Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-17

the road. After notifying Whiton to 1 appear in court he allowed him to get
 his passenger to the train. Whiton paid
 ss215, the minimum penalty.
 i The case of stephen Crenin, of Bridge port was continued to Saturday morn
 ing Court adjourned until :5o o'clock.
 At the afternoon session the case of
 Everett Pitcher, charged with breach of | the peace was again continued, this ! time until Wednesday morning,
 l The cases of Eugene Wood. Jr., of Bridgeport and William c. Viens. of Holyoke Mass, whose cars co.lieded at South Windam Sunday afternoon came next. both men being charged with reck- l less driving. Woods attorney. W A | King of this city, entered a demurrer which was overruled by Judge Foss Wood testified that he was unfamiliar with the road at South Windham and
 was not driving at a speed of over 20 miles an hour when the accident hap 1 pened The front wheels of his car
 were in sand when the car driven by Mir Niens turned the corner and, when 1 he tried to turn in, his car skiddeI
 sideswiping Mir Viens car. He admit
 ted he was well to the other side of The
 road Inspector James stated that the
 law lead that in taking curves on the
 highway. the speed should not exceed ] 13 miles an hour. The court found i Wood guilty and fined him the minimum penalty, twenty-five dollars and costs, | amounting to SS2.15 which he paid Prosecuting attorney Fenton entered l motion that MT. Wood had ', been 1 found guilty the charge against Mir ! Viens be nolled, and the court 50 ruleI i Contractor David r. Ahern had q gang ! Of men at work at the corner oi Main and Church streets Monday afternoon ! removing the old fagstone crossing and cobble stone road bed for distance of l some ten feet fact of the cement road ! bed Of Main street. After leveting the | crosswalk 9 new bedding of Belgium i blocks is to be laid. The corner for i some time has been in bad condition | traffic coming down Church street or l turning into the street from Main be- i ins subjected to q jolting over the un- | even Tagging making the walk. The new construction vii make the entrance to inc street level tn Maif.- street merging with the gravel roedh4d of i Church street about twelve feet rom the cIrt.
 | In recent photo depicting incidents | at the Merritt Day affa,r of tire twenty ! fourth senatorial district. at ijanburT , recently Mayor Charles 4. Gates Of this city is shown in conversation with Sen 1 ator Frank B. Brandgee Re .eut pub i lications in Metropolitan papers stated | that Senator Brandegee would be sent | back to the Senate by the sta1e of Con i necticut as he can i'll be spared by the l entire country. his fre work on the i committee on Foreign Re,ato1S ani h.s stapG on the League of Nation; cues i ton being given as tn. reasons
 ! Republican electors Of the eown of V-indham will soon meet for tie rur- l pose of electing de.esates 10 lhe state ] congressional and senatorial conventions Robert ". Snow. 62. native of Will iimaEtic, where he lived tor many years. died Sunday morning at his home i in Providence. R. L He is survived by
 two brothers, Frederick R. Snow of thls ] city and Willard A Snow of Hartford
 FeIefna, the six months eid daughter 1 of Mabel and Leboren Cloncen died Sunday night at the home of her par ents on Temple street. The -itrle girl had been i'll for only two days
 Mrs. Susan M. Layton, s7 died Snd- i denly Sunday night at the home of. her l daughter Mrs. Amos Lewis of ss Park street Medical Examiner Dr. Freder- ;ck k Wilcox gave the cause as heart i failure Mrs. Lawton was born m Woodville. R, l.. March 5. 1853. Sur i viying her are Mrs. Lewis with whom 1 she lived, and one son, Elmer L. Law ! ton of Easton. Pa. A brother, Eugene : fioxie of Westerly. R. L, 8 survives her
 Mrs. Sara s. Hooker. sI, wife of l Chauncey s. Hooker, died Monday after : noon at her home. No. -2so Prospec. l street, death being due to infrmities of l old age. Mrs Hooker was born in Rea- ! con Falls. Corn. May 4. 1880, the dauEh- 1 ter of Crowase and Samantha Hotchkiss 1 Lou1sbury. With her husband she came | to this city in the latter nart of the sos
 when they entered the hotel business. 1 When Mir. Hooker built the Hooker house
 she aided him in the business until the