Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-10

after a Nacat1ons 4Sss s.. .E
 Miss Aline IseClaiF of the office of the French River, Textile company is having her vacation. Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs. Joseph Gagne, she left Putnam for a visit in Providence
 Reposing on the desk .. Captain, J ohm Bulger are false teeth picked up in Car gill park, by Sergt. George Laird on his rounds Sunday night. The set of lnolars is being held by the captain, who is perfectly willing. to restore them to their owner fsthey9 are. not called for within !! a few days. they will be tucked away in the cabinet at police Headquarters in which. all property found by the police is stored
 Editto BenKetts the year old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bennett of ] Thompson, died Monday at the home of | her parents
 The body sf William Gray Clark. 1o1. i who died Saturday at the home of his | niece, Mrs. Charles Hall, West Wood | stock, was sent from Putnam Tuesday l afternoon to Waterloo, Quebec, where 1 burial is to take place. MT. Clark lived for many years in Waterloo before com | ing to woodstock.
 The body of Mrs. Martha Warren Tor rey, So. widow of Charles D. Torrey. who died Sunday at the home of her QduSutcIt 11dIQNlCh, NhdSS. WdS brought to Putnam Tuesday A service was held at Putnam Heights. cemetery, where burial took place.
 With the NiEhtin gale-Morse baseball 1 team playing consistently good game this season, and defeating some Of the 1 fastest independent mines in this part of i New England, there has grown up among | the fans a desire to see their favorites come up against Thomas McDermott's fast travelling Braves. The Braves have big record this year. and have been on the winning end of most of the games played. Manager Tom feels confident that he has the snappiest ball team in
 Windham county and when Tuesday he i heard talk in Putnam that the. Braves
 and Nightingales ought to come together he brought the matter to a head in about | as much time as it takes to wink. T have got ball team that is running like
 a steam roller. Not to mince words, I'll
 say that I am willing to have my team | meet the Nightingales any time or place.
 and I'm willing to play for fun. money
 or marbles. I'll agree to any reasonable
 terms, and nothing would make me hap
 pier than to have a single game or
 series of games arranged
 Charged with reekIessly. driving a mo-
 torcycIe July 20 at Mechanicsyiile, in the
 town of Thompson, P ercy Wood of Put
 nam was before Justice F. P. .Tourtellotte
 in justice court at North C1rosvenordale
 Monday night Wood was represented
 by Attorney Mah1on, H.. Geissler of Put
 nam, and through him pseaded not guilty.
 Amedee Bellerose acted as grand juror. . The accident occurred in front of the French River inn. Wood was driving
 home from work on his machine when he
 came in collision with Patrick J. Logan of Mechsnicsville, knocking him down
 and rendering him unconscious. The machine then skidded across the high
 way, which was wet because of thun- der shower, after which it struck Mrs.
 Theresa Leprsa, also of tMechanicsville. The state claimed. that the, accident was .t the result of negligence sons Woods part,
 anG shortly after warrant was issued
 and he was arrested by Constable. John Kennedy of MechanicsYille. Because of Logan's injuries it was necessary to
 postpone the hearing until Monday night. Mrs. Lepree testified that as she was going home from work on the night in question she was walking in the car . track near, the inn. Hearing car, ap- proach, she stepped from tie track into : the road, looked behind her. saw Wood coming on his machine, then crossed to 7 the right side of the highway. The next she knew she was. on the ground and 3 something had struck her from behind l Upon questioning by Attorney Geissler ) she. said that the motorcycle was: coming pretty fast but could not state its speed ? in miles. She did not hear a horn. She 3 admitted that she had a newspaper over , her head and this obstructed her view. Patrick J. Logan told of going home
 from, work July 20 and walking on the , car track. Hearing the car. he stepped ] out to the road A man on a bicycle  by The next he knew he was hit and rendered unconscious. A bone in his left ! wrist was. broken and his body was badly
 bruised. Under cross examination by n Attorney Geissler, Logan admitted that d when he stepped out from the track tc the street he did not look behind him. r George Martin of Mechanicsville saw e the accident and said the machine was } going pretty fast" After hitting Lo t gan. the machine srVed across the roat d and struck Mrs. Leoree. This testimony T. was substantiated by Leo Greault of Me d chanicsville. The state rested.
 C Wood, when put on the stand by At
 torney Geissler, testified that he left thu . mill at 5.45 on his motorcycle It hat i. been raining hard and the engine wa 5 wet which made it start hard. The ma e chine missed fire and it took much prim | ing to get it going. Finally the engin I. ran, but in low. He came cut of the mil = yard and turned up toward the inn. H blew his horn ali the way and becaus . the road was wet took unusual care il V driving. All the way. up the grade h . ran in low and the engine was spittini :, and missing continuously. At the to v of the hill at the spot where the acciden |. happened, he started to shift rear an : pulled out the clutch. At the same tim 7 Logan, who was walking on the track
 stepped out without looking to see wha
 was coming and the front wheel hit hin = then the motorcycle shot across the roa
 and stopped after it struck Mrs. Lepree Il At the time he struck Logan, Wood sai
 he shut of his gas and spark. It Wa
 momentum that made the machine shoo
 across the road to where Mrs. Lepree wa
 walking When t he motorcycle struc
 Mrs 'Lepree it fell over on to him bu
 did not injure him beyond a slight bruis' E Had he been going recklessly, it woul
 have broken his leg, he said With hi
 machine running as poorly as it was, an
 in low. he could not get any speed out (
 it. He was not going over six miles q
 hour any of the. time.
 Joseph ReneaFH Sf Putnaam, an en
 ploye at the mill. testified that he left tn
 mill yard on his bicyete on the day {
 the accident. Weed, he said left tn
 yard about 75 feet behind him. At th
 time the accident occurred Wood was tn
 same distance behind him. Reneauh sai E he was going about three miles an hou
 He also heard Wood blow. his horn. Wi S liam St Marie testified that with tt FS iw %Na la4Ay%i.~ hsf