New Britain herald., 1919-02-07
HUN ATROCITIES
NOT EXAGGERA1
Robert Touhey Tells Of Seeing
Victims While in France
CHILDREN MADE CRIPPLES
Others Poisoned BY Candy Left BY
Germans-Father and Son Banquet
Miss Hawkins Surprised-Parish
Guild Supper-Other Notes.

Guild Supper-Other Notes.
Robert Touhey, U. S. N, is visiting
at the home of James J. Murphy of
| Whiting street. He is a first class
pharmacist in the navy. He has made
several trips across the pond but
he says that his land service in
France was more exciting and educa-
! tlonal than the work aboard ship.
Touhey tells of entering a Belgian
/ town which had been vacated by the
! German troops and of the atrocities
| committed by the Huns. He saw a
! group Of about so Belgian children
with their hands sWathed in blue
| bandages with a red cross. Being of
an inquiring turn Of mind he accosted
| an English officer and asked the rea-
son for the use of such a bandage.
The officer called one of the children
and took off the bandage and showed
that the child's fingers had been sew
cred. leaving only the thumb. The
officer assured the sailor that the
other children had suffered in the
same manner.
Another instance was in French
town, when the squad of sailors en-
tered the town and saw children sud-
| denly stricken with commissions in the
streets. The number of children who
were so attacked excited comment
and the sailors investigated. They
found that the children had been eat
ing candy left by the Germans The
candy was examined and inside each
piece was found small quantity of
potassium bichloride, deadly poison
Many Of the children had eaten the
candy and death resulted in every
case.
Touhey declared that many of the
big guns on the western front were
manned by sailors from the United
States navy. According to his story
these sailors were picked out from
among the best gunners in the navy, !
and had been trained in manning
the big guns aboard the battleships.
They wear a marines uniform with
~. S. Navy" on their hats.
Touhey is very we'll known in
Plainville, having made extended Wis
it's here, and on receiving his dis
charge from the service will reside in
Plainville. He intends to open a !
pharmacy in Southington and to do !
business in partnership with his
brother
Miss Hawkins Surprised.
A pleasant surprise party was ten !
dered to Miss Vera Hawkins last eve |
ming at the Maplehurst on West Main |
street by the pupils of the eighth |
grade, of which Miss Hawkins was q |
teacher About so of the pupils were |
present to bid the retiring teacher !
goodbye The guests enjoyed music !
and games, and refreshments were !
served Miss Hawkins left the Plain |
Vile school today, her resignation |
having been received month ago.
/. o. o. F. Has Regular Session.
The regular meeting Of Sequassen |
lodge l. O. O. F., was held last eve
ming in I. O. O. F. hall and was at |
tended by a large number of mem
bers. The Sequassen lodge degree |
team initiated a class of candidates. |
The initiation was followed by a So
cial.
Parish Guild Supper.
The supper given by the Parish |
Guild of the Church of Our Saviour !
at the parish house last evening was !
a pronounced success, both socially !
and financially.
The meeting of the Womens auxil- !
larry of the church was to have been !
held after the SUPPER. but owing to
the late hour at which the supper was
over, the meeting was postponed UNI |
til next month, and Miss Biddle, of
Hartford, will come to Plainvile
again. The date of the meeting will
be announced later.
Tickets Go on Sale.
The tickets for the FEATHER and
Son" banquet Will be placed on sale
tomorrow morning and will be sold
only in pairs, as boy cannot attend
without a man and a man will not be
allowed to attend without a boy. If
a man hasn't a son, he will be allowed
to adopt one for the evening, and the
same applies to a boy who finds it i'm