Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-07

|, Windham grammar school will hold their !
I exercises at North Windham hall at 81
p m. Five pupils will graduate. Com
mencement exercises at St. Joseph's pa
rochial school will be held at st. Joseph's /
church at 7.30 D. m. Rev. w. Arthur
Routhier of Putnam, graduate of the
/ school, will deliver the address of the
| evening. Diplomas and medals, the lat
| ter for excellence in studies will be
presented by Rev. John A. Sullivan.
There will be 20 graduates. Graduation
at st. Mary's school will be held in the
morning and the programme has not yet
been completed The graduation class
numbers %, eighteen regular and four
commercial students.
Mayor Charles 4. Gates was one of
the guests of the Connecticut delegation
to the republican national convention at
Chicago and left Hartford Saturday noon
on the special train for that city.
The price of paper hanging in this
city will take a jump if the members of
the Paperhangers and Painters Local No.
| 537, receive from the master painters the
| increase they served notice for Saturday,
The journeymen want so cents an hour
for painters and the paperhangers want
80 cents. These demands were present
ed by L. E. Thompson, secretary of the
local who told the master contractors
that at the beginning of the year the
men received As cents an hour or $19.30
for a 44-hour week. In February they
were raised to 81 cents per hour, making
| their weekly wage $2728. They now
want weekly wages of $500 for paint
ers and $3.50 for paperhangers.
The Taftville-Anerican Thread Com
pany baseball game, scheduled for Satur-
day afternoon at Taftville was called off
because of the rain.
Wednesday evening, June 9, is Aneri-
can Thread Night at Eastern Star lodge
No. A. A F. & A NJ There are to be
two candidates for the NJ, NJ. degree and
officers chairs viii be filed by employees
Of the American Thread Company. It is
expected that delegations will attend
from Putnam, Colchester, Morrow and
New London.
Funeral services for Mrs Hannah
Sullivan were held Saturday morning at
| 8 o'clock from her home at Spring Hill.
Requiem high mass was sung at st.
Mary's church, South Coventry at 10 o.
clock by Rev. James McGinness- Burial
was in St. Joseph's cemetery, Whitman
tic The bearers were Edward and Dan
iel Foley, William Farrell and Michael
| Donovan. The Killourey Brothers were
in charge of arrangements
The funeral mass for John Fitzgerald
was held Saturday morning at o'clock
at St JosepE's church, Rev John A Sui
Ivan officiating. Burial was in St Jo-
seph's cemetery. Jay NJ. Shepard was in
charge of arrangements.
Walter Lund of Norwich was a visi-
tor in Willimantic Saturday.
Orissia Edith Sypher, infant daughter
of George II. and Julia Robinson Sy-
pher, died early Sunday morning at her
home at 1877 Crescent street. She was
born Oct. u, 1919. and besides her par
ents is survived by several brothers and
sisters.
Mrs. Helen V. Cooney. of Holyoke.
Mass, was a visitor in this city Sun
! day.
, The Saturday morning session of the
3 police court lasted uatil nearly noon
3 when two cases were tried. The first
case was that of Charles H. Curtis.
charged with criminal assault on the
person OF his 11-year-old daughter, Crys-
b tai May Curtis, who has been in the Gus
tOdy of Mrs. V lola Wheeler of this city
since April 81 last Since living with
= Mrs Wheeler the child told Of the treat
. ment she had received from her father
and warrant for the arrest was sworn
out alleging January 10, 1920, as the day
. Of the assault, although the child claimed
Il abuses at other times. Curtis who was
put to plea last Wednesday entered q
q plea of not guilty at that time, and still
p retained his attorney.
Dr. Charles A. Jenkins was first wit
y ness for the state who told of an exami
Il nation of the child but said it was hare
to give the exact cause without a micro
= scopic examination.
\ Mrs. Wheeler told of the child Twins
with her for about five weeks and tolc
! of her fathers relations with her sinct
= she was nine years old. The last &C
D. / was committed on Bank street when they
>, lived there.
IL Cross-examined by the attorney fol-
- the defense Mrs Wheeler admitted she
wished to keep the child and admitted
S ! writing the father she wanted money fol
: board and clothing. After the girl ha(
ii been examined by Dr. Jenkins she mott
e fed Prosecuting Attorney Harvey. The
S child had attended school until this time
y She denied that the child had answered
9 ! her father when he came to see her aftel
G his arrest last Sunday. The child only
e looked at him, she said. Before thi!
c the child had told her she would be killed
u by her father if she told.
: The girl herself then took the stan(
and told of her fathers actions, stating
L that he had told her if she ever told .
IS them ne would be sent to jail and she t
3 the reform school They began Whei
they lived in Phoenixville. She remam
/ bered her mother who had left sever
years ago and was now in Providence, r
| l. she mad seen neT wv ice Sl1lGe SIle lei
J. and had seen letters she had written. Sh
: admitted she didn't want to leave tn
j. Wheeler home.
IS Curtis, who is suffering with an arr
,e J broken in three places as the result of
rt Bavmill accident took the stand and sal
81 he understood his wife had been divorce
S from him for two years. She left hir
1t and three children about eight years age
l. He denied any improper relations wit
n his daughter but claimed the Wheeler
E. began the story to keep the child in thei
rs custody The girl had suffered witt
IT kidney trouble or bladder trouble sine
Id she was a small child and he had ofte
N had doctor for her. He had left he
re in the custody of women who would TAX
care Of her. She did not want to go t
J. the Vheelers at first
n Mrs. May Sparrow of Milk street tol
at of his leaving his children in her car
ID ard that girl was caring for the1
o. while she was at the court. Mrs. Ev
TT Latendre Brown of South Windham sal
III she had cared for the child and no CON
plant had ever been made to her. Lero
: Curtis. brother of the child, said he wa
= with his father at the Wheeler hous
when he asked her the question and st
l was at present keeping house fer Cul
1 It's and was present when the child al
4 -1-,ayo5 no IN her fathers o1es+ion