New Britain herald., 1919-10-08
Wedding Takes Place in This
 Town at 8 O'Clock This Afternoon
LEE CASE FINALLY CLOSED
Man Injured in Automobile Accident is Awarded $500 Damages-JOhn Neri Suffers Painful Injury to His Foot-Other News Notes.

Miss Florence Yeamens, daughter of MT. and Mrs. John l.. Leamens of 205 Maple street, New Britain, and Philip Bassett, son of E. G. Bassett of 143 West Main street, this town, were quietly married this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Bassett home. Rev. E. c. Gillette, pastor of the Congregational church, performed the ceremony The bride and groom were unattended and only a few in- innate relatives were present at the ceremony.
 The bride was attired in a gown of white georgette over white satin and wore a veil with orange blossoms, She carried a bouquet of white bridal roses The couple will take an automobile trip to Canada and upon their return will reside at 145 West Main street.
 Ar. and Mrs. Bassett are we'll known to a large circle of friends in Plainville The bride formerly lived in Plainvillo and attended the local schools. MT. Bassett was born in Plainville and has spent his life here.
 Lee Case Settled.
 The case of James Lee vs. Luigi
 Rasacucci of Hartford has been set tied out of court for the sum of $500.
 Lee was driving an autom obile
 truck for Eaton Brothers of this town on November IA, 1918. He stopped at a house near the South- ington town line to deliver an order of grain. While crossing the road
 with a bag of grain on his shoulders, he was struck by an automobile driven by Luigi Pasacucci of Hart ford. Lee was dragged about 50 feet l by the car and was severely injured. l Hc Was rem owed to the New Britain hospital, where for some time his | recovery was considered doubtful He has now recovered from the ef- ] fects of the accident.
 Eaton Brothers, by whom Lee was employed, brought suit in his name 1 against Pasacucci for $2O,OOO. The 1 case dragged along in the courts for | several months and was finally with drawn upon the promise of Pasa acuc- | cl to settle out of court. The agree ment is that Lee shall receive the
 sum of $500 as compensation for his loss of time at his employment. Ncri Has Fall.
 John Neri. one Of the prOprietOrs of Nerl Brothers store, met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon.
 He climbed up a pole on the Hopkins property near Central Square to re- pair a clothes line. He let his weight
 go on the rope which broke under the strain, dropping him to the ground. One of the small bones in his foot was disloCated. The injury 1 was not serious but was very painful Will Suppress Gambling. According to reports, the police of 1 PlainNillc, backed by the selectmen 1 and prosecutor will make deter mined effort in the near future to | suppress gambling in Plainville In l this town, as in other towns and cities l in the state, there has been an epi- | demic of gambling, the sport taking
 the form of African golf or in the l plainer Vernacular, shooting craps l Some time ago the police made | wholesale arrests of young men l caught Trolling the bones' and the | prisoners were fined in police court with warning that they had better 1 keep out of the clutches of the law 1 on pain of a heavier penalty
 According to Officer Philip Marine
 the arrest of the young men had no , effect in stopping the games and it l is alleSed that they lead the officer a i merry chase nearly every Saturday l night. There is only one officer on
 duty at night and it is difficult for
 him to follow the crowd of boys and ! young men who cannot resist the lure | of th r111