Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-04
PUTNAM

There is 2 possibility that Alderman John G. Johnson may be the next moy- or of Putnam. This was indicated Fri day when there was discussion as to who is to be the successor of Mayor Ar chlbald Macdonald, who is retiring from all offices he has held in view of the fact that he has taken over the post mastership of this city this week. Under the provisions of the city chart CT, it was stated Friday, an unlocked for vacancy in the mayoralty due to resig- Ination or any other cause must be filled from the membership of the common council. Alderman Johnson therefore 1 looms up as the logical candidate. He not only is a republican, as is the retir- ing mayor, elected by majority of the votes of the electors of the city, but also an experienced municipal admins trator with years of service in the com mon council to his credit.
 Alderman Johnson is one of the i'm portant officials of the H. K. H. Silk company, one of the principal industrial concerns of the city. Mention of his name as probable successor to Mayor Mac donald has been greeted with general satisfaction in Putnam. He is capa- ble, experienced and able and these facts count with voters of all political shades of opinion interested at the present time in the matter of selecting 8 satisfac- tory successor to the retiring mayor.
 The matter of naming a successor to Mayer Macdonald likely will come before Icouncil, scheduled for next Tuesday, but likely to he postponed because of the fact that Tuesday will be marked by an important election.
 What probably will be the sequel to the nf faTa. wNE IL of Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Sharpe of this lefty, at Wildwood park on a night last summer, is the suit for divorce that MT
 Sharpe has instituted in tn esuperior court for this county and in which he seeks on the ground of intolerable cruel ty, release from matrimonial ties that hdnd him to Mrs. Annie E. Monks Sharpe of 223 Fountain street, Providence. The , couple were married in Providence just
 over year ago, on October 20, 1921 [ and for several months made thir sum. neF home in that city.
 The plaintiff in the newly instituted } divorce case is barely above his ma. jority, while his wife, formerly married and with a daughter almost grown tc twomant bod, is nearly twice his years Much has been printed about their stormy
 married life following his coming bacl
 to Putnam, months ago, and the sensa
 tional attempt of his wife to kidnap hin
 and take him back to Putnam in July O
 this year.
 Seizure of young Sharpe was madt
 at Wildwood park while he was enjoying
 an evening of dancing and the kidnap
 ping episode promised full fruitage in it
 early stages, for Sharpe did not seri
 ously resist being forced into a Unitet
 States army car after he had been induc
 ed to leave the dance floor at the parl
 and was well on his way to Providence
 -a prisener-when alarms that prompt. l had been sent out resulted in the machine l in which he was travelling overhauled b, car bearing, among others, Captain 3 pelags, of the Putnam police.
 3 The two soldiers who acccmpani,
 Mrs. Sharpe and her daughteT by ! former marriage when their car, whicl l had stalled, was oveFhauled, on tn, ,. Chspachet road, were incliped to resis t any effort to secure the release of youn, . Sharpe, but this was forced, althougl D Captain Delage had to fire one shot int 1 the air before he could convince the ab r ductors that he really meant business 6 Following that incident there wer t treams of publicity in many importan New England papers, Mrs. Sharpe talk P ing yoluably to all neFspapermen wh t would listen to her. And going beyon
 that, she wrote columns of communica h tions' to local papers in the hope tha ,. lher version of the affair might get du . publicity.
 Incidentally the affair interested of
 hclals at the second corps heduuarter \ lat Boston and the driver of. the ear f . which Sharpe was abducted has bee Irequired to face court martial proceed
 ings, the outcome of which is yet f ldoubt. This soldier chauffeur, it appears } was sent out from Boston to act as drive
 for a reserve officer temporarily on dut
 in Providence. While in that city tn . driver became acquainted with Mir
 Monk-Sharpe and the expedition to Wild
 woed park was organized with a view t ~' forcing young Sharpe, then employed 1
 q grocery store in this city, to retur
 to Providence.
 John c. GIaus6n and Joseph Johnson
 both of Eastford, pleaded not guilty 1
 stealing automobile tires, when pr,
 sented before Judge Geiasler in the cit IcOurt Thursday morning and were hei N in a100 bonds each for the superior eour