Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-17

James Rego Mellow, formerly em- ployed on the Westerly town farm, who was sentenced to state prison for life after being found guilty of the at Kingston. pleaded his own case for a new trial before the supreme court of Rhode Island Wednesday. where bill of exceptions is pending.
 Mellow made statement to the court that he had been deserted by his, counsel and had not been able to obtain justice. This was denied. and it apbeared that Clarence E. Rothe of Westerly. who had been granted leave to withdraw from the case last
 summer. af1d Mellow was notified by the court to get other counsel.
 Three men; William Rhodes, Oscar
 dead in an old building formerly used as a station and about half a mile north of the present station at Kings
 s1s is Ths Ths osohs s who msfe section @ lands, lived in this building Rhodes had lived near the scene of the trag- edy for many years.
 Mellow was tried and found guilty of the murder of Rhodes. wednes-
 day. after Mellow made his statement to the court concerning his attorney, and after he had argued that he was innocent of the crime with which he
 was charged, Chief Justice Parkhurst called upon MT. Roche for state
 ment that would throw light upon the
 circumstances surrounding the af-
 fair.
 Mellow refused to give his consent
 for Mir. Roche to address the court
 Mir. Roche, however, told the story of
 the crime as Mellow had described it
 to the jury at the trial. saying that
 he believed the defendant was inno-
 cent of the murder of Rhodes. This,
 he said. he considered his duty to say, however Mellow might treat him.
 It was Mellow's contention that he
 Sha11tV and found the Ol- sons dead oE in dying condition. and
 that Rhodes attacked him with a re-
 volver. He said that he seized fry ing pan from the stove and struck
 Rhodes blow on the head. after which a fierce struggle ensued, during whieah Rhodes got hold of m axe and Mellow srab bbed the revolver. It be- came question of whether he killed Rhodes or got killed himself, he said, and he shot Rhodes in the neck.
 Claude R. Branch presented the case for the attorney generals department, as he was assistant attorney general and prosecuted Mellow before the jury. The court held the case for advise ment.
 On orders entered by Judge Bar rows, now holding court in Westerly. two suits of action on the case for negligence asainst the Honnabo dence, with claims aggregating SS0,- 900, were removed from the superior to the United States district court. Wednesday. Attorneys for respondent grounded thair petition for removal on the allegation that their client was Massachusetts corporation. In one of the suits Henry B. Barstow asks $50 900 for damages alleged to have by the pollution of the Seekonk river by the respondent. In the other John P Donahue asks $S0,000 on similar grounds.
 Washington County Pomona grange held it's October meeting with Exeter | grange Tuesday; sixty-seven were in which was devoted to business. At l the ron call Of garages, Narrasan- sett. Richmond, Hope Valley, Perry i vile. Westerly. Quidnessett. Quono- 1 chontaug and Ashaway reported. Mrs l Ida M. Hall welcomed the grange in l behalf of Exeter Grange.
 Dinner was served by the entertain ing grange. In the afternoon session, the programme was in charge of Mrs. | Clarke. lecturer. It was i opened with singing of Wayside Bios som. New England and it's many cha rms was the chief theme.
 Dr. Anna L. Waite of Bradford gave a short history of New England col 1 lege, when founded and by whom. She was followed by Mrs. c. Palmer Chap man of Westerly Grange. with Some of New EsngIand's Famous Poets- A song. Keep the Grange Fires Burning. with grange chorus. was sung by Miss Bessie Cross Addison s. Hawes of Roger Williams Grange spoke briefly on Breeding of the Dairy Cattle in Rhode Island, urging the use of thor oughbred stock and that all make an effort to have legislative authority on the subject. An original poem read by Mrs. Wnl Burdicl of Ashaway Grange. entitled In Old New England was followed by a paper by Mrs. C. N. Kenyon of Ashaway Grange on Farm ne in New England. Mrs. Josephine Collins of the same erange read a pa per. written by Mrs. Sheffield Greene ,n Industries in New England
 At the closing session of the Baptist held at Warren, Rev. B. [. Livingston gave an address on The4 State Workers Work. The Women of Dur State and the New Order was he topic discussed by MrsS Joseph :. Peacock of Westerly. Rev C. M. Gallup, for the committee of five out 1