Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-12
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

More cases were cleared from the criminal list Tuesday when the weeks sessions of the superior court opened in this city, Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin presiding.
 Earl Grant Davis, of this city, who last week entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of being a common drunk ard, changed his plea Tuesday morning
 and was sentenced to serve six months
 in the county jail at Brooklyn. Davis I has a long police court record here for intoxication, though when he is not drinking intoxicants he is good work CT and reliable citizen. State Attorney Charles E. Searls told the court
 Changes of pleas from not guilty to guilty n each case were made by Ed
 ward J. Gay, 23, and Walter H. Show 1 CTS, 20, KiIlingly young men who plan ned in the early days of August to en- tice Guy Zito, a public service car
 driver of this city. into a lonely spot in 1 the town of Killingly with the plan in
 robbing him and stealing his big tour | ing car. Gay, held to be the chief con- | spirator and one who has previously | been in difficulty because of theft, was 1 ordered sent to the state reformatory
 by Judge Marvin. Showers, whom many 1 persons had represented to him as a. | | this particular case more sinned against
 than sinning State Attorney Searls told | the court was ordered committed to | Brooklyn jail for a period of two months. and to both the young men the
 court gave some good advice as to
 mending their ways and seizing on their
 opportunity yet available to become good
 citizens.
 In reviewing the case for the court, | Ct
 charge against the young men had been | amended and that they would plead | guilty to conspiracy. He said that the
 accused evidently had suffered from a
 case of "cold feet when they had final ly. through a ruse, had Zito in their
 power. They had committed no overt
 act-iust made the preparations to dc
 so. Pubic Defender Charles L. Torrey
 also explained to the court the circun-
 stances surrounding the happening that
 led to the arrest of the young men anG
 attributed their lapse from righteous
 ness to their being victims of the pres
 ent perturbed state of society.
 Following the disposition of the case
 of Gay and Showers, trial of the cast of the state vs Edward Melvern ant
 Charles F. Drew, colored, both of Prov idence, was resumed. The men are ac cused of breaking and entering th' : house of George Law at Thompson or May 9 last and stealing $101 of tn ; money of the East Thompson Bartis church of which Mir Law is treasurer The case oDened Friday, is being triet r before jury.
 The state having rested Public De fender Torrev counsel for Melvern called the accused to the stand as tn ) first witness of the day. During 7 lengthy examination Melvern said tha he was a tailor by trade and also ha, been engaged as an ash man In Provi
 dence. Several weeks before he lef { Providence last spring he sold hi 9 horses, wagons and other equipment l Three weeks before he was arrested h 7 | went from Providence to New Londo , with Drew and they remained there fo v about seven or eight days, living In { | rooming house in Tilley street and the q cane to Norwich and later made thei e way into this territory. Melvern 1atI t deniSd that he had anything to do wit
 the rohberv of the Law house. Key
 found in his nocket that fitted Ioc
 on @ Goor at the Law home were key that he had in Providence and a Ike
 to the room where he had lived in Ne7 London, witness testified. Nevern wa
 rigidIy cross examined by MT Searls. The fact was brought out during tn h course of Melveln's testimony that hi = partner Drew, " IS given to using nor - phine and that he had taken a "shot e On the Sunday morning that the La7 e house was robbed and while the mai V were in the town Of Thompson Off t cials at the jail had to procure mor ]. phine for Drew during the first fe7 e weeks the pair were locked up.
 t The trial continued throughout Tues e days session
 Henri Deering. recently arrived 1
 this country from aris, is to- give tn n first in a series of ciano recitals schet d uled for his American visit at Uftol j. the Pon1fret country place of G. Law I renee Perkins Friday evening of tht = week. The recital is to be private NJ f Deering is a guest of Mrs. Norman ] r. Ream at Thompson. Mr Deering. WI n is to make his concert debut in Par y during the coming winter, is rated or
 i2f the marvellous pianists of the pt l. Giod, those who have been privileged n i1ear him comparing his abilities wit = hose of Josef Hoffman. MT. Deerir