Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-28

Men who last month entered stores and | offices of busiress firms here and who swindled people cut of sums ranging from s23 up by claiming to deliver c. o. D. packages containing electric light bulbs, and who got out of town before they were arrested. gre no doubt the same rounded uo by the police Saturday at
 Northampton. Mass. They are being held
 there for trying the same game. They
 ywindled three Northampton stores out of
 SIS each. They gave their names as
 Harold Holeman and Herold Bennington,
 both of Newark \. J. A Springfield
 paper states that the cantuTe is consid
 cred a highly important one, as the pair
 who worked the game there are wanted
 in many places. They were located at
 Athol Saturday The ftate patrol re- eeived word Saturday noon that they were operating at. Amherst. Mass. but ! when the patrolman arrived there the men had eone Chfef P j. Moody of the Athol police force telephoned that two men had been arrested there for playing the same game worked in Westerly, Northampton, Ho.goke, 'Hcrtford, New | Haven and other places. The men sue l ceeded in getting money in one. store hut {; the. deception was detected and the police ! captured the men. The merchant who l had been the victim was settled with at l Athol so the men were turned over to the Northampton police. Captain Lyons and l Officers Hall and Packard drove from 1 Northampton to Athol late Friday after 1 noon and returned with the suspects be- fore 10 n m, They also had the Ford | automobile with them which the men | used In this automobile were found 1 packages of electric light bulbs such as 1 were irAalrned off on clerks at the various l places they visited The scheme of the operators was to rush into stores and ask 1 if the rv-onrietor was in and if he was l not to present a packare as one ordered 1 by. the proprietor. to be delivered c. O. D.
 The men had order blanks purporting to was paid would sign receipt The men 1 were charged with larceny in the district court Saturday.
 The state had it's share of lightning rain and wind Saturday and Sunday
 Houses were struck by lightning. barns destroyed and streets were hNed with
 water railroads and telephones were crippled by the storm It was the fourth
 successive Saturday of rain. The rainfall
 was unusually heavy at both Westerly
 and Stonington. Lightning struck 2
 stack Of hayA at the Kingston farm ana
 the barn belonging to David and Christo
 pher Browning at Matunuck and barr at Wakefield, R. L. and several tree. were struck. Washouts were reported or
 the New Haven railroad. and only tn,
 quick action of Patroln1an George Kim
 mel of Providence averted a wreck of New London bound freight. Sand has washed on to the tracks and he signaiet , the train with a red lantern to stop no far from where the trouble was. Al trains were delayed At Stomington Sat urday lightning entered the home of Gil bert Chesebro Qast of the borough; tn fluid ran in on the telephone vie an, l theid little daughter was knocked dow by the shock. At the home of Mrs. Ere Avery in this section of the town tn
 lightning ran along the ciapboards on tn : north side of the house and in on the tel l. ephone wire. scorct1ed the paper in tn : living room and filled the room wit . smoke. Sunday the sun came out. fo l about an hour at noon tsSan was shut i :. by heavy clouds. and rain lasted the res l of the day and evening.
 At Watch Hill three robberies hay taken place at the cottage of w N Tapeley of Springfield Mass, Cosa Lons j. and Mrs. J. D. Layngs cottage, Sunny
 mede she is from New York also, an n at the Wickap cottage occupied by Ere s T. Ley and family of New York city. Tn T entire loss IS estimated to be about SS = 900. Friday evening Mrs R. B. Mello
 gave a dance for her daughter, Mis r Sarah Mellon. which was largely attend = ed, and Senator and Mrs. Truman New T berry entertained at the Misquamics s club the same evening and the theatr
 there also had a full house and Saturda
 evening there was a full schedule at tt Q Gof club dinner Pa1ty. About 12 2 Friday night the Tapeley cottage va It icoted. but little was rained here; a su icass wcrs found to be missing and a
 livery toilet set A diamond ring and