Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
PUTNAM

Coroner Arthur G. Bill, of Danielson, was at North Grosvenordale, Perryville and Webster, Tuesday, making a pre- liminary inquiry relative to the circum- stances surrounding the accident in which Stance Macijewski, 19, of Peter street, Webster, was so badly injured in motor vehicle accident Sunday eve ming that he later died at St. Vincents hospital in Worcester. Macijewski was driving motorcycle. with sidecar, without lights and at high rate of speed when the machine crashed with nearly new Buick touring car owned North Grosvenordale. There were nine persons, including the driver. in the Gendreau car, but none of them suffered injuries. Frank BeauregArd, Webster barber, who was riding in the sidecar of the motorcycle, escap~1 with a bad shaking up and scraped knees.
 Upon his return from a trip to the towns to the north early Tuesday after noon Coroner Bill intinated that he had obtained some very interesting in formation through interviews with Sher- if Matthew Osborne of Webster, who was one of the first to reach the scene of the accident. and with others who were concerned in it. Coroner Bill is to be busy in the superior court in this city today and Thursday, so the inquest he is to conduct is not like,y to be start ed as to examination of witnesses, un- til the latter part of the week.
 It appears that Cendreau had been to Webster to carry some baseball play CTS and had made a return trip from North Grosvenordale to get thelA eight young men who were with him and bring them to their homes in North Grosvenordale when the accident hap pened.
 All of these young men will be sum moned as witnesses and asked to testi- fly at the inquest.
 Among the prisoners who will be brought into the superior court here today Wednesday, to plead before Judge L. P Waldo Marvin to criminal charges that have been preferred against them will be Grant Earl Davis of this city
 Davis elected himself member of the police department last Sunday eve ming and was engaged in directing mo- tor traffic at the corner of School and Providence streets when call came ir for a real policeman to come and take him away.
 At the time he was lighted up like the proverbial cathedral and in his befud dled state of mind had a line of mo torists dizzr trying to follow his unus ual directions as to making the eros. roads He had grand time while ht lasted but his assignment was a shor one.
 Davis has been a periodical visitor il the city court for the last decade. Sine, 1908 he has been before the local cour sixteen different times to answer t charges of intoxication, of being a com mon drunkard and brea9h of the peace Upon his most recent visit to face charge of being a common drunkard. h was unable to furnish bonds of $500 t. 3 insure his appearance in the superio court so was sent over to the count ! jail to await trial
 l John G. Johnson, Byron D. BuEbe : and William S. Johnson constitute r committee named at the annual busi
 ness meeting of the town to investigat ] and report to the adjourned annual tow s meeting relative to the town taking owe f the Gardner property on South Mail ] street. This property was presente g through the terms of the will of tn e testatriX to Putnam on condition that V public library be established there Fo = various reasons and considerations, tn
 town heretofore has not voted to accer k the property, which is to be given to s beneficiary named in the will in cas s the town does not accept it. It wa : stated to the meeting by G. Harold Gi
 patric that he had been informed by a n attorney that there were no irremovab . legal obstacles in the way of the tow
 taking over the property for other tha
 library purposes provided that no objet l. ton was made to such a course by tn i person to whom it is to go in case Put : nam does not accept the property as il n dicated in the will. The committee ar y pointed will inquire into all of the ar n gles of the subject and report to tt . meeting mentioned
 e Hebrews of this city have been CT n gagged the past two days in the obser, Il ance of the Hebrew New Year. Sc,
 vices have been held at the local syns l. gogue, where many have attended. whi : others have been attending services i l. cities in different parts of southern Ne
 England.
 Il Thompson turned in a normal repul . . mean majority in Mondays annual tow | election. The board of selectmen > made up of Leon N. Walker, repub-
 can, first selectman. who received 34 votes, of Charles V. Chase. republican T VII oreceived $40 votes and of Wilfre a Il. BeHerose, democrat who receiI4d 9c
 votes. P. J. Baker, defeated den1Scrat d candidate for seIectman, received 15
 votes E. H. Corttis and Otto Swar | republicans, were elected members , l. the town school committee. as was Re if Bernard M. Donnellv. democrat. To fl J vacancy on the town school cormi
 tee, Miss Sarah Crosby. republican, W;
 elected Dyer s. Elliott. republican. wa. r, |. elected town clerk and treasurer. ,i The meeting turned down a propos h ton that what is known as the Chi W dren's home road. leading from Thom '. son town to the Children's home in fl
 town of Putnam, be made a state a
 road and an appropriation made for ir : proving it. The fact that the town
 Thompson recently expended s18.000 ,
 its share of constructing the Branf
 Hill highway, another state aid rout
 Is believed to have been largely respoI
 sfble for the voters failing to impro,
 another heavy expendture for the Chi
 dren's Home road at this time.
 The police report for September. :
 presented to the October meeting of Il
 common council Tuesday evening. show
 that there were 15 arrests in Putna
 during the period. The offences f,
 which prisoners were locked up include
 breaking and entering, larceny, dr11n]
 enness, assault. theft, sodomy, assa1,l
 resisting an officer and violations of il
 motor vehicle laws
 One man arrested received a iafl ser
 tence, two others were bound over
 the superior court and in default
 bonds sent to jail, five were held fc