Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
WTLLIM ANTIC


 I slaughter. Medical Examiner r. E. Wilcox made his investigation of the | case at the police etatton Thursday | evening Fortier was cut sli6htly on hts nose and forehead and was treat : ed by Dr. ]. A, dironard. smith leaves hts wife and three small children.
 The drawinps for tho V. M. c. A handiSap tennis tournament were am nounoed Thursday as follows: Russell Norton CO vs. J. A, Beauchemin tA). Roy powner (A) vs. Aired Abbe GAS, [. A Calven tD) vs. Austin Peterson (A). The. following men drew the byes and will go automatically into the scmi- finals: Homer Hawkins co, IA E. Lavelle .tC). F. A. Morrison tA) and C. k. Eathrop co. The letters af- ter the name of the players indicate the handicap class he is in. Class A men give handicaps to the others and are the best players. Handicaps vary from l5 points every other game to q full game. There is a gold medal for the winner of the tournament and a bronze medal for the runner-up. A consolation prize will also be award set. this being left entirely to the con venience of the scontestants.
 The three New Britain lads who held up keli Haddad on Mountain street "Wednesday afternoon were presented the charge against them being chang , ed on account of their youth from highway robbery to assault. John Fritz and Herbert Helene were fined $50 and costs each which was paid by their fathers. The third member of the gang. Fred Swan. was given the same penalty but was held pending word from his father in regard to a settlement Young Swans father was notified by the other two men be-. fore they came here but said he did not wish to come on in his sons be- half. According to him this is not by any means the first esca pade of young Swan The boys used part of the dol lar which they secured from Haddad to telegraph to their fathers and tell them that they were well.
 George Hornberser, 20, of 36 Park, street. a former sailor, was in the DO lice court Thursday morning charged with theft of an automobile. His case went over until this morning to allow tsim to procure witnesses in order that ne may present an alibi. The auto mobile in question belonged tc Arthur T. Mcintyre of Mansfield who came to- Willimantic with his father Wednes- day evening to go to a movie show. parking their car in the rear of the Hooker House. When they went to look for it it had disappeared. They notified the police but also kept a watch out for the car. About 11.3O the ear was driven into the alley at high
 
 cd out He evaded. young Mcintyre who gave chase. Hornberger was ar rested about midnight and was iden- tified by the McIntyres as the man who hae leaped from the car. Horn berger gave a long account of his wandering Wednesday night. Bonds were fixed at fifty dollars in order that he may produce witnesses this morning. He declined counsel, saying that ais he was innocent he did not re- quire an attorney
 pr. Hobart Egberf, formerly of thisj city, died early Wednesday at Lima Peru, according to word received here "Wednesday from an agent of the con cern with which pr. Egbert had been employed. Death was due to dysen- tery and blood poisoning pr. Egbert built up a practice in diseases of the eye, ear. nose and throat. Later he went to South America as surgeon on the steamers of the United Fruit com pany. He was a graduate of Dart mouth, also of Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He had held while in this country positions with the U. s. health service and with the Carnegie Health Service He also did |. cohsidera b1e work here during tine influenza epi- defnic last year. The agent of his em- ployefs tried to locate his family at IA Spring street, but Mrs. Egbert had daughter is working in New York. It is not known what disposition will be made of the bodx, although the com pany has offered to send it to this country. The seventh in ths series of free band concerts by the Willimantic