Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-20

James Rego Mellow. convicted near ly three years ago of the murder of William Rhodes in railroad shack at Kingston, and who was denied new trial, was up for sentence before Judge Doran in the superior court at Ki<>>lon, Wednesday. Mellow said he wanted to make a plea in his own be- half to the court. Judge Doran told him that the duty of the court was made plain by the law, that a jury had found him guilty of the murder as charged. and that there was noth- ing left for the court to do. but to inn pose the sentence, which was also made plain by law. and from which there could be no deviation. The judge said he was powerless to help him, and incidentally remarked that he could not help him any more than could John Wilcox, sheriff of Wash ington county. However. if insistent Judge Doran said there was no ob- jection to a statement.
 Mellow said he now realized that talk would be useless. but as the sheriff helped to put him behind the bars, he could expect no assistance from him, and that fact brought home the position of the court. He declared he had not received a fair trial; that he had asked to have twenty seven witnesses summoned at the trial and that nine of them were summoned Mellow was sentenced to state prison fer life.
 Salvatore Aversano. indicted for breaking and entering a garage in Hope Valley. and with larceny. plead ed guilty and was sentenced to four months in the Providence county jail The local police say Ayersano is want ed for crimes committed elsewhere. The four young fellows who drove an automobile away without the own CTS consent from Yarmouth. Mass, who ran the car through stone wall on the Shore road. and who were ap- prehended by Sheriff Wilcox at the instance of Police Chief Brown, were placed on probation. They were in dicted on the charge of bringing a stolen automobile, into the state. The boys are Mario Gearusse, Thomas Curry. Louie Seolomeri and John Kelley.
 Court adjourned from Kingston to 1 Westerly and will resume session here 1 today (Thursday) a3i be in session 1 five days. The fir.t case to be tried l here will be ths. of Bertha Smith | against the Westerly Board of High way Commissioners, in condemnation proceedings against land on the Post 1 road in conneetiAn with the construe- 1 tion of the new state highway.
 | The second case assigned is the case l of Charles H. Sherman against Will 1 liam Connor, on the charge of false ar | rest for trapping on own premises. 1 To save the coast guard service ] from dis!Htegration. Governor Beeek- man has appealed to the Rhode Isl and delegation in congress to urge legislation that will provide more pay i for the men Of this branch of public l service. At present the coast guard men at Watch Hill. Quonocontaug 1 Charlestoyn, and elsewhere are re- 1 quired to De or active duty sever | days out of eight for the full twenty four hours. and in many stations tht men cannot see their families but ont day in eight. These men are paid S7l a month. with an allowance of {! cents day for food. The mess as
 sessment at the stations average
 about $25. which leaves about S60 { month fer the support of the family. There is pending in congress a reso
 lution providing that the pay and al
 lowances for men in the coast guars
 service shall be equal to that of thu
 same class of men in the navy. Thi
 resolution has been favorably report
 ed by the senate committee,
 Attorney Harry B. Aeard of Wes
 terly, as auditor in the case of Wal
 ter J. Westlake, tax collector of Mar
 ragansett, against the New Havel
 Steel and Iron Works. has made re
 turn to the superior court for Wash
 ington county. According to law. tn
 auditor must be paid before the pa
 pers in the case can be opened. Tn
 Narra gansett town council has vote,
 to pay the auditors fee. and the find
 ings will be officially announced a
 a special meeting. This action wa
 brought by Tax Collector Westlak
 last year against the parties named t
 recover taxes upon the Mathewsol
 hotel property, which they brough
 and since then the buildings have heel
 wrecked. The corporation claims tha
 the assessment is unjust, as they wer
 taxed for property they did not owr
 MT. Agard's duty. as auditor. was t
 frame the issues for the court.
 The Bradford Dyeina association, il
 addition to building twenty nor
 houses for the accommodation of em
 ployes and improve general workin | ..