Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
WESTERLY

WESIEN.
 The social committee of the Fourth company, R. I. S. G., after comforting Tuesday evening with Capt. A.sP. Dat |, son, commander. decided to hold May dance at the state armory.
 Bond sales here totaIled trifie more Tuesday than any day previous in the f Victory loan campaign; $4,400 was taken in at the local banks up to We'd nesday afternoon with 10 subscribers This amount added to Westerlys total ] as reported to Providence headquarters makes the towns total $7,650. This . sum is very little in view of the quota 1 of s562,50 However, every one seems | optimistic about the final success of | the loan here.
 Miss Clara Babcock of Ashaway, l who has been in Y. M c. A. work with the A. E. F in France for nearly 1 year, left Paris March for Germany and is now with the army of occupa tion with divisional headquarters at Coblenz, where she arrived March 12. Miss Babcock has been appointed di rectress of the canteen work of the S9th division of the army of occupa tion, having supervision over all hut work in the division. There are about i 50 canteens in her charge.
 1 The matter of right of way between 1 the Washington Trust company build ! ing and the property of E. J. Fenelon
 on Main street has been settled satis- | factorily to all parties concerned. MT. 1 Fenelon is to be given a right of way off Main street and the Washington
 Trust company will take over the
 alleyway between the two buildings when their new building is erected at
 the corner of Main and Broad streets.
 The trial of George Govan, charged with assault with intent to commit rape upon Mrs. Harriet Brown at her home in Hopllinton on Feb. IS, was
 called in the superior court at King ston Wednesday and the jury was inn paneled as follows: Edward H. Doane, foreman, Philip A. Clemens, Charles J. Coggeshall Arthur B. Copgdon. South Kingston; Edwin B. Lillibridge, Jr, Westerly; Charles D. Arnold. George
 A. Arnold; Ellsworth E. Conklin. Elmer
 Edwards. North Kingston; Frederick iC. Weston, Charlestown; Leander
 Richmond, Exeter; John J. Walsh,
 Richmond Mrs. Brown testified that Feb. IS she was alone at home and
 the defendant came to the house and
 asked for something to eat. At first she refused, but on his plea of having a bad scold and being very hungry she . let him in. After eating he got up and went out without his cap, but later re- turned and reached for the cap from :, the chair and extended his left hand to ; shake and she testified he pulled her toward him. saying Kiss mel" He . forced her into the bedroom by brute ' strength and threw her on the bed, . but after a struggle she kicked him and broke his hold. She told of the defendant hitting her and making his , escape through the rye field.
 The witness reported the matter to ; Roger w. Lewis, who lives near, and . in company wit hhis son traced the man nearly to Hope Valley. They re- ported the matter to Constable Matte
 son of that place and the officer arrest ed the man and brought him to West = erly, where he was turned over tc 5 Deputy Sheriff Mitchell According tc
 Govan, he was born in Iron Pond, Vt.
 but lived in Lynn, Mass. Govan has
 previously denied ever seeing Mrs f Brown.
 f Everett E. Willis was brought into . court Wednesday morning on habeuS k corpus from Providence county jail ir
 Cranston for sentence on two indict- z ments returned at the September ses- | sion, 1918. He was indicted for break ,. ing and entering the garage of Joseph y E. Champlin on March P wit hlarcen1 u and breaking and entering the Charles , town SchoolhouSe with larceny or f clock. Upon recommendation of tht # attorney general, sentence was defer | red in both indictments. The defend " ant is now serving time on a sinha1
 indictment, but his time will soon bt O up.
 e John Tinsauer of Charlestown wa: e rearraigned on the indictment return s ed by the grand jury on Monday. anc = he retracted his former plea of no t guilty to that of nolo. Upon recon = mendation of Assistant Attorney Gen Il eral Sisson. sentence was deferred = Bail was fixed at $1,o00 with the de - fendant's wife giving surety
 d In the case of Mary B. Jocoy vs = John A. Jocoy, divorce was granted . on the grounds of extreme cruelty, bu T the petition for alimony was denied. ' A recent bulletin of the Rhode lslane , state board of health has for frontis ' piece the photograph of Dr. Alexander
 B. Briggs of Ashaway. pr. Briggs ha:
 been reapDointed by Governor Beeck o man for another term with the board I The editors of the bulletin say in re N gard to the Ashaway physician: "Dr
 Briggs has given valuable and con
 tinued service on the board since hi
 first appointment. Jan. 26, 1892, b.