Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-11
MARY EITLEMAN SENTENCED TO
 INSANE HOSPITAL AT M|DDLETOWN

insane at Middletown. Dr. Leak testified that at Brooklyn jail on Sunday he spent an hour and a half examining Miss Eitelman as to her mental condition. AS the result of his examination he said that she was insane, that she had mind of child of 12 years of age, and that she had little moral sense of right and wrong and that in his opinion at the time she committed the act she did not realize that she was doing wrong.
 This was the only witness for the de- fense. Judge Banks asked States Attor- ney Searls if he claimed a conviction. MT. Searls replied that he could not do so under the facts in the case. The court then found the defendant not guilty on the ground of insanity and imposed the sentence to the state hospital.
 When court opened Virxinia Mildred Kelleher, represented by Attorney J. F. Carpenter, petitioned the court to have her marriage to Roger Langevin of Ev- erett, Mass, annulled. This is the case where few weeks ago the Kelleher girl and the ex-soldier eloped and were apprehended in Worcester and brought back to Putnam. A marriage followed and Langevin left for Boston. It was then discovered that Langevin had a wife in Everett. The Boston police were notified and the man was arrested when | he stepped off the train at the South Station in Boston and again was re- turned to Putnam. He was bound over l from the city court to the superior court on charge of bigamy and. on October 3rd pleaded guilty to the charge. Under recent law allowing petition at the same term of court under which con viction is had, the petition for anull-
 ment was brought and decree granted.
 Alice Skt1ner of Willhmantle was in
 court and was arrested on a bench war
 rant charging her with obtaining goods
 under false pretenses from the H. C.
 Murray CO, of Wilhmantic. It was al
 legged that she represented that s6c mad
 authority from a woman in Eampton
 to buy dress and charge it to her ac-
 count. She bought the dress but 1t prov.
 ed that the woman on wnose credit il
 was bought knew nothing about 1t.
 plea of guilty was entered. It was stat
 ed that the woman had been imprisoned
 in New London and Windham countie,
 for similar offenses. She was sentenced
 to the State Farm for Women
 Edwin G. Spaulding of Moosup en
 tered a plea of guilty to a complain for assault with intent to kill and mur
 der. The man is 56 years of age an,
 Tor years was crossing tender for tn New Haven road near Moosup. It wa said that he was plagued and hectore l oy people and on the evening of the 2Otl or May last, while people were passing Spaulding suddenly appeared with a sho gun from which he fired several shot , into the passers by wounding severa
 All recovered however. It was stated tha 7 the man had been examined and ha been found sane but that senile denlsn 5 tia was creeping upon aim and that h would undoubtedly be mentally derana ] ed within few years. A sentence c s from to years in states prison va . imposed.
 q Eric Welcher, charged with manslaukt ter. was sentenced to from one to fou t years, after he had pleaded guilty. Tn man and Ais wife lived in Danielsol
 The husband was accused in assistin - in her attempt to prevent the birth ( = child and was bound over to the $, 2 perior court