Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-19
WESTERLY

The six residents of Westerly, ac- cused of breaking into freight cars and stealing therefrom, will be given a hearing today lFriday) before the f,United States commissioner in Prov idence. The men are now out on bail and have retained Attorneys John J. Fitzgerald of Pawtucket and John J. Dunn of Westerly as their counsel. The alleged thieves have establish ed homes here, and most of them were heretofore considered honest, in dustrieus citizens. Captain Ed Roche and other members of the railroad police took over the merchandise re- ; covered in the homes of the accused, and which has been in storage at the police station, since it's recovery and the arrest of the men The mer- chandise was placed in a freight car, conveyed to Providence and will be used as evidence at the commission ers' hearing.
 The railroad police also took away ali the merchandise that was found in the woods near Phebe Rock, as it was without doubt stolen from the 1 freight cars. and tallies accurately i with goods found in the homes of the ] arrested.
 Police Chief Thomas E. Brown has ! received a letter from J. R. McMahen, chief special agent of the railroad company, expressing appreciation of the excellent work of the Westerly police in the arrest of the men and the recovery of a large quantity of stolen merchandise, in connection with the recent breaks at Bradford. Chief McMahon also cited other in stances of assistance rendered by the Westerly police. A copy Of the letter , received Chief Brown has been sent to General Manager c. L. Bardo by Chief McMahon.
 Representative Fess, of Ohio, chair man of the national republican con- gressional committee, has accepted an invitation from Congressman Bur dick to address the republican state convention in Providence, April 5.
 Seraeants Sanders and Payne, hav- ing completed their tour of recruit ing service in Westerly, left Wednes- day for Camp Lee, Virginia. their Tome station. They have been here fodr weeks but did not succeed in adding any names to the army roll The sergeants did sign up two men for service on the Mexican border but oefore the enlistment was completed t was learned that the would-be sol diers had escaped the day before iron the Norwich state hospital They svare sent to New London to be for ~'r.ally sworn into the army, but before e,lis was completed, the new recruit: were taken in by a New London po- .iceman and returned to the institu. tion.
 The police have ascertained thar the balls of yarn and bobbins of rop ing found in two bags hidden in a hos house off Oak street are of the kint used in wooden mills, and were there fore probably stolen from the mill a Potter Hill or Ashaway. The polio have evidence that some of the ma
 terial had been used in knitting stockings and in the making of othe l wearables. Fear of police visitatio . caused the removal of this stolen stu from the residence of q human bein l to an unoccupied hog house.
 l Miss Katherine c. Price, who serv ? ed overseas with the Y. M. c. A.. an
 Miss Frances Valentine, who was n member of the Smith College Relic e Unit, were the entertainers at tn | open meeting of the College club, o
 Wednesday afternoon at the home
 Mrs. Samuel H. Davis. Miss Valen
 tine told of her experiences on re construction work, and Miss Pric 3 sang several selections.
 The fire fighting apparatus of tt Niagara Engine company, of Ne
 London, was in Westerly Wednesda. Il en route to Boston, with Clarence V = Thompson, ("Doc.'D automobile ex V pert, and first assistant foreman F the Niagara company, driving Wit
 him were Chief Engineer John I n Stanners of the New London fire d. n partment and the Niagara driver
 George Giiberts and William Grahar f 'Trec" Thompson said:
 We are going to Boston where u t apparatus is to be made new at tf
 branch plant of the American-I V France company. of Elmira, N. , q This machine ;ss of the triple comb
 nation type--a bumper, chemical ar
 hose wagon. It has been in acti, service in New London for nearly te
 years and has never cost the city
 dime for repairs. This baby has ar
 swered every regular alarm, and he
 in the past responded to nine tentl
 of the still alarEss, and has dor
 more service than all of the other al
 paratus combined
 This machine has responded
 summons from Waterford, Nianti
 Lyme, Groton, Mystic, Montville, ar
 the submarine base; and in son
 cases on several occasions, and h:
 never refused duty. At fire
 Montville this machine pumped
 large pond dry, and has been in COT
 tinuous action for fourteen consec1
 tive hours. Since the machine arri7
 ed in New London, nearly ten yea
 ago. the machinery has never be,
 taken down, fnd I believe the bal