Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-04
WESTERLY

l usual distInctspn Of De.ng at the head ol Lne three W eeLerly Masonic bodies. He Is wcrsnipruf niAs.er Of rrati41i.n { Lodge Free anu Accepted Masoas, I hIgu priest falmer Cnapter, ktoy al A. cn Masons and mas just been eiec.- ed and installed as commander oI 1 X arras anSett Commanuery, Knights 1 | etnpl4r. Inis IS Ine nrst thine [ W es.ef1y that these hign offices we're held by the same man. Tne other 1 ucefs elected and installed Tn Nara sansett Commandery are: tredericA 1 4>. Robinson. generalissimo John A. Pawson. chaplain general; William ii. : Cnapham, senior warden; Paul Jen- ninss, unior warden; Thomas Mcken- | zIe, preiAte; Lewis Stanton, associate preiate; Arthur N. Nash. treasurer; H. Davis. standard bearer; Otis L4 | BurdIck sword bearer: Clarence A. | Vars, warden; Robert Hazard, aptaln
 of the guard, Frank l.. Furness, third | guard; Harry King, second guard. Farquhar Smith, first guard; William
 Ii. Ciooogeon, organlst: Eugene E. Pendieton, sentinel; Arthur x. Nash.
 master of ceremonies; William ] geon, William C. Smith. Andrew W. Fisher, J. Herbert Segar, James If. BIacker. Robert F. L. Barr. WiIliarn Davidson. Wilbur G. Cheever. John W.
 
 | Mills, John H. Williams, escort; Harry | l.. 6olles, Thomas Mckenzie and Ar l thur N. Nash, past commanders, trus- ! tees of the permanent fund. The or ncers were installed by Past Com mander Harry BoIles, with Past Commander Lewis Stanton, as grand waroen.
 Just before noon Friday, the testi- mony was conciuded in the case of Hermania BottOneni against the Ny FlE rFelRnltaTle n which damages of S10, 600 were claim ed for inJufIeS sustained by stepping upon a telephone wire that had drop p.d, croSSeu a wire of the Westerly Light and Power company, and which was heavily charged with eiectr1cIty. Arguments to the ury were made by Attorney Samuel H. Davis, of coun- sei for the defendant company and by counsel for plaintiff After the charge by Judge Doran, the jury retired. This case had occupied the attention of the superior court for Washington ton county nearly three days. The Jury was out near an hour and re- turned a verdict to award Mrs. Bot tonelH S1,o00.
 The superior court will reconvene at Westerly Monday, with Judge Chester W. Barrows presiding. The first case assigned for trial is Eleanor D. Baker against Babcock & Wilcox. This suit is based on a contract with the defendants to build house in Musi- colony, to be built for the plaintiff at damages of $500. She claims the house was not constructed in compIi- ance with the speciffcatio that the shingles were not properly laid; that roof steps were omitted, that the painting was not properly done etc. 1 Roche for plaintiff and Rathbun for defendants.
 The next case on the docket is that nf Jeanette in which $1 600 in damages is claimed. Narva is a tailor and hired part of store in West Broad 1 street from Ueannette. Before the 1 lease expired, Narva claims that Jeannette assa aulted him and elected 1 him from the store. Davis and Rath- ! bun for plaintiff and Agard for de- fendant. case of J. Irving Maxson, against 1 Harriet Babcock, executrix of the es- tate of H. Hobart Babcock, and al ! leses breach of contract in the lale l of the Watch Hill dock. so called al | Stonington. Dunn for plaintiff and i Rathbun and Davis for defendant.
 Judge Oliver Fl. Williams held a special session of the Third district ] court in the case of the state against l John Kelly. Louis Scolamicero, Thom 1 cy, Mass. charged with bringing a stolen automobile in the state. This is the case where the automobile crashed into d stone wall at Lang Sept 2s. and was abandoned after the registry plates had been removed and thrown away Thomas E. Brown. the chief of police, shortly after the mobile had been stolen. teleehoned the facts to Sheriff John R. Wilcox at Kingston. Very shortly thereaf- ter, the sheriff corraled the four towards Providence and placed them under arrest and they were held for hearing.
 Subsequently the sheriff found one of the registry plates and it was learned that John Kataji of Wey mouth, Mass. employed at the Fore River shipyafd, was owner of the au
 tomobile. and that it was taken from the shipyafd By the four fntt under arrest. who were also employees of the shipyard.
 The ages of the accused ranged from sixteen to twenty years. A. T. L. Ledwidge represented all except Ger rusa, and his line Of inquiry indicat ed that his purpose was to show that Gerrusa stcIe the car. that his three clients were invited to take a joy ride and that they did not know the car had been stolen until Gerrusa told them so just before the accident and when the return trip was being made to Quincy.
 Harry B. Agard, town solicitor, sIeaned from the testimony that all four were equally guilty, that they all went to where the car was secreted and started off together. Gerruso tell ing them the car had been stolen when they were three four miles away from Quincy. They knew they were riding in stolen autor1e Bile when they carfie into Rhode Island
 The fou, young men were adjudeed proBao ply guilty. and bond fixed for each at 5000 for appearance at the November term of the superior court
 Charles Chapman. 63, of Westerly, was severely injured in an automobile accident at a pffvate crossing at lJo,S .@reaf u-f5ilc fu6 Sf6Ar