Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-18
NORWICH BULLETIN
 WiIlimantic. Office SI ohuneh Street Telephone 1062

What Is Going On Tonight
 Francis s. Long post, No. 80, G. A. R., meets in Memorial ham, Town building.
 Walter Pike, the divorced husband of Mrs. Margaret Pike, who with her five year old son Robert was murdered Thurs day night about o'clock in their apart gnsnt on the top floor Of the Mayer block, spring street, Newport, lives at No. 24 BonVla street, Wiflinar1tic. MT. Pike has peen m this cdty since the early part of the winter and is engaged as a painter At present he is confined to his homo be- cause of illness. He had nothing to say about the affair Friday Alfred Koschny. who is suffering with a bullet wound in the head, has been arrested by the New port police who believe him to be the as- sallant, 1t being alleged that he confessed the murders to Sergeant Sweeney while on the way to the hospital Mrs Pike l obtained divorce from her husband in 1 1920 in the superior court at Newport. It | is alleged that she was friendly with Kosch- ny prior to her marriage with Pike, and after her divorce resumed her friendship with him, Kosehny being a frequent yis- l itor at the Pike apartment
 Tributes Colonel Vim. H Hall have been paid by Mayor Charles A. Gates and Attorney William A. King of this city and President Charles l.. Beach of tho Connecticut Agricultural college as fol lows: Mayor Gates, The news of Col onel Halls death came as g. shock to al l | us, and we can hardly realize that ht is gone l knew him welt and he was al ways the same strong, brave, kind anC generous man.. By his death our statt 1 loses one of it's most influential ant l leading citizens whose sole aim in pub
 lie life was to do the best that he could fol Connecticut ana her people.
 Attorney King. Here in eastern Con
 necticut we all aGoke of him as Henry dai 1 alid he sened very near to us. knew hin
 in his publi eli efand I know that he di> ms Ldty as he saw it, regardless of tht | possible efforts of. his vote or action ol
 his own political fortunes He was b!
 nature a man of the ped9le, and altaougl
 he had wealth, position and an euviapI
 prominence throughout the state an
 sure, that he valued more than. all t1os things the warm friendship that was fel
 for him by those who knew him
 President Beach. "The state loses one O
 its most progressive legislators and citi
 4oli;, Ill tue ueath of Colonel William II
 Hail The news of his death was dis
 tinct shock to the faculty Of the colieg, and my self. During his connection witt
 the college on the beard of trustees his re
 lations were most cordial with the boar
 and he was forever working for both tn interests of the state and the institution and when he resigned a short time ago
 was regretted by all connected with tn college.
 Henry Hall was most helpful in great many ways. He was a friend to ey crybodv deserving. He was always doin , for others His good deeds were man. ,.4l4 ..-4l i've long in tfe 4nea3ery of thos
 benefited. Senator Hills place will b hard to fill in the legislative hal lsan
 the community in general"
 Frank s. Fancher, known the worI over as international champion snaE dT1lInlner, is now a resident of this cit 2 and intends to make Willimantic his per B manent home MT Fancher has entere the employ of the tNocd Machine con < i2any. MT. Fanclitr's fame in the snare
 drunming world has been aided greatI { by tRe work of another local son, Ode M. Chapman, managed of the Odel ! T Chapman Continental Drum Corps, Wli flor several years has been making tn 4 drums used by MT. F'ancher in his chan pionship exhibitions MT Fancher come to this city from Bridgeport Since CT ' tering the snare drumming field he had tal
 en 65 first pribes and 32 second prizes I snare drumming contests
 A number of -WiIIimantic girls attent
 ed the junior 1nfdyeaE informal hop \ Connectit1t Agricultural college. Storr s Friday eivening. The grand march bega s at 9 o'clock and dancing continued uni 2 o'clock this fSaturca.1 morning. De, I orations in Hawley ----..ary- consisted 5 fraternity colors, each society having E box of it's own, which have been. decorate in frat colors, bunting, flowers and fern Some of the girls attending were Miss Viola Carukin, Miss Rose .AcQuiHan, Mi,