Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
PUTNAM

Captain J. H. Bulger said Monday tha6 there had been no developments of in terest relative, to the case of Mrs. Will jam A. F1emming of Norwich No taxi driver who might be in a position to tell from what town Mrs. Flemming was brought to this city, as she claimed, has come forward with information that would help trace her movements prior to sher coming to Putnam. One theory is that she came direct from Norwich to Putnam, but this seems discredited through the fact that Mrs. F.emming was in possession of partly written letter on stationery from the Attawau- gan hotel at Danielson, where Mrs. Elem ming was not a guest and does not rep resent that she was,, explaining how she came into possession of the paper, ac- cording to Captain J. H. Bulger, by say ing that she procured it at house where she stopped Possession of the hotel stationery would indicate, officials be- lieve, that Mrs. Flemming was in Daniel son or in the immediate vicinity at least part of the time between her disap. pearance from her home and her arrival in this city. Another straw that points to her having come from Danielson to Putnam is the charge she mentions as having spent for taxi service-S2. 50, which some public service men get fol making the trip.
 The fact that Mrs. FIemming had ir i her possession upon arrival at the Day | kinhoaH hospital clipping from The l Bulletin telling of her disappearance i. 1 taken as indicating that she was keepins | in touch through this paper with wha was being said about her case in Nor | wich.
 Putnam has 3 ffebug-and a danger ous one. This seemed clearly establish ed Monday by an investigation of tn, circumstances surrounding the starting o fire at the bl,; garage of the Putnam Motor Mart, Inc, Saturday evening. There. is no question about this fv, being of incendiary origin, for oil Wal | poured onto "a beam which was accessi 1 ble from outside the garage by reaching i through where a window pane had beel broken out and then matchapplied. Wilfred Benoit, an en.&loye at tn, garage. discovered the fire, pull en in. the alarm and got out tn, motor bumper to fight the fire, which va, | literally nipped in the bud, as Mir Ben oft must have found it within three to fly, minutes after the match had been ap i piled. s-e
 Mir. .Benoit said Monda., morning tha he had reason to go to the garage abou l0 o'clock Saturday, night and as h. neared the structure smeIled smoke. Un 1 locking door he entered and found tn 1 smell of smoke stronger. Hurriedly look l ing about he established that the smek | seemed to be coming from the north sid Of the building. Opening a door int side room he found no fire, but got stronger smell of the smoke. He the, rushed out and around to the north sid of the building, and saw a tongue of liam hlckering it's way up the side of the struc ture, on the inside and within six in ches of a broken window pane
 Prompt discovery of the fire permitte of its being very quickly extinguishet but the affair assumes unusual inport ance. on account of the incendiary orj gin. .
 About a dozen automobiles. includin
 the ambulance of the Day Kinball hos pital, were in the garage At the tim
 the fire was started Some of the ma
 chimes were new closed models that ne,
 CT had been in service. Others al
 owned by private parties and were
 the garage, which is a service station, fc
 overhauling. :.
 As the force of repairmen usually f
 off duty about p. m., the service st, is apt .o be visited frequently during Il
 evening by members of the firm or the employees
 The attempt of firing the big str1,
 ture, which formerly was Joys stable al
 is located in the hear of the city, W;
 regarded on Monday as the work of crir inal reckless of consequences and wi
 ing to visit loss not only on the own