Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-03
PUTNAM

! In the city court Thursday morning
Henry Pray of Attawaugan was pre-
scented charged with having set
! SHARES, contrary to law, on land of
Mrs. Rosa P. Danielson, in the Putnam
Heights section of this town. Mr..
| Pray pleaded not guilty to the charge
and declined to testify when given the
opportunity.
Game Warden Harry Battey and
Lloyd Stone of East Killingly. appear
| ed as witnesses against Mr.. Pray.
| They charged that they had discov-
I cred copper wire snare set in a lit
| tie path in the woods and suspended
SO that the loop of the wire hung over
the path at just about the right
height to catch a fox, or other sucn
animal, by the neck when it would
come running along the path
When the game protectors first
found the snare, they said. it was sus-
Ecnded from a brush by q piece of
black heavy thread and was anchored
on one end. They threw the snare
out of the path and then went on
watch. They had wait from NOM
ing until about 2 o'clock in the af-
ternoon, when MI Pray came aiong.
They testified that he picked up the
snare from where they had thrown it
and reset it. Thereupon they arrest
ed him Mr. Pray declared to them,
they said, that the snare did not be-
long to him: that he had merely found
It as he went along and reset it.
After hearing the evidence Judge
Geissler found MIR Pray guilty of the
charge of setting snares and imposed
a fine of s25 and costs of prosecution
Of Sf9.73 were added. a total OF $44.15.
Mr.. Pray appealed, so the case will 80
to the superior court Game Warden
Battey had desired to include another
charge against Mr. Pray-that OF
trapping on land without permission
| Of the owner-but this charge did not
appear against him in the complaint
II. the local city court.
This is the Second case of like ma
. ture that Mr. Battev has caused to be
!. brought recently, the other being II
Brooklyn. The game warden pur-
poses to keep carefully watch this
winter Of the activities of ali trappers
The snare that figured in Thursday:
case was exhibited in court.
' Another case passed upon by Judg'
n Geissler at Thursday mornings SEES
sion was that of William Theb$rger
a who came here recently from New
n | Hampshire. Tne man was Charge
s with having been intoxicated He ad
+ nlitted i'll court that he has been earn
ing from $50 to S35 q week for months
=. as a mill worker. and that his boar
y only cost him $3.50, yet he was with
v cut money. The court ordered him t
- Brooklyn jail for a period Of recuper
. alton and reflection
'. Caught in a belt which he was en-
- deavoring 10 adjust in the basener
. of the big mill at Grosvenordale o
:, Thursday morning. Archie Hill wa
: mangled and killed. The mans let
. arm was torn of and he was other
Il wise terribly injured. The accideT
happened between s and o'clock
II was said that Hill, who was employe
II by the Grcsvenordale company as
| weaver lived only few minutes al
II ter he was injured. Hills right ar1
was broken at the elbow and his hea
was cut in several places The injur
" les were received when he was whir
u u ed over the shafting.
II Mr. Hill, who was At years of ag
had been employed at the mill abol
= Il year, it was stated Thursday. i
has a wife and children. the body
= to be sent to Riverpoint, where IL
10 family formerly lived. for burial
l. The time Of the northbound passer
ar ger train that formerly was due to al
rive here from New London at
H., has been changed Sc that the ira
n is not due to arrive until CAS- TIL
train waits over here to furnish cor
nection for Worcester with the Be!
Ion- bound express from Hartford eaC
> evening.
A shattered plate glass window
the front of the Wooiworth store {
Front street is one of the souvenirs
the New Years celebration.
A Hartford preGs despatch Thursd5
, stated that some local boards in Coz