Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-09
PUTNAM

1 The October term of the Windhan n2 l county superior court, criminal side opened here Wednesday morning Judge Frank D. Haines, presiding : Der of prisoners were presented ant. their cases disposed of. es At the opening of the court praye
 was offered by Rev s. J. A. Rock pastor of the Methodist church. Everett Lovey. alias Peter Lovely: o. this city was before the court te answer to the theft. July 3. last of :; marines uniform. When the complain was read Lovely set uD the objectiors that his name was not Peter. SC , forth in the information. and was ar parent1y very much perturbed becau-
 his name was not entered proper
 Later in the day. when the compla
 had been amended. he pleaded al5
 to stealing the uniform, which wa
 property of George W. Wise.
 State Attorney C. E. Searls told
 court that Lovely took the uniform.
 complete rig. from the room of Wise
 who had just been mustered out of
 the marine corps service, donned it
 and departed for Worcester, where he
 later appeared at police sta tion;
 asking help, was suspected of not be-
 ing the real thing and arrested.
 Public Defender c. L. Torrey stated to the court that Lovely was drunk al the time the uniform was stolen.
 MT. Searles told the court that Love ly had been previously in trouble, had
 been in the reformatory at Concord
 Mass, and in jail in Worcester and Brooklyn.
 Judge Haines sentenced Lovely to serve six months in the Jail at Brook lyn
 Wearing the uniform of the United States army. the famous "Y D." in signia and three gold service chevrons on his sleeve, Frank Walienda of Willimantic, a young man of A. pleaded not guilty to charge of having committed rape June 2s last upon the person of Florence M. Grant, 15. of Willimantic. Later in the day, after a conference between State Attorney Searle and Public Defender Torrey Wallanda changed his plea to guilty of attempt to rape.
 In explaining the case Mir. Searls told the court that he had been given to understand that Wallenda had been much in he company of the Grant girl and that their relations eventual ly led to happenings that resulted in the young mans arrest on the serious charge mentioned in the complaint. He said that he did not understand that Wallenda was a vicious character but he had pleaded guilty to having com mitted a crime and not much could be said in extenuation of that fact 1 and the official added that he believed there should be some punishment
 In the former soldiers behalf Mir ! Torrey stated that Wallenda had be- come lhldtuateu With MISS Grant; that he wanted to marry her but this had | been opposed by the girls foster | mother Eventually the couple had gone away together and for a time were in a village in Rhode Island, near Westerly, but while there they had E separate rooms
 In asking clemency for WaIlenda MT Torrey cited that the young man had volunteered for service in the army early in the war enlisting in July. 1917. and that he had spent a rear and three-uuarters overseas Mir rorrey also produced Wa1lendas dis ,harge from the service and read from honest and faithful and that no absentees from his com hand were charged against him.
 In sentencing Wallenda to the state. 'eformatory at Cheshire Judge Hainesi said that he hoped the young man would learn a trade there and other wise benefit from his stay in the in stitution
 Another young man sentenced to the ;eformatory at Cheshire Wednesday was Omer Lussier. r. of this city. Lussier pleaded guilty in court to hay ing stolen. April II. the sum of s322, l rom his home here. The crime was committed while members of the ia mi 1 y were attending a church service ana there was no one at home. The money belonged to Alphonse Lussier. he prisoners father.
 It was shown in court that Tussier went away and did not get caught un- til about two months afterwards. In the meantime he had been living in ! w Worcester and in Wbesretm1 -ather.4 Worcester and in Webster. in which alter place he was arrested
 Given a chance by the court to ex-