Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-15
WESTERLY

l tertained and learned profitable lesson | in the granite industry while in Westerly Selectman Frederick Boulter of Pawca- | tuck, who receives his mail through the ! Westerly postoffice, failed to receive the i semi-annual dividend of $10.e3 on his
 Liberty bond. He was in New Jersey l last October when the check was due tc ! arrive and on his return home did not l receive the expected check. He waited for month or more and then took the
 matter up with the treasury department l He received notice that the check was 1 forwarded from Washington Oct. 15 ane
 he was requested to make an inquiry al the local postoffice. This he did, but with out success. The treasury department | finally informed MT. Boulter that the can | celled check had been received and bore i his signature of endorsement MT. Boultel | doubted.
 | Tuesday MT. Boulter received photo 1 static copy of the check, front and back i The check was dated Oct. 15, 1919, and
 made payable to Frederick Boulter, with | street number in Mechanic street. On 1 the back of the check was endorsed the name Frederick Boulter. It showed that payment was made on the check Oct. 1S, 1 by the Merchants National bank of Bos- | ton and that payment was received by the Federal Reserve bank, Boston, Oct. 20.
 Mir. Boulter declares the signature to
 be forgery and that the forger is cer- tainly familiar with his signature or had his signature at hand when the forgery was committed The forged name is an exact reproduction of MT. Boulter's sig nature of several years ago. As age ad- vances MT. Boulters hand is unsteady and his signature shows the trembling effect. All character of MT. Boulter's handwriting is shown in the forged name. As the amount involved is small, MT. Boulter is not inclined to insist on an in vestigation with the expectation of de- tecting the forger. He will, however, demand payment from the treasury de- partment. and if there is an investigation it will come from another source.
 Nick Morris passenger bus that has been operating in opposition to the Watch Hill trolley line was not in service on Wednesday. There is a substantial req son for the lay-off. The driver in addi- tion to running on the Watch Hill line also carries workmen back and forth from Stonington. He is a resident of Pawcatuck in that town and it is pre- stunned that his bus bears a Connecticut public service registration and that he operates in Rhode Island under a special local license. On the trip from Stoning- ton Tuesday afternoon, in making the turn at Elm and Cutler streets, the bus smashed into a telephone pole and was considerably damaged.
 The passengers were considerably shall- en up. but only two were injured. Flor ence Mccarthy sustained fracture of the left collarhone and William Murphy received a severe cut in the face. Public service cars in Connecticut are under bonds to meet cases of this character to pay for injuries to passengers to an amount not in excess of 10000.
 The Infantry hall property in Provi- dence, which includes a four-story brick building with 26.400 feet of floor space, has been purchased by the Church House corporation and will be utilized for relig- ious and charitable work. The original Church house, nearly opposite the Central police station. was built in 1912, with Rev. Frank H. Decker, former pastor of