Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18
DANIEISON AND PUTNAM NEVIS
PUTNAM

{. s-4S g1 < In the city court before Judge M. H. GeiSsler, Tuesday morning. the case of the state va Arthur Psptn
 came up. This case is the one in
 which Mir. Pepin is technically charged with the theft of an sutopo
 bilea machine that he purrhassd,
 believing the transaction to be en-
 tirely honorable, it is claimed in his
 behalf-which was sold to Lee De- ]
 Hsle and which. a little more than
 two weeks ago, was seized by state
 of1icefS as a car stolen from the Packard Automobile ExcAange, Inc, in Boston. When first arraigned on Feb. 3. Mir. Pepin pleaded not guilty to the charge against him.
 h court on Tuesday Mr. PepiM who was represented by Attorney Are thur s, Macdonald as counsel, Wlth- drew his previously entered plea oK not guilty and entered a demurrer to the complaint against him. The court
 overruled the demurrer, Mr. Pepin I then waiytng examination and the. court binding him over, under bonds. of s2500, for triai in the superior court The amount of the bond was. furnished.
 In beAaff of Jennie M. Villa damage suit for $16.0O0 has beeh fn-. 1 stituted jointly against Newton A | D1lfE1A0 OI LlllS4= CA4y tbA14 xA44SttshCt Kenney of Mechanicsvilie, owners and drivers of automobiles that were in collision on the afternoon of August 8 of last year, on Mechanics street in this city. In the crash the eomplain I ant, who was a passenger in Mir. Bal
 lare's car, as his guest. was griev- ously injured it is alleged in the pa- pers that have been prepared in the
 case. The complaint charges reck-
 less and negligent driving against the 1 drivers.
 responsible for the accident has not been definitely established, 1t is said,
 so the suit is brought against them 1 jointly so that as much as possible l about the accident may be developed i during the trial Of the case and the responsibility definitely nxed, if pos
 sible.
 On the afternoon of the accident,
 about 4.20. MT. Ballard was driving
 in a northerly direction along Me- chanic street. MT. Kenney was com ing in a southerly direction along the
 same route and the cars crashed as
 they were about to pass. The Willis
 woman, occupying seat in the ton : neau of Mir. Builard's car, was badly injured. It is claimed in the papers
 that have been prepared in the case
 that two bones in her left wrist were
 broken. fragments torn in this wrist, right collar bone broken. both shoul-
 ders dislocated, right elbow dislocAt
 ed, five ribs fractared, right jaWbone fractured and her nose injured 50 that breathing has since been Giiff1< cult for her. It is alleged that some
 of the injuries are of a permanent nature.
 # Another ease in which damages arS sought for injuries received in an . automobile accident has been fnaug- : urated here and is scheduled for trial at the next term of the superior court l, for Windham county. In this case William H. Leard seeks damages oi : S3,0O0 from the Southern New Eng
 land Telephone company, affeyfnp.
 that he was injured on January 5 last when he was struck by one of the
 telephone companyss motor vehicles which at the time was being driven by Charles T. Thayer, one of the eYT1- 1 ployes in the plant department oj the Putnam division of the tesephone company. MT. Leard charges that ht
 was about to cross Front street ai i, point nearly opposite the Colonia restaurant at the time he alIeged
 that he was struck b:r the autonlo bile driven by MT. Thayer and knock ,, ed down. suffering an injury to hi, z mead and wrist. He was removed tt : the Day kimban hospital. At tn,
 time the accident occurred there wa, considerable excitement in the bust :, ness section of the city as an alarrr
 had just come in for a fire at tn, s congregational parsonage on Grov, !, At the home of John kies, in tb, [ Sawyer district, Tuesday afternoon ' Rev. J. R. Miller of East Thompsol ). conducted a funeral service for MI kies father-in-law Henry Ormsbee who died at the Kies home Saturday ' The service was attended by relative
 6and friends of MT. Orznshee. Th pody was placed in the receivinl
 vault in West Thompson cemetery, ,. Boxing is having a late winter re : viVal in this city, where bouts wer t popular a few years ago. In a bil ,. arranged for the evening of Februar |, z8, Kid Campbell of Worcester is t e meet Stanley O'Brien of South Bos e ton in 12-round bout at 124 pounds 7 In the 12S-pound class Joseph Boti t cher of Woon socket is to clash wit
 Sergeant Tommy Tucker of Gardnel 0 Mass. An 8-round go. at 1SO pounds t has been arranged between Kid Le }. of Worcester North End and Damn s Doyle of Bridgeport. The prelifni e nary is to be a 6-round affair betwee o Joseph Brought and Mike Berchort
 local boys. John Breen of Webster s to be the referee.
 z Sport fans also were interested Q Y Tuesday in the announcement tha T Pink Gardner and Al. Lundstrur : have been matched for a return 4mef . here March IS. Gardner and I.,Ind
 strum are among the best of the ITO v v pound wrestlers in the country. an II their recent match here, which Gard
 ner won, attracted a great deal 8 y attention. z John kaIetehitz, of Eax4serd, ve I ,I known in this city as rural ma. = carrier and as a wrestler, will leay , here this lWedpesdayl morning a " route to New York, from which cit II he expects to sail Thursday fc e France. He goes on business tri n and does not expect to be ahsar d much more than g month. Mr. Ka l. letehitz Is world war veteran. F. a ing into the service frnrn this 9istric t shortage of coal in the bins i
 the local railroad yards R1ss -res5sTss a m some Scuuying about to augmer isl the supply during the past two day Q Several carloads Of coal wer1 dug f,r Le of a siding at DaRislson; srAere :, l. string of coal laden cars have hee
 frozen in for about two weeks sr $, were brought to this city. ApnroxI ,- natefy 125 tons day is xeouiresd { 1t supply the locomotives that take rr,: