon receiving the pleas Judge Woodward ordered a postpone ment of the hearing until Tuesday morning, but the couple later changed their pleas to guilty to cruelty to a child, and were sentenced as above stated.
 When the story was related by g newspaper man to prominent city eff ficials and citizens of Putnam. Mon day afternoon, the opinion was ex- pressed that the whipping post would have been the thing for this inhuman couple. One high city official said "They lynch people in the south for less than that" and if this community was not law abiding it would have been an easy matter to secure many hands to pull the rope.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-12

The children of the tenements are
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New Britain herald., 1918-11-16
FON'S THEATER.

THE Romance Of Tarzan' the
concluding chapters of "Tarzan Of the
Apes" in eight mammoth reels is the
attraction at F'ox's on Monday AS
usual when ever anything new,
novel or sensational is evolved in the
field of the motion picture, Fox's
theater is usually the medium
through which it is presented to New
Britain theatergoers. Imagine a
story of breathless movement set
amid the contrasting scenes of the
jungles of unexplored Africa and the
luxurious atmosphere of American
society. More startling and spectacular