Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-02
PUTNAM

Leaving her husband in 1914, in com l paIy with the hired man. taking with her their joint savings of $500, return ing when all was forgiven at the end of eiEht months only to leave again with second hired man a short time later. after selling her husbands $ auto mobile, worth $500, for $500, and never again coming back to her Canterbury home, were the allegations made by Ray Lyman Mofitt of Canterbury against his wife Emma Jane Moffitt, of Old Mystic, in his petition for divorce, heard at a short calendar session of the superior court, George E. Hinman, Judge, at Put nam, Friday morning. Lyman testified that he had lived in Canterbury all his life. He was mar ried February IT, 1912, and short time afterward he and his wife went to work for the town, at the town farm Sub, sequently he got work cutting timber. This was at Jewett City. He came | home one night and found his wife gone and the hired man had likewise disap-
 peared. In about eight months his wife wrote and asked if she could return. He
 lu gave her and took her back Asked
 if his wife took any money with her
 Moffitt said that she drew their joint i savings amounting to $500, from the
 bank.
 After year or so witnesses said he re- turned home again and found that his wife had taken her clothing and gone away. A Canadian whom he employed was also absent He later found that | his wife had sold his automobile for $500. She wrote him again to be taken
 back but this time he returned her let
 ter. He had not heard from her since
 but had seen her once when he and she
 signed a deed to transfer piece oi rT,ornas-fv that fhev ouynp5 Jointly
 The neighbors of the petitioner testi-
 fled that they were in position tC
 know whether husband and wife ha6 ! lived together in the past three years
 and said they had not. The judge tool l, the papers until a certain affidavit < , furnished concerning notice of the pro
 ceeding being given Mrs. Mofftt.
 Although the short calendar list WAS 1 somewhat lengthy one little business de veloped. Three jury cases were assigned for the week after next and one cour
 case was assignd for September 18th The jurors for the terms were thel drawn as follows
 . l windhan = Roderick Young, Georg A Bartlett
 Ashford-Edward A. Reynolds ,I Brookfyn-warren Root. Il Camerbury-Frank Nelson Chaplin-Daniel Cunningham. .. Eastford-Charles Clarke. 1. Hampton-P. J. Navin.
 Killingly Paul Dubnc, Arnold E 2 Batty.
 5 PlainAeld-Howard E. Main, Albert s ! Kennedy, Everett & Dawson
 l. Pomtret-W. H. Gallup. c. L. Rar q some.
 n Ccotland-Leander Haskins. e Steriing-George H. Gallup. 9 ThompSon-E. H. Corttis, Edward s Rawson, David Nichols. : Woodstock-S. H. Peckham, Charie 3 Harrington.
 Labor Day win be 8 big day at tn 5 1 Putnam Country Club with interest cer tsring around golf. There wiH be 3 flag contest in which the sixteen lowes Q will qualify for the Governors CuI This yearly event is perhaps the mos q interesting of any as it really settle q There will be other special features an h refreshments will be served during th
 day.
 ' Frank Fl. cordier has been attendin .- the Art and Crafts exhibition in Bos
 ton, especially interesting to printers # Mrs. Anna Mann Wade of Boston. v daughter of the late Mrs. T. P. Bothan ' has recently been the guest of friend
 in Putnam.
 g MT. and Mrs. John Regis, of Frankl g street, Danielson, have sent out invft, s- tions for the wedding of their daughte ,r Miss Palnyre Regis and Arthur Brodel
 of Putnam, at St. Mary's church, Dal v ielson. Monday morning, September lit n at seven o'clock.
 While passing through Johnstown, sr l., this side Of Comfortable, while. on h l. way to Providence, Thursday eveni1
 about five o'clock. Dewey Tetreauit, E Putnam, truck driver for Fred Ga, sr nan of this city, struck and instant