Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-26
WILLIM1ANTIC

John H. Frederick, a native of this city, later located in Norwich, and said he was honored to be able to number him
 as one of nis best friends, In comment ing on the proposed plan to admit Catholics to the management or the locai Y. M. C. A. Mir. Lincoln said that he de- plored the attitude of some In thinking that it would be only 6 question of years when the institution would be of Catholic
 domination In stating that he thought Wiilimantic was lacking in public spirit l l for community development the speaker
 ventured the opinion that considerable or the civic energy was absorbed by the
 numerous fraternities in the city The Rotary club. he said, was imhued with | genuine public spirit. as applied to tho | end of citizenship MT. Lincoln laid | considerable stress on two things: l, De- |
 votion to the general welfare of the com ! munJty and End, Equality before the law, | as embodied in Theodore Roosevelts | | definition of "The Square Dealp and the |
 precepts laid down in the Bible Of the | Brotherhood of Man and Fatherhood or [ God. in answer to the question What | Does the Flag Stand for Mir. Lincoln
 was given a rising vote of thanks at
 the conclusion of his stirring address.
 James P. Bath reported for the con'lnit- tee in charge of the Fresh Air Riddles
  day, and it was voted to have the full quota of 25 come here. About two-thirds of that number have already been placed with the Rotarians themselves and the club will stand the expense of the others unless. outside parties come fofward be- fore that time.
 Frank Lynch. a driver on the Hart
 ford -Wilimantic Blue Line, appeared in
 the local police court Tuesday morning, ! drix I Q
 apprehended Sunday morning by Motor cycle Officer Bombria. Lynch made
 hard fight to escape conviction and took
 an appeal to the superior court, after be- ing fined s25 and costs by Judge Toss.
 He furnished bonds of s1eG Officer
 Borbria testified that lie made the ar
 rest Sunday morning shortly after IF
 o'clock. He saw car coming at high rate Of speed and gave chase. For
 tenth of mile he speeded to catch
 up to the car and trailed the Lynch car for five tenths of a mile and his
 speedometer registered thirty-fve miles
 an hour When hailed to stop, Lynch
 stopped his car opposite the Phillips ? place, a short distance west>of the town l farm. The officer was severely cross s examined by Lynch's attorney, but l stuck to his statement that he followed . Lynch at the rate of thirty-fve miles an hour.
 ) The defendant testified that after mid l night he and few friends left South ? Coventry for this city. He knew that } the officer was at the city line as he heard that Bombria was out to get him :. that night. He acknowledged making good speed before entering the city liTn- ; it's and on reaching these and seeing the officer he slowed down to Is and 90 miles an hour Dynch said that he
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 place and not at the Phillips place and ] was asked. for his registration and H. . cense cards, which he showed. He said . the officer than moved as if to go off, , but turned around and told the defend-
 ant to present himself in court Monday n morning without telling what the charge o would be. Victor flames testified that ], lie rode on the back seat of the Lynch
 car at the time of the arrest. He : felt sure the car was not travelling over
 20 miles an hour. George Hornberger 4 corroborated this statement. He said f he was riding in the front seat, Arthur Lamoreux who rode on the back seat | said he heard one of the men remark that Bombria was following them.
 Frank Madura. of the lower village, on the charge of intoxication was fined S10 and costs, amounting to $19.15 which was paid. He was arrested Monday aft ernoon.
 John Ryan, 1s. John Drew 1o, Frank Pollock, 19 and George Green, IS, tran sents, were charged with trespassing on the railroad. Through their guardian ad litem. Harry w. Avery they pleaded | guilty. They were questioned by Judge Foss as to their destination. They said i that they came from Rome, N. Y, and had come to Connecticut in search of work They disclaimed having any connection with the parties shot at
 Tuesday morning in the allayWay be- tween the Windham National bank and the Hihberd block. Judge Foss imposed a sentence of 30 days in each case The Rome transients were later taken to the Icounty jail.
 About three o'clock Tuesday morning Officer Frank Mclean saw two men in the driveway between the Windham Ma tional bank and the Hibberd block. He was on the opposite side of the street at the time and crossed the road to inves- tigate. He fired a shot in the air and the men ran to the rear of one of the buildings. A search was made but no trace of either could be found Several streets were patrolled but no suspicious persons were seen. About on hour later -l four young men were picked up at the
 railroad yard and locked up as suspi-
 cious perSons. No evidence of any
 attempts by them to enter any of the
 surrounding buildings could be found
 however.
 \ Tuesday morning, at o'clock, nt St