Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-10
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Arthur G. (Honey) Hazard, negro, l who formerly lived in Woodstock, and who got into the limefight some years ago in his attempt to marry Mabel E. Puffer, white woman of Aver, has got into the newspapers again, also into jail. Hazard was sent to the East Cambridge jail Friday by Judge Heating of the eouit motion session at Boston for con- tempt of court. He will remain there until such time as he pays Miss Puffer s 200 and returns to her such personal effects as he was ordered to return. or until such time as the judge thinks Haz- ard has sufficiently paid the penalty for his failure to comply with the order. When it was learned that Hazard and the Puffer woman contemplated marriage relatives intervened and the marriage never took place Litigation followed to recover such effects as Miss Puffer had given him, and it was because of failure to comply with the order to make return that he has now been committed to jail
 There have been no new developments in what is believed to be an attempt to burn the central fire station, as disclosed by a report of the chief engineer, Ralph E. Thurston, to the common council last Tuesday might According to the chiefs report, there is little doubt that there was a real attempt to burn the building. Woodwork in the basement of the build ing was saturated with an inf1ammable fluid. There was a strong odor of kero- sene days after the attempt was discov cred. Not only was the oil applied, but apparently a match was touched to it. for tpon two sides of the room appears small burned area The damage was sight. for the fire either went out or was put out after it was start T. possi- ply because the incendiary beca ( alarm ed at what he was about to dV and re- pented. Upon investigation, a. rag satu- l rated with kerosene was found, also four burnt matches. The matter was kept quiet for a number of days and only be- | came public when a report was made to the common council.
 While it will not be known to a cer- | tainty until the polls close Monday af- ternoon, April 17th. whether or not the 1 city is to have a motor driven hook and ladder truck, it is believed. that as mat ters have settled down to normal in the | fire department, an appropriation of ST. | 500 asked for will be voted Twice have the voters turned down a similar propo- sition but each time there was friction | over the fire department and the city was divided into factions. It is believed | that this situation no longer exists and that the vote this time will be favorable. | As the department is now equipped there is no way of getting ladders to a fire The only hook and ladder truck owned l by the city is an anticipated vehicle, to be drawn by horses, and for several years there have been no horses avail able for the purpose. This left the de- partment without ladders, and already considerable property, notably the Con- gregational parsonage, has been lost on this account. The ladders on the old truck are as antiquated as the truck it. self They are heavy, cumbersome, and it takes several men to shift them Chief Ralph E. Thurston has repeatedly urged the necessity of a truck to carry ladders a proposition self evident.
 Miss Gladys Bar, boolkeeper at ths Putnam WooJen company spent the weel end with MT. and Mrs. Perry Richardson of Bridgeport.
 Miss Lucy Farrows spent Saturday and Sunday the guest o6 her brother Albert Farrows, a student at Wentworth institute, Boston.
 Judge Marvin of the superior court ha handed down a decision sustaining tn will of the late Nancy Howard of Wood stock, from which an appeal was takel from the probate court by a niece Edit Carpenter. The testatrix left all he property to a second cousin, Harry Car penter, with whom she spent the winte months, cutting off her natural heirs, sister and several nieces. Undue influ ence was alleged in the appeal from pro bate, but the court finds that it was no proven, and the will stands as executed
 Mrs J. L. Roney and daughter hay returned from a visit of several week with Mrs. Roney's parents in Schenecta dy, \. Y. She was accompanied horn by her mother and brother, the trip bein made by automobile
 Jack Thompson, who last year was gree keeper at the Putnam Country club, ha resigned to go to a club in Port Chestel N. Y. His successor, who will arriv l April IS. is Clarence Booth MT. Boot has been assistant to Jack MacKay ( the Inwood Country club, Long Islant and has also maintained a golf schot winters at the Unity club, Brooklyn, \
 Y. MT. ThonTpson's resignation was rt ceIved with regret, as he did much las season to create an interest in gol
 However, in his successor the governo,
 believe they have a man who will giy
 as good satisfaction and one who Ina
 some good records on other links TheI
 have been many new members taken
 recently, and more applications are ljste
 to be acted upon. The season of 191
 VIII stdTI May lSt and under the mo-
 suspicious conditions of any year sint
 the club was organized
 Mrs. Louise c. Ticknor, 77, who die
 in Wilhmantic Friday. was a form,
 resident of Putnam. The famoily live
 here while MT. Ticknor was an Adam
 Express messenger on the train thu
 made up in Putnam and ran to Hartfol
 and return. The train was known ;
 Bacon's train, as the conductor ";
 James Bacon, now retired living in WI
 limantic- Mir. and Mrs Ticknor had