Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
PUTNAM

h the presence of immediate relatives Archibald Macdonald, Jr., son of Post master and Mrs. Archibald Macdonald, and Miss Minnie Cannon, of Wilkinson street, commercial teacher in the Put nam High School, were quietly mar ried at St. Mary's rectory, Saturday ev- ening, and left immediately for we'd ding trip to New York, Washington, D. C., and other places. Both the bride and the bridegroom are well known in Put nam and are popular in the younger set of the city.
 MT. Macdonald was born in Putnam and has always lived here. He attend the public and high school and gradu- Pated from the latter in 1918. He then entered Valpariso University law school, at Nalparise, Mich, and graduated with the class of 1915. He returned home and engaged in the practice of law in the offiee of Attorney J. Fred Carpep- ter but about year ago opened an of flee of his own. He Is clerk and deputy judge of the city court and is city tax collector.
 Miss Cannon has lived in Putnam most . of her life. She graduated from St. Mary's school and from the high school in the class of 1915. She took a course the the Raypath 1nstitute in Springf cid and graduated in 1916. For the past few years she has been teaching the commor- cltl department of the Putnam High School.
 Upon their return to Putnam Mir and Mrs. Macdonald will live in new house just completed on South Main street, near Center street.
 "M8rder will out" and so win every thing else if one only has patience to bwait long enough. The mystery of who shot the 'coon on the night that members of the ArcAnum club fell and turnbled through the woods over 1se acre ter ritory while the moon now and then peek 1 cd out and had 8 laugh, especially when the leader curled up under q sheltering lonesome pine while his sturdy follow CTS crashed through the underbrush. We say the mystery of who shot the coon is 8 mystery no longer. It is at last a pR&niFnous story that the club janitor 1 William Daniel Boone Diggins, brought the ,eeon to earth from the high spots of q mighty oak and he has admitted it When the story vas first toId Mir. Dig. gins nodestly said that he did the stunt
 As the talk waxed warmer and the storie: flew thicker he finally told of the de, tails of the killing. While admitting that he had to be lifted on the end oi a fence rail to the first overhanging g
 branches Of what at one time was but z 2 little acorn, DigEins, who easily earned the name of Killer weitded his way to the tepnost branches, High above {
 bordering pond. With flash light grip ped between his hicuspeds, lantern il
 his right hand and a revolver of big Iealiber grasped firmly in his left-fo William is south Paw, he climbed
 and climbed until the overhangine
 branch with the quarry perched upon i was reached. Out ep the limb crawlet W. D., and, hanging by one arm hl drew bead. From below came the spa light frightened by dozen flash lights
 Bang, Wpeat the gun. The coun only gay a disgpsted grant for he thought that i was to iacgh as the bullet whtst3e,
 harHelEsiy by. Bang, again went tn
 pistol and The coon sti:l held on. B0
 st the thfrE sEot old MT. Coon gave II
 the ghost as The bullet passed through hi
 furry ride and ne let go his hold ant
 dropped So or more feet to the earth be
 loW where men and dogs were waitin,
 breaIhiessly As they watched their jan
 iter perform his death dealing feat higl
 above them. s'7 F'I. How William reached terra firma .aEail
 is not recorded. No one paid any at
 tentiaep 10 him in the excitement. It wa
 not until, hours afterward that he cam into his due, that hero worship that onl 1. a dare devil can draw unto himself Bu at the supper Thursday night he was nc forgotten and his plate was piled hig ! with the choice mofsels of the tothsom meat.
 The police have little evidence on whic to work in tie cases of the two me who appeared at ths hcme of Harr Callas on Laurel street and tried t
 gain adnittance by posing as officers ( l the law.
 During the morning a well dFesse
 young man rapped at the deeF end Wfe ] Mrs. Csllas opend t he told her he ha } been sent by the captain of police |
 search the house. When asked what fc : i he simply said, You know well enough ] Mrs. Callas refused to admit him and |
 left mutteFing threats. | An hour later another knock came . the door and when opened there stoo E another man and be told the game stoF
 as the first man and when refused at { Ipittance haid he would be back in te { minutes with the captain of police. MT | Callas then called her husband and u
 police were notified and started an il ;. vsstigation.
 h It is believed that the young men wan
 ed to gain admittRnee so that they znigl 2 steal anything that opportunity effefe Soon efter eIssiRg hours sa+Hrda 2 there vas unusual activity about II
 FTst Hatipnal bank as the. institutie
 began removing to temporary quarter
 ip the old Thempsen bank building (
 Onion street. The bank will open
 the usaal houF tiis (Mcnday) naprnin