Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
w RLY

.I The four children of Rhodes and
 Elizabeth Davis, orphaned by the act 1 Of the father in killing their mother and himself. are being cared for by Mrs. Henry F. Nerone. wife of mill
 to her home. The children are Clar-
 once 13. Hazel, IS. Uidena. g.. and
 Rhodes, Jr.. aged 6. The motive for the murder is said to have been jeal- ousy but Mrs. Nerone. close friend of the murdered woman. states that the .husband had no reason to doubt his 'wife. Hazel says that her mother had She heard him suggest: Libby if we scan't be happy here. we can be happy together in heaven. tAH we need do is to open an artery in each arm and it her father ,son Saturday night said to Chester Joseph Baker whom he had invited to stay over Sunday. If any thing should happen, Chester. will you | asked Are you crazy?" He received reply No; I'm just as clear minded as always & \ Hazel said that at supper Sunday night her father said to her mother: Eat lots of this cabbage Libby for it's the last you'll ever have.'
 Mrs. Davis before marriage was Elizabeth LeClair. having been adopt
 
 name. Her father, Walter Longale. resides in Pottsdam, N r.. and a brother Edward is St. Richards Falls, Province of Quebec. Canada.
 As relatives do not claim the bodies. they will be buried at the expense of the town of Stonington.
 John zielinski of Bradford was be- fore Judge Oliver M. Williams in the Third district court Thursday Charged with beating his wife. Ludwika Zielin- ski. He entered plea of not guilty The testimony indicated to the con- trary, and Mrs. Zielinslki in making the complaint to Special Police Officer Thompson showed her bruised and blackened arm and shoulder to him and to others in a store at Bradford The, story of, the affair as told in court was that the Zielinskis parted more than "a year ago. when the hus
 band threatened to kill his wife and burn the shack. She went to live with brother in Barnesville. Mass, return ing to her husband six months ago and during that period he had beaten her had spent s10Q of the wife's money she had earned by working in a mill, The woman declared she would live no longer with her husband and would return oSher brother in BarnesyiIle,
 MT. Zielinski when pleading not guilty said he was not ready for trial and he was ordered to furnish a bond X of $500 for appearance in court Fri
 
 ing, and the testimony went on. At the conclusion he was adjudged guilty and sentenced to serve six months in, the Providence county jail.
 l. Then. Mrs. Zielinski wept and plead ed with the court to excuse him this time, and rather. than have him go to jail she would go back and live with him and subject herself to more brutal woman feared her husband. but was ready to make the sacrifice She said she was angry after the beating. when she made the complaint and begged the court to excuse the husband this time. The woman, however. said it would be best for her to leave him and go back to her brother in Barnesvilie. There she will go, and Zielinskf went to- the Providence jail.
 Nick .Mony of Pawcatuck,. operator of passenger 'busswas caught in the dragnet of the Connecticut state police Wednesday night and was before Judge Lorenzo. D. Fairbrother in the Stonington town court to answer to the charge of reckless driving as made by Prosecutor William A. Wilcox based on information of the state po- lice. Mony pleaded not guilty. It was divulged in the evidence that this was second offense for Mony and he was Renalizedr accordingly. He was ad- judged guilty and fine of s100 and costs of $11.95 was imposed
 George Asa Driggs died at his cot tage, Aloha. Thursday morning of acute indigestion. He was one of the best known summer residents of Watch Hill. vice president of the Mis- quamicut Golf club. always prominent in the advancement of that fashion able resort He was the son of Theo- l dore Ives Driggs and was born at Waterbury Feb. 1881. and was presi-! dent and treasurer of the American Pin company of that city.
 He married Annie. daughter of |! Thomas Campbell and Jennie Hall Morton of Waterbury. June g. 1883, was buried in Waterbury. On March | IA. 1900. in New York city, he married l Anne Buell. Heminway. He leaves a son. Theodore Ives Driggs born March | daughter of the late Thomas Thacher of New York. who died recently at Watch Hill.
 Thursday was Tag Day for the ben afit of the Westerly Visiting Nurses association, and, commencing in the early morning ladies. old and young, were on the streets soliciting aid for this most commendable local purpose. The response was general and the. day every person on cardboard attached to a red string. and many, automobiles bore the red lag of Tag Day. Everyone of those tags represented a dime and more and every nag QOllar and upWaTQS, the amount being commensurate with the generosity cf tfe donors.
 At the band concert in Wilcox park Tn the evening the collectors were there in full force. and added quite r a sum tc the collections of the dayl The association expected to raise at least $50e.
 The Westerly Lodge of EIks held the annual outing and clambake at Barnes point. Brightman's pond. on The day was as near per feet as possible and the doings of the outing were in keeping with the wea- 1. ther. There were field sports of ev- cry conceivable kind, with a little | game here and there on the side trhe | chowder and clambake were declared to be Rhode Islands finest. Included in the sports were baseball games. and other little games on the <side. and everybody was happy. It is the fes-