Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-16
WESTERLY


 rhn delivery of a revolver to Chiet fprwn. bv Prank Williams. a railroad surpioyc. isd Q the detention by the New h.rndnu police of Theodore Case. IS, of ~<owfh Providence. and James Provenzo, "a cs Westsriy. chief Brown escorted ,f,-s hov- hack from New London. IL WAS usaru~d from Case that he stole bicycle Ii- North Providence and rode it to rW-~feriv He sold it here to Louis Con- stn-r4nc for & He says he stole the re- lsniv~r from an automobile in Pawcatuck .nnA roid it to Williams for ss. After rrvsnr for feed and sundrieS and pur- irkasirr tickets to New London for Pro ,~s~rs and himself that hes had a bal Acc. os sfAs7. the amount found in his -.naser~inn Chief Brown recovered the reni~n hievcie and was in telephone cona- sr-urioafion with the Providence police de- ra-rmrrt As result the Case ooy and Inc bicycle were sent back to Provi- d.nce. Friday noon. in the charge of federal officer who happened to be in vversr-iv and vas bound to Providence rrha Provsnzo boy was handed over to bis uncle. with whom he lived
 Very soon after Williams secured the revolver from the Case boy he turned 1t over 10 the police chief gave a descrip- lion of the two boys. also the informa- fior that Inc had left on the s.57 train. The New London police met that train on arrival on request of Chief BroSn' and took the boys into custody They were subsequently returned to "esser- Williams did not tell the chief that he -pu-rhased the revolver from the Case boy. at the time of delivery. He denies that Ae paid the boy SS; but that he did give S7 for the purpose of getting the dangerous weapon out Of the possession of The boy Within fifteen minutes after Williams had secured the revolver he gave r over 70 Chief Brown.
 Thor. was considerable es@metioa in tAe village. Thursday morning, when the poice held up a big Attleboro truck lad ea with household goods, slspecting il ta be a .camonaEed load of booze. The 1Vsr-eriv police were advised by prohi- hftion officers that a truck with highly treasured liquor aboard was due to pas: through Westerly bound toward Provi dencr and they were requested to hold uI trucks bearing a suspicious appearance As a truck bearing registry \ 4s31 R. l. reached Dixon square it was held up b, Chief Brown and directed to the spac' opposite the old town hall and convenien to the police station. The truck 1! owned by Charles Angel of Pr0videnc' md was operated by William Angel There were four young men aboard tn truck. and besides Angel. one of them James CoombS. had an operators \ cense. There was no certificate of reg 1Rtratinn with the truck. Angel saiS he took on the load of furniture from tn smediey Storage company. New Haven and it was consigned to a MT. King a EdEeWood. near Providence.
 Prohibition officers arrived. examine the truck load. but found no booze and DO far as they were concerned. they di not object 70 the truck proceeding { It's destination The prohibition officer recognized Coombs as the operator of truck tn Providence that carted tn nickenson booze in that city soon afte G was landed by the New York boat, an which was later condscated.
 Soon after the Attleboro truck was d, fzined. along came a ciosely-covere truck. with decorated sides and contain ing a mechanical village which forms public exhibition. This show wago was subject to investigation. but T b1ore could be found. Aboard this true were two men and a woman Just q they were Co continue on the way eas Wa-f. one Of the men remarked: ''we'r sorry To disappoint you Westerly people we would have been verr glad to hay E1ucth.nr ou our hip. or even a tug cider Good day.
 Believing that he was acting und, orders. the oflcer on duty in the squai hold un three covered trucks of \ II NO'|flHAn AnFeAd company. This WaSs q imlt and Chief Brown immediately SCI word to Inc cop that he must not sts every truck that came into the square. b. co exercise good judgment The chi fhen issued orders more explicit than Ii original and which had been observed frs letter.
 The time limit erpireS at midnight, Wednesday. for filing nomination for a candidates to go to the Rhode Islar state ballot for the election on Nover her e The republicans have named cal didatss for every office. except the Eff Assembly district. Newport The dem crsts failed to file nominees for the Tel isiature from the towns of Barringto Chsriestoun. Glocester. Jamestown. Ii us Crompton. Middletovn. New shor hamei Portsmouth and West Greenwic and the Twenty-First Assembly dis.ri, Providence Three women are nominat hv democrats for the house of represent tres. Jennie Garfield in Coventry. Kat crime T. c. Donneliy in Cranston. al Mary J. Rotard in Providence Indepen ent or citizens tickets for the assenh have been filed from East Greenwic Poster. Hopkinton. Glocester. Nor Providence. West Greenwich. Brist Crarston. Chariestown and Warren.
 The nominations for Westerly ofice fled are: Senator Abraham F. Datss republican. Tristan D. Babcoek dem crat: representatives first district. J scph T Murphy. republican: Frank Booth democrat; representatives seco district. Samuel H. Davis, rer1blica George T. Bray. democrat.
 Thirteen yesrs ago a baby boy V left on the doorstep of the Nugent ho, near Wequeteouock now adopted by Nugent family and became George \ gent The boy received the most ca fai attention Of his foster parents, of late he has been averse to attendi school and became persistent trua Last Tuesday the boy left home, took with him. and went to Boston. He W picked up by the police of that city a hts foster-fsther was notified wednesd Thursday morning the facts were repo ed to Police Chief Brown and there v telephone communication with pol headquarters. The chief learned that boy had been turned over to the st 'oard Of charities. Arrangement V made whereby the boy was released and vas sent back to Westerly, arriving h 1n the sRs train. Thursday afternoon.
 The annual state Baptist eoaventi sf Rhode Island closed it's session