The Press., 1921-06-16
SUPERIOR COURT,

Green of Holland, charged with arson was continued. The accused was the first witness to be put on the stand told of his actions on the day of the fire and how he had saved the various articles He told the court that the savings Bank of Holland, which had mortgage of $1.000 on his place, plac- ed the insurance. Among the other witnesses put on by the defence were Frank A. Neuman, George J. Knowles, Jr., Asa Brown and John Beasley. These witnesses told how Green had repaired the house. The defence fin ished their testimony al out o'clock and the rebuttal was then taken up which was finished about 4.50 o'clock Among the most interesting part of the testimony was the statement Of Peter S. Green which was made to Captain Robert T. Hurley and present. | ed in court Iy him. The confession is as follows:
 ''Tolland, Feb. IT, 1921.
 1T, Peter s. Green, do herely state, 1 free and unsolicited, that the night of the fire, l was in the house all alone, and when 1 discovered the fire | l was alone.
 II left Rockville that night about II D. m., 1 brought pint of gin home I think I went to bed about midnight, how long after that l can not say the fire started. 1 did not have any fire in the house. I hurried to ed as I wanted to get up early.
 The articles MT. Hurley found ill the woods l hid there as 1 had no other place to put them. They were things I took out tefore the fire reach ed them, and I took them into the woods and hid them. In my confusion later when settling with the insurance company I may have charged up the articles that I had hid in the woods. I know that I may have itemiZed some of the articles. This is possible al though I doutt it being fact.
 ''The articles found in the woods by MT Hurley and MT. Tobin> are those which 1 took out of my house before the fire reached them and which I did not call the insurance cOmpany's attention to, because l did not think it necessary, and I am will ling to make good anything that com peteRt judges think I should The reason I left those things in the woods for the past four years was because I 1 had no place to keep them.
 | articles I took into the woods before the people Legan to come around, as | I was afraid they would steal. It | took me all of two days to put them in the woods.
 At the time of the fire I was asleep on a couch my clothes on except for my coat because I expected company. (Signed) "P. s. Green"
 On Friday short calendar ses- sion was held with Judge Mar win of Hartford on the bench. There were four cases on the docket which were soon disposed of, three being uncOnteSted divorce cases. The first case to be heard was that of Isaac Havitch's appeal from probate, motion asking default for failure to plead. This was disposed of by limit ing the time to one week for filing pleadings.
 Arthur Busch claimed a divorce from Sophie Busch on the grounds that his wife was insane. Busch tes- tified that he was living on Spruce street and that his wife's maiden name was Sophie Jordan. He testified that she has been an inmate in the Norwich State Hospital since October IT, 1913 They have four children, Arthur F., Edward G., Raymond E., and Wilbur G. Busch. The judge granted the decree and the custody of the children.
 Mrs. Ruth Weigole of Holland peti- toned for a divorce from Christian WeigOle on the grounds of desertion. Mrs. Weigole testified that her hus- land deserted her in May, 1917, after troubles over the war, as he was a strong pro German" and got her to sign dependency papers, so he could get out of the draft. Several neighbors testified in her behalf and the court granted the decree.
 The third divorce case was that of Fannie T. Waterman against Edward T. Waterman on the grounds of de- sertiOn. Mrs. Waterman lives in Tal- cottville and testified that she was married in Norwich on June 1, 1911, and that her maiden name was Fan nie Tracey, with 0ne child by her mar riage to Waterman. She testified that the trouble arose over the children she had by a previous marriage. She was granted the decree and custody of the children.
 The first naturalization session of the year was held Tuesday with Judge Marvin on the tench. The examining of the petitioners for the government was done by Chief Examiner Allen F. Church of the naturalization bureau in Boston. There were eighty-three petitioners, many of whom had been held over since last year. Twenty four were accepted and are now citi- Zens.
 Green Not Guilty.
 Yesterday P. s. Green who has been on the charge of arson and defrauding an insurance company, was found not guilty on the first count and the jury disagreed on the second count this evening. When court opened at II o'clock yesterday States Attorney Noone presented the arguments for the state and went over the evidence very thoroughly. The evidence for the defence was presented by MT. Holden. At the | opening of the afternoon session, States Attorney NoOne presented his retuttal The argument was complet- ! ed at 3.15. Judge Marvin began his l charge to the jury at 3.25 o'clock and | finished at $50. The jury was then | sent out and remained out for three at 7.30 o'clock. Frank w. Willard was foreman of the jury and informed the l court that they had agreed on a ver- dict of not guilty on the first count l of arson and had failed to agree on any verdict on the second count of | defrauding the insurance company. Upon hearing the verdict, States At tOrn0V NOOn0 moved tO haUn tho ooco