Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-22
PUTNAM

With Attorney Archibald Macdonald of | thls city sitting as a justice in the town or Pomfret Tuesday morning, Randall Baker of that town was presented to an swer to violation of the game laws of
 the state. Baker pleaded guilt to setting
 snares for foxes, contrary to law, and was fined s25. with costs of s26.34. Grand Juror Charles O. Thompson of Pomfret acted as prosecutor.
 Baker was haled into court through the vigilance of Harry F. Battey of East Killingly, federal and county game war der. Warden Battey said Tuesday morn ing that he had received complaints. that snares were being set in Pomfret and that the dog of man living in Good 1 year had become entangled in one of the 1 snares.
 1 Last Sunday Warden Battey set out to | get the violator of the law and, he stated 1 on Tuesday, saw a man whom he recog- nized as Baker engaged in setting the snare. The man fled when he became , aware of the presence of the game ward | en but that official having recogniz- 1 ed Baker made no special effort to l apprehend him at that time, leaving the i arrest until Monday.
 | The snare that Baker set is made of
 strands of twisted copper wire. It is l a barbarous device and, according to l Warden Battey. was set with greater in- 1 genuity and skill than any other such | snare heretofore encountered by the game | official Warden Battey said that Baker did a splendid job in putting up the i snare, which was set acrcss little foot path through the woods and with the | loop perfectly made and splendidly sup
 ported to keep it from falling out of shape and position.
 | The end of the wire that formed the loop was attached to nearby shrubbery 1 in such manner as to guarantee that any animal getting caught in would have nc i chance of escape.
 That Warden Battey is active may be indicated to the public at large through l a statement of the fact that he is now i in possession of warrants for other vio- i lators of the game laws.
 The fact that so many men are idle i this winter accounts in some measure ] for the increase of those who are engaged
 in hunting and trapping and, incidentally | in swelling the number Of those who will take a chace of violating the game laws If they think they will not be detected.
 It was announced Tuesday morning that Rev. A. J. Archibald will supply the pulpit at the Baptist church in this city on the second Sunday in January. Rev I.
 Archibald, pastor of a Baptist church al Brookline, Mass, and comes here highly l recommended. He is a graduate O. Acadia university and of Rochester Theo | logical seminary and in work that he ha! done in the Maratime provinces has comt 1 to be recognized as one of the most prom ising young. rniaisters graduated in that section in recer. years. He is described | as the best sermonizer developed within a decade at Rochester Theological semin- ary and attracted unusual attention tc himself through special work in the pro- l vinces. Members of the. Baptist churcf | here feel that they are exceedingly for tunate in being able to arrange for hin
 to preach here.
 f Putnam lodge of Elks will hold a sDe
 cial session Friday evening, Christmas
 We've and the event will bring together many members of the organization iron Putnam and all of the surrounding ter
 irtory. A lunch Is to be served and en
 tertainnent of a special nature has beel
 arranged by the committee in charge. There has been some talk in this cit
 recently of introducing a bill or resolution
 at the coming session of the general as
 senbly providing for the creation of court of common pleas in WindhaT
 county. The suggestion has been mad
 because of the congestion of the superio
 court calendar and with a view to savin the state the expense attendant upo trying matters of minor importance i the superior court-matters that it held could better be disposed of in
 lower couE and permit the time of tn superior court to be devoted to matter of more importance. New London coun
 ty has a common pleas court and s l.
 state. Some of the attorneys of this cit
 look with favor on the plan to create common pleas cout while other attorney!
 while not opposing the measure are nc
 particularly enthusiastic about It. Som