Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-14

change is due to the falling off of the volume of traffic.
 Russell Williams. the. colored burglar was taken. to Kingston jail on Sunday | and will be detained there until presented
 to the grand jury at the next term of ;hn l superior court at Kingston. He had
 nothing new to add to the story he ,o!G
 of breaking and entering twelve houses
 in Westerly in the early hours Friday
 morning. He admitted having a revolver
 and firing two shots skyward just IS -NI-
 thur c. Wheeler the milkman, was aoout
 to close in on him.
 He said he did not hide the weapon on the premises of the Westerly Lumber company, but threw it into swamp near the James Gardner place between Vest eriy and Bradford. As he has pleaded | guilty to four counts of breaking and entering and larcency and as the rcvol- yer did not figure in any of these cases. Police Chief Brown decided that 1t vas
 not necessary to make search of the swamp for the missing weapon. Telephone message was received from | the Boston police department by Chief 1 Brown, making inquiry in regard to | Williams It. is suspected that Williams 1 pulled off several small robberies n | os- 1 ton, and officers from that city will in- 1 terview him in the Washington county 1 jail at Kingston.
 l Miss Harriet Sargent, n young woman 1 who drove an automobile over little 1 girl in Stamford. causing death, althouS1 excnerated by the coroner, was arrested 1 by order of the prosecuting at,orneV l charged with manslaughter. and hejd un- 1 der bonds for trial in the superior court l for Fairfield county. This won,al's 5o:,e I is in California There was a rumor l that this is the same Miss S2Isen: who 1 fatally injured the Shea boy on the l Watch Hill road three years ego, Mas | held responsible by the coranA~. prcse- cuted in the district court. 'nlictad for manslaughter by the grand jury of he ] superior court and was granted q new ! trial The name of this woman is Miss i Alice Sargent and her home Is in Er ok 1 line, Maze
 Sheriff John R. Wilcox. of Washihgto . ! county, with Deputy Sheriff Ge3"ge s, 1 Phillips, and prohibition officers, v.si;ed | a farm house in MatunIck, opposite i Gooseberry Island, and seized from n 1 gallon stills. 90 gallons of "moonshine" and 1000 gallons of molasses mash Tie 1 goods were confscated and Arthur srd 1 Joseph Marshall and John r. Silva, al
 rec dents of Providence.
 l The men are held at the KinEsto1 iaii
 for the federal authorities on :he cFarg, of operating illicit stills md co lspirirg ! to defraud the government by attempting l to evade payment of taxes All four stills were in operation. The three men have been at the far mfor monrn. which was rented from Edward F. Chnm3lin, l Of Nara gansett Pier.
 Local Laconecs.
 1 The Westerly Fire department had rs annual outing and clambske al Barnes
 Point, Brightman's pond, Sun1ay.
 Kingston fair opens today Tuesday,
 and the secretary states that 'it wall l ( bigger and better than ever before, and 1 tha. is. going some"
 Business is beginning to boom n 'ht
 reading room of the Westerly lib~ary since the high school opening.
 The West Broad Street school o1enei
 Monday with d registration of 52f.
 Governor Beecknlan has appointed delegate to the Fifteenth In.atna eicnaS