Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-27
WILLIMANTIC

to their present plant on John street. Years ago the Center Street Arrnory was used for manufacturing purposes:
 later the whole lower floor was used as a drill room for Company E of the old Third Regiment, Connecticut Ma tional Guard After the armory on Valley street was built. the Center
 street property remained vacant for some time Later the upper floor was changed over and used as a lodge room by various local organizations and for the past six or seven years the lower floor has been used for bowling alley purposes; the sale of the building is cause for regret among many of the | bowling fans in this city. Deeds for the transfer of the property will be
 passed (Tuesday).
 An unusual amount of business oe- | cupied the attention of the police | court when it opened its session on | Monday morning. Judge Floss dis | posed of seven cases as follows: Eddy ] John of this city was before the court ! on a charge of violating traffic ogdin ! ances. He was on his way up Main | street Sunday evening in a Rec tour | ing car and in order to avoid hitting another car coming out of High street, | John turned into High street and ran | into the Ford coupe owned my Jay NJ. ! Grant. Neither car was badly damag- ] ed. John pleaded guilty to the charge ! preferred against him and was fined $2 | and costs. amounting to $S.60, which ! he paid
 Alexander Boronsky pleaded not | guilty to the charge of violating the | city ordinance with relation to the dis | charging of firearms on Sunday with | in the city limits. His case was con- | tinued until next Saturday and bonds i for $50 were furnished for his appear ance at that time.
 Prank Brown. who has been before | the court on a number of previous oc- | casions, pleaded guilty to the charge | of vagrancy. He was sentenced to J thirty days in jail, which did not seem | 10 bother him at all.
 I Nicholas Jones and Charles Cahill, | local jitney drivers. who were Drin- ! cipals in the fight on Railroad street, l Sunday afternoon. appeared in court | 10 answer to the charge of breach of peace The former pleaded not gull ! ty and the latter pleaded guilty to the | charge. The case attracted much To- l cal attention and the court room was | filled with interested spectators. Ac- cording to the stories of both men, the | trouble started between Cahill and a 1 brother of Jones, the latter going to | his brothers assistance and for this l reason. Judge Foss did not find Jones | guilty of the charge In the case of l Cahill Judge Foss imposed a fine of ! & and costs amounting to s9.6o,
 which were paid. Both men seemed | 10 feel sorry for the affair and it Is l said are willing to let by-gones be by ! zones, etc.
 The cases of two sailors Reynold l Johnson and Harry Williams of New , London. we're the only other matters 1 before the court. They were charged
 with the theft of a s55 watch. belong
 ing to Thomas Collins, who rooms in | the Merrill house on Walnut street
 Shortly after midnight, the latter re-
 ported to the local police that his
 watch had been stolen. Lieutenant Me
 Arthur was immediately suspicious o1
 tho two sailors, having seen them com ing from Walnut street on to MaiI
 street carly in the night. He, witf l Officer Mclean, located them at the i railroad station and when searched | the watch was found in Williams pocket. Both men admitted theil 1 guilt and were bound over to ths
 next criminal term of the superior
 court under bonds of s300. Not beins able to furnish bail. they were ltakins l tb tIit toIbukiAu JdAi. IU dWdlt JIldl
 which must have been some disap - pointment to the sailors for they sair
 that the only reason they stole thu
 vatch was to raise funds so they coult
 rn' hack 10 their post in New London
 Monday.
 A number from Willinantic attend
 ed the last meeting of the year of tn Smith College club of Eastern Con
 rocticut. held at Slater hall. in Nor
 wich. Saturday. Miss Whiton, secre tary and treasurer of the club. read !; ] yearly report which vas very gratify
 ing 10 tho members Of the club. Ever
 l effort of tho club this year has beel
 spent in raising the s700 quota fo ! tho support Of the Smith unit ii
 France. It seemed a tremendous sun
 for the alUmnac to accumulate, bu th"y have succeeded. through tho hell
 of club members and generous friends