Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-10

man was camera and blackthorn cane he carried, has been noticed on the streets of Pawcatuck and Vest erly, and because he seemed disposed not to nose into the business of others, but to attend strictly to his personal affairs, was suspected of being Ger man spX. He was seen to take snap shot of the armory of Company b, Connecticut Home guard, at the corner of Liberty street and Moves avenue, in Pawcatuck, and which was formerly a district schoolhouse. He also took views of St. MichaePs cemetery and of houses in different sections of the village. He did not seem to know anybody and nobody seemed to know him. By reason of his acts that he did not explain to the curious he was reported to Patrolman Wheeler as a suspect who ought to be shadowed or taken into custody for examination.
 Patrolmdn Wheeler told the story as it came to him. to Deputy Sheriff Will liam H. Casey, and that officer became interested. He saw the man cross the bridge from PawCatuck into Westerly and go to the poStoffice. Immediately the sheriff had a trusted friend trail the suspect into the postoffice and to ascertain the mans name if possible. That was easy and the sheriff's aid stood near and heard the man ask if there was a letter for John McIntire. This satisfied the sheriff and his belief was sustained that the man suspected as being a German spy was none other than a friend in boyhood days and now a resident of New York city. After an absence of. 37 years, he came back to the scenes of his childhood, took | pictures of the schoolhouse where ne | learned his A, B, Cs, the burial plot | of members of his family and the houses in which he lived when a boy | in Pawcatuck. He also took pictures 1 of other places that were of personal | interest to him.
 | Then there was a meeting of Sheriff ] Casey and MT. McIntire and incidents of school days were recalled by both 1 Mir. McIntire was told of having been under suspicion while in his old home ] town and appreciated what he conSid- cred a good joke, and was surprised l that the occurrence did not get into l the newspapers, as it would make 8 , fair story. MT. McIntire is in the i newspaper game in New York city ant | the late O'Donovan RosSa was father
 in-law of the man. His brother, Mat l ty' McIntire, of baseball game, Wa' born in Westerly.
 An interesting and instructive fea ture of the meeting of the Westerly l Historical society was the talk O George s. Palmer of New London ol Old Silver. Mir. Palmer is a pleasing 1 speaker and his subject was mad, plainer by the exhibition of pieces o
 old and rare silverware from his valu
 able collection believed to be anon.
 the very best in New England. MT
 Palmer received the unanimous thank of members of the society. He mad
 the trip from and to New London il
 his automobile, in which he carried tn
 rare specimens he exhibited.
 There is difference in the thicknes
 of the plate glass in show window
 since the time of the construction o
 the Dixon house, now the Rhode Islam
 hotel. Men from Hartford in the in
 terest of the insurers of plate glas re
 moved a cracked pane at the Rhod
 Island pharmacy on Wednesday after
 noon and replaced Tit with plate glas
 of the present day thickness. The bos
 of the glaziers said he had exchange
 more than 5000 plate glass window
 and never came across one as thick
 or as of good quality. as the one h
 had just removed, and added that tn
 new glass would serve it's purpose sat
 isfactorily.