Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-13

Russell Williams, of Providence, the young colored fellow who secured loot in nine of the twelve houses he visited early Friday morning, was before Judge Oliver H. Williams in the Third district
 court, Saturday mor.ing. He was
 charged with breaking and entering and
 with larceny on four counts the other
 five being held in abeyance. In eonnec- tion with the breaking and entering he was charged with stealing from the residence of Lloyd Willard, a ring val ued at s6e and SIP in cash, from George Rae two diamond rings valued at S4eo each, from Charles Roland ring valued at $5 and $71.50, from John Whitehead, two S109 postal savings cer tifcate.
 Harris pleaded guilty to each count He was adjudged probably guilty and
 held for the superior court in bends of 5000 on each count The bond totals head robbery specified that the bonds stolen were Liberty bonds. To this charge Williams pleaded not guilty, stat ing that they were postal savings cer- tifcates He said he had no objection l to the amendment of the complaint. He pleaded guilty to the complaint as amended.
 Edward S. charnley. of Hope Valley, ! chauffeur for Henry Bailey was arrest ed last Tuesday, charged with breaking l and entering the garage of the Hope ] Valley Machine company and stealing t$2S. He was taken b0fore a justice of the peace, and held for hearing in the Third district court Charntey waived ] the reading of the complaint and en- I tered a plea of not guilty. Attorney l Agard, counsel for the accused moved I for continuation for two weeks, on the ground that he did not have ade- quate time to prepare the case for the l defencs. Attorney Rathbun, c3un!t1 for the state, said he had summoned | in witness, was ready to proceed and prefeNd immediate hearing, rather I than $ continuance. The motion to continue the case for two weeks was granted The bond of 5000 was retain ed
 The court adjourned at 10 o'clock te 4 in the afternoon.
 Herbert s. Davis, of Mystic, was be- fore the court at the afternoon session l on the charge of manslaughter. He waived reading of the complaint and 1 entered a plea of not guilty. Benjamin H. Hewitt, attorney for MT. Davis, re. quested that the case be continued un- til the next regular court day for hear ing, which will be Friday of this week Town Solicitor Agard had no objection but would ask for the reservation of the right for farther hearing, provided any witness of importance to the state iwere not here next Friday. That reser' va.ion was granted. Judge Williams fixed the bond at $3009 for the appear. lance of Davis in court for a hearing Inext Friday. Attorney Hewitt asked that the bond be reduced as MT. Davis was man of character. reputation
 and property and would be in court bond or no bond. The bond was not re
 duced and was furnished with Walter IS Price as surety.
 It is claimed under the charge that Mir. Davis is responsible for the deatf of Mrs Flora Sheldon Bush who wa: killed on the Watch Hill road Saturday afternoon, Sept. 4. MT. and Mrs. Bush iof Cleveland, summer residents ol
 Watch HAi, were out for walk, ant when near the roadway leading to thu Daniel Sully mansion, they hailed Hen try c. Fields, of Providence, and alsi a summer resident of the hill, who oswa
 driving along in his automobile. MT
 l;FieIds stopped, backed his machine t
 the point where he met MT. and Mrs
 Bush, and came to a standstii in tn
 middle of the highway, that is more thai eight feet from the sidewalk, and on
 sharp curve. MT. and Mrs. Bush wen out into the highway and engaged il . conversation with MT. Fields.
 Presently MT. Davis came along in hi automobile rom the direction or Wapc RilI He blew his horn, upon reachin the curve. When the curve was round . ed. Mir Davis saw another automobil , coming in an opposite direction an turn from the road to the Sully plac and come head-on towards Davis. T proceed collision was inevitable, as tn 5 Fields machine blocked traffic leavin l no room for the two machines to pas according to the rules of the road. Thoge was 8 clear way of eight fe< to the right of the Fields car, and NJ
 Davis drove his car between the side r walk and the Fields car blowing hi F horn before attempting 10 make th' , passage. Just as he reached the Field
 car, Mrs. Bush started towards the I sidewalk and was struck by the Day r car, knocked down and run over, an
 she died shortly afterward. At the tin , of the accident, MT. Bush said that Ds , 1 wis tsopped his car within ten feet
 l the point where the accident occurre
 Subsequent measurement showed u , | distance to have been twenty fee showing that the Davis machine wa