Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-06
PUTNAM

RO IMAM State Officers Howard A. Elliott of Hartford and Arthur W. Williams of Danielson, who caused the arrest of Miss Rena Gray of Westboro, Mass, on charge of abandoning her baby son. aged 15 months, at East Thompson Monday afternoon of last week, felt Monday that they have obtained all of the principa! facts concerning the episode. Miss Gray is nov lodged in Brooklyn jail in default of the $500 required fer her release by Thompson justice before whom she was presented after bejug brought back to Connecticut. She is represented as being a very penitent young woman and real izes to the full the serious predicament in which she has become involved.
 According to 8 statement made Mon=' day by Officer Williams, Miss Gray is entirely responsible for the situation in which she finds herself The man who drove the car which brought her to East Thompson was innocent of any complicity in the plan to abandon the baby. It is understood by the officers that he was told that Miss Gray was bringing the baby to East Thompson to leave with it's mother, represented as being another woman. so he thought nothing of the fact
 Miss Gray is 25 years of age and has been employed as nurse at q WeStboro hospital and it was at the institution that she was found and taken into GUS tody by the officers. It has become known that the wife of the man who drove the car that brought her to East Thompson recently gave birth to a child at the hospital where Miss Gray had | been employed and that Miss Gray had l been assigned to care for her. The ac- l Guaintance between them developed into ! friendship and the woman readily fell in, recently, with Miss Gray's suggestion l that she would like to have the use of an f automobile to take a baby to it's mother in Connecticut the woman suggesting, 1 the officers learned, that her husband would take his car and drive Miss Gray 1 and the baby to East Thompson and this was done without there being any sus- l picion in the minds of either the wife or | the husband that the trip was other than 1 perfectly legitimate in every way. The | officers are withholding the name Of the l man who figures in the case as driver of the car and 1t is believed that he likely will be witness for the state when the case comes to trial.
 Miss Gray, according to the officers claims not to know the father of hel child. They say that she has told then l care for the infant since its birth and oi her successful effort in keeping secret the fact that she is it's mother. She has beer paying 310 a week for it's care and re gently found this burden Of expense SC great that she adopted the plan to sban don 1t that she might escape from heI obligation.
 The officers have obtained consider able amount of additional interesting in formation about the case, but this vii not be made public until Miss Gray i. brought to trial at the October term 0 the superior court in this city. Mis. Grayis baby remains at the kimbal home in East Thompson, where it wa. taken after being found last week Mon day afternoon.
 Members of the St, John Baptist so ciety, an organization distinctive iron the Union St. JohR Baptist, observed Labor day the golden anniversary of it orsa sanization in this city. Scores of mem bers and their friends attended higl mass at St. Mary's church at o'clock the sermon being preached by Rev Charles F. Bedard, who had prepared special sermon for the anniv versary. Tn evening program included an address b. Rev. W. A. Routhier. musical numbers rectiations, etc, the evening assemblag being held in St. Johns hall.
 |. Putnam had a very quiet Labor day the streets having much the same appear ance as on Sunday. A great many Put nam people were out of the city for wha will be their last holiday of the summe season. There were many .t the links o the Putnam Country club and many nor local people found amusement at Wild wood park. Still others were at Norwich to attend the New London county fair.
 Mrs. J. +. Spencey, whose husband ha4 1 business in Canal street, was reported Labor day as suffering considerably iron injuries received Sunday afternoon whel 8 nearly new car in which she was ridin; with her husband was wrecked on th state highway between this city 1nd th children's home, near what is known a Cutters barn.
 According to reports received by tn police the crash came while three ma chimes were abreast. One of these cars i a Hudson, owned by Trainor Benjamil 1 Of Woonsocket, shot out of the highwa, and over close 10 wall, this machn escaping without injury. The Spence car and Ford owned by Howard Oar ling and driven by Odelon FhfauIt, bot of Woonsockets were consid ably dam aged by the crash. the Ford being over | said to have been pinned down by
 broken wheel of the car in which sh was riding, with one of the spokes pene trating her arm. NIT. Sponcey was badI shaken up in the crash and Monday va complaining of the effects of the acc dent.
 Four men were m tho Ferd, all oscar ing with no more than a few scrat tcha Two of these men were passengers wfol Darling and Thifault had picked up aicn the way and were giving lift.
 Fixing responsibility for the eras seemed difficult problem from what tt police had learned about 1t Monday. A ter the accident Darling and Thifau hired a jitney to take them back Woonsocket. The Putnam police learne of this and Sergeant George Laird tel
 phoned to the Rhode Island city and ha
 the car intercepted, that ThifauIt. z
 driver, might be sent back here to e:
 plain about his part in the crash. F
 came back in the car hired here and ";
 interviewed by Sergeant Laird, actir
 captain, and later was permitted to 7
 The Sponcey car was lowed into Putna
 Upwards of dozen people were pa
 sengers in two ears that crashed out (
 Woodstock avenue Sunday night, b,
 mono were injured to any extent. TT
 cars were owned by Mrs. Francis Oln,
 of the town Of Thompson and by Narcis
 Racine. The Racine car is said to ha-
 been damaged about s250 in the cras
 which the police attribute to the drive
 misjudsins the clearance space in passir
 each other.
 Today (Tuesday) is the last day ,
 which persons who wish to be mat
 voters in Putnam may file their appl | cations with fha re1istr,rc II. ;f,,xo