Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-22
PUTNAM


 Miss Camille Euvrard. of Pomfret. will enter the Hartford Hospital Training school for Nurses, Septem- of Putnam High school and was clerk for .the local board in this dis trict during the war. She will pur- sue a three years course of training at the hospital.
 Tonight brings the meeting for the ican legion of honor in this city and those who are interested in the movement are hoping for large turn out of service men. Service men of the towns of Pomfret. Woodstock and Thompson also arc invited to become members of the Putnam post. which has not as yet been named.
 The Lucky Thirteen, group of Putnam young men, have engaged the Herbert C. Keech cottage on the south shore of AIexander's lake and are to spend several weeks there. go- ing back and forth to business in this city or reniaping at the cottage for full vacation periods.
 Mrs. Mary Munier, ss. wife of William Munier. died at their home here after lingering illness.
 Furnishings are expected any time now for the new office. in the Union block. of the Putnam Light and Power company. A new electric sign, equipped with 22S lights will be hung outside of the company's new head quarters.
 Cyril Remillard has returned from a vacation spent at Sound Beach. this state.
 wflfred Chapdelaine and a party motored to Cape Cod on Sunday.
 The machine in collision Saturday night near Alexander's lake. with car owned and driven by John Ryan of this city is owned by Guy l.. Ba- ker of. this city and Pon1fret. Giving the wrong number of the car to Cor by d party other than MT. Baker. led othe original belief that this car, which was damaged. belonged to a man in Meriden.
 Boilers that develop power at the big plant in Mechanicsville for the French River Textile company and the Putnam Light and Power com pany are being equipped to burn oil. instead of coal. and the new fuel will come into use there, in the very near future. The oil fuel will be sprayed under the boilers. much after the same method used on some of the new battleships and ~destroyers of the American navy. It is expected that changing from coal to oil will save the interested companies several thousands of dollars each year. About 400 tons of coal a month is now con sumed at this power plant, which will be the first one in this section equip ped to develop power from l-burn- ing apparatus.
 Ella A. Periey, a sisted of Dr. Geo. woodstock. She was born in Bridg- ton, Me, March 12. 1853. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Augustus Perfey. and was retired school teacher.
 Max Levine, engaged in business here. reported Monday that an auto mobile which he was driving was in collision Sunday evening s & with . a pig of School street, Webster. The acci- dent happened on the bridge at what is known as the Church crossing. be- tween the two Grosvenordales. Mir. Levine whose machine was consid- erably dama ged. has started an action to recover damages. With him at the time of the accident were Mrs. Levine and their child and a MT. Waterman, @.l Late Monday afternoon it was stat ed at the Day Kihbal1 hospital that Arnold Barry, injured when he was hit Saturday night by touring car driven by John Ryan of this city, was in very critical condition, with grave doubts as to his recovery. The acci- dent happened on the highway be- tween Wildwood park and Attawau- gan crossing. Barry being on his way home, in Attawaugan. and walking
 
 This city heard repeated rumors on Monday afternoon that Michael Mar kovich had either given himself up l or had been arrested at Stafford. The man will be charged with the murder of Louis Ensign Wells, 45. Union farmer. as told in press despatch in 1 Bulletin.
 Markovich's aim was deadly when ! he fired the bullet that killed Wells. The bullet penetrated Wells heart |
 |, rrrh hfc al it's way through a post on which the rural mail box was set and finally 1 1attened itself against the wall of a building on the Wells place.
 nam people who have been at the Wells place that Markovich came driving up the highway, sitting in his wagon with rife between his knees. On the seat beside him were two Of his small sons, one less than five years of age The man took deliberate aim at Wells and fired and the group on the lawn at the Wells home was thrown into panic. sitting Tn the party was Mrs. Markovich, comedy woman of 35.
 She had been estranged from her husband for a week and. with two of her children. had been given a refuge at the Wells home.
 After murdering Wells. Markovich is said to have hurriedly driven off. Before leaving his two little sons he kissed them good bye and then sent them along home with the rig. him. self making of through the woods. The two little boys brought the news of what had happened to their sister, a girl of about: IA. who was at home.
 Markovich periodically comes to this city to do trading and is known to many Putnam people. He was In the habit of driving in from his farm. which is about IT miles from Putnams in Union. just over the line from Ashford.
 About a year ago he came to Put l nam attorney and told of trouble he was having with his wife, and alleged that she wanted to sell some of his property and leave him. At that time he inserted a wife notice in local paper. forbidding all persons rom Mrs. Markovich on hist ac- count.
 He was advised by the local attor- | ney to go back to Union and tell his