Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-04
PUTNAM

County Coroner Arthur 6. Bill OF Dan
ielson was in the superior court rooms,
Wednesday. and examined eight to ten
witnesses of the accident which result
ed in the death of the wrestler, Al Lund-
strom, Monday night, in st. vincent's
hospital, Worcester. The hearing was |
behind closed doors. Some of the wit |
nesseS were passengers in the jitney bus /
driven by Edward Ostrowski of Wilson |
Vile, who was arrested following Lund- |
stron's death and taken to the county |
Jail In Brooklyn. Mrs. Ostrowski came |
to Putnam expecting to see her husband, |
but he was not brought to this city. She |
had a short conference with Coroner Bill
before the hearing and left for home 10
| try to raise bond that would set her
husband at liberty If the coroner finds
sufficient evidence to warrant, the driver
of the bus will probably be held on a
charge of manslaughter.
/ Captain of Police Remie Delage is to
| station an officer at the corner of Main
and Union streets during the summer
months to see that no automobiles are
| parked on Union street This is a short
street and an attempt is being made to
reserve it for horse-drawn vehicles, Not
| withstanding nice shiny yellow signs ap-
prise the drivers Of motor vehicles that
their presence on the street is not de-
sired motorists disregard the instruc-
lions and park their vehicles. For some
time 1t has been a serious problem what
to do with horse-drawn vehicles and it
was finally decided that Union street
with its hitching posts was the logical
place to care for these out-of-town shop
pers. Signs not being sufficient an officer
will be put on station to see if he can
carry out the wishes of the city officials.
The Putnam city charter is to be re-
vised. This is something that has been
talked of for some years but to date no
steps had been taken to have the work
done. At a meeting of the common
council It was voted THAT the mayor be
authorized to call together all Of the law
yers who are voters of the city to see if
they will act with the mayor, alderman
at-large and city clerk as committee.
without pay, to redraft the charter and
ordinances of the city and submit the
same to the mayor and common council
for consideration. The mayor shall be
chairman and the city clerk shall be
clerk of said committee, and the mayor
is authorized to incur any necessary eX-
. pense for typewriting. Said committee
is requested to submit redraft of the
city ordinances as soon as possible and
to submit a redraft of the charter on or
before the first day of October, 1922
The first meeting of the committee is
called for Monday right next in the
c Windham county bar library rooms, in
the court house block.
e A boy, small FOR his age. between Is
t and fourteen, drove off with the service
: car Of the Motor Supply company during
a the noon hour. Wednesday. The police
y were notified and the last heard of tht
: youngster he had passed through South
bridge, Mass, and was going strong. A
/. member Of the corporation said that th'
: tank of the car was we'll filled with gas
II oline and if the little chap was not stop
v ped or met with no accidents he coulC
v easily reach New York state, How TIL
/ boy ever started and operated the ca
l. Is a mystery. The police believe the.
i have the lads name and expect to hea
from him somewhere along the route to
ward the woody west. The car was lief
l. near the service station of the company
man stood near it and saw the bo
ie about The lad told t':e man that some
= Dune wished to- see him and the ma
j. left. This gave the youngster his oppor
le tunity. He drove the car over som
III lodges back of the service station, theme
As 10 Water street. The rest was clea
"a sailing and apparently he sailed, for h
+ had reached a point fifteen miles c
" more away before his trail was pickle
Re up by telephone. The police are SUI
pc prised that such a little fellow at tn
PERSONS attention who would stop hill
and make inquiries.
~ Two automobiles came together at I'll
% corner near the Sacred Heart church
= West Thompson. Tuesday evening Bot
cars were running slowly and the who
% damage amounted to less than fifty do
-, lars The cars were owned by Emf
Heminway and Peter Labonte, both
Putnam. The Heminway car had bel
he mud guard and running board after IL
h collision and the Lebonte car lost
ms wheel and had bent axle.
as Announcement is made of the engag
nv ment of Miss Beatrice Holt, daughter
~. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Holt of Ne
M York and Woodstock to Brandeth s.
NJ mond, Jr., of. New York. The weddir
mi Iis,set for May 9th at Sunset Hill, Woo
stock.
Inn Putnam High was beaten Tuesday
the baseball game with Post Business
Sc stituee. of Worcester, to 2. Putnam d
get not play its usual snappy game and we
an unable to connect at bat when hi
m meant runs. Worcester showed sna
it'll py infield. The game developed tI
at home runs. one by Nelson of Putns
and the other by Hanson of Worcest
ee. Both were long clouts into the deep pa
nd of left field.
in At its meeting Tuesday evening t
common council went on record as
ue. voring daylight saving and recommer
Vo- ed its adoption Monday, May Sth in
hopes that the citizens generally will
. operate in the plan. The plan does I