Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
WILLIMANTIC

No. l, and found Locke just inside of the door ready fos Tallman to re-en-i ter. Locke was aken under the care of the policeman but claimed that he and Tallman had only been fooiing. In the testimony at court Saturday morning both plead guilty. to the charges of breach of the peace but the testimony of the officer and of Mrs Sophia Tetreault, one of the tenants of the building, made it evident that fooling was not the word to cover the actions of the men. Mrs. Tetreaults s testimony finted at woman in the case and she stated that whenever the woman came to the house she always caused trouble. A bottle of "wet goods" was found on TaIlman when searched by the police at the station and an implement that Tallman called a silk-cutter was also found. After the testimony was finished the fines were imposed by Judge Frank H. Foss
 The continued case of George Le- Blond, charged with not having fur nished support for his wife and minor child also came up at the morning session of the court. Mrs. LeBlond claimed hat ther husband had given her nothing since he had been brought
  LeBlond himself had testified that he had offered to meet her half way but that he thought she did not want any thing to do with him. When question ed by the court as to whether he would help support his wife apart from both of their families LeBlond at first said he would but later offered to provide for her although they were far from g reconciliation. Judge Foss placed .LeBlond under a $500 bond to pay his wife SIP a week and imposed a, sentence of six months in iail in case. he failed to do so. After Le- Blond secured the bond he was re- leased.
 Bremen iron, Engine Company No. were called out Saturday morning to put out a blaze at the home of Mrs. E. s. Lincoln of r23S South street, but by the time they had arrived at the house the members of -Xhe Lincoln family had put out the fire. Mrs. Lincoln had been engaged in, blacking her kitchen stove when suddenly the liquid polish that she was using caught fire and set fire to ascurtain and rugs nearby. The damage done was slight but Mrs. Lin coin suffered painful burns on her arms.
 H. c. Bowen of 25 Grove street, this city. has received the appointment of corporal in the R. O. T. c. at Boston College. There are over 800 students enrolled in the corps at that college. holding drills twice a week and meet ing for lectures in military theory once a week.
 As long as s'the good weather holds bo c41 lnna aV.f, tinue its work of repairing the city streets. During the past few days the men of that department have been working on Jackson street from the Carey street.
 Two automobile accidents occurred on Main street during the forenoon Saturday little damage being caused in either case. The first accident took place about 10 o'clock when an automobile owned and driven by Ger aid Waldo of Scotland struck a wa gon, when. it is claimed. the brakes oi his car failed to hold. The automobile came off second best in the encounter suffering broken headlight and . | dented radiator. The wagon escaped without4injury. The second encounter was between the public service auts owned and driven by Albert Coutu ana aS wagon driven by a woman who withheld her name. Coutu who report. ed the matter to the police stated thai the woman failed to give signal o1 her intention to turn to the left to en. ter Bank street and that he hat struck the wagon before he could stop his car. Neither vehicle suffered damage but Coutu was cut about the face with flying glass.
 Several youngsters engaged in z ] roping party helped themselves to z | quantity of that material recently ant after a search was made for it the, | appeared on the carpet and were rep rimanded for their work The rop, had been used by the street depart ment to rope off a portion of I've street while that thoroughfare was un l dergoing repairs.
 The Willimantic Welfare Bureau ha made an appeal to the people of thi | city for donations of food and othe 1 goodies, or the money to buy then with. The local welfare bureau ha always made it a custom to remern
 Der those in the city who are in nee, and to send them something for thei 1 Thanksgiving dinner. In past year the people of the city have answerel | the call and have contributed gener