Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-24
WEST

Judge Williams presided at Fridays a session in Westerly of the Third district court. The case against Joseph Saia 3 memo, charged with a violent assault up- 4 on Charles Main, was called, and contin- ued for another week, as the complain q ing witness was not able to be in court I This assault was committed on July 4th, and Main was taken to the hospital in New London suffering from fractured q skull. After two weeks in the hospital he was discharged and is now at his home in Westerly.
 The first case to be tried was Charles L. CharnIey. of Rockville. against Al I bert l.. Bacon of Chepachet resulting I from an automobile collision near the 4 Hope Valley post office early in Febru- f ary. Charnley claims damages for in I jury to his automobile lie claims ne was driving down the hill, soon after Il dusk, the wheels of his car being in the snow and ice ruts. He was driving a slowly, and when he saw the Bacon ma 4 chine coming up the hill he made unsuc- cessful attempt to get out Of the rut. The T Bacon car came along with wheels on one side of the car in the rut. His car s hit the Charnley car clearing his car s from the rut and he sped along without s ascertaining the damage. His car was uninjured. The forward part of the Charnley car was considerably dam \ aged.
 Bacon claimed that he heard scrap ing sound as he passed the Charnley car, and did not believe at the time that either car 7yas much damaged. If there was damage he, stated that CharnIey was q l entirely at fault.
 4 Judge Herbert W. Rathbun represent < ed plaintiff and Clarence E. Roche the \ defendant. The court gave judgment for
 the defendant to recover costs.
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 Clement 4. Griscom, of Philadelphia H and Watch Hill. was before the court, I charged with driving his automobile in Beach street at a speed in excess of the # law limit. He was accused of driving 4 at a rate of more than twenty-five miles H an hour, where the limit is fixed at fif- # teen miles He told of being placed un-
 der arrest by a motorcycle cop who said & khe was sent out to call him to ac- 2 count He stated to the court that he @ had operated a car in the town of West # erly for six, seasons and was familiar F. with the traffic laws. He pleaded guilty K to the charge and paid the penalty of W s25 and costs He smiled as he wrote out his check and handed it to Clerk M # Walter Flynn.
 William Gnooley, of Potter Hill, plead
 ed guilty to the charge of into1ication
 He was arrested a year ago on like
 charge He said he had abstained iron intoxicants since last November. unti Thursday, when he helped to drain 1 quart bottle of whiskey that came iron H New London. He paid fine of s2 anc
 costs of s2.S0.
 The other case tried was that of Thur man F. Edredge against Harold A. Dor # ney and pertained to the purchase of al automobile body. Rathbun represented plaintiff and Roche the defendant. Judg
 ment was given in favor of the defendan
 to recover s25 and costs.
 Governor Beeckman visited the Rhod
 Island National guardsmen, in camp a # Fort GrebIe Thursday, and expressed
 satisfaction with the appearance, dril
 and discipline of the men, many of whon N served in the world war. A review Wa
 given the governor in the afternoon an' Fl during the day he witnessed the drill # and general camp work. The governo was entertained by Lieutenant Colone N Cyril L. D. Wells, representing heao H quarters Rhode Island Coast Artiller @ Corps The national guard has supplant Fl ed the state guard in Rhode Island. Funeral Services for James Daua M Casweu, brother of Mrs. Benjamin E Peabody, of Westerly, were held Thurs N day afternoon at Narragansett Pier a
 St. Peters By-the-Sea Episcopal H church, the rector, Rev. w. IL D. AileT E officiating The bearers were thes H members of Commodore Perry Counci x Junior Order American Mechanics: Ben M jamin w. Gardiner, John A. Allen, Olive E w Greene and Elisha Gardiner.
 N Westerly republican politician de & clared Friday that politics had been tn ~ chief topic of conversation at the severn E outings held at shore resorts. He said E. Tt is known that the republican leader
 are out for the nomination of the entir state and congressional ticket and wi E oppose any change in the slate. The will insist on the nomination of Congress E man Walter A. Stiness in the second dis K trict which is taken by many to assur MT. Stiness a return trip to Washingto E next March.
 shark was caught in a net at Eas E Greenwich, Thursday at a point in tn M rear of the Gallaudet Airplane shop, an M according to report it required the con M bined strength of twenty five men to Ian his fishship, which was six feet in lengt and three feet in girth. He was finall @ landed by the method suggested by H small boy. 4 long stick was placed M pont of the sharks nose; which he grat @ bed with his teeth and held on until haul N ed ashore and despatched. It is said tn E shark did not have to turn over to gra that stick. This particular shark was dc & clared to be of a harmless species an Nj was not a man-eater.
 E No claimant has appeared for the twer M ty-flVe pounds or gOlu Wdtcn anu nee chains brought to the surface by th M Arzarmarskie bo> while grabbing in pond not far from the Watch Hill roat K Thursday. There is nothing about tn bag that tends to lead to Identification E and Chief Brown is still of the belle that the chains were stole from som M lewelry manufacturing plant He hs taken the matter up with the Providenc
 police department. as there have bee H several small robberies from jewelr E plants in that city and vicinity. In h H opinion the bags contents had not bee & in the water more than six weeks.
 Local Laconics.
 The Fresh Air children from New Tor are given free admission to the movie
 Today (Saturday) the White Roc
 baseball team will play Shamrock {
 Shamrock, and Sunday at White Rock tf
 local team will play off tie with sout Kingston.
 Five bids have been received for u construction of a concrete sidewalk C # the west side of Lester street, in Pay catuck The bids will be considered ;