Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-01
DANIELSoN AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

| joint verdict for $S,o6o against both defendants in the case of Miss Jennie Willis Of this city vs. Newton A. Ballard of Putnam and Michael J. kenrey of Aechanicsville was returned in the su- , perior court Tuesday afternoon by the l jury that has been sitting on .the case since it was begun last week. The jury I had been out an hour and three-quartel sl before reaching it's final decision, but I in sthe meantime had returned to the
 court room once with verdict under
 which division of damages was asscss- ed ,.asainst each defendant. sunn A ver- dict was not acceptable to the sodrt, so l the jurors returned for further aelib=ra-
 tion and eventually returned wit the tjoint verdict against the defendants. ] In addition to reaching 8 yeTdicc the jury men, were also called d3on b an, i swer q set of interrogatory questions |
 FdeAling with" their fndings. these dies-
 tions being submitted by cculselsf for iAr. Ballard. l This case is one of the most interesting 1 that has been tried in Putnam -is. d long | J time and has been followed from day, to | aay. by crowded court room, many of | the, we'll known residents of Putnam 1 being arnehg the spectators. it Miss Willis was grievously injured
 when Mr. Ballsrds car, in winch she was iriding, as a, guest son the. afternoon of 1
 August s of last year, was in collision with a car owned and driven by Mir Ken ney, the accident occurring On the , northerly outskirts of this city, on the route to,Mechanicsvillet Miss Willis brought suit for s1o.ooo,
 l alleging that she suffered various severe
 iinjuries, including broken bones. and
 that she was under the care of a nurse
 1 for many weeks-3S or 3s--and has
 never fully recovered from the effects of the accident In order that his client might be fully . protected, Attorney. Charles L. Torrey,
 l-counsel. for Miss Willis, brought suit q aga inst the owners of both cars that fig- nl ured in the accident. The array of cou1- r sel engaged in the cage included Attor- y neys Charles L. Searls, Howard C. Brad ;. ford and Harry E. Back for Mir. Ballard, V Attorneys William A. King and Archi- . bald Macdonald for MT. Kenncy. f At the outset of Sshe trial an effort was : made to keep from the jury the fact that l. Mir. Ballnrd's car was covered by in- V surance. to protects him from personal loss | as the result of such an accident as oc- x Toured and that Mr. Kenney carried no e Isuch insurance.
 The trial had net progressed far be-
 fore this fact became known 10 the jur- q Tors however but that 1t had no appre- n ..ciable bearing on the decision they ; ireachedr was accepted by many here on |, Tuesday after the joint verdict agains, 'a tke defendants had been rendered.
 .i During the course Of the trial the tes- :. itirnony was; conflicting on important | points, though it was apparent that Ill
 of the witnesses were tss-itying in ac. 10 cord with what they were convinced took at place. ,..
 " Miss Willis established in court that as she had bean to several hundred dollar,
 expense for medical care, nursing ant d- medicines and this was taken into con se' sideration by the jurors in reaching tn, H. verdict.
 z. Tuesday was another day of fruitlesi . . waiting for some word as to the where 4- abouts of the two prisoners-Frank Ma son and Alvin L. Bradley who escaped " from the county jail at Brooklyn durinl te the early hours of Sunday morning. Nei ad ther the local or state police had obtain H. cd any clue Whatsoever as to where th el burglars may be-or where they have beel i'd since they made their escape. od A roadster that has been stand ;nl ad abandoned by the roadside since Safur .e, day last, near the County, Home for Chi an dren, was lowed into this city Tuesda, bf by tine police and is now in storage at h. local garage The car bears the Con +o necticut registration 97Soe and was sai ,oI by the police to be the property of ., resident of Goodyear. How the car cam ,Ir Ito be abandoned had not been learned u .j,, fto late Tuesday afternoon. Since the ca k. hhas been standing there the seat cush as ion has been carried away and there i '+s evidence that an effort had been made b st some person to .pry open the tool box ''e The machine was brought here for saf
 keeping. si.s,.,
 ts ls 0ne.of the big motor trucks of Tth nk Manhasset company was wrecked a 'in Danelson when it collded with tree 0 ed Tuesday morning, as told in the new ns of that town today. George Murray va sr- in charge of the car as driver and wa on on his way to Voluntown with a load c ed. beams. when the accident occurred.
 Heary Braynaa. s., who esmmitte gh suicide by shooting at his home in East
 e ford Sunday morning, was long a res rt- dent of that place. MT. Brayman ha ta been in failing health for some time an K had become Respondent. He took his If av while members of the family were al Ire tending church his body being discovere he when they returned Mayor A w Maj lse cy. of this city said Tuesday that k. ha ny talked with MT. Brayman Thsnkszivn ys day and at that time he seemed despoad
 eat
 e Charles fetreauIt died at his home 6 ". Water street after a long illness M
 Tetreault was a resident of this c;.y fe a long term of years and at one tim, ata was d InclppeT or lhe pollce dcpartnen -,- from which he retired several years ag, 90. Investigations by officers of dinerer ia: city departments who have been in Pu 7f nam recently reveal that much Of th
 a equipment of the touring car that wa tai being driven by Alvin L. Bradley, tn
 escaped burglar when he was arreste ra in this city by onlcer Eugene Gibne zee was stolen property. This was true ( ate the tires, the magneto, clock and oth, zen things on the car. The machine is sti up being held here The car has seen muc CT. servce and is not very valuable toda ve. being worth probably $3eo, but it serve ich the purpose te which it was being put &C., At Tuesday nasrHAs's session ef u cts city court, Deputy Judge Archibald Ma C. donald presiding, John Healey of Will hat mantle was presented to answer to be- charge of having been intoxicated. He iy
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 satisfy the demands of many coAsurner h. I~s n.A1A A.,II k.Z