Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-01
DANIELSON


 DANIELSON
 Feim Hayder Pogani, as it appears 1 from papers found on his person, his name really is, was held for trial un- der bonds of s5.o00, when he was pre- scented before Judge W. F. Woodward l in the town court Wednesday morn. ing. Being unable to procure the | amount of the bond, he was taken to l the county jail at Brooklyn by Dep uty Sheriff Charles E. Aver Pojani probably will be tried at the May term | of the superior court. in WiIlimantic. 1 The prisoner insisted in court We'd nesday morning. when the complaint l against him was read. that he could | not speak English nor understand the language well. He insisted in very l clear, understandable English. Po- lJani finally did say, however, after witnesses in the case, who have known him for some time, stated that he speaks English very well and has act ed as an interpreter, that he was not guilty of having attempted to rape Miss Leanna Leduc of this town. His plea was entered.
 Miss Leduc appeared in court as a witness against Pojani and told in de- tail Of the alleged attack upon her, made just befort midnight Monday l She said that she and Pojani left the plant where they are employed at the same time, and that he was, to accom- pany her to her home, just a short distance from the mill. Following after Pojani and Miss Leduc was friend, Miss Emeiine Du- eharme, formerly of Easthampton with a young man. '| The couples stopped to talk for a r Ftime,- then Pojani and Miss sLedue ; went short distance beyond and sat ; down on some steps of a house. about ) two doors from her own home There : PoJani began to make improper ad- r vances, she testified and these sine re- . sented. He finally threatened hel r saying that unless she came with hin l and assented he would kill her.. el She further testified that he said i :. she screamed he would kill her, any. / way, and still later in her testimony she said that Poiani warned her tha he would kill her even after she die S assent, adding that he had killed be fore and that it wouldn't bother hin , to do so again.
 , Miss .Leduc told in detail of he 1 struggle with Poiani, how she finall.
 
 c strategy and threw it away and hoy T he threw her upon the ground.
 . In the meantime the fact that Nils . . Leduc had not entered her hom = aroused the suspicious of Miss Du e charme and she alarmed the Ledu z household. A search for Miss Ledu f began and this resulted in Pogan . leaving Miss Ledue at the place wher ' they had struggled The testimony c II>n rrs,-l . fact that upon Miss Leduc's arrival a x her home she was weak and in hys 2 tefical condition, and that she fainte = twice while trying to relate to he
 people what had taken place The gil IF is IS years of age. Pejani is 24
 Pojani, still declining to talk, wa
 taken out of the court room soon af y ter adjournment of the case and wa le transferred to jail by Sheriff Aver. n Two Hun helmets, souvenirs of tn ,- American fighting forces proves If overseas, have been received b Is Chairman Alfred L. Reed of the Xii n lingly Victory loan organization =. These helmets are to be awarded a
 prizes to the two Victory loan work CTS in this town who secure the lare sss est number of subscriptions for Il, ,o Victory notes. The committee her ,e has decided that it would be fairer t ID make the awards on the basis of, tll ID greatets number of subscriptions "a - ther to those who sell the larges
 amount of bonds. canvasser migll . without much effort. secure singl \ subscription of sa5.0G0. while anothe X worker might spend days in securin \ fifty subscriptions that would amour to only a fraction of that sum.
 t Steady progress is being made \ pushing Killingly's totals toward tt | apportionment goal of $2s6.o 900. Chain \ man Reed said on Wednesday that re \ ported subscriptions to that time weI | s275,o00 in round figures. With acti. | work, Killingly should go over the to \ this week. ~ M The report of Secretary Susie { Williams, Brooklyn, of Quinebau Pomona grange shows that the orgar | ization has achieved it's object of rs \ storing the membership to the 5t ' mark. This has been done and wit ~ little margin. So the years ou
 look for the organization is bright. /
 it's recent meeting at Brooklyn Quint
 baug Pomona adopted resolutions
 favor of the repeal of the dayligl
 saving bill. which works inconvei
 fences on all active farmers, and aL
 endorsed the league of nations pla1 : as in the interest of the agrieultura Ic ists, who are primarily men of peae Richard J. HeaIey, Daniel Doyle al 'h Victor Perreault. all Danielson men = bers of the 102d infantry, arrived
 ttheir homes here from Camp sDever
 mustered out and back in. civil II a again. "The happiest day of ol
 lives" they said as they piled off u
 train that brought them back to the
 old home toWn.- where they are beil
 received with horior by all of the ia friends. Other boys who are membe It of the division and whose homes a
 in town are expected back today. . Remember that dance at the armo
 tonight All the profits go to t
 Welcome Home celebration fund
 adv.
 <, Henry c. Gregory of Pawtuck Y was visitor with friends in Dsnit
 son onyN ednesday.
 Il, This being May 1. the small 1 won't be strong on conserving fo
 this evening. esnecialH where re